The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-08-27
CONVENTIONS.

i: as GER own. The paper says: "ln these
DAYS, rs it has for some time been in the
history of the Democratic party, it IS not
unusual 10 hear men owning aud Claiming
allegiance to that party, and imbucd With
strong prejudice against Eadicalism, to
dccry conventions, and because their
special and particular fayOyi'c was defeated
by the will Of the people Of ,he;rparty OK
pressed through their representatives, turn
their backs upon party action and eseF;
their most strenuous endeavors to aefaet in
the ensuing election the candidate Of their
party. They raise tic cry Of Ring
Packed Ccuveations,' aud assert most
positively that the people have not been
heard nor represented; that men have been
going throughout the land seeking popular
favor and putting up schemes for selfish
prcfermcnt. This has been fer years, the
curse Of the Democratic party those great
and uuceaSiug labor it has been to disable
and destroy tbr: great organization which
has for fourteen years, hc!d the ycirs of the
National Government, aud Of nearly all
tho States, whose course has been marked
by a bloody ci7il war, an almost bankrupt
treasury, the desolation of at least ten sis
ter States, the destruction Of State rights,
, the elevation 81 an inferior aud recently
cnthrallsd race to places of power over
their superiors and former masters.
corruption, prescription, fauaticism. test
oaths and total disregard of all the
principles upon which our Liberties de-
pend. And YET, men claiming to be Dem
ocrats discard and disown the action Of
their party. and are not satisfied until by
maining and Gripping its power by in
duciug contention 10 its ranks, they throw
wide the doors 10 all the Offices contcuded
Tor, and allow the common enemy to walk
in and take possession. Have we not ex-
perienccd that? Aud can We never learn
eren from such experience as we have had
how greatly it behoovcs Us 10 pyescrVo in
tact our organization, aud with all our
strength oppose willy, dangerous, uu-
scrupulous and well organized foe:
ut required years o; arduous toll, tue
humiliation Of frequent defeats, the endur-
ance of great wrongs imposed under the
shadow Of Federal poser, TO %rins victory
from the oppyessors Of the people Of this
State; and hardly had we tasted its fruits
before we experienced the bitterness Of
discorl, and saw ,he:prize We had won by
our struggles almost wrestcl from our
grasp By 1ac inaIscEeti0n and misguided
zeal of our co-laboEcrs in the great work.
How, we esk, is any enterprise to succeed
without some systematic organization and
without leaders? VIII the hearts! OF the
people throb simultaneously with the in
pulse to leave their hills and valleys and
NEE. 10 one grand concoursc and with a
single voice proclaim who is their choice.
without the suggestion or influence ofauy-
one? Can you successfully oppose an un-
organized, undisciplined body of men, fol-
lowing no leaders, to body Of trained,
and skilled veterans unused to defeat? Is
It no. as plain as the sun at monday that
the chief aim ofRadical leaders is to create
a division in the Democratic party through
which they hope to wedge themselves into
power? What guarantee have We, that
If they again obtain control Of the State
Government they will not again resor: to
those oppressive and iniquitOus measures
that characterized their former admiais.
trction? None in IN the least! The same
spirit ofa7arice, tyranny, hatred aad faua-
ticism that backed up Bogemau, Nat Har'
grison aud others Of the SANE stripe, and
which led to the enactment Of er post tactc
laws. and other measures of injustice 10.
ward their political opponents, is as active
10 their hearts to-day as when they were
trampling under fOotthe rights Of IA major
ity ofthe citizens Of this State.
Anything that savOrs Of Democracy i
far better than the best of genuine Radi
.oalism, aud it is astonishing that 10 Ian,
=. which has been laid 50 heavily lh