The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-03-19
NATIONAL WAIVER LINE.


From the National Republican;
Sir; The sword, When used by civilized
ocains. barbarous peoples, has often been
t6e means of their ciyiIisatioUj but when
used by civilized against equally civilized
ocopIcs, its poScr las ever been disastrous
drs! oihe conquered, then 10 the colqler.
log. when the couqueriug have used their
poSc:; for curses and wrongs ever come
/ home to roost AllpoopleS have had their
civil wars The force Of progress aud ma
tional vitality brings couact Of thought
and Of opinion, and from this springs war.
The Greek, the Roman, the Italian, the
English, the French civil wars are some
examples From these causes came the
great civil strife ia the United States :
The American people, sectionally speaking,
were really divided on but one great sub.
jcct-Afrcnn slavery. On no other sub
Jet we're they soCtIoDally divided, That
is past and gone. 1t is true, one section
New England backed by many individ.
uaIs from the other States, is pressing ne.
gro equality upon US, but there will soou
be au end ofthis, and the aegro will take
Just such position, politically and socially,
as be is fitted for. There is no consider
able portion Of the American people that
does now, or ever did, desire disunioO from
sentiment, or as an abstract question.
The people Of the South took up arms
in moment Of passion aud irritation, aud
it is fact that no considerable portion of
them could be induced to volunteer until
their country was Invaded and many acts
of violence put upon them, Even then
they hositated until CONSUMPTION was about
to be forced upon them, which, as senti
ment with them, they considered disgrace.
full Had the heart Of the Southern PEG.
pie, in the mass, been in the war they
never would have been conquered But
numbers of them, after the passion of Sc
cessCn cooled down, began to regret =
And oftbOse who volunteered under the
force Of CONSUMPTION, more than one hun
dred thousand deserted, or, as they called
| it, went, homo, because their hearts we're
not 10 the war. From this cause alone
the aruics of the South, tbinuCd to mere
fragments, went down.
Had no armies been precipitatel upon
them in the beginning, and had they been
made to feel that the North would aot
abolish slavery, the States would Lave re
turned to the Union with very little per,
suasion. The people Of the Moth did not
understand US iD 1861; they do not under,
stand us nov We regarded the election
of Mr.. Lincoln as an open declaration
against the enjoyment Of rights we suppos.
ed we're guaranteed to US by the Constitu
ton 10 submit to have them taken from
US without our consent vas to acknowledge
ourselves as interiors, and to allow our,
selves to be deprived of the rights Of
American Cjtzens. For the same cause
sbs Colonies royOItsd against the molle
d hntrS
We % Say to the people Of the North,
be just toAs; do not degrade US, but let US
feel that this Government is as willing to
protect US and to foster our interests as to
protect and foster the interests Of the other
sections and we will be as loyal TO it as
any other section, and as willing to defend
it. The feeling manifested by us when
war was probable with Spain should open
the eyes Of those who have eyes aud will
not see.
The people Of the South aud great West
are greatly dependent upon each other
The South is, aud will ever be, the great
market Of the West. The South is de.
pendent on the West for food for man and
beast, aud for many other things. Destroy
the South and the West goes down with
her. Hence these two sections will soon
fud themselves acting together. Their
interests are absolutely common. They
arc equally interested in cheap commercial
exchanges. Railroads but poorly conserve
their commercial wants, for their products
are too bulky. Nature has given them
one great water line, the Mississippi river
Sixty or seventy millions of dollars eau
give them another ofequal utility. | sup
rose this Government would, if it were
necessary, give Que thousand million dol.
lars rather than see the Father Of Waters 60
dry. II eau be easily demonstrated that
the James river and Kanawha canal com.
pIcted will be Of equal value. Then we
surely can afford to give sixty millions for
work that would be worth ono thousand
millions. Again, the East and the great
cities Of the seNboard are greatly interest.
ed 10 cheap fuel This canal pcnetrates
the greatest coal field in the world; area Of
coal 100 by 200 miles, 100000 square
miles } with workable seams that aggregate
10 to 60 feet in thickness. Take the dis.
lance and calculate the cost, and tho saw.
ing in fuel will be immense.
The consumption Of iron in America is
tremendous. This water line completed
brings the coal of West Virginia aud the
iron Of Virginia within sixty miles water