Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-03-12
TIE WIG NOMINATION.

THE WING NOMINATION.
BY reference TO the proceedings ofihe "Whig
Mass Meeting" in another column il will be
perceived that WILLIAM l.. BOAK and
ADAM SMALL, Esqrs., have been nominal
ted, as Candidates to represent the County of
Berkeley in the next House of Delegates of
! Virginia.
In presenting these gentlemen to the consid-
Grafton Of the Voters Of this County we desire
to say few words in their behalf Mr. Boak
is well known to the people of the County, as
he was one Of their representatives in the last
House Of Delegates. His legislative service
is before the public, and we doubt not his
constituents are ready TO receive him in all
parts of the County with the exclamation '"of
well done good and faithful servantF' Most
heartily dove bear our testimony in his behalf
In our constant examination Of the daily pro
ceedings Of the late Legislature, we have al
ways found him at his post industriously enga-
ged in the business Of his constituents and la
boring for ''the welfare Of the State" There
was not single measure Of local interest or
importance to his constituents, that he did not
in connection with his very worthy colleague,
Mr.. Campbell, succeed in carrying through
the Legislature. The fruits of his labors are
yet to be tested, but we confidently believe if
they be sedulously cultivated athome they will
produce "au hundred fold" TO the prosperity
of the County and happiness of the people.
There were many great and momentous
questions under consideration during the last
Session Of the Legislature deeply involving
the rights aud interests Of the people and the
prosperity fthe State, upon all of which his
course must meet the cordial sanction of the
enlightened freemen of Berkeley County
Upon The great question Of The sesSio't--the Con
vEsTIoN QuEsTIo E--he acted in strict accor-
dance with wishes ofan overwhelming ma
jority ofthe people Of Berkeley, and faithfully
represented the views and sentiments express
eddy the Reform Meeting ofthe 10Th ofNoyem-
Iberlast. His course uponthe important subject
Of Education, faithfully reflected the wishes Of
his constituents. Upon the important subject
Of prosecuting Internal Improvements in the
State, his course was in our humble judgment,
sound and judicious, looking as ii did TO the
prosperity of the State, aud at the same time
guarding its Treasury from that wild extrava-
gance aud deep Indebtedness under which so
many the States of the Uuion now so heay-
lily groan 1t is true all of these great mea-
sures (almost entirely failed before the Legls~
p L
tatives or those who acted with them, but is
mainly attributable to that power which rests
ike an incubus upon the energies ofthe Com
monwealth and points with the finger of light
''to the rottcnness in the State Of Denmark"
Mr. SMALL is perhaps not so wei! known to
the people in all parts of the County as Mr..
RoAx, but he Of course viii visit the people
and we will now undertake to say that, on the
day of the Election, no Voter win have to ask
the questou-"IVh no is" adam Small? Mr..
SuALL, however, is well known to the large
majority of the Wings and the People Of the
County. Upon the great question of calling
/ Convention for the alteration or amendment Of
( the present State Constitution, he is sound and
true, and We speak authoritatively when we
say that he is ''9f the right stripe" Should
the question again come before the Legislature
next winter, as we think il most asSuredly will,
we now vouch for his ardent and sincere sup
pori of the principles ayowed and adopted BY
the Berkeley Reform Meeting of the 10th Of
! November last. Personally, we think it will
puzzle the most ''inyeterate iault-6nder' to
discover any substantial or well-iounded objec-
ton to our worthy young Candidate. lie
viii be found strictly to come up TO the require
ments Of the better days of the Republic--"he
is honest, faithful and true"
We deem it almost unnecessary 10 say one
word in behalf Of the sterling, unyielding and
uncompromising Wing principles Of our Can
didates The same principles for which we
have so long commended, and around which we
? have rallied with glowing hearts in prosperity,
and 10 which we have chung with undying af-
lection and fidelity in the darkest hours of
their fortunes, still claim our allegiance and
support Our Country has prospered with
their success, and decayed with their defeat /;
but still the Wings have never despaired.-
With the glorious motto "ef.GgAa oa-,tight
epsr' engraved upon their battle-sword, they
have gone forth and determined to hold out
faithful to the end
/ ''For freedoms battle once begun,
; Bequeaihed by bleeding sire TO son.
z Though ballled oft is ever won"
: Then Wings, in behalf of our cause, now
let US stand firmly and unitedly together, bear
ing in mind that a Senator is to be elected next
S winter TO represent Virginia in the Senate Of
n the United States for six years from the 4th Of
= next March, who may hold the destinies Of
I our beloved Country in his hands, and upor
whose shoulders the prosperity and industry