The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-06-20
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nent Republican of Cov1ngton, hyS
and the candidate of the Republi-
can party for mayor of that city in
1.-THE last election, attended Demo
cratic convention of Kenton county
last Saturday, and made redhot
Democratic speech, and announced
that henceforth he is Democrat.
Mr.. Nadaud scored the National
Republican party for it's imperial
Iism, and the treatment that has
been accorded Cuba. He has left
the Republican party of Kentucky
because it has "made murder a
weapon of party warfare" He
paid glowing tribute to William
Goebel, as man I'VE loved, hon.
ored and are proud of"
NJ. Nadaud' d's speech isRs follows
when from cause of principle
Involved it becomes the duty of
any man to sever political affilia-
ton with party that has attacked
equality of man and the liberty of
a people, the justification of that
course brings to the intellect re-
memberanoe of those noble truths
applied by the members of our first
American Congress, who on that
memorable day, July4, 1776, dared
to declare independence and affirm
that all men are created equal, and
are endowed by their creator with
certain inalienable rights, among
which are life, liberty and pursuit
of happiness.
GAIL men are created equal, but
this equality ceases to exist in any
man who does not exercise the in
tellect God has given him to ele-
vate his principle above personal
ambition and self-aggrandizement.
This holds true, not only of the in
dividual, but of parties political,
and when either great political
party allows party ambition, party
and political aggrandizement to
supplement principle by fostering,
protecting and encouraging great
trusts, who are enemies of honest
labor and enemies of an honest
compensation for him who performs
the labor by which the wheels of
commerce and progress are made
to revolve, and also by robbing of
Liberty, life and happiness a people
whose only crime is in being weak
and unfortunate, and who are also
guilty by the grace of God of be-
ling created the equal of those who
seek to subject and rule them; then
any true American that heretofore
has affiliated with that party should
sever by reason of principle his po-
litioal relations with that party.
"The fact that the United States
entered into war with Spain for
the purpose of freeing Cuba is not
disputed by the Republican party,
and it causes the blush of shame to
mount the cheek of every honest
American who realizes that now,
nearly two years after the cessation
of hostilities, not only is Cuba not
free, but we are waging war against
people who expected from US de-
liverance, life and liberty. Instead,
we tender them desolation and
and death.
"The tears we would shed in
shame and sympathy are dried be-
fore falling in the indignation that
overwhelms US, when, to Justify
Hypocrisy and imperialism, the Re-
publican leaders attempt to claim
the PHILIPPINE islands have been
forced upon us by special dis
pensation of Gods providence. 1
suppose this is also why Cuba is
not freed according to promise.
The civil salary list alone for Cuba.
according to Republican figures,
for 1890, is over $3,OO0,O0O That
the Republican party shall not on
| ly enslave Cuba, but intrust the
wealth oflour country and of the
Cubans to men of the stripe of
Charles Nicely is also, no doubt,
owing to special and all-wise dis
pensation of Almighty God. So
saith our Republican friends, whose
argument, by the way, reminds us
of the man who said he had such
bad cold he could not tell the
truth. The history of the Repub-
lioan party for the past few years
teens with acts of hypocrisy and
shame.
"Let us repeat, lest we forget,
that under Republican rule murder