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CLARKsBUG, (Va.,) March 2, 1s41

CLARKsBUG, (va-) March 2, 1s47.'
To the Editor of the Union:
By the present mail, the proceedings OF democratic
meeting held in this place Saturday last for
warded to you for the purpose OF being published IN the
Union and have been requested to write to you directly
and to ask that they may appear at early day may
be practicable us. F 7tt tttt
Permit me to add my humble but earnest exhortation
you adhere to the you have marked out for
yourself Be just and fear not Cry aloud and spare not
The people will be with you, and will abundanly repel
all such impoent assaults as that recently made upon
you, land through you upon them, in attempting to in
fringe of their most cherished lbertesthat of the
pess,) in the Senate. The idle and feeble attempt to fix
stigma upon your good name has proved utterly abOr
tive, and must recoi with redoubed force upon the heads
of its authors Had the vgor of the which impeled
been equal to the of the shaft the barbed arrow
perhaps had not fallen so far short of its mark.
think our quondam, but always uncertain frend-the
ioadstar of "the chivary'-has, by his during
the past winter, put the extinguisher upon his hopes if it
were not done ehectuay before. He is dead cock in
the pit
In this congressional district all our divisions will be
healed, and we shall present an unbroken front in sup
port of our candidate The best spirit prevails and we
shall obtain glorious triumph.
AT meeting of the democratic party assembled at the
court house of Harrison county, prevous notice having
been given on the 27th February ls47 Robert John
son, esq, explained the object of the meeting, and, on
his motion, DR.. Benz Dolbeare was called to the chair,
and Benz. Wilson appointed secretary.
On motion of George H. Lee. esq, committee of
appointed to report preamble and resolu-
tons for the consideration of this meeting, to-w: Geo
n Lee, Robert Johnston, Andrew s. Holden, Crugar
W. Smith, Cyrus Vance, Daniel Kncheloe and Charles
S. Lewis
The committee RETIRED and during their absence Col.
Kncheloe addressed the meeting at considerable length
touching the subjects for which it had been convened
The committee returned, and through their chairman
Mr. Lee, presented TO the meeting the following pream-
Bile and resolutions which sustained by him in a
speech of some length, and unanimously adopted
The country is at with willy, obstinate, and
reasoning foe long list of aggresslons and grievances
consummated by the shedding of the blood of people
upon SOIL left other resort than appeal &c
arms for the redress of wrongs, for the vndcaton
national character and TO support its claims to the re-
spec and consideration of the civilized world Our Cit
zen soldiers, burning with resentment the wrongs
their country eager rush to the scene of action
uphold her honor aud sustain her rights all hazards
and against all odds. Our patriotic President, keenly
sensible of the injuries which we have sustained, an,
deeply feeling the high responsibilities which the exs
tence of this war has devolved upon him. striving BY
every means IN his power to prosecute it with vgor a'
success, and thereby to bring to speedy and honora
bic termination In this state of things, we had hope'
and expected that the of party and of faction wou
have been hushed, and that all hearts and all hand
would have united, in unfolding the Just pretensions
our country in indicating her rights and sustaining tn
administration in the wise and vigorous measures ECON
mended by for their protection and for the preservao
OF the national honor pure and untarnlshed But in th