The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-04-23
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TO be few and f.r bolw en-.
CoPPERuEAO uoNESFY!l!
We DO not wish our readers to pre-.
sumo for mnment that W, think such
a thing exists As is mentioned in the
cop'ion{oI this article, Wa Only Speak
of it by way Of illustration aud to call
cltcnliodto what th'Y deem shrewd
practile 10 m nn;smans bOIwhioh good
men call downrish! Misrepresentation,
MOTTO ssy old fsbiouol lying Of tho
rmost apafoyel quality, We are inform
ed that the small Try politicians who
who wcro neither fish,, l4sh no iowl,'
but generally of rebel procIvi'ies dur.
iug the late war, arc seeking to palm
upon lhs honest citizens who give more
Of thair time ani attention 10 building
up the couatty by wholesome toll, Than
I5.sVGag 5aggiSss ~ sdsssepaldals
politicians. %td.aro enle5y6roS 70 gain
power and plSse at the expense Of ptin
cipla and morI integrity, that the Coz
gress of the United States is now direct
ly engaged in The work of OVer'hrowipg
the government with view to set up a
King os.or Emperor. They also toll
thi people that Congress i9 yo.ing some
$50 900, 900 Of hard earned taxes every
month 10 be pill ou, directly to the
negroes in the south, tlu, impovCishing
the while man that The black man may
live in ease. Indeed. 10 recount the
many false and desperately wicket
things that are put in circuIati'nb7 the
leaders ofthc great constitutional party
would b, a work whioh @oul! tax tho
Iabon.ofa score Of modern EncyclOPel
ISIS. But IL all vii not do. The pco'
pie remember why it is that Congress
is engaged in tho great cTlns uoH pat
forth to suvc the COuniry from worse
destruction if it is possible 10 conceive
OF such our, than threatened ii at the
hands of rebels in 1857 Where has n
fundamental righ! gulran,coi by the
Constitution has been destroyed or even
tranched upon by Congress? Is tho
citizen not secure in his personal liber
ty, his right Of properly and pursuit of
property and pursuit Of happiness:
Has ever traitor been hung or depriv-
ed Of his property since ho'iiiiIios ceas
ed? Bot then the Niger is fed at the
expense Of the labor of white mln, sap.
lent statesmen. Not so. Not one word
off so, we reply There arc some
parts Of the South that have been part
icularly destitute ot'ho conm9a neces-
Sarics of lie since the close Of the war,
where from the dictates of huminitY
ra,ions have been Issued to tie starving
inhabitonts, often 10 tho widows and or.
phuns Of men, white rebels, who were
slain whilst trying to destroy the govern
mont, aud were fghiug for the very
principles which their coppcrhenl allies
in the North advocated anl still main
tain, Tho reports Of all the officers ia
charge in the Soaib, show that more
than half of such al has been given TO
the white people Of the South. Yctihi'
is right humanity, christianity ard the
civilization of tho present day, point
out bot one line of Of conduct when
helpless mortality lies paralyzol nt our
feet.
These reckless statements about The
negro are the las! resorts Of desperation,
The show to what fearful depths Of NOR
al turpiludc men will resort when
conscious that overwhelming confusion
is fast oyertaking them anl there is
fair poSpscl that they have connected
themselves with craft whose timber