The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-04-16

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| Doubtless mauy men arc lured 10 make
stay 10 The rsuksO Of the Republican party,
binding theireyes to what it now is and
remembering what it used to be. The
members Of party are always the last to
forsuke it while reasonable boPc remains
Of accomplishing 10 It and through it The
ends which they believe best subserVe tho
veal Of the greatest number and the pros
perity Of our national institutions. The
floating voter who Oscillste from one tothe
other can have no permanent power while
the bone and siuew ofthe great parties re-
main intact But there are evidences on
every side now that the most respectable
portion Of tho Republican party is hostile
10 the mcn aud agencies now sanctioned
by that party. Little BY little the work Of
disinlcgratioD has goOo on, until tho pro.
verb about The house divided against itself
readily occurs Ifthut party had, Of set
purpose, tried to mako itself odiOus and
unpopular it could not have embarked on
more ruinous course than that which has
marked It's career since the war. At tue
close Of our civil site il was seized with
the frantic nonsense Ofthe speedy Iiqaida'
ton Of the national debt, and George
Boutwell, paraded bis statements Of aPPaF'
out monthly decrease, while the country
was groaniDg under enormous and uOjusil'
fabIo taxation to sustain bis insane policy
We'll, the rcsu. Of oil that was seen in the
panic Of last year, and the national debt
fever /. not likely to break out again very
soon.
Uo.cxisteut With that folly other counts
10 The Indictment against the Republican
party we're being duly written and teOem'
bered 0flate tho items have gone on
swelling until investigating committees
would have to double their present clerical
force to inquire into half Of them, albeit
they may bo summarized as follows
| The violation oflaw 10 Obetting an
audacious conspiracy b. which the State of
Louisiana was given over to q. band Of
kuayes who had pluudered the pubIir sirens
ury and had been defeated il popular
election.
2 The systematic debauchiog Of the
politics ofsevera Southern States, by which
they have been rendered bankrupt, and
the very idea Of legislative government
made odous and contemplate
8 The creation aud support Of a com,
bination for plumber 10 the District of Col
umbia which has loaded the City of Wash.
ustou with an intoorablo load of debt,
enriched cabal ofpoliticiaus, aud discrcG
tied the Capital
4 The steady, persistent, and shameless
persecution Of the merchants Of New York
by au army ofspiqs and rxtortioners. as
sisted by Uuilc1 States officers, who divide
with yhisves and infOtmers the price Of
their degradation
5 The recent uuheord,of conspiracy be.
tween the Treasury Department and an
obscure politician, by which the latter was
enabled to steal out Of the public revenue
some hundreds of thousands Of dollars, and
the officers of the Government were order.
ed to assist him III these depredutions.
6 A management of the national En-
auCes 50 mode up of dishonesty. incompe.
reucy, aud gross caroIGssncss that nothing
like it has ever been seen in history, touch
iug one day the criminal and the next bur.
Iesquc, vibrating between the Idiot Asylum
and the Pcuitoptiary
Z. A CourmpIuouS disregard Of the
solemn pledges Of the Conventions of the
party. in reference to retreuchmcnt, honesty
in disbursements, aud the reform Of the
Civil Service.