The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-10-20
DEMocRATlc RECORD.

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| No party perhaps whose record has
found way toihe pages Of che history OF
any country, Is stained With such crimes,
and unheatd o. lnhumanltles. as the DEM
ocrattc party Of this day and generation.
Humanity however much deranged and
corrupted BY its encouragement from the
rectitude enstamped upon It BY its Divine
author, stands aghast at, and abhors and
detests the dark and, fearful catalogue, as
it unfolds ITSELF and passes 10 review De-
fore its horror,stFlcken eyes. Were TINS
record not written IN characters Of blood,
upon the tabletsof the nations heart, we
would turn away from it 10 utter disgust,
and say It cannot be, bnt there u stands
aud nothing will ever wlpelt ont but the
sweeping waves OF time as they dash on
ward down the ages 70 come. lmmedi-
ately alter that terrible storm cloud Of war,
which had been brought down upon the
nation, by the leaders Of this party, had
lifted itself from of the battle fields Of re-
bolllon, 1t was discovered that the shackles
had been stricken from the limbs OF moro
than four millions Of colored human beings,
who with their ancestors, for more than q
hundred years had been robbed Of their
liberties, and-were left utterly destitute of
everything necessary to sustain life; were
entirely helpless; were incapable of prcyi-
ding for their wants under the circum-
stances, as theintant that handled upon lts
mothers knee. and without peradsenture
must have persisted IN tho land OF their
captivity. And so also with thousands OF
whites. who bad never been in slavery
J The whole country was one vast scene OF
lldesolation. Under these circumstances,
what was tolbe done! We're these people,
who without any fault Of theirs. had been
thrown into themidst Of such fearful cir
cumstance, to be left to perisha We're IN
offending and innocent females and help
less children to be left to perish in sight
and reach ofmtrcy? Yes, said the Dem-
toeratic party, lot them die But tho gov
ernment under the control and in thehands
LOT the Republican party said no, we have
plenty and to spare, and 10 the name Of .
common humanity, and common christi-
anlty, We will not only send you food to
prevent you from furnishing with hunger,
but we will try toprovide homes and en-
4 .ploymsnt for you, and means BY which
4 your children may DC educated; Hence
! the treedmans Bureau And what did
tue Democratic party say about thissf Ey-
cry Demoeratlc press, every Democratlc
stump orator, every democratic copperhead
4 aud: every democratic rebel soldier, whose
hands still held the girtterlng steel drip
Pug win me warm !, blood o. q snlon SOL
dler; from Nam TO Texas numbered forth
snsir a9stnamas ana denancia.lons against
hepuplican Congress, LOT thls. one OF
the grancest exhibitions OF ING spirit OF the
christian religion ever given by any ma!
non under the SHINING heavens Il was not
en no. me secession party snouia murder
ogVivv human ~. beings ana NJ .ae country
wltn Oyer 2 mllllon WIDOWS ana orphans,
nut 10 aaaislon % snis .nelr nelp,ess olacks
ana WHITES; must oe y lel !, 70 PERISH wHncus
4 remeoy, wnen We had tne power 70 give
that help.
me tFeedmans bureau saved more than
II 2y0. 9QO human beings from starvation,
built over 4 900 schools and filed them
with more than 800 600 children: Il es-
tablished over = 1000 Sabbath Schools with
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