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WEST VA, Dec. 81, 1870. J
Editors Of the Register y = s 10 -.
-. This day winds up the old year, and
thanks to kind Providence, this year
winds up tyranny and prescription in
West Virginia, Do you not imagine
Messrs. Editors, that the Radical who
to-day looks back upon the last five
years, and sees The evil that he has
been instrumental in bringing upon the
people of his State, must feel the lash
Of conscience-if conscience he has?
The rejoicing ofthe diseuthrailed must
crate harsh1y upon his ears, for the
very name of Liberty is hateful to ~
rants.
We are truly a jubilant people We
can hardly realize that our political re-
demption has been accomplished. Ii
came 80 quick and 30 unexpectedly that
we were bewiIdered. Our faith was strong
that it would come, but with our hands
tied and our friends seemingly power
less, while our enemies had control OF
and could bring to bear against us every
appliance that would insure their sue
cess, and our continued humiliation,
the most sanguine of us hardly believed
that it would come so soon: But we
feel the chains loosening, and are con-
fident that our limbs will soon be free.
We have been the subject Of oppres-
sion and petty tyranny in the worst
conceivable form. We were not allow
a voice in the management Of our local
affairs. We saw men in our midst Of
base character and low instincts eleva-
ted to positions Of trust. We were
made to feel that we were entirely at
their mercy, and they, in the baseness
of their hearts, took peculiar pleasure
in making US feel our Inundated con-
dition. But that is all over now. The
waters are becoming tranquil-the
scum and filth that gathered on top du-
ring "the troubling Of the waters" will
soon be at the bottom again. We, or. our
part, should let by-gones be by-gones, and
address ourselves to the work before us.
We discard all feeling of hate and re-
venge, and are willing to see those who
while ago were dressed in brief au-
thority" sink to that obscurity from
which they accidentally arose. We
have a great work before us. 1t
should not only be our aim and effort
to improve our system of laws, but to
elevate the standard Of oftice-holders.
We must have a convention as soon as
our citizens can have voice in
it, to remodel our State Constitution.
The members and officers must lie
reduced-our judiciary needs correcting
our school system, reform. But the
people must see that the standard Of
office holders is elevated. We want men
of integrity and capability. We want
no more carpet-baggers and negro wor-
shipping scallawags, to fill our offices.
We need not confine ourseles altogether
to native Virginians; but will take
pleasure as it is our duty to reward
those who come from other Statesmen
as carpet-baggers-but to settle in our
midst, and who have been using their
energies and abilities in our behalf.
We cannot appreciate too highly the
services Of such men as Sperry, Wal
tiers, Frysinger, &c. 80
We want TO see a good man sent to
the United States Senate. Judge Ed
mission is the favorite Of the people of
this county. He was born, and raised
in this county, and our people are
warmly attached to him. Yet we will
be satisfied with any one whom our
Legislature may honor with the posi-
ton.
A happy New Year to you and your
subscribers, for we all mnst feel happy
under our new administration. NJ.