The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-10-13
LETTER PROM JUDGE n s. BROWN,
OF JACKSON COUNTY


LETTER PROM J uDGF N. 81 BROWN,
4 OF JACKSON COUNTY.
K WAsuIHoTov, Iowa
September 81, 1870.
Mn Dear Sir-0n the boat that
brought mo from my home, Iswas told by
friend, that paper purporting % con-
tain certain remarks made by me at our
Congressional Convention inJuly last,
(, was being extensively circulated in the
Third Congressional District, with q view
| to create the impression abroad that myself
and friends are opposing the reelection to
Congress, Of the nominee Of that conyen-
ton tho Hon. John s Witcher. Iregret
aud feel aggrieycd at this, as you know l
had declined taking any active part IN the
current canvass on account OF my omcial
position, and | did hope to escape any
public allusiou to humble self. Twas,
as you are aware, accidently at Charleston
holding court when the convention sat.
| You are aware also, that I did not intend
to be il the convention but was sent for
by my friends against my own sense OF
propriety, and what occurred after went
III was unayoidly thrust upon me. have
no desire to recnr to the incidents OF that
day, only to say to our political opponents
that it was a little family quarrel Of our
own and | do not ada,it the right OF out
siders to Interfere. You also know that
from tho moment ofthe adjournment Of
that convention myself and friends have
checrfully given whatever influence We
have to the promotion Of the cause of its
nominee, and that wS expect to give him
large majority in our end Of the district;
and | do hopo no one will be influenced 70
believe the contrary.
While / am writing | woall mention
some new absurditics, apparent to me as
an old time Democrat, in the workings Of
tho opposition this fall Now, the grand
est triumph the Virginia Democracy ever
achieved in my day was that over the
4 Know Nothing organization in 1896; toE
THAT victory theplauaits Of the nation were
sIioyously bestowed upon US, for it worked
the discontinue aud defeat of what was
believed to be the most corrupt and dan
gerous political conclayc until then intro
duced among US. But to-day We see men
who were leaders in the cOhortsoe Nam.
clad in the dead Lions skin Of Democracy
back again in the Gulvert, with dark Ian
tern in hand, Inducing some of our hon
est but unwqrY yeomanry in new oath'
bound conspiracy more corrupt than the
old, and doug this TOO in the name o
their old adversary,-Dcmocracy. Bu
they should remember that their cars anc
hoofs are too plainly seen il tho means
they use to carry their ends, long 70 de-
ceiSe any body.
Another of their absurditics seems to mi
to be this, that while We are Of those VIII
favor the removal of political disabilities
and hope soon 10 see the day when all trace
ofthe evil spirit of civil war shall be oblit
Grated, they seem to be opposing this dc
sirable contamination. They say they
want mon to be FREQ and have the ballot
yet, they DO not appear to be using any
available mcans TO promote sueh cn0
for not to mention their refusal 10 unite
with us in amending the State Constitution
, , as to extend the elective franchise to all
, we see them daily depriying men who car
vote Of oil that free man holds dear II
tho exercise of the right of suffrage, b,
swearing them in advance to yield theil
!, birthris6t of free choice to the despotit
! dictation Of midnight "Klan." Gle
onlv 10 freeman whom the truth make!
Free"
Il is believed that, while they whiu'
about prescription, majority of those re
Gently in arms against tho state Of Yves
Virginia ire now actively organizing Thu
"Klan'' with the sworn purpose of forever
prescribing from Office all whom they arr
pleased to call radicals" designation
! they apply to those they have been unabl.
|, to subdue either by the bullet or ballot. !!
! hope no republican will aid or abet thi
! conspiracy. 1t is organized in the inter
: est Of men determined either to rule o.
.. ruin our State; and if permitted to do thu
: first, they will surely do the last. To go Owe
to them is to go over toLhc enemies ofevery
: measure of State pride or policy wc hav'
cherished in the past, and hope to preserve
: in the future. Let time-servers and ottic'
; hunters go, as some have gone, if they
8 will, to the party made up of such, an!
! where they. belong But for my part
! feel proud to be and remain Of tho part
that has saved my country. No persona
consideration can shake my regard ant
! esteem for my political friends and assO
ciates of tho last ten eventful years; VI
have struggled side by side to build up tn