The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-09-07
The Assassination.

that President Garfield was stricken
down by the hand Of all assassin
who is violent Repnblican-to use
the language of the assassin him
sell, "a stalwaft Of The stal@arts, a
Republican of Republicans. In the
last campaign Guiteau, took the
stump for Garfield, and no man
among the small-fry was more violent
in bitter, lying denunciations Of De-
mocracy than he, and his party
cheerfully acquiesced in his state
menls and endorsed his course. His
utterly deprayed heart was fred up
by the manner in which his declara-
tons that the South was composed of
murderers and cut-throats was re-
ceived, and he was prepared for his
foul deed. They sowed the wind and
are now reaping the whirlwind.-
And yet, Notwithstanding the malice
exhibited toward that section in the
campaign, the South has shown a
wonderfully deep, and heart.feltsym-
pathy for the suffering President and
her prayers have gone up as that Of
one man for his ultimate restoration
to health and to his country. Had
Guiteau been a Democrat the Repub
lican press and the North would
have deliberately, maliciously and
with malice aforethought charged
the people Of the South with the
deed Of this man, and might have
made it pretext for the establish
ment of military despotism in the
hated Southern States. Why, then,
is it more uncharitable to hold the
Republican party and the North re.
sponsible for the assassination Of the
Chief Magistrate? 1t would not be
one whit more unjust than the course
pursued many time by the North.
1t would be returning of the
bread so literally cast upon the
waters by them in the days gone by.
Let the blame rest where it rightful
ly belongs-on the party whose en-
tire existence has been devoted to
teaching the gospel of hate.-Er. +.
The above may not suit the views
of the cowardly correspondence the
Visitor who signs himself thus T+1
and who went out of his way last
week to falsify the position of the
Register and the Cincinnati Enquirer
in regard to the assassination of the
President, and charging that we
wanted him to die" Far from it;
we want him to live, that the coun.
try may not be disgraced and cursed
by the administration of that worst
of all men, Chester A. Arthur, whom
many believe is the chief conspira.
tor in the attempted assassination.
No paper has expressed deeper
sympathy for the President since the
attempt on his life by a Republican
assassin than has the Point Pleasant
Register. At the time we went to
press, last week, the news from the
President was alarming, and every
body in this broad land, was expect.
ing to hear Of his death at any mo-
ment. We prepared our article from
the kilograms then before US. On
Monday afternoon the news came
that he had rallied and was improv
ing, and there was hope; but too late
for US to make the announcement
For this we are assailed by a man
who is too cowardly to divulge his
name. We made demand for the
name of the author, and as yet have
not obtained his name. When he
found we had made the demand, he
went to VanMatre, and cringing
and whining begged him on Bonded
knee not to disclose his name We,
awhile; and accordingly it is with
held.
We abide our time, and when we
do learn who the author is, we shall
take pleasure in paying our respects
to him.
RuniOred Effort to Induce Arthur
tOProciaim Himself President.
An informal gathering of General
Grant, Conkling, Logan, Cameron,