The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-12-25
1srHE FIGHT oVEnl

Edtl0r NeJt@eT'
Would TO heaven We could answer
this plain question in The aGimaIivo.-
Would that from every nook and corner
Of our beloved county and from every
breeze that sweeps over her mountains
and valleys. could be heard the soul
glaldSning intelligence, tina! harmony
peace and Union have returned AMI
again taken up thoir residence with Us
MS people, bat alas! we have every IN
dication that tho fierce passions and Sec
lional prrjudices that originated tho re-
bellion and famed the namOs oil civil war
burn with no loss moIignity and hate on
the part of the authors OF tho
rebellion. lowirI Union mon and
measures, than when trensons cannon
we're bolching forth destruction and death
into tho ranks Of tho Union deIonders.-
Every effort mOdo by the lovers Of iree'
dom 10 establish upon broad and lndis'
structiblo basis, the princi Piles oil un'Ver-
sal liberty and all thoir Legitimate fruits,
is met by these Rum and Ruin Demo
Gratis with as much righteousness as at
any former 7oriod Of our national dill
cultios Wo have emerged it is true
from the smoke and roar Of actual battle,
bat tho conflict Of opinions md the war
of intellccts continue TO rage with una
bated fury. What class of mon ia it
that are huhing their anathemas against
our STATE government and against tho
loyal Congress Of The nation? Who is
It that would gladly see tho Iifo drops
of West Virginia flowing again into tho
channels Of the Old Dominion and The
resources Of our little commonwealth
once more enriGhing and pamPsring up
East Virginia? Certainly not those
men whose hearts are imbuel with the
rue spirit of tho ago and who fought
aud suffered rr6lA principle to. wrest the
nations lilo from the vortex of secession
and ruin. But whoI don't know that
there ara mon who would shout and OK,
uls over the crushing ruins Of the tri-
umphs achieved by thu expenditure oil
the blood and treasure Of the nation. A
prominent Union man Of Georgia in q
speech made on the 9th inst, in Atlanta,
said: "That If the rebellion had tri.
umphed Georgia would be no place for
Union men, but he thanked his God it
failel!" AMI al this rebel cried out :
1.-THE spirit still lives" Thia no doub!
was the true sentiment Of his heart, and
ii is ths'soniiment Of every loading rebel
in tho South to-day. Look at tho M.
q. Church Sou,h-the viudictivcness,
hate and persistOn, opposition to the
mother church is ns unremittiug, fsnd.
ish, aqd 10 fact, iq many, Instances moro
SO than before the war. Why is this?
Is it because the mother church has in
reduced into her Ritual any new dog,
mas destructive Of the great principles
that have ever been written in bold re-
lief upon her banners? No such hing,
Where the fountain then, whonce this
roveugotul and iToconcilOblo spirit
springs, il it be not from the same un
yielding and determined spirit that FIST
drove it into secession,
The struggle still goes on, and we are
sorry to say that struggle has been com
pIicated aud intensified by the trcachery
Of Andy Johnson, who armed with the
power OF Chief Magistrate, has used the
subsidies Of his Office 10 give strength tc
tho helplesshess Of tho enemies OF tht
country, and thereby defeat tho will oil
the loyal people. 1t is ono thing t.
conquer by force of arms, anil anoIhe
TO convince and correct men from The
errors Of their Ncgs. X.
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