The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-11-10
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PoINT RbEAsANT. wRsF NJ.
rHlI.RsDAsy, NOVEMBER 10, Is7o.
REDEMPTION AND DISESrurAt-
NEWT OF WEST VIRGINIA.

RGDEm2ri6S AND D1SEYrurAI-
NEWT OF WEST VIRGINIA.
The Democratic newspapers attis Stste
says.tac {atcl!igeaea., have a grea. deal to
say since the election about West Virgins
being now redeemed and disenthrallsd''
and about her people being heneoforth all
free. aud much more Of the sane scr. Of
remarks. Nov there is n Ting d ESQ in
this whole business that should not be lost
sight Of, West Virginia has been Sust as
much redeemed ard dissn.dralled, and
made Just asfrse under Republican rule
ms ever she was under Democratic rule
All the intelligent world knows that fact
perfectly vsa. Democracy never meant
freedom when it vas in power in this Slate.
It meant slavery. 0nly portion Of The
white people had any rights that Dcnioc-
racy felt bound to respect. There never
was. a;m0re prOscrptive party 10 any land
than theione that ruled and cursed West
Virginia throughout long period Of her
existence. Tho ballot was not FREQ. Very
far from it. No citizen dared to be a free
and-indeDeadcut man at the polls The
Democratic party struck him down. II
indicted him in the courts, burned his
newspapers and drove him from the State.
The paffgLad but one leading idea. and
that was loyalty to slavery, and hatred
prescription TO every man who was suspec-
ted Of unsoundncss on that issue.
The party as a party joined the rebcll-
ion. Il in fact constituted TIC rebellion
in &estyirginia. Itspiria vas that Of
Msscn's aeaer when he said that those
who were aotifor the rebellion should sub
nj. or leave the State. That was the par.
" standard Of freedom when 1t was 10 pow
es.s When il Was out of power aud when
tue Union people in self defense kcp. it
out, then We heard a great cutlery about
freedom. Somebody else's OK was gored
then. Out ofpure selfshness arose ali its
protests about freedom. There was moth.
ing in all the professions Of the Democracy
on thatssugject save simple Disappointment
atpos being ab!cto drive out or hold down
their loyal fellow citizens. and, failed in
that. to still retain equality with them in
the control Of affairs. They wanted a
chance to carry out their views aud SYM
pathics, which mean achance to pr, the
rebellion in possession Of Us either during
the var OF IN the defeat Of reconstruction
after Sic war.
Tue Uaiop people IN sclfdefcneo kept.
tie Democratic party At bay. They kncx
and fsl. that they dare not t=ast It dur
ing the crisis Ct Tue struggle. Aud Ills.
rory NIL say thai The Republican party
during the few years Of It's rule in IVES,
Virginia did more for tic people than the
Democracy ever accomplished III the long
course ofits exclusive reign. Ii ever a
people we're redeemed or d;sca,hrsllcde
it has been the white masses Of this State.
They have been redeemed and diseu,r.lIed
not only from political prescription thai
We'd with that Of the Hapsbargs of Austria
but also from an Ignorance tia: was so
Egyptian in lis darkness that you could
almost feel -
Talk about redemption and disenthr.ll-
ment, indeed. in State that has been
brougbt,out of bondage as West Virginia
has under Republican rule. and tia. to.d.v
hasa school house on almost every hill! TOP
and 10 every valley offs limits. aud where
State taxes arc lower than when tho Dem
ocFatic party vas in power. What con-
stitutes redemption aud diseuthrallmen,s
Is tia return to the old order Of ,hipcss
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Is It to restore the statqs quo as it existed
IN this State under tie Democratic party?
Or Is j. to keep on aud cherish and sustain
the reforms that have been established I'M
dertse auspices Of the Republican party?
VIM tiose Democratic papers tia. talk d
redemption aud disenthsallment venture TO
declare againstthosc reforms and in favor
otrestoFipg things as they used to be?
Let us hear from them on this point.
Iowa has ninety counties, only four arc
Democratic. Three COUNTIES at the late
elecEOu did not poll Democratic ballot,