The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-20
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1876.
on Tueslay Of LAST week, NJ. Hill,

member of Congress from Georgia,
made powerful and noble speech in
reply to Blaine, Of Maine, on the
Amnesty Bill pending before Cong
ress, in which Blaine Haunted his
"bloody shirt" and denounced in the
most inhuman terms, those who were
in the war against the Union, many
ycarsago. Thegentlemen at whom his
remarks were particularly lcvclled
was the Hon. Jefferson Davis. Blaine
waswilling to forgiveall others, buthe
was not willing that amnesty should
be extended to Mr.. Davis, under any
circumstances whatever. Such men
us BlatnC and Morton are ready to
cry "let loose the dogs of war on the
South" and would to-day, if within
their power, overrun those States
with the military. Their object in
arousing and infaming the passions
of the North, is plain to be secn.-
Both of these men want to step into
the Presidency, and have started the
outrage mill for that purpose. This
appeal to the bascr passions, has no
very serious effect now. As long as
the country was prosperous under
radical rule, the people were willing
to receive such appeals as an excess
of patriotic ardor; the most disgust
ing vituperation Of every Southern
man, was looked upon as the true
standard of loyalty to the radical
party and country, and the dcma-
goguo who Toasted literally upon the
blood and bones of traitors" was GER
tain of being placed on the highest
seat in the affections of the radicals.
The war has been over for more than
ten years. Times have changed, and
so have the politics of the country
The policy of usurpation and tyran-
NY over one section, has been rcbu-
ked by the people. The song of the
"bloody shirt" has lost its charm
The loyalty which found its highest
cmcnd in the enrichment of the
North by the robbery of the South,
exhausted itself when the plundcrcd
section could furnish nothing more;
and as the business of the country
began to languish, something more
substantial, in the shape of cry for
bread, browns the appeal of hate and
prescription, that has been all along
the life and strength of the Radical
party. The demand for another cru
SADIE down South will meet with but
little endorsement by the people of
this great Union. Only tyrants and
towards like Morton and Blaine,
make such base appeals, and demand
of the government such Infamous
measures. Mr.. Hill, was the man of
all others, to reply to Blaine, and no.
bly, did he perform his duty. He
produced statistics, to sustain his
side of the question, which could not
even be denied by the astutc gentle
man from Maine. In closing his re-
marks, Mr.. Hill used the following
eloquent and beautiful language:
"Sir, my message is this: There are
no Confcdcratcs III this House; there
are now no confcderatcs anywhere;
there are no confederate schemes,
ambitious hopes, desires, or purposes
here. But the South is here, and
here she intends to remain. En-
thusiastic applause. Coon and pass
your qualifying acts, tramplc upon
the Constitution YOU have sworn to
support, abncgate the pledges of your
fathers, incitc rage upon our people,
and multiply your infdclitics until
they shall be like the stars of heaven
or the sands of the scashorc, without
number; but know this, for all your
iniquitics the South will never again
seek a remedy in the madness of
another secession. Continued APP
plause. We are here; we are in the
house Of our fathers, our brothers
are our companions, and VIC are at
home to stay, thank God. Much ap,
plause.
ave come to crafty no revenge,
to rctaliatc no wrongs, to resent no
past insult, to reopen no strife
We come with patriotic purpose to
do whatever in our political power
shall lie to restore an honest, econom-
ical, and constitutional administra-
ton Of the Government We come
charging upon the Union no wrongs
to us. The Union never wronged us.
The Union has been an unmiXed
blessing to every section, to every
State, to every man of every color in
America. We charge all our wrongs
upon that "highcr law" fanaticism,
that never kept Il pledge nor obeycd