The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-13
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to stop he progress OF anarcny'
and / b5ing an American Citizen.
and a na of North Carolina, the
fret Sta declare Independence,
feel the TO offer may remedy.
L am 78 of age, have always
been in aFoe of justice between
man and man, Now since we have
had thre our Presidents assasi-
mated, III ext thing is to try and
ascertain HE cause. Only one as.
sasin (eap) gave his reason,
saying Do vac promised an office
by Garfield he went back on his
promise have always been OPP
posed to the burden put upon the
President ppointing any office
holder ohtsids Of his cabinet.
fIf the people are competent to
elect the President, they are also
competent of eleoting all officers
whatever. If our election was
guarded at the polls with an equal
amount of judges of both parties,
| let the decision of the judges be
final and pass a general law, max
ing it a penal offense of at least 10
years imprisonment and a fine of
one thousand dollars for anyone
to offer voter money or any in
duoement to vote, and the voter
that was approached, on making
affidavit of the fact shall be entitled
to one half the fine, and also the
party offering the bribe to be dis
franchised for 20 years. Also there
should be law that anyone at
tempting to intimidate by any de-
vice, voter in his employ, shall
pay the above fine and one half to
the informer; said intimidbt on to
be decided by jury of equal pol
itioe. We want to devise means
in our own elections that will con-
vince the defeated party that the
election was fairly conducted,
then all law abiding citizens will
be satisfied. We should try to
found our government on fairness
to all if we expect to stop anarchy,
AS for making laws to stop anaroh-
ism, we must know them before a
process oan be served. We have
gone to great expense to educate
the heathen, to better his condi-
ton, for honest dealing between
man and man doesn't cost anything.
0nthe contrary, it makes us justi-
fed before God. All of our out
laws are men who neither fear God
ncr the devil. We are commanded
to separate the tares from the
wheat. Now do we live up, to that
commandments There is too
much time taken up worshipping
the golden calf. We should show
to the rising generation that hon
esty and fair dealing is worth all
the gold f Ophar.
We have sent our best talent
abroad to reclaim the wicked and
have become corrupt in our own
land. L we'll remember the first
act of our Congress was to increase
their salary in violation of their
constitution they had sworn to sup
port, as there was not much said by
the people, they commenced to pro-
duoe miIlionaires by making dona-
tions of our lands, that should have
been kept for homes for rising
Americans; and if we would adopt
the above plan of government, an
arohists would have no foundation
to build upon. Let us have a gov
ernment that has visible reason
why every citizen in it should be a
friend of his country. No matter
what nationality he may be. Let
us have a home here for all nation
alities that feel oppressed in thoir
native lands, It matters not who
is President With the masses, if he
is fairly elected. L never hearo OF
money being used to elect a Pres
ident in times of jackson and Van
Buren's administration. On ap-
plication being made for an ap-
pointment, jackson only asked two
questions: Is he honest? Is he
quali6ed2 lie the answer was yes,
jackson said to his Secretary, write
out his commission. Now if an ap-
plioation is made for an appoint
ment, there must be some eVide ice
that the applicant spent large sums
of money or did something that
was the cause of the success. We
should elect the President by pop
uIar vote. There is no excuse now
for the electoral college, since