The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-02-17
ise From The Missouri Democrat
PoLlrTcAL DIsAnLLITIEs q IN MISS y 4

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POLITICAL DISAl8tLITIES in MlsSs
e OURI.
The hour Of victory Is lho hour for
m.gn sdim;ty. The loyal people ofthis
stsIe have achieved 10 tie decision Of
Inc Supreme Court 4 victory complete
and deeisive. Itis nov in their power
| 10 lisarm their foes 10 vindiooto them
! sslysS, 10 restore q lasting and perfect
psbCo to the Stale, By one act Of un'
l'furcsd libetalhy.
AS long as the constiIutionaity Of
disfrauohisemsnL was di'pOled 10 the
courts, it might have beeu Soid Chat iIS
repSSl vas 40 evidGnesiot generosity, as
Ia does not give who only restores lost
property toits owner But The sdprsmo
| Court has pul an end 10 thattoIt Ot'salk.
The loyul men have not only the power
but the legal right TO naintain the dis
frauChissment ilTthsy please.
We did donrpart-some have said that
We did more than our shars-iu causing
The adoption Of iIfiS Msasqre. Z When
men have declared Ii uuGouSliIGIional,wo
have replisd Whether Il be 90 OF not, 1t
was necessary, and We9Would do the
same again thoussnd times over to
nut down rebellionfand 10 secure
a lust settlement Of ofthsyIsIueslrAissd BY
civil war; To-day thaImsasure stands
sustained BY the highost court In the
lthd We are no longer left to.estyi
l5'Conssitutional OF notit was'necessaly.
We have now Wtrrant from the highest
authority for declSriog il constitutional
as we'll az necessary. From the first, wo
have sustained the strict enforcement Of
Tho measure, as long ss the loyal people
should retain il ps the law. For that,
we were asai!ed. Blu! we say again, as
NO have said before, that no plivatO ciIi.
z,u has right 10 SET aside a'law, and
those did we'll who sWore to maintain II,
by bayonets, II need be until repealed or
ubtog ated ih due ptOeesS Of law. Aud
now when all these aOls have been tri-
umphautly sustained we may the more
properly urge OUT belisl that this mss5
ars is 10 longer needed Spd that the Rad.
icsl party may well take steps to repssl
i'll bot Ati Faa q
As long as 40 adverse decision wos
apptebeuded with reason BY friends and
boastinaly predicted BY foes, il could be
said thst in any change 81 policy the Rad
icals wsr6 governed, not by ageuefous
feeling, not By desire TO give peace to
lbs Stale, not even BY conviction that
disfrauc chisemeut Was 10 Longer lecssVa-
~. hut BIZ RFisar iliat the iipgse would
bS bdl lled down ovei their hsSds il t6eJ
did 6ot'leaye IL. sgshthinsTwsrs said
tsunlinSly and insolenIly, BY msu who
\ will NOW oEo whatever irauehisss they
[ ever possess 10 Miusouri TO the libernlty
! Of those whom they have yiliiGed, The
| decision leaves the dominant party more
free 10 act Giving toitsbsoIuss and un-
questioned power, it forces overyi6isftan-
chised person to acknowledge that iu
auy act Of liberality tho Radicals are
prom pted only by regard for the welfare
Of the STATE, and are not coerced b. any
expectation Of iudicipl interference.
Disfranchissment hes been yindicaIed
blythe Courts as lawful, just constitution.
al. II remains for the same pafy which
originated, and has enforced II, to vim
dicate itS spirit and purposS, BY voiunta.
~ and deliberate repeal Oft when the
necessity which justified il no longer
cZists. 1t will bo proud moment for
tho Radicsl psTly-the proudest 10 its
whole histotyZwhen it shall Voluntarily
give back to twenty thousand men the
franchises which they forfeited in rebels
lion ,1and say to them. The issues raised
by your rebellion are settled the public
pea ace -is restored; national safety 20 lon
ger requires your exclusion from any
privileges Of citizenship. Wsrely upon
the justice Of our cause; vote aud vel
ComeP To the Democrats il will be 9
most humiiating moment when lller oil
their ranting and threats, after slltbeir
talk Of resistsnce and boosts Of thoif
ability to sweep Radiealism from tho
land, il appears chat the Radical party
is not only strong enough to maintoin
diSfranGhisemenF, but strong enough ana
sure enough ofpuJhc Support, 70 VOlHnta' I
fily renoue III That, indeed, wilIbe tho
gt6udsst victory the Radical party has
YET achieved.
Has not the time come to win that last
decisive triumph Tell US, RsdicSls Of
lhG Legijlaturel iSuol this the very lime
ofalI others for the Rsdicsl party 70 psy,
While disfrlnchisemsnt was needed, We
maintsin it, ard bad the legal right TO
do SO. Il is necessary no longer. No
bitter feeling, no desire for Office, prompts
Us to continue III Has not the time
arrived when the Radicals Of this State
may complete the long list ofLheir glOri~
n,,s irinn nhs. BY putting on end forever