The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-07-16
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Is inslrt dive. The Rcpublicun partyS
the party Of the country aud Of The war
Of liberty, progress, and civilization.
after successfully ylndiGaling tho au-
thOrily Of the government Officiating
the fhameful sin Of slavery, and main.
tain tog the bond Of the Union upon The
broad, simple. humane principle Of
equal civil and political rights, and haE
done this despite the tresohery Of lhsl
Executive head Of the government and
the relentless hostility Of ga unscrupu-
lOus party, Knowing that upon no 9th
efptiuciplO cSn there be a ,.peaSeigt
I Union and general prosperity, i has de-,
clardd ihat without that tranquility the
debt cannot be paid, and that there 10
among the ashes Of tho rebellion o
spark Of hope that the debt may DO rc-
pudia,cd, the national creditors dclrOu'
dcd. and every man in the land disgra.
red; ii has, simultaneously with this
policy Of equal rights and peace, decln-
red that tho national honor shall be
faithfully defended, aud has nominated
as tho representative Of these principles
Opd this policy the great soldier Of the
war. who has shown himself as free from
the traditional ambition OF renowned
and victorious General as Washington
himself, aud with him q man of the
Same pure personal character, and iden'
lifOd with the cause Of constitutional
liberty that triumphed in the war.
Upon the other side, the Democratic
party, whose inhumau policy. uliEe
crime against the conscience and the
prosperity Of the country, plunged US
into the war. aud which four years ago
demanded thOtlhe Government shoulai
treat with traitors ii arms, now laflsa
10 every effort TO overthrow ths Gov
crnmeut, either by force or by uegolia
I'ticu viii its enemies, stands torn with
doaB.apd mad with The lust Of power,
womb ia wha.tWay it can.most sue
ossSIs Deceive Tie country and re
1 yStsa sbs great victory which it could
htp,eqSnt. Conscious llist its logical
q llscohusuls 40 disi5sd betWeAn illosl
who would sAy aoIhidg dea ihpsa who
1woald reveal the real party purPoie.-
Hating equal rights as perilous to iIs
party ascendeucy. i! would thrust back
into political and Industrial chaos The
States. which the Republicans have re-
stored, aud renewing its alliance with
| The dlsaGsclsd classes Of the South would
seek q reconstruction which would leave
the spirit that robeled aud palliated re-
boliOn paramount in the Government.
Disorganiziug, dangerous, reckless and
destructive, as every party Indifferent 10
humanity and resolved upon injustice
must necessarily be. tho Democratic
party goes into It's Convention agreed
only in contempt for the great principles
Of the Government, and in a passionate
desire for its control. s
These are the. attitudes Of the two
parties that ask the sympathy and sup
port Of the American people. The one,
having successfully concluded the war,
is organizing It's reSultI, chershing ven
geuncO agaiuStno man or class and anx'
ious that those whom conspicuous dis
affection have necessarily dslrancbised
may al the earliest moment which de-
ponds upon Ibemselsss--agaiu resume
their share 10 the common government.
The other anxious only til at fidelity and
patriotism may DO disiranohiscd, aud
dsafeClion put into power, in order chat
those who derided loyalty to tue Union
IIihty nov gcgcrnit.
To doubt The result would be to quest
linn the common sense of tho American