The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-05-07
n RIvR,lEtRS AGO.

.eusp valleys jqstl6Se yesrs agOsthis
mantAs First, the disispl aud uncertain
Epmpr O1ms lisaGlC0l gasls oisn ppvet
.epmQdAloEn; then itIwslled into dark,
.mysioIjOuspudeupUe, rs men when men,
IwOuld, ,IGip escape impending doumiyeIi
ace noh hopqI lAt last it beoanSA a sIsrt
liug rssliwi tbe, nurjeIopS hcTde' idiI
iaw.buabCrs thSi hsdipluDga,b olir eoun-
Hy into dira eommolIon and alarm, EtrcI
upon w, Il was our frat tAsieiuf war
ioidFtsib sMshGd fsltaitbtforc 10 ihr|
abSIract Ohlyo except thAtsone rof our,
|gallSnt heroes badai been .bcInG,boaNI
Wrapped ipaabs isarH9 9ffggG'al ibatB
eamMiNsd 10 lbs grave. ,Bus5sfe tltdJJl
aama llled with aiftbehalrud SftFasoh
lorthose who wsfSS lpYSltO The Union.
sud brinsingcutss' RudldeAIrusliOhSiib
Meua How lbe1tight Of tho oid flag
GYio rip 1.-THE breoEeighlIod thcm,'udihow
Soon5dicy tore it dowo. and with every
marx oil scorn and htilish hateith0t their
.avii hearIs could devise, did iNdishouor.
Tbey ototeil 10 pieces they tied Il TO
tbOjr STRAP thongs and dragged II
through the streets with loud curses OF
triumph, Thrs were no questions OF
constitutional law TO be se,tled iIst
then, No appealing 10 the courts to see
wbchor the proceeding was arcOrdlns1o
the "ftvetSd iustrumebt' 0h no; doubt
ltsa those thus engaged had no trouble
nboutthe qocstton'of "ral'cal misruls?'
II they hJ not just then, they hal
shortly afterwards at Getty burg, and
Fshots Hill and Five FbtEs; most
awful "mistulc" for lhtm at that, How
they tapeFSd and ptuncSd about, and
floricd'ju Their tiehsoo. They disporIea
themselves like good to'titra in an enc
my's cduAtry. az they ycal!yd il, to'gottlDg
That they wtra on what was then sill The
dsucrtd stil.% Their object, murdbf,
fdbine, arson. and violence, was in PR.
1sSt accord viii ilidlr caGIs. Bot aflOt 3
Odef prssod Of fright ana terror, they
b,sssl over. bnd iiEd tSe 4ayihg grain
ahdr The STORM has Fp5pt BY. .lJyahy
once moe tsspmsd. hef fisbtiuls pIsdi,--
.IStill Atie. Il may b disguised % best
4 tan.be by pstv names, and sodgh! 10
be hidden beassIh closk, Of reepecia
bilily; but il 10 bcts sliI, in mIdoighl
mss!ings, ii vindictigs deRlinriatious o.
'tho parry which sustained tho war for
he union, bcrora whose bladeS ibous
auds Of It's followers wont down, Ii is
qs9lsas for the patty oclins IN opposition
10 The Union pstiy Of 10 day. to seek to
escape tho odium Of rebellion. Some
new combinations or issue, may arise in
tho fuluro by which tho unioa party
may Be d,siatcgifled, but it viii not br
upon anything connected with tha late
infampus ,sIayclio licrs rebellion Tho
seal of mortal czecration is ttibpedfar.
ever upon all who uphold il either direct,
y or Indirectly n
But hov changed The icaOe noS from
then. Now all is peace wbera Hll was
commotion, Oder reigns whers 'Dar'
chy prOvailoJ. To. vbSt ia this dpeY 1t
is because tue cause Of loyalty triumph
cd, and ths spirit Of rebellion WIS ylip-
ped back to iis covers vhera il-must ret
content With Icrfoll ploliinS' and efforts
to brood discomfort 10 tho lsud. What
would have bacp our condition bore il
tho caufeo Of our 'eTinE brOlhrsu9 from
lbe South, who yilitoj US on tbs 27Ib Of
April, 1863 had come oul. Of lbSa con
tcst victorious? Would puF ono Who Sp
penlel to tho "consi!uiion" bSOu re-
Corded as sane? No; bs would buVS been
joorod and loued By The rapaciIy of anE-
iougrobbsrS, whilst they wTs psrcelling
II,oq' ais,assllc Which thsY had bought for
iqrcs at Redmond during the war He
would have been gently reminded that
tie ''glOriou' iOSirumOnl''waS slightly
out Of JaLo But having failed in ils De
struction It Seoma that they and their al
lies of the NOrlhsm saiss, tho SROOt
doughfacO' that the war foilOd 10 trans
mogjfH orc The only RuSTjisnS Of tho