The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-12-23
FROM wAsHINT0S.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. q.

WASHINGTON, y. W pcc. 81
Editor Regster:
Senator Davis, of your State, is af'
ter the thieves, he recently submit
ted resolution in the Senate, call
! ing for the names of defaulters to the
government, and the amounts invol'
we'd. He remarked this information
was required by lawsyet the law had
not been complied with The reso-
luton was referred to the Finance
Committee.
In the United States Senate, Mr.
Morrill, submitted resolution inqui,
ring into the cxpediency of passing
such laws as will prevent the stay Of
criminals in the United States from
foreign countries. He said that Al,
most every week, rascals and Grimm,
ais from other countries were coming
into the United States, and said fur
Their, We had enough Of ourown with
out foreign importations.
Resolutions adopted by the Rich
mond Chamber of Commerce, in IA
vor of the improvementof the James
River, have been presented to the
Senate by Mr.. Withers, Of Virginia.
A bill has been introduced into the
Senate to extend the time for which
claims for bounty may be filed under
the act of July, 1866. Referred to
Committee on Military Affairs.
The Democratic House has made
another step in the right direction
It passed resolution on Wednesday
that no further subsidies Of money,
bonds or public lands shouldbe grant
ed by Congress to corporations or as
sociations engaged in public or pr,
vate enterprises. So much more for
the people.
The Radicals have now a good deal
to say about the House Of Represen,
tatives, because they imagine the
claims of the Federal soldier is not
recognized to IN extent to suit their
'qoial" and "bloody shirt" notions
The Republicans never thought OF
the wounded Union soldiers when
they controlled the offices of the low
er House. Now they rcsolutc
like loyal and brave men, but
now they have nothing to give them
When did they ever give an impor-
tant Office to a Union soldier, when a
repentant rebel soldier was an appli-
cant? l mean by repentant rebel
one who joined his fortunes with
the Republican party. l will recite
for instance, the appointment OF Gen.
Longstrect and Of Col. 0. Patton, Of
Kanawha. Why did not Union sol,
diers fill those places. Knight name
4 hundred other such cases, where
rebels were appointed to good offices
by a Radical Congress and 4 Radical
Administration, to the exclusion Of
manned and crippled Union soldiers
Union soldiers can obtain any amount
of handsome words Of praise from
these hypocrites, but when there were
Offices to give, they, and their servi'
ces to their country were quite for
gotten.
There are eighteen members Of
Congress who are in favor Of Grant
for q third term. Six Of them arc
negroes, to whom "0ld Abe known
as 'Duck" by the BOYS Of your town
compare ntellectually,and one
of the six looks very much like him
These darkics are all from the South
and al the third-termcrs from the
sane locality. add to these the post
masters, revenue officers, &c, and
YOU have the full strength of the
third-tcrm party.
The same tact OF Congressional in,
reference in elections in Southern
States has been attempted by Morton
of Indiana, by moving and schemins
to set aside the recent election in
Mississippi, by charging fraud and
violence e the Democrats. If this
State had ;givcr . Republican MI
jorisy, Morton would be :he last MAJ
in the Senate to demand an invest
CATION. Going Democratic is what
hurts him. Federal interference in
Southern elections will now cease.
the whining and bowling of carpet