The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-05-28


at the Court House in Moundsville on
the 4th of June, to elect delegates to
the Parkersburg Convention. The ne
groes are invited to attend this Conyen-
ton and assist in forming State ticket
for the Republican party. Will any
colored gentlemen be sent from this
county? QUIZ
ITO the Wheeling Register.
To tie Republican Voters Of Marshall
County:
My FRIENDS Il beg of you not to
take offense at any facts'I may be under
the necessity of producing in the course
of this article. Embrace the truth
wherever You may find it: no matter
from what quarter it comes, no matter
how it may operate against your party
or he in conflict with your previous
cherished opinions In vain did Wash
ington solemnly warn us against the
banefnl influence Of party spirit. The
evils it has inflicted on this nation for
many years. past it is impossible to es-
innate. Let it not now blind YOU to
the truth. A French author says
there is nothing beautiful but truth
and truth alone is beautiful" Solo
mon says "get wisdom, and with all thy
getting get understanding"
Many of you know me, and must be
convinced that my motives are purely
patriotic "All the ends | aim at are
my cOuntrys, my Gods, and truths =.
| feel that | am entitled to a second
hearing. ] ask no more.
The destiny Of nations is III the hands
of the Almighty, but have thought
that for some inscrutable reason-per-
haps to punish for our pride-lIe has
permitted the Devil to have control
during the last decade The Old Boy
it was who melted the pugnacious dem
agogues Of the South, and the equally
pugnacious aboitionists of the North to
inaugurate civil war. q do not
know why it was called a civil war
there was no civility manifested on
either side, but each tried which could
do the other the most harm How it
must have delighted him to see fellow
citizens fighting against each other, and
how he must have glOated over the
rivers OF blood that were shed. And
what must have pleased him more than
all was the demoralizing effect it had
on the nation, as it educated so many
burglars, highway robbers and murder
q, 4, l.. ,,tttal
to enter into Congress rs he had been
permitted to enter into Judas lscariot
The atrocities they have committed
must have made the angels weep.
They have, in a measure, subvertcd "the
best Government the world ever saw,
by taking from the executive and judi
cial branches of the Government their
legitimate and constitutional rights,
and as far as possible taking all power
into their own hands in the General
Government and State, and have viola
ted the Constitution in hundred cases.
In old times the Democrats contended
for State rights, and the Federallsts for
strengthening the arm OF the General
Government, but it was never contcm-
plated 10y any to place all power in the
hands of Congress. The trainers of our
Government thought they had adopted
different safeguards for the security Of
our republican institutions, in which We
were once so justly pridcd. But all
safeguards can be trampled down by
INSCRIPTIONS men.
Ii must he confessed that these things
look very much like 'thc devils do
ingS," but whether he had any hand in
them or not. does not alter the facts.
cannot begin to tell you of all the
crimes committed 10y our rulers, but, be-
hold, will they not he written in the
chronicles of the times, and will not our
posterity wonder that the sovereign peo-
pie did not rise in their mi ght and apply
the proper remedy, change OF rulers,
and hurl from power men who have not
a particle of patriotism? Had they any,
long ago, the Union would have been
restored as it was, with the exception
of slavery, which now nobody wants
But they are governed by motives purely
selfish. What care they for the honor
and prosperity of their country, so that
ley can perpetuatc their power and live
IN splendor? TO accomplish their ends
they will stop at nothing, They de-
pend much on the demon OF party spirit
to sustain them This they will foster
and keep alive by the aid of their par
tisans throughout the country.
X. |. Curtis.
ANNApALE, May l., 1870.