The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-01-30
now THEY HOW'LL

""PV' luz e)s'Cn dHu pvllCJt CStapieutl
by the Democratic putty since their &C
ccssiOO 10 power in West yirgiOia, ha
been that 10 inspire hope and give couG
dencO to tue citizen, lbat all would he pro
t0ctCi 10 his and her individual rights -
The Radical party having lost their ono,
mighty power in the Mountain State"
power perpetuatcd to themselves By The
rigid enforcement of the Llck and dam.
ming registration Law, by which near one.
half Of the people Of the State we're depri.
we'd Of their right 10 vote. The test oath
or oath for officers, by which good men
we're prevented from exercising and per.
forming the duties Of the Office to which
the people had called them; the suilor's
oath, (Which the Supreme Court of the
United States has decided uncoustiulon
nl,) by which men were prevented from
collecting debts honestly due them; the
other tests of lpyaly which made rascals
OF all who sought advantage aud protect,
ion under cover Of them, have been cx
plunged from the Constitution and Code Of
laws Of the State, by the Rllical.hatcd
Democratic party of West Virginia.
The Radical strcct.corn9r politicians aud
the Radical newspapers, (amoug the nun.
Der the able, q and brilliant, @ and in
fnential @ Mason County Jognal) are
sounding tue alarm, and raising howl
like unto puck Of hounds on the trail. -
They publish everything, which, in
tteir opinion, is calculated to iljurc or
destroy the Democratic party, whether it
be4rac or .fIlSe. They are, at all times
ussailing aud disappearing the Lcgisa
turO now in session. They denouOce the
new Constitution with the vehemeuCo Of
the dera Why do they do this? Be.
cause the Democratic party done away with
the "Radical.Jeloyed constitution" which
permitted disfranchisemont and test oaths
THIS is the secret Of their abuse Of good
men, They want to come to the surface
again. They would like to have Consli.
tuition that permits oppression and pro.
sCription. The new Constitution deals
justly with all the citizens of the State,
aud protects all in their rights, bio they
white, or be they black This does not
suit the Radical who still believes that the
'robel should be punished" that is, il he
does not act with the Radical party.
We can sag TO the Mason County Jour,
nal that the Radical party Of West Yir,
ginia is acaa The corruption, tyranny,
usurpation, prescription and oppression o!
that party, from the day Of the restored
government" in 1861, down to the forma-
lion Of West Virginia, through all that
time, till the party went out Of power in
the commencement Of 1871, is what killed
the Radical party. And although the
party died Of its own imperfeCtions by ten
years Of continued injustice to, aud opFrcss,
ion Of the citizens of the State, the diff.
Guilty has been passed, aud a generous De.
mOcracy, which guarantees freedom to all
classes and conditions, and a participation
ofall men in the administration of the Of,
fairs Of tbe.State, is in power, to the relief
.Of thousands. In view, therefore, Of
the lesson taught. coupled with the pres
ont auspiciOus circumstances that cluster
around tie Democratic administration Of
the State, tits strange that there should
be found one 10 the whole State, bold aud
daring enough to advocate measures that
died when the Radicals came down IN 70,
so dead that even tue pcaling tones Of a
party resurrection could never hope to
reach them? We had fOudly hoped that
the campaign which gave us new Cons'i'
tuition, q Democratic State government,
and Democratic Legislature; would say
to all sensible men, forget your prejudccs,
the people have said prescription
shall be no more in West Virginia, But,
alas! We have been mistaken; the cry comes
forth agaiu, from the leaders of the Radi.
cal party, to stun the progress Of our
State.
Let the people beware, how they listen
to these crafty writer's oftbe Radical press,
They misropresont everything connected
RitA the Democratic Administration Of the