The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-10-14
THE RAvENSWOOD NEWS AND GEN
WITCHER'S LETTER.

THE RAVENSWOOD NEWS AND GEN
WITCIlER'S LETTER.
In the last number Of the Rlvenswood
Ne,es we notice some heavy structures of
''ths editor Of that worthy sheet upon the
high character and political integrity Of
Gen. Jotm s. Wicher, member Of Con
fgress from this District That the edi,
tor of the Raveuswood Wees should PIE
sumo to crilicise G-n. Witchrr. or 10
dictate Republican policy, is indeed u
dicrous in the extreme. That the tx.
rrebe hscmrnt movement, was
not thought Of By the Wheeling htRi-
cancer last year" is not row question
oftho day, it lie in the past. The fact that
The h'tliigcncer. and all other Republi
can papers in TIE State, of character
'and influence, endorses liberal policy,
and thara platform got up by Republicans
who have been tried in the balance and
mot found wanting, and who stood firm
and ucilinching TO the cause Of Rrpub
licauism in the hour that "ried mems
souls, the fact that the platform of
liberal policy as promulgated by the Ma
son coun'y Republican Convention, and
endorsed by all the papers above refer.
'-ed to, aud further, fully and heartily
endorsed By such men as A. W, Camp
bell, Ex-Governor Pierpoint, Judge Pol.
'sley, Gen Wilcher Capt. J NJ, Phelps,
and other men Of like enlarged, liberal
views, ought ofi'self, be quite enough TO
shut the mouihsnd quiet forever, the
pen OF all such edtorsOs run tue Ra.
venswood Nsps Ha! HSl "a sweet
kettle of fish" you've Eotleu'youseIf into
Mr.. Rurcn' After the election this fall,
"Yon'll quolh never mOre!"
You'll be buried SO deep under the
turf Of oblivion, that the hand Of the
resurrectionis. will never reach you. or
if perchsuce he should. all the galvanic
batteries OF this continent, would not, If
applied 10 your discontinued corpse.
rouse up one single. feeble spasmodic
contraction, 10 give evidence that you
had ever lived.
Now. that voting and gallant warrior,
that noble, liberal statesman, that gen
'erous, big hearted gentleman General
Witcher, after having filled the positions
he had. in times Of war and in times Of
peace, and with so much credit to him
self and honor to his country, did not
think. perhaps, il was necessary to.prt-
serve the Constitution" 10 call upon Mr..
Raven, 10 consult him as 10 the policy
he should pursue in the present condi-
ton Of our cOunlry's AGiirs, did ddrs to
write letter, which letter was publish
ed in our paper. as well as in the Cot
tageville .Jomnal, liberal Jackson
co unity paper, and nearly all the other
papers Of the State Without Leiog asked
by the editor Of the Ravenswood Nct1s.
ALL we'll you may sou rim, aad sweat,
and Iret, and spout, Mr.. Brown. the fat
has gone Ierth-the handwriting Is Oh
the wall, and Geo. Wilcher's letter in
your own county, will throw You and
your political sa'raps, as "dead cocks!jn
the pit" 10 be heard Of, or surg no
more after the fourth Thursday in this
month. One word more and we leave
you. Gen. Wichcr wSs 400 brave and
gallant asoldier. to desire longer TO op.
press falleufOe, whose every act give
evidence Of Sreturn TO strict compi'
ance with the laws that rule and govern
us oil, and in despite Of all the efforts o
The Roveuswood Ne,oS, the policy Of lhr
true Republicans Of this State and coun
cry, so cordially endorsed, ms u3aie re-
ferred 10 letter Of Gen, Witcher, vii
prevail add become at no distant day, tb
law Of the land, when you Mr.. NeD'
tdil awake to The sad reality that 20
zero DOT awake 10 your day and time.