The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-03-26
.PolNT PLEASANT. w. VA.
THURSDAY. MARCH go, isos.
~, EoR pREsIDGNT, >
GENERAL o. S. GRANT,
Is OF. ILLINOIS. 1si
THE END isNoT YET.

was Tho hope aud prayer Of every
bhilanlhfoPisi. when the rebellion
vas crushed, thai! lie days Of wrath had
passed away, the scourge had ended
4h6l permanent pc ,ce was the bless
Ing Of tho Nation. War hal spent il
appalling horrors upon tho land. black
grim ruin everywhere attesting its fiery
sweep. Orphans aud. widows, house less
wanderers by thousands. the gIasily
skeleton Of starvation stalking through
the South aud the utter proStration Of
trade, commerce and educational enter.
ptise Ioll'ofits remorseles, ruvages and
spoilation. That heart woull have
been adamaul itself, that did not sicken.
bleed and repent over the unparalleled
calamities visited upon US from Heav.
ems store house Of wrath for our unpor.
alloled wickedness and. crims. At lhe
immediate close Of the war it seemed,
thst its sad lessons we're wisely appre.
ciOled by all. the loyal were liberal
mognOnimous and forbearing 10 their
Victory, The disloyal submissive, suppl,
ant.snd reconciled 10 their defeat. The
North and the South claspcd the hand
nfielloWship over six hundred battle
fields, where the prowcss of each was
severely tested. and seemed to be Gem
ented into frmer Union than before,
Peace, sweet peace smiled through The
ri(ted clouds upon the nslion CORY with
the baptism at the fouut Of its own life
blood. In fine, it seemed that our ma.
tional chastiSemente had tho desirable
effect, and We asa people were regeuera-
ted, and our bos1oms tina. once burned
with sectional jealousies and amin osities,
then glowea with holy fervor Of frater'
nal affection.
But all this was mere illusion No
sooner did the government at Washing.
ton bsgin TO concert system of legis'
IaLion providing against recurrence
Of the rebellion, than those who de6ed
its authority. attempted its destruction
and plunged the country into monarchy
and slaughter, ma lie a second resistance.
The loyal party, who had saved the Re
public. determined to quell the renewal
of treason by jus, measures as we're al
tqlale 10 the purpose. AT this time
Andrew Johuson's detection was made
koown, or rather bis hitherto concealed
sympathy and completely with treason
revealed, in becoming the leader Of the
beaten and battered remnant Of tho reb.
81 army, together with that class of SO.
called Union men, who do not want
"Ireason made odious, traitors punished
nor their social power destroyed" This
combination has grown into some res
probability aud Siguf:srca in point of
numbers, aud has openly arrayed itself
against the country, The loyal millions
marshsled under the same banner that
over Swallowed them during the war
will bring these robel cohorts to grief
The struggle has began. The eruption
CfIhe political YesuvIus at Washington
the other day, is. the harbinger Of fierce
engagements and decisive consequences.
. The great battle between Auarchy and
o:dor, Tyranny aud RopublicaDism will
have to DO fought over again, not we up.
prcbend by the sword, but By tho co.
ordinate branches oflhe Government, now
ia open aud ireconciSble hostility, Con-
.gress as we have often before said, will
succeed Tho President will be defeat.
ed and his perfdity punished, The PEG
pie are honest and patriotic and Con-
greSs ia sustained aud backed by the
moral force Of their favor and Gpproba-
ton. Then We will have on end Of
misrule, violence, trekery and treason,
and the immOrtOl principle euuucialcd
by the immortal Lincoln. written upon
The pillars Of the Republic 10 letters Of
gold. "ThiS 10 Government Of the
people," viz be 'hsi' beacon guide,