The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-29
The DUTY Of lie Hour.

According to The American sys-
tenn Of politica, the people are call
ed'uponeyery four years 70 make d
choice oitheir rulers fol the ensu.
ing four. That periodisnow upon
be, anditbecomes the serious, sol.
ennd duty Of all good citizens 70
endeayofwltb The light they have
before chem, % choose well and.
wisely. lyewill only stop 10 con4
sider theeonparatise claims ofthe
Two great leading parties Of the
icoantry,.a and The merits Of thecan.
.didates put iorWatdiby each. The
Other candidates can oily beiconsid.
cred as annexes, ordsidea shows in
the great political drama that's
being enacted. sill /,
{ The Democratic party presents
candidates for President and Vice.
President, whose political records
are SO clean that they cannot be at,
tackled, and Shosei Integrity cannot
be impeaehed. II also comes be,
fore the country with a clear, clean
cut platform Of principles, in which.
no flaw can be found, taking a de.
Cided and conservative stand on all
the importan! political issues Of
the day, In Grover Cleveland, we
see a man who has the confidence
of the business men: We mean
the representatives Of the solid,
legitimate business interests Of the
country, not the monopolisls and
rings!ers, a man who has the re-
spect and cordial support Of, not
only the whole Of his own party,
but oithe better element Of the op.
posing party. 4,d gsfa
The Republican party, on the
contrary, has thrustupon the coun.
try, a man with a public record 50
bad, that the best and heretofore,
most influential leaders of his own
party utterly refuse to indorse him,
not from factious, opposition or
personal considerations, but ayow.
eddy, because they cannot and will
not endure to see the party 10
which they are attached with true
and unselfsh devotion, pros!itnted
to the selfish ends Of a corrupt and
cssigningset The platform of tile
Republican party, promulgated at
Chicago, is Of itself confession
that it has been a failure, it yirtu.
ally acknowledges its sins Of omis.
sion, when il asks to be retained in
power in order that it may correc!
the many abuses that have sprung
up under its own administration,
Certainly if there is anything
wrongin the existing state ofafairs
it must be chargeable to the Re.
publican party, and il alone, as it
has shaped the legislation Of this
country for the last twepty.four
years, The sins Of commission of
the Republican party are too nu.
merous to be enumerated in the
narrow limits Of q newspaper arti-
Gle, but their name is legion. We
appeal to the honest men Of the Re.
publican party, who really and
truly want to act right in the mat
ter, whether the conduct and opin.
ions of such men Of their own
party as Hamilton Fish, Gen..
Benz. Bristow, Carl schurz, Gov.
William Curtis, Roscoe B. oonk-
ling, Henry Ward Beecher, and
many others Of its most trusted
leaders, in contrast to the Goulds,.
Vanderbilts, Dorseys, Bradys aud
others Of that ilk, whoare the close
friends and advisers of Mr.. Blaine,
ought not to weigh heavily with
them when they come to make up
their minds as to how they shall
vote. Think over the matter seri-
ously and determine whether 10
the light of the existing condition
Of the country, common sense does
not dictate a change in the treat
ment Of the body politic,-Sats-
man,
The Chances.
In a little less than one week
from today the great Presidential
contest Of 1884 will have been de-
cided by The ballots Of the Amefi.