Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-04-03

their own school. Complaint, therefore,
would come with an i'll grace from tina,
quarter, even ifthe act complained of had
been premeditated, a. IN truth il was not.
Although large number Of the Wing
members of,he Legislature, regarding tho
Office Of Councillor 40 strictly political in
its character, desired TO superseds MIR.
Rutherford. avowedIy for the reason that
his political opinions were not in coinci.
dence with those Of a majority Of the Gen.
eral Assembly. yet that course was so
decidedly objected TO by many others that
oil purpose Of party oPposition to that gen.
ilemen was entirely abandoned. Prior
to the day Of the election, therefore. there
was no concerted acton on The subject;
and the intention to nominate Mr.. r. T.
DANIEL was unknown to large number,
If no. to majority Of the Wing members.
He wss nominated by a warm personal as
well as political friend. with full knowl-
edge that many Wings had determined TO
vote for Mr.. Rutherford, and consequent.
~ that that gentleman's reelection would
be inevitable. Listening to the reiterated
and urgent appeals Of some Of the Wings,
the member who nominated Mr.. Dsniei
subsequently Withdrew his name: and the
House was on the eve Of proceeding 10
vote, when member of the Democratic |
party, under an impulse of feeling coca
stoned by anticipated triumph, and no.
appreciating the magnanimity and forbesr
ance of the majority, tauntingly asked
"whether Mr.. Daniels name had bee
Withdrawn in Difference to great primo
pie, or from conviction that he could NO
be elected 7" And this tauniing enquir
was responded to BY his party friends up
on the floor Of the House, 10 an audible
and significant chuckle Throughout. Che
Hall, which left it no longer in doubt
that, should the Wings iorbear to exert
the power in their hands, tho moiivs d
that lorbearance would not only be pn.
appreciated, but wholly perverted snd
misrepresented.
Mr.. Daniel was, therefore, re-nominat
cd, and under the influence Of state Of
feeling, the nature of which all unrreju-
diced and generous minds will at once
comprehend and appreciate, be was elect.
ed.
The Wings might rest upon this simple
statement, as full justification Of their
course. in reference to their election
But, when il is remembered that no one
OF the members OF the Executive depart.
ment of the State Government 10 now
Wing, although that party constitutes
nearly moiety o! the voters Of Virginia,
that Mr.. Ruthesfoord had been eigh.
yesrs in that office--,hst he has long held,
and still holds, another Office, yielding him,
in salary and Perquisltes, about 81, 500 or
%, 900 per annum--that he IS a man Of
wealth, to whom therefore the emolument
is . matter Of triflIng considsration--nnd
that, while he 10 gentleman Of Respects.
bic capacity, he possesses no peculiar
qualifications Tor the Office - and when
il is true, on the other hand, that Mr..
Daniel is in moderate circumstances, with
growing family, that, in personal char.
acter, he stands on as elevated ground ~
his competitor; and that, in intellectual
qualifications, he is infinitely his superior,
the proprety Of the course Of the Wing
party, in comforting upon the latter gen.
tleman the Office Of Executive Councillor,
is conclusvely demonstrated, even with
out reference to the circumstances above
adverted to, and to which that result 10
moro Immediately referribie. Certainly, II
unless il is intended to be asserted by our
opponents, that tho Office of Councillor 10
no: political station, (Which would be
passing a verdict of selccondemnaiion
upon their own uniform course in relation
10 it, } ind unless they mean to say that
man once in office shall never be remov.
ed, in contradiction Of the maxim, that
"Ro.aiion in office" is republican and
conservative princple,-this charge Of
"proseription" against the Wings, found.
I'd on the removal Of Mr.. Rutherford, is
utterly gra,uitous and unfounded. In any
event our opponents should remember
thar we have. in the removal Of Mr.. Ruth.
erfoord, but imitsted their own oft repeat.
ed erampie-and if 1t be bad one, they
a, least have no right to complain that
one of their own friends has fallen VIC
tim to it. If they can only be laugh, to
practice magnsnimty by retaliation, even
though that retaliation were not in itself
strictly detenslble, they have no right to
that che bloody instructions"
they have taught US. shave returned to
plague the inventors.
TO BE CONTINUED.