The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-08-13
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The Mason County JoHraal "a an ar
ticle beaded. "The Crisis Has Come, pro
pounds to US certain questions so comprc
lcusiiye in their character, it would re
,ouire too much time and space to gift
them that consideration which they would
ander other circumstances, deserve. The
advantages of the present constitution
were SO thoroughly discussed IN iS72, we
feel that it would be a "osk Of suPercfoga'
ton TO euumcrate tac@ nos, when the
constitution is working so !iuely, and t'is
laws made in pursuance thereof arc SO
creditable to the law-making power. The
.oaly thing we desire to notice is 'ne at
,.cmp: to arraign the Denominations
alive party for not having given the rebel
.elemeat suficieus "recogailion." Now.
certtiuly, nothing corld be nore lmpn,
dent than this manifestation Of & desire to
interfere IL our faua Affairs. The state
sseat tbat the Republican party lad en-
ytrauchiscd the rebels through the Flick
Amendment, is really funny. It is true
it was passed in the FIRST instance By a Re-
publican Legislature, 6rt fhen that party
was divided into factions, leaominatcd
-.b;tter-calcrs" tnd "le,-rgs." These
!et-ups were elected on pledges Of repeal
or notifications Ct all the disabling meas
arcs then existing. A':eroIrtion in poo
Sic sentiment had set set 10, aud as -rego-
lutious never 90 backwards the Flick
Amendment or something similar he'd TO
be passed By the Republican Legislature
oil 1870. Still it must be remembered
tbe. tie Democrats and lu.-ups constituted
at least oue.half Of the members ossthe
lower House, showing the great gains that
bad been made, in ,hat,trunch Of the Leg.
islatarc. The Legislature yielded simply
because 1t copld not ueintaia its power
uaon q qrossrip.isc basis, AID yet great
credit is claimed for vat the Ri ,olican
party was obliged to 40.
VS.: Virginia was e. las: Stale in the
Unie4 to .ea.oye ,es!,o;.lhs and disfran-
,chiscmens. When call was made BY
s;wsaty Republicans Of this county fO- a
couvea,ion of Liberal Republicans to be
held at Point Pleasant on the irst OF June
lS7O, IN order to agree upon liberal
platform, and be prepared for the State
Convention on the 222l Q: the same month
1t was booted a; by many Republicans
and nearly all the Republican papers o
the State, aud tie charge n's!'a lha: it hat
5eon gotten cp By some prominea; rebels
The Safe Convection met, but The
Republican party refused to incorporate
she Flick Amendment into their platform
and very many ies-aos weat back upot
their record. In 49, it was passed By
,Decocya;.: Leg .tuse. aud is ratifca
,.ioa on the 9Th Of Apsi', ISL, was
,rsre form, the vote hcias 2S,5+6 FOX rati
.fca.ion, and 6,SS23 for rejection. Now
before this amendment was adopted, be i
remembered thet negroes had been mad
voters by thet5th amendment. which tn
Legislature of West Virginia lad uucon
,s,itutionsly ratified, and still the JglTao
has the audacity to say rebels are nnGe
obligations to a party which had sough
by every mcass in their payer to degrad
them. The Jomnci says in referring t
tbe rebiis. ave k=oR Of several of tha
class Of honorable msa WHO have been 60
tirely satisfied for years that all the Dem
,ocracy of this county wanted with then
was to vote" These honorable gentle
men, we must say, are no: sustained b.
the fecss. Did no! cue of their numbc
represent This Senatorial District in tn
Convention? Isno one now ir the Stat
Senate from tbs District? both of whom
carried the capnty; and did not anothe
come within q few votes Of being clectet
20 the House Of Delegates from this coun
ty in the last election? Then how can i
De nrde to appear that the Democratic an'
Conservative party of this county has :se
manifested any disposition TO slight til
rebel element?
While upon this subject We arc curiou
to know h5' What process this eiemen
could be.ndaced to affiliate with Repu5
,icans. or in other words, could be made
10 kiss the rod that kept them so long i;
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