The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-14
Letters from the People.
FROM PUTNAM COUNTY.

Editor Of the Register:
/ Putnam county is reapiug all the glo-
rious rewards of Radical rule. The
usurpstions of the non-tax paying bond
holding aristocracy have contributed
very materially towards bankrupting
some of our best business men. Our
extensive river farmers produced before
the war thousands of hogs, cattle, sheep
and horses every year to sell. How
times have changed! Now, they are
discouraged, dniranchised and destroy
ed; they have no voice IN making the
laws, taxes have become uncomfortable,
home guards and ''loyaP thieves have
conspired to plunder and rob from the
industrious, hard working producer un-
til surplus production has been aban-
doHed. ard many fields are now grow
ing up in weeds which formerly fur
nished labor and profitable employment
for many poor and honest heads of large
families of little children, who arc now
suffering for want OF bread and other
substantials of life.
The misfortuses of war for the last
seven years have been sadly upon the
increase here, until nov we are willing
to acknowledge that We would prefer
all the tyranny and oppression arising
from the presence OF the sword and
bayonet, rather than submit to Radical
aristocracy and the GOndholders cheat
in other words We say with a solemn
truth, that we cannot submit our neckS
to the yoke of the Congressional swim
die against the hard-fisted laborers OF
the Western States. If there mast be
slaves we seriously declare that Radi-
Gals shall not liberate the African negro
and enslave Caucasian whites. We
humbly, Int earnestly protest against
the action .. that little tyrant Bore
man and the Methodist preacher LeSis-
lature, rendering our muscle and talent
to aid Congress in destroying the Su-
preme Court and resisting President
johnson.
Ii fight we must, we Will hight Tor the
Constitution as interpreted by the high,
est judicial authority and rs it should
have been maintained by the Chief Ex-
ecutive of this Nation. Ninc-tenths OF
rs refuse to fight for the perpetuation
of Radical political power-negroes and
non tax. paying bondholdcrS.
Hatred, revenge and malice are the
main ingredients or prerequisites for the
devil, the Radicals and the negroes;
hope, furbearance and forgiveness are
| tue qualifications of all good men-
with such dishonesty and corruption;
who can be surprised TO see them, pir-
ate Gke-after stealing all they can get
| from their political enemies, now turn
upon, and destroy the dirty tools oi
their own iniquity-? We hope the
day is not far distant when men OF hon,
or will feel it their duty to awaken
from their letbargy and put q set otmer
in office in West Virginia who will not
smother public frauds, nor allow In the
Lunatic Asylum tiend to graity his
lust by raping and prostituting the
poor afflicted insane females sent there
| to have their minds restored. The hon
est tax payers of this State will soon
get their eyes open and see how 29,OOt
per annum is expended to support a
few methodist preachers who have
charge of what are called eur
State Normal Schools. These Normal
schools are but so many headquarters
for the building up of system of ma
chinery to not only put this State, but
this entire nation into the hands of &
narrow minded and fanatical set of ne
gro worshippers, while the taxpayer
and hard working laborers must foo
the bills. Workingmen of West Vir
ginia allow me to implore you in al
the sincerity that one co-labOrer can i'm
plore another, do not allow non-tax
paying aristocracy to ever get foe
hold upon American soil. Do no
allow our national government to h
converted into an ecclesiastical confer
ence and that at your own ex
pense. Let us fight it out at the ballot
box. PUTNAM.