The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-06-17
QUE FnlENDs rHE ENEMY.

CSAN NV 40 IN EM
-, TweniYoue STATES have ratified III,
Equal Suf'aEe amenJmsht-tho Dsmo
cratic parry everywhere opposing, Nos
10 pirty warfare, az in all other, there i
accnduct which wins the respec, Of tn,
Zoe os there is one which moves hi,
contempt, Iorr n five seats ago tqua
suffrage wa Defeated IN Connecticut b,
nJoiuy Of seven 'hausani. Las
spring tho Drm1ca's tlettd laeir Gov
ernor by nearly rwothou~oI maiorty,
and three menh "a Of Congress-. Ia
The au'uma the Il pubicios carried The
State for Grant, lhis s1ripg when
according to he Dsmo rus, eqI,l sui
fragc was the issue, the r pob'ican.
elect their Gov NOR and aaio two mem
bers Of Congress, boating he Democra-
cyan ueir strongest holds; and because
The majority Tor Governors smalcr'lhan
that fo' President, the papers Of which
we speak derija he mopger aad dismnl
majority The Democratic p,ry are
more sgnaly dc'elled ia the STATE & an
hey harc been formang year AMI ia
stsed Of frankly otknowlciyiug Tho fact
md seeing that it is futile to fight Go.u
an issue Sol!lei aud settled gan. oas OF
thGir organs feeoly peeps that it isn't
much ofa shower, AMI another gmgely
declares lint is tho na'oral conspqunce
ofuot atickIog to Wade Hamg op'u plat,
form d last Ju.y
The one great truth Of our recent po.
Iitlcal history is, that the Rapu5iaan
aud Democratic parties were opposed
upon The issue Of slavery. Tho R4pub
leans Won at The polls and upon tue
field Of battle, and pgniO and again
ut the polls. They have enamel
poted the slsges. Taey have given thcm
polilieGI rights. 4 each step they have
appealed 10 the colntfy, aud have been
suppoaed. They huya been inIusicd
with the governUant for four more years
Their new administration gins By The
plain declaration that eQnal rights shall
be every whore protected and the laws
everywhure eniotSSl. anil BY urgant rec.
ommondarioa that the amendment to
The Constitution DO adopted, which f.
de!ly closes even the agitation Of the
question. and It'll tho Democratic party
pi,eously ask its absurd question as
conclusive political argument, Do you
wish your d,ugh'er to marry a niggcr?'
y. PeFceiy.s ina. there is a pr jadice
IN tho rouG'rg asains! color, butts nn-
able TO see that The country has learned
tho motta! p4ril ofindulgiug that pref
udire. lns'asd. therefore. Of accepting
the facts, however much it may deplorl
them-iusend ofjnining issue as to The
better method Of securing tn eqpai,y
= whicl, is inevitable, the Democrllic par-
~ ridicules The negro, and argues against
hin, and deoonnces lin, and bellies him,
and all as if there ia really topo OF re
ducjng HIM again to somo king OF vas.
salago. The whole Democratic force is
expended in this business, and in sheer
ing at the Presdsot, The parry papers
have nothing to say out that everything
is wrong, nothing to propose but that
everything be uodone.
As usual, the Democrats party hopes
for ;eiuvigoration not from far debate
of great policies. but from tho readmis.
sion 10 political privilege Of principle Of
these who repulia,e the American pin,
ciple Of the equality OF all citizens. But
That will not be enough. Tho rciu.
dice against color when ii was q bull
w'rk of the system Of which the Demo.
cratic party was the defense, vas meal.
cul9bly useful, BY the ralI of the system
the appeal 10 the PREJUDICE is poiulIess.
There IS no sight. no heroism in The
Democratic leadership Tho party is
but diserderly ram7 of Ito di.ottrcted
ami disappointed. II mus, Gnl some
newer ground than hostility to equal
nehG or relin1aish the hope Of success,
unless the conduct of the Republican
party, where il has n m'laiy, as in the
legislature Of New Y,rb, sholl persuade
tina country that there is reilly no choice
between the parties. But oven in such
instances as the Legislature of which we
speak, it is the dny oI'aII good cirisrns
to remark that it is the combination Of a
few Republicans only with the Demos
.cras that does the m,svh.ef,-Hq,per!
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