The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-01-09
THURSDAY. JASUARY o, lsos.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GENERAL U. s. GRANT,
OF ILLINOIS.
THE WORK BEFORE US.

nation, have boen years of moment.
Gus events and Of paramount Interest. =
The great question of seif-gogorn menI
has been thoroughly tested, aud from
the smoke and carnOgc Of the baltlefeIds
of the Rebellion has come forth triumph
ant, and the mauacleg have been strirs-
en- from the laoaraeJ limbs Of more than
four millions of human beings. But
there is still before US o tremendous ISSUE
that oVershadows those of 1904 We
fight to-day for the pespeIuation Of tho
: great victories achieved in tho struggles
and by the bloodshed Of those eveUtful
years, This y0ar the nation will be
called upon to cleo. the chief executive
officer of the government, and il would
be well for the people 10 bear 10 mind
that ii is not mofely TO elect President
that wc vote, but it is 10 govern coun-
try and 10 determine for succeeding gen.
erafons and for oil time 10 come, the
history and goverument'Ol the country
The m machinery of the government no
longer moves in fred grooves. Tho
chief magistrate of the government must
indeed, be our executive officer. and not
merely respectable and pre- sontablo fig.
ure-hsad. II is useless to conceal the
fact, that tho lines arc closing for fierce
conflict. The dragon Of the Democracy
tho great serpent which reared its gilt.
tering coppercrest and Kissed aud shot
its poisonous fangs throughout, III, long
night of the war-has not yet been
bound for thousand years anl cast into
the seotbing pit, as many have supposed.
but with untiring zeal and indomilabIe
energy are they filling up THAR decma-
ted ranks. And with consumale skill
and judgment, with cautious but restless
vigilance, and with determination ma
tured and reiuspirod by long years of
hunger and Disappointment, the Demo.
cratic party is Advancing to tho conflict.
No stone is left unturned by them, no
falsehood loo glazing and viIanous if it
will but contribute 10 the accomplishment /
OF its purposes, every evil and adversely
that has been entailel upon the nation
as the natural and inevitable consoqupu.
ces Of Rebellion, bogoileu and brought,
forth by this party is painted in glowing
colofs end is held up before tba imQgn-
atoms of the people as the result OF tho
tnisrulO Of thV pOrty 10 power-,ho par.
~ that saved the country by crushing
down rebellion. The brains Of the Rsb.
ell Democracy went of With and worked
for the overthrow of tho goYernment Mt
To-day -the war over, the rebellion
put down, the rebel armies defeated and
disorganized, treason somewhat respect.
able, and traitors unhung, this party has
its brains back again, but without either
u heart or soul. Over the border from
Canada. from behind tho Notifications Of
Richmond, from or the dcaj.lln OF An.
dersonyiIle and Libby. from under tho
skirts and shawl Of their captured CHIEF
--Davis-these renegade Democrats are
returning to the bosom Of their long for.
saken brotherhood To meet and con.
quer this formidable forcc will require
no ordinary effort. and to thwOH and
overcome the false Vaccinations and
dsvlish schemes Of this combination Of
treason and semi loyalty, 10 the APP
preaching campaign, cen DO done only
by the Republican party uniting upon
the man for chief magistrate, who SC
com plelcly demolished The cohorts Of
treason on the field.
The year before Us is now ono Of cor.
Aict, 1t behooves US now to set 10 order
our camps and make ready for NOvom
Der. We enter the fold under lcadcr
whose victorious cuglos screamed from
Vicksburg to Richmond, but leadership
will not avail wi,hou, an amy. W,
must Furnish him with Iegions who's
lines ats uubtokcn, whose ranks are re