The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-08-05
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,.s!ieh under proper authority. tbt
privilege Of the right of habces eerpa;
might be suspended; but the PROPOSE
ton in a time of profound peace. t.
give to the President Of these Unitec
States the power to place States un'
der the disabilities Of rebellion by ;
paper proclamation; overthrow gov
ernments upon the strength of the
banditti proclamation or bulletin O
commanding General; arrest citi
zens without warrant; trying then
upon unknown charges; convict
them upon the testimony of witness
es they are not allowed to confront
and hang them upon the predeterm:
ination of courts-martial organized
to convict, is so monstrous and SO in.
famous in its character, that nothing
but the determined efforts Of the Re
publican Representativesin Congress
in behalf of the notorious Force Bill
would ever have induced the Ameri
can people to believe that its prepos
terous provisions received the sane
ton of any respectable portion of the
citizens Of our common country.
Without being profoundly fersed
in the science of international com.
merce We have nevertheless learned
from history how,: under the work
ings of a wise policy in the manage
ment of our trade with other coun'
tries, the possibilities of American
greatness have been developed, anc
we cannot sanction that system Of
administration, that policy Of leglsla'
ton, which has driven American
shipping from tho ocean, and given
US, as the representative item upon
the balance sheet Of foreign trade:
the expectation Of gold to fatteI the
Golfers of foreign traders, and the I'M
portation of bull pups as the play
things of the Presidential Mansion.
Laughter, and cries Of "HIt him
again. GO for him." as--,=-----='7'
.1inong the most hallowed pasSa-
ges Of our country's history are those
which represent the fathers Of the
Republic as harmonizing their pub.
lie duties with the precepts Of relig-
ion and administering the govern
ernment under the guidance and by
the blessing of God, leaving to future
times their lives as the best possible
example of genuine Christian states.
manship. In all the intrigues and
corruptions of party politics, it re-
mained for the leading politicians Of
the present party in power to adopt
Christian craftsmanship as a profess
ion, making it a garb with which to
cover the arts and conceal the corrup-
tions Of the demagogue and the
mountebank. A Christian states
man forsooth! Making 4 profit of his
professions of philanthrophy and
growing rich from the public chari-
ties that were contributed for the
benefit of the freedmen, whose special
champion he had become. A Christ
ian statesman, forSooth. aspiring to
return to the Senate of the United
States through system of startling
bribery, whose exposure shakes the
entire Nation. A Christian, indeed!
aspiring from the second to the first
Office in the gift of the people
of the country, and caught with
the wool of Credit Mobilicr be-
tween his teeth. [Cheersand laugh
ter. The pet financicrs of Christian
Statesmanship, issuing the worthless
stock of gigantic railroad bubble
scheme Of Christian craftsmanship,
receiving in return therefor the in.
heritance of widows and orphans and
the boards of the unsuspecting all
over the country, and upon the col
lapse Of their bogus enterprise, bring
ing financial calamity upon thecoun'
try and scattering ruin among the
honest laborcrs of the land! Christ
ian statesmen, caught with the tar o.
Pacific mail subsidy upon their heels
Christian statesmen, found receiving
fees as counsel for services in behal!
Of disrcputable proprictors rendered
upon committees and upon the floors
of Congress! Christian merchants
the pets and favorites of Christian
statesmen, detected and prosecuted
for common smuggling, defraudins
the Government, and scandalizine
the church of which they were at
once the pillars and the pride. The
pet President Of Christian statesman,
Ship, the high imperial type of al
their tribe, the munifcent patron o.
their vocation, the IDOL at whose
shrine their choicest incense burns
seen advocating and signing a bill tc
double his own compensation anc
that Of the members Of a coordinate
branch Of the government. Such j:
his control over the conduct Of his
party that each succeeding conven'
tion of its members, denouncing in
obedience to the demands Of public
opinion, the Salary Bill and all Of its
supporters, nevertheless tenders tc
the President by whose final act that
bill became 4 law, renewed assuran
ces of admiration, confidence and
love. [Applause and laughter.