The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-04-20
Tie OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Law.


The Acknowledgement Law.
AN exchange says itisa curious thing
in the management of tactics of the Dem.
ocratic party that whenever law is pro.
posed which will have the effect of secur-
Ing fair play iu the management Of cleo.
tons, that party cries out, ''it is unconsti-
tutioual." The passage of the supplement
to tho bill by Congress to enforce tho
rights Of citizens Of the United States to
vote in the several States being measure
for tho protection Of the elective eDfrnn-
chisc, as matter Of course provoked this
kind Of opposition. From all quarters,
protests are made against this law, and
ono would suppose that something violent
" aggressive was proposed to be done. =
And yet there is nothing III the law which
should meet with the disapprObatiOn Of
honest men. Actual voters are to be
protected in the election of Members of
Congress under the provisions Of this law
Tftho laxity ofStato laws encourages fraud
in voting, aud offers IMMUNITY to the false
personator. the repeater md ballOt.box
suffer, the United States arc determined
that such practices shall not be encouraged
when Federal officers are to be chosen.
The rule of ruffians and pnGjurers, too
often powerful in election Of State officers,
is to be broken up whenever member of
Congress is to be elected under the federal
enforcement laws We must expect to
hear bowling from all parts of the passage
of this law to break up fraudulent practices
10 every other year. The statute will not
be in force at any election at which Mem
bcrs of Congress arc not chosen, SO that
the unconstituionality Of which the Dem
ocrats complain will not afiict their souls
except at certain periods,
1t has been almost impossible for US to
realize that the dispatches of some of our
daily exchanges from Paris actually rep
resented scenes at the present moment,
and after mature reflection We are inclined
to believe that they do not. For instance,
a few days ago it was rumorcd by tcle-
graph that the Bishop of Paris had been
imprisoned; next that he had been strip
ped, tied 10 stake, and in this condition
exposed to all the indignidcs Of the mob.
Later there comes despatch to the effect
that this self.samO Bishop has appealed TO
the Versailles government to exert its Gle
mency 10 behalf of the rcvolutionists. -
there is mistake somewhere; for this des-
patch argues not only the freedom of the
Bishop, but the fact that be is favorubly
disposed towards the Reds. After sub.
jectiug the Communoto SO much abuse, it
would be strange indeed if we we're after
awhile called upon to praise it
The Charleston journal quoting what
the Martinsburg Statesman said in de-
cliniug to publish Gov, jacobs proclaim
alton, about refusing to help "ncgroize"
West Virginia, and calling on the Al
mighty to strike his arms nervcless aud
cleave his tongue speechless before he did,
remarks that "thcre can be but one CEN
struciiou placed on such man." aud uses
word to express the idea that the con.
struotiou aforesaid would be contemplated
by the addition of a pair of long ears.
A former citizen of our county returned
from Kansas. a few days since, where he
had been living a short time Hei thor
oughly convinced that jackson county is
fur ahead Of any portion Of Kansas. He
reports that thcre are hundreds Of families
there that want to come back but have not
the means Why man living here in
good circumstances, should sell Of all that
he has aud 60 to the West, is mystery
that We calnot understand There is
nothing to bO gained by it, while on the
other hand he runs the risk of loosiug all
that he has and perhaps his life Also
Persons that are here should stay, and
spend the surplus money they have to
throw away in going to the West, in i'm
proving their farms, or if not farmers, in
building manufactures. which wo need
and which We will have before many years.
-RarenspOOd Mcgs.
CANTON, April 14.-A fire here carly
this morning nearly destroyed the business
block owned by RotbsChild & Brother and