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

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TOD. g. Neasl6a, Geo. RSl.liag and j.
u. Graham eoa.ritses.
I GEsFLErEs:-If my name viii add
strength.to the ticket, Or aid iiti1aay way,
you are liberty to use L for The ofiee Of
Supervisor. Trulys yours. &cs
SETa BUaeARsER.
DEMOCRATIC RECORD.
NJ. Edsses.
No party perhaps, whose record has
found way 10 The pages of .hes history Of
any country. Is stained with such crimes,
and unheaTd Of iintumanities, as the dem
ocratc party Of this day and generation.
Humanity however much deranged and
corrupted By It's eRstrangemeut from tie
rectitude enstamped upon Il by;its Divine
author, stands agbast At, and abhors aud
detests the dark and. fearful catalogue, as
It unfolds itself and passes in review be-
fore its horror-stfieken eyes. We're this
record not written IN characters Of blood;
upon The tabletsof the nations heart. we.
would turn away from it IN utter disgust,
and say It cannot Be. but there il stands:
and nothing viii ever wipe it out but the
sweeping waves Of time as they dash on
ward down the ages TO come. Immedi-
ately after 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 batlle-felds Of re-
bclhon, It vas discovered that theshackles
had been stricken from the limbs Of moro
than four millions Of eolored human beings,
who with their ancestors. for more than a
hundred years had been robbed Of their
liberties, and.were left utterly destitute Of
everything necessary to sustain life; we're
entirely helpless we're incapable Of proyii-
ding for their wants under the ciircum-
stances. as theinfant that handled uron, is
mothers knee. and without pcradSenture
must have persisted in tho land Of their
captivity: And so also With thousands Of
whites, who bad never been in Slavery
The whole country vas one vast scene Of
dcsolation. Undcr these circumstances,
what was tosbe done? We're these people,
Who without any fault Of theirs. had been.
thrown into themidst Of such fearful err
cumstance, TO be left to perish2 We're I'M
offending and Innocent females and help.
less children to be leftto perish IN sight
and breach ofmercy7 Yes. said tho Dem.
toeratic party: lot them die But the gov
ernment under the control and in thehands
LOT the Republican party. said no. We have
plenty and to spare, aud 10 the name Of a
common humanity. and common christi
anity, We will not only send you food to
prevent you from famishing with hunger,
Ebut We win try toprovide homes and EN-.
hployment for you. and means By which
your children may be educated. Hence
thg Freedman's Bureau. And What did:
tie Democratic marty say about this? Ey-
lery Democratic press. every Democratic
stump orator, every democratic coppeFhead
aud every democratic rebel soldier, whose
hands still held the glittefiug steel drip
EPigg with thewarn7blood Of a Union sol.
der from Main to Texas, Numbered forth
their anathamas and denunciiatious against
n Republican Congress, for this, one Of
the grapeest exhibitions Of the spirit Of the
christian religion ever given BY any ma
ton under the shining heavens. TWAS not.
fenoughi The secession party should murder
500 900 human beings and eli the country
With oyer a million widows and orphans,
hut IN addition.to this their helpless blacks
andwhites, must be left to:perish without.
remedy, when We had the power to give
Etbat help.
The fgeedmans bureau saved more than
200. 600 human beings from starvation,
built over 600 schools and filed them
With more than 800. 900 children. It Is.
tablished over 700 Sabbath Schools with
over q; 200 teachers. and 81. 900 scholars;
! it furnished: homes and employment for
vast numbers ofthese unfortunate people.
To defay The expenses Of an this, the
freedmen themselves furnished IN one year
over $3.50. 900: Benevolent societies il,
the north (all Republican furnished 7OO,-
700 and the government appropriated $751;
227 II. For this act on the part Il the
nation the democratic party everywhere
condemned the government in unmeas1red
terms. Alexander cruci6ed 5000 captive
Ninavites in one day. More than 100. 600
men persisted during the wars Of julius
Cesar, in the celebrations Of his triumphs
and victories; and yet even, this bloody
record vii hardlS compare With the NAL
ignantspiris Of tbs party in our country.
And this Is the yery same Democratopar-
tyWe are fighting to-day. Hundreds Of
them are found IN this county, aud ,thous.
ands Of them throughout the State. Nov
/ ask. arc The people ready 70, put 4 party
with sued record into power. There are
honorable exceptions Ne admit, but they
are fen. g W.
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