The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-09-26
sPBEcu OF HON, ISCuUVhRR CQL-
FAX AT Lebanon, ONO,

10 the olden time---in tho pslny days
Of the Dsmocratjc party, the weteh-Yotl
Of that party inscdbsd upon altils ban.
ners, and proclaimed tyall hs headers,
was indemnify for tho past ADD SECURITY
for the fuuroy Tknow Vo capRps haRs
Indemnity for past, You csppg got0lhs
oamps or the baule-Gelds Of lha South
aud bring again into life aud action Tho
dead bodies Of your hnrlercd soiafffs!
You can not give back to tie fsihDf0 and
the mother the first born, for gh9atAey
mourn and will not be Gomforlyl bccap So
they are not You can not rolntn tQ1hf
sotrowing widow the husba6,l whom
she gave TO the country that the nation
might live, You eau not returhsip lhS
milliou Of orphans iajhs land lhs slbey
whom they are .ReyCrlo see egans till
they meet him Of tho Judgment bar Of
God They all sleep whsyo they fell ia
this land acOuned By REBELLION. But
there is one thing we can do. We can
not have Indemnity for the past, butwo
Gan have security ior the future, We.
can have gusrapteas -irTevisablo guar
antOea- inserted 10 tho constitution to
prevent future rcbellions, We can pre-
vent auo,her bloody scene like TINT
which hos Just trOnspired, TO chill the
blood and drain the treasures Of tho codn
try again, We eau have, and, God
helping US. we will have, security for the
future. We stake our political existence
as a party upon this proposition, that
Loyalty shall rule in the States which
lifted their unholy hands against the
constitution of the country, Let those
who tire Of The struggle leave Us and 60
to the Democratic party ifthoy will, but
as for Us and our associates 10 your Ma
lionsl Congress in which you have pa.
ccl such confidence, until tho last dsV
of our existence as Congress, on the
4lh of March, 1867, derying recreant
President on the one hand and his lrai.
torous allies on tie other, we have
sworn that treason shall no. rule 10 those
States of the South. Applause
Tie Democratic speakers in this can-
.aSs tell you TO lot by'gones be by cones
They prefer not 10 discuss these uncon-
genial things. Idon't wonder OF il.-
II ! had a record bI's'erIng. az theirs
does, with lnhdeIllY TO my country l
would not only Plead WIN my tll'ow-
cluzons not TO discuss ~ bn! call upon
the mountains and Tue rocks to hide my.
great condemnation. These Democrats
90 up and down tho countIy, and say
they have other things which they in
,tondle aiscYas. Wei, l lnlsnd 70 lal
'lpy item DAY ln''he very pathFay1n
which Their speakers choose 70 lcad.-
what ere taelr sPeee9e' aooul! what
are the prlac'Ples lhey discuss! Tue
'rlnlly Of charges upon whlfh they ar
ralgn ina hepuollcan party arc deot,
usurpolIoa' ana negro eqna.l'y' Let uS
consider these 10 'be,r order. ms y
the harp OF snopsaod strings on which
''hey all pay ounng ,nis coPVafsS' og'
not W'th 'be spirits OF Just men made
pehecI | acHGo%leasq t9pt t9a.e we nave
. GgaRllo GepS oI TeHly-aqyo nqnarea tfSi
millions o. oo!!orS, nr ~nIea ,, lney nave en- IN
.ailea upon Us oy t''s conspiracy; 4
know That you ''e 'axea taxed IN oas-
eet ,anq ~ sIGre' IN income IA 'mSnu'
iactUIes. on Tue goous you consume on
.year INDUSTRY, On your tea ana 'cohee7, !,
on everything II cOsy ns.a great deai
osaye The country, out lt would have
cost us mucn mote 70. 70 nave ioss u, we
could never nave llveo IN pence on ms MS
continent as TWO nst'ohs. Nothlngout
0 succession ot oofaer wars would have
been the result Of a separation bel@een
na. ihe line OF DIVISION would, have
been line Of blood and 'discord aud
hate Bat Democrats should not ron
plain Of these taxes HoWdtIyour DEBT
afisaY IL was the offspring Of The DAM