The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-09-04

Wlilt tHt VouuHulhol pdlS hc 'NNt
and 100000 Of our people are out of
work andstarving, still neither the
Republican party nor the Democratic
partywill give us amy relief. We
must help ourselves. Let us form y
party'of our own, on the issue of more
money and less taxes, and turn out
both these corrupt and damnable
parties. Let us place new men in
power, and then, if they fool us, let
US hang them-not with rope, but
hang them up politically. And let's
hang those fellows who cry stick to
the party.p We had better hang
them with hemp. If We are not able
to remedy our great wrongs and re-
lieve the people, if we show the peo-
pie that we are doing all we can for
their relief, they will be satisfied
But we can do d great deal. Wecan
pay the ponds according TO the orig
inal contract, and cut off that vast
amount Of interest We have TO pay
annually. The people'can do that.
The people arose before and destroy
ed four million dollars worth of prop
erty in slaves, regardless Of what the
the constitution said aboutit, which
was done in. the interest Of the black
man. ,Ifthat was right, it would not
be wrong to destroy 100000 or
$500, OO0,0 600 Of property in bonds in
the interest Of the white man. The
wrong was in changing the contract,
and we propose TO change it buck
The contract first said paper then
they changed it to coin; and then to
gold coin, in which it is said thatthe
bonds must be paid. Onr party does
not intend that shall be done. The
people arc all suffering and many
starving in the effort to pay the steal
ings of the bondholders, and they
will try no longer. 1t is the word Of
God that man shall earn his bread
by the sweat Of his face; and itshows
that those who sweat shall have
bread. And they will have it
There is a higher law than statutes
and constitutions, and if the work
ingman has no bread he will go and
take that which his ncighbor has,
| law or no Flaw. We sec them band
ing together in the towns and cities,
and arming themselves, and demand.
ing work and food for their families.
And there is no force strong enough
to keep those men down when they
become desperate. Americans do
nothing like other people, and when
this great cloud of mobs and anarchy
which all sec impending above us,
breaks uponus in all its fury, the
French revolution and the reign Of
terror will be as nothing beside it.
If there is no relief, this destruction
will come. We see this crisis and
we are striving to avert it, There is
no safety in either Of the old parties.
They will not and can not help you.
They are both divided on the green.
buck question, and you cannot de-
pend on them.
Ihave been charged with being a
bondholder myself. l bought few
l,er,l., IN 1865, and ! still haye Lllual.
| saidinolSBS, and 1 say now, that !
am willing to take greenbacks for
my bonds. The two Democratic Sen.
ators from this State are both bond.
holders and both bankers. Hereford
| is lawyer, and Davis has developed
into a farmer and bought his elect
ion with Attorney bulls, and can
prove it. By industry and economy
| did accumulate a little property,
and bought farm, and | had it
decided to myself, and not to my wife.
If I am to be put down for this,
tell your boy that he must not work
and save and try to gain an honest
independence; for if he docs, when he
gets old, some imported carpet bag.
ger will point the finger of scorn and
beat him at the election, like they
lid OLD bob Brown.
worked hard for Charleston at tho
capitol election last year, but ! am
not informed how my opponent stood,
Did not hear of his doing any work
for it. twanted to bring the stolen
capitol back to Charleston, and as
that fight may not be over yet, /
think Lean do some good at Wheel
ing. But anyhow am old, and my
opponent can wait. / have crawled
around oyer these hills for 30 years,
and have held Office and practiccd
law in three counties, andifany man
can say that Bob Brown ever wrong
ed him out of a dollar, or a pound of
wool, will repay one hundred fold
in cash or in wcol. 1t is said that !
have been a rebel, a Republican, a
Democrat, and u Greenbacker. The
people know what | have been. |
was opposed to tho test oaths and
the registration laws, and was OPP.
posed to cngrafting upon the consti.
tuition those acts which should damn
the perpetrators TO eternal infamy.
The test oaths were placed upon us
by the powers Of the bayonet, and
my distinguished competitor carried
one Of the bayonets, | hel ped to or.
ganize tho New Stato--was ono of its