The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-05-04
I The Election.

AAC GAANStAQAAs" .l
eaWc believe We caHsalcly say THAT 10 day
AlIlmen inWsa Virginia arc free. Tho
political shhcEles tliat for ycars has bound
dnilsopprcssea thousands of our citizens.
kcroknccked of Of them last Thursdhy.
Yetsherc arc number Of mon ID The
county, who BY their votes, would have
tivitcd the chains still tighter, had they
the strength. iaiBut thinks 'to-a patriotic
and magnauimous people. their desires
have been defeated. Old MasO6's sons
havedaid'asiae their ptcjudices and deela-
rOd'for che fight. and given rousing ma
.jority il favor Of the Amendment. The
returns for this county will DO fouod 10
an other coluli. The result in the State
isindeed satisfactory. The majority for
tho Amendment will be upward oflO 900.
1--WE fsclprodd Of che course we have
steadily pursued in favor Of the enfran.
,chisement Of the disfranchised citizens Of
this State. We feelTas ifthis vote is an
emphatic endorsement Of the Registers
'antiring advocacy Of this Amendment in
spite Of the vile abuse heaped npon us BY
certain would be dictators 10 the Republic.
-can party, oald the withdrawal Of their
support from our paper. Wetooleup this
4aaestio6--we originated the movement
when hine-tenths Of che Republican party
Of tleis.ate Wefebittetly opposed to en-
Ilssnchising these men; when every Re-
publican paper III tie State assailed US and
denounced u.s. Yet We fought our way
through, and came out thssvictOr. bnscasHI
,ed-and the .Registerlivesl All tie pdny
eff6rtsof our enemies to break US down have
been tRhattsd.! sR beg ~ e
eWe.nsyer advocated rebel enfranchisg-
slnent for t'policysake, ~ bat purely from
assnssof Justice. Aadion tue DAY Of the
clSctiou'we were highly grattdcd to sec
meu voting for the Amendment who had
been its most ule6mpromising foes, when
the measure passed through the first Leg
islature ~ 'irib sai ieaf salits9t
West Virginia is-frec! She is redeem
cd land ,disenthralled! No moro class leg
sislatioh; no more proscfiptwe laws; no,
more oppression vii be'known within her
borders 'ps n 77iif II
West Virginia will now start on q new
career Her population will increase; her
cities and towns twill build up, manufacto.
4'ies wiil'be established, aud her vast de-
POSTS Of coal, iron, salt; copper. lead,
g6d aud silver VII DO developed, andsAe
viii soon rank among the tirst States of
tho Union. %
There is o bill pending 10 the Senate Of
Texas providing for a. division Of tue
State, and the erection Of anew State. west
Of Colorado river. One Of the Texas Dem
.ocratic papers, while not approving d.
vision, says that if tho bill passes, as 1t
thinks it will, and goes 10 the people,
close on the nerth and east of the State
are 50 decidedly III favor Of division, and
,theirpopular strengthsatthe .ballot-box i
80 great, that they will accept the division
"
with the boundaries submitted to then
ratherdhan postpone the division to more
distant day.
The next is to DO q very important cleo
ftionip Ohio. Besides a full State ticket
theteiis to be chosen . Legislature, which
is to apportion the State for members o
Congress for the next term and elect
United States Senator in place Of Hon
john Sherman. The Democratic Stat
Convention Is called for June /, and tl'
Republican stAte Convention or June q
0n, The fourth Thursday in August III
woEo uppp tho call for Constitutions
Convenlionis 70 DO taken. As yet th
people hnge hardly made up their mind q
othis great question. We expect th
!-caiysss viii BE- an, exciting one. ~,
an 80 $500. : 80. 20 ~
Tie Oldest living ex!msmbor Of Congress
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