The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-07-23

| SoPs sHSSS iSsVhehuSA AStsl tnVIo Vat
be no policy but that Of resistance, ant
a renewal Of the war. They declSr,
these rsconsiruction acts 10 be uncon.
sIilutiOual and void. nobody is bound to
regard themi they have no authority Oysi
any one TO COefcs or to punish, aud may
be resisted by any one with impuuity. =.
That may not be the. language Of tbs
resolution, but it is the substance and
meaning oft. And in consequence Of
this il received the Endorsement aud lhs
appreciation of the hundreds Of rsbels
who were in that Convention Ifom the
South; men who organized the rebel
government; men who organized aud IsS
the rebel armies in battle. This, then;
Is the issue--a continuance Or s,'s-''lEr1i'
renewal of the rebellion, because
il is either that or it is submission and
acquiescence 10 what has been done.
/ But Mr.. President we ore mol left 10
grOpo for the meaning Of this COnveu-
tiou. We are not LETT even 10 seek for il
by Inference. We have the letter Of
Gen. Francis P. Blair, written believe
less than a week ,go, and this letter has
been endorsed by that Copvenliou this
afternoon by his nomination as their
candidate for Vice President. 1t is ns
much a part of their platform as ifit was
incorporated in it, for the ink was hard
ly dry before It was indOrsed by his
nomination. l rspeotit sir, that this
letter is part Of the Demo$aiic plat.
form. General Blair whatever you may
say Of him. is bold outspoken mon, and
he spoke The sentiments Of that Couven-
ton. He says, "Upou those sentiments
I want 10 stand before the Convention"
Upon those sentiments-ho Sas nomins-
ted. Therefore l say in the hpgpast of
the Democratic Convention Of NSw
York 10 the whole country is war, resist.
once by force Of arms OF the Govern,
ments that have been erected in The rcb.
el states under the laws enacted by
Congress, the continuance oftbis rebell.
ION, continuance Of this struggle. in a
somewhat different form, but still the
same strdgsla, cOuiending for the Same
principles.
Ill iISsas hnnnunced iormall s not at
-hFVutgunHry, not at Ntcnmoed1 uurTuy
Nov York. Tho country need no! b0
al loss to understand the character Of
Of the contest upon which We are ehtOf.,
ing. 1t is no! one Of peace and ucqui'
esesBce, of consolidation. whereby tbe
tsysges Of war may be repsired, but il is
70 s5SsE announcement Of the rebellion
-uuaA somewhat different circumstances,
but under circumstances formidable,
dangerous and solemn,
Let the country look the struggle hi
the face. Gsneul Blair has said truly
that, all that is said sboot 'gresnbarks
and bonds and the question Of finance,
is mere nonsense. The great issue is
the. question Of overlurnidg the new
Sttie governments by force. The rssto-
ration of the power Of the rebels, or, %
they call it. olte white mun's gOveru'
mens," as they esll it in those statTs,
and "alt the rest is leather and pruueI.
is.?'
We owe debt Of gratitude to Gch6-
raj Blair for bis frankuoss. There need
bo no deception Practiced now, and
there can be neither-cOn be no other
issue presented substontially losuS, but
that Of the future. peace Of this country
IfSeymour shall be elected upon that
platform he stands pledged to use the
army olthe' 'Upiied sIstes for The pur-.
tpOstD cs& CVsrtnrpidg tho governments,
tbu.have1tou established 10 the South
by The whole pAopie, d6d by .ths.s army.
to place the power back.Ogaiu into the
hands of tie rebels. They have given
to them their counsel. They have en-
dOrssd Mr.. Seymour. Their cOuyon-
ton and all have endorsed General F.
P, Blair.
know that we shall bo told in the
Northwest that they intend TO have the
same currency for the government end
the people, and for the 'bOndhOldcr and
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