The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-07-01
POINT PLEASANT. w. VA.
THURSDAY, JUNLY I, lsoo.
SUFFRAGE.


matter, that no one but ourself is at all
responsible for the editorial articles that
appear in our paper Nor ore we in
'sny way responsible for what any cor.
respondent, journal, or leader of any
paIty may say or d., uni IS we specially
elect SO to be. Neither are we, Gas
some Of the Republicans 10 this county,
have intimaei to Vi in leuers,) dictated
10 and under the control Of Judge Pols-
ley. He has never attempted in any
manner to dictate to US the course We
should pursue in m tiers Of any kind,
nor has be ever shown any disposition to
control the Register and if he attempted
such thing we would treat him os we
would any other man. We think and
act for ourselves on oil questions and
issues pertaining to aud bearing upon
.ho present policy Of dlsffanchisemenl in
IVES, Virginia. We are for the removal
Of every restriction as to voting, from
every citizen of the State without regard
TO race, nationality, color or previous
condition" This lbe Fifteenth Amend.
meni provides for. In taking our pres
ent position % this question, we ere but
following tho great Republican party of
the nation. We desire 10 carry gu fully
+ the platform adopted at Chicago. On his
platform the great political battle was
fought and wen. We so handiu'hnnd
wirh our chosen champion, the President
anl endorse his declarations We fol.
low the voice Of leading Republican pa
.pers Of every part Of our btosd land
We follow the earnos, desire Of the great
minority Of Republicans of this State,
and oil The country, who long to see per
feet and permanent peace restored, and
all causes OF conIinued strife removed.
We do this not because we believe it is
the legitimate right of the parties Dvolv.
ed, but because as a great party cOntrolI-
ing the country, We can afford to be as
magnunimous as we are great
This we shall, from this time on. labor
to bring about in the sPeediest possible
manner. We hope to see a resolution
embodying "UuIyeroal Suffrage and Uni
iversa Amnesty eagrofted into our
county platform this fall, and the issue
be made upon this question only. We
believe il is all that is required to bring
about lasting settlement of the DIFF
ferencos growing out Of the lac war;
Strife, bitter feeling end contention has
been kept up long enough, and it ought
now cease. This position We have taken.
This we vii stand or fall by.
Because some prominent leader in the
party We adhere 10. says so and so, aud
we happen 10 diT.r with him in opinion
OF policy, does i! necessarily follow that
we are obligated to surrender our iudi-
viduality and allow him to absorb so
much Of our conscientious cOnvictiors?
No, geatlemca, Va shall aege, do it!
We will advocate doing justice 10 our
conquered enemies, (snd no one but
coward woold do Otherwise, though we
lose every subscriber on cur books. We
have already lost quite a number o(good
Subscribers. At one post-o iIicO in
noighboriug county, the entire package
was sent back TO US with the remark,
awe do not palronizc Coppcrhcsl pa
pers. Please discontinue our popcrs,
end soud bill" If our courso in this
matter is "CopperhoOdism," then we
have failed TO understand the progress.
i've spirit Of our party Wcdo not object
10 men stopping their papers, but when
they do SO, we expect them to oct tho
port Of gentlemen, and DOT attempt to
sntult us. We are OS far from being q
"CoPperhcad' as they are, There /,
no danger of our going over to the De-
mocracY, We claim 10 DO liberia,
progressive Republican, while they ar,
DOT. We are for doing justice to al
men, without regard to their preyiou
oopdion--"doing unto others as "