The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-08-20
From the Richmond Daily Wing.

ioiioW; II tue popular voice OF heDtncEy,
Tennessee, and North Carolina. as just ex.
pressed. affords an indication Of still
more powerful u,teraDce 10 the declarations
Of all the States between now aud next
March; if We have heard as yet only the
mu,teriug of the sweeping storm that is
rising. not 10 one direction ouly, butia all,
the patriotic. true.hear;ei men ofna.ioual
views all over the country may rejoice in
contemplation of the day Of deliverauce
that is coming.
The Radical party. in the midst Of its
highest carnival, 10 the midst Of its most
reckless abuses, in the midst Of its direst
doiugs, has alway, encouraged US in keep
ing alive one spark Of hope in the breasts
of men who would preserve the Govern
ment aud save the country. It has al.
ways led US to look an1iously for the event
ful tine when the end of its dominion
would be found 10 the extreme applications
Of its wild aud daring doctrines Of re7olu-
tion-wheu its downfall would be brought
about by its own excuses. There is
stronger reason now for the indulgence of
this hope, the Indictment Of this cxpecta.
ton. the establishment Of this belief, than
there has ever been since Radicalism, on
its war.horse, first rode into power.
Immediately after the restoration Of the
Union, with the ashes of the fires Of the
war still smoking, with the high, bot pas
sions of the late conflict not altogether
Gained and cooled. with the bitter memo
RES Of burning bates, though falling and
fading, still lingering in the hearts of
many meu, both 10 the North and in the
South; however unjust and ungcneroua it
may have been. it was not unnatural for
the great masses OF the Northern people to
be miSled, deceived, and made subserrient
to the purposes of their party chiefs,
through the agency Of crafty appeals to
their prejudices, aud bold but false asser.
lions as to the necessity for rigorous rule,
on the part of the Federal Government, for
the security of society in the reconstructed
States. The big demagogucs of the dom
iuaut party had the sagacisy to see that
the great occasion for them had come
that the opportune hour was at hand for a
successful exercise Of their arts Of intrigue
10 securing the control Of the government,
and for several years at least, enjoying the
emolumen,s and houors Of the offices ofthe
country. They took up the rustiog swords
of the brave men who had laid them aside,
and used them as politicians wauds with
the people. They recounted the causes,
as they choose to view it, and the conse-
queuces. ofthe disastrous war that had
been but recently brought to an end by a
triumph Of the Union arms. They jeered,
knd sneered, aud scoFed a. tho South; and.
while pretending To desire earnestly ., real
Reconstruction 81 The cetStry, a renewal Of
old associations between the States, re-
turn offraternal feeling on both sides,
they were doing all they could
do to continue to keep the Northern
heart cmbittered against the Southern peo-
I pie. They succeeded in their policy and
in their plans They reached the reins Of
government with less difficulty. perhaps,
than they had expected; and from that day
to this they have held 90 to the power. the
patronage aud the profits Of the places they
are always coveting when they talk most
loudly about "cnil rights" and the de
signs Of the Democratic party"
The people of the North. the grea. bulk
of the voters who learn their politics from
The politicians, have been grossly deceived,
for year after year since the war, By mis-
represeu ia,ion of Southern sentiment aud
society. And 10 addition to this. the i'm
mcpse army Of Office holders sustained by
the Radical party, and the thorough organ
iza,iOu Of that party throughout the entire
country, have made it almost irresistible
in the National councils aud in majority
Of the State governments. In every effort
to dethrone Radica!ism since the first iuau-
guratiou Of its high handed rule at Wash.
ington, the defenders Of the Consultation
have been baffed and beaten back, but,
though repeatedly defeated, they have new
er despaired. And if now they are gain
ing. ground. as they certainly seem to be,
we may look forward to the next Presiden-
tial election with a cheerful hope CT sue
cess.
In all parts of the country the attention
of the people is beginning to turn to their
choice Of representatives. for the Forty
fourth Congress. With the House Of
Representatives redeemed, or even With
the power of the party now controlling
there but broken by the presence Of lar.
ger number Of men Of moderate views, the
prospect for the Presidency will become
clearer than it is. The lower house Of
Congress is essentially the popular feature
Of the Fedora! Government. And if the
men now beginning to be chosen in the
different States for seats in that House,
after the expiration Of the current term,