The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-04-27
FelIow -citizahs d MACON County,

AAAoSNAA
We desire 10 make one more appeal to
you before tho election. To-day is the
time fxed BY law for the vote to DO taken
upon what is generally known as the
'I'lick Amendment" AID as before stated
We cannot urge upon you 100 strongly the
necessity Of turning out en- masse, to-day,
and giving the Amendment q rousing ma
joriiy in old Mason. To-day is the time
for you to place yourselves upon tho record
of your country 10 behalf Of the right
Do it ere i. is too late. Let not your
sense Of honor, letnot your posterity be
tormcntcd and insultcd because you rcfu.
sed to vote to knock the political shackles
of rs, 900 Of sour brethcrcu who reside in
your young and rising State. Let it not
be said by those Of other States and other
climos, that your gallant little State is deaf
to her interests and is rccreant to the prin-
ciples Of liberty and truth. Rcmcmbcr,
that your State is now attracting tho alton
ton Of tho immigrant. as be leaves his for.
eigu home TO sock ono in tho new world.
Remember. that tho vast mineral rcsour-
COS with which il abounds, the fertility Of
its lands aud tue sulubrity Of its climate is
attracting toher borders the weary immi-
grant from every part Of the babituble
globe. but they say, and very truthfully
too, ifWcst Virginia still imposes politi.
cal restraints upon certain class Of her
citizens, il she still refuses to remove the
political letters which now binds them VIC
will not settle in her midst, but will task
our capital aud our industry, and our en-
orgies in developing q region which is not
tainted with political oppression, and where
its citizens are upon an cqual footing in
political point of view. We Cannot thiuk
you arc so blind TO your interests. SO cal
lous to the appeals Of humanity as to re-
fuse to rise 10 your majesty and proclaim
"thcy shall be frco.' Public opposition
to the adoption Of the Amendment has in
q measure ceased. But We arc told that
there arc some who privately disapprovcof
its ratification. Aud VIC blush to say it,
tncrc arc some Democratic (God save the
who shy they will sitter every
indignity before they will vote for the
"Flickp or give it their adhesion, We
spc& advisedly when We say, gentlemen,
your actions are noticed and your words
IRE carefully treasured up, and will be re-
in the future, when you think
they willhayo been forgotten. We as q
Democrat. blush to own you, We blush to
recognize youth tho great political family,
because you oppose one Of tho very mea-
sures which has been the issue between the
two parties for many years in this State.
You who oppose this Amendment, we care
not whether you are Republican or Demo-
crat, your career, your influence,
your standing socially, is forever ended
in tho eyes Of all lovers Of right, and
more especially in the eyes of those
who this benidcent measure is intended to
benefit. Support it maufully and you
will receive the plaudits Of all who have
tho interests Attic State at heart as well
as the most grateful thanks Of tho disfran-
chiscd. Ere another moon wakes and
wanes, the result will have been made
known, and doubtless tho glad tidiugs"
will be proclaimed through the length and
breadth Of the land. West Virginia. the
child of the storm, the child that was rock
cd amid the rattle Of musketry. and the
roar of artillery, is free, and has stricken
of the political shacklcs which bound
$4,000 Of her noble sons. After today
the cx,rebels will be enabled to point out
those who arc their friends, as well as those
who arc their foes. Fellow citizens as a
parting injunction, We say 60 sOlidly for
the "Flick," or else tho course of your
political existence may flicker" out for
cscr. q.
--s
The Martiusburg Salesman. while SYM
pathizing with CharlestOwn, in The matter