The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-24

] curse VI nNBUVOIumeub Wulvu NuelI uVuCob
citizens have little hope Of remOviDg.-
They are ridden to death by Carpet.bag
swind'ers, as the conquered provinces Of
Rome we're pilaged by the faVOrites Of the
Caesars 10 South Carolina this era Of
foreign domination has passed. The State
is now in the hands Of It's Ignorant freed.
men How much it may have yet to suf.
fer before they learn the art Of govern
ment we shull not conjecture; but the stu.
alton is by no means hopeless, The
blacks have discarded their carpet. bag lea
ders; they have undertaken to rule without
white assistance; thus they have themselves
made broad line of distinction between
the party of the whites and the party Of
the blacks, and have established the issue,
which is sooner or later to work their po.
litiCal overthrow. Their ,prepondcranCo
in numbers may be represented now by q.
bout twenty thousand votes, and il is stOaI
dny diminishing Not Ouly is their nalu-
raj increase slower than that Of the Whito
population, but they are gaining nothing
from immigration wbilO Tho whites nro
gaining"
We need not ask our readers whether
this picture is not faithfully drawn. Eve
ry intelligent man in the State knoWsit to
bo true to lifo Here in Virginia We have
so Gar escaped The deep disgrace, the pain
ful humiliation that has been the portion
Of our PROSTATE Southern sisters. Why
was this2 Was il not duo to tho good
sense, wisdom aud moderation that has
ever characterized our people? With q
quiet dignity that compelled tho respect Of
all, recognizing their changed relations
with the Federal Government consequent
upon o great revolution, thhy at once &C.
cepIcd the inevitable, and il not OheOrfully
at least in good faith, returned, il not to
that Union which was Virginia's irst love
and the offspring of her WOrld.renowned
sons, her Washington, her Jefferson, ber
NHenry, her Madison, her Marshall and
her Lees, at least to such sembIanoe Of it.
as had come down to them through impO.
tent. Il mol through fSlthlsss aud treachor.
ous hands, Such as II was, however, they
determined to accept ", and with renOwod' ,
vows Of devotion to the great cause Of con.
stitud6nal republican liberty, touph1ld und
sustain Tho Constitution iof The Republic
Fss-thB BheeJ-ancbofot td6ir safety, aud 70 !
preserve it from further desecraton by
rescuing il from the hands Of the vicious
and depaved who had disregarded its
mandates and pCrvertedoi its 'ipachiUg0.--
True to her past history, to tho memory 3
of her priceless jewels, her, immortal be-
roic dead, 10 ber bright untarnished record
Of noble deeds performed whether in tie
couasels Of the nation or upon the deadly
field of strife--to her living though im-l.
poverishcd sons. to her bright hopes Of o
future more respIendent even than her
past for those who are soon to gil our pla-
ces-Yirginin, We say, all shOrn Of her
s'r,Ug'h, rPpIcd aud exhausted though
she was, at the first advance of the Radi-
cal host, the hui CRY advcnturcrS who came
like vultures to prey upon the little rem
nant that was left Of her former possess
onS-soundod the alarm, and summoned
to her rescue her devoted sons. The re.
suit of that contest is fresh in the memo.
ry of all. So complete was the rout and
discontinue Of the motley army Of "sCal-
uwags, ebo,shius and carpet baggers,'
that it was hoped the old State for the t1-
turo would be, il not saved from the pollu.
ton of their presence, atleast from all ap.
preheusiou Of danger Of their ascendenCy.
Had defeat then befallen the Conservative
party, under whose banner every Virgin.
ian rallied the result would have been most
disastrous, il not absolutely fatal to every
hope Of peace, prosperity or happiness;
but still with the influence against US, had
we gone down in the wild storm that rag
ed around US, and our fate been that of
our sister States above alluded to, it would
perhaps have been our misfortune more
than our fault But now with white
majority of well nigh forty thousand in
the State, il the negroes with their white
allies ar9 suffered TO triumph it so.Id
cause the blush Of shame to mantle the
check Of every man who claims to be .
Virgiuian-it would be disgrace that
would cause cry Of anguish to come forth
from every heroes grave. 1t would be Q
humiliatlon so great that every true and
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