Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1851-11-04
TIE swaTE NOMINATIONS.

With entire satisfaction we present 10 our
columns to- day, the nominations ofcandIdates
for Governor Lieutenant Governor and At
torney General, made By the Charlottesville
and Staunton Conventions. The election Of
the Executive hy the people makes new era
IN the history Of the Commonwealth, and
everybody is expecting that the State viii be
pu. upon a new tack, that the popular breath
being hreathea into the Legislative and the
Executive departments Of the Government,
the popular will viii be DONE that the geo.
graphical lines that have 50 long divided the
State being oblitereted, the middle wall Of
partition that has heretofore separated politi-
cally the East and the West, being removed,
that the people nov being regarded as one
people, will be ready, with united hearts, to
put forth their best energies to develop the
vast resources Of the State in all its sections
The Government, under the new Constitu-
ton, will rest upon the shoulders of the peo-
pie The future veal or woe Of the noble old
State is with them The weighty response
bility WILL for the FIRST time, be upon them.
The Importance Of eleeting the wisest and the
purest men to put the new Constitution into
operation, cannot be over-estimated. Every
voter in the State should feel that no ordinary
responsibility rested upon himself
A general sentiment is beginning to per-
wade the public mind that it is time our State
authorities should give their undivided atten-
tion to Virginia's interests, and leave the 9TH
or States and the Federal Government to
manage their own concerns in their own way
that the peoples servants in Richmond
should not interfere with the same peoples
servants in Washington.
Let the mere partizan, the political dema-
gogue, BIO discarded Let men be selected
distinguished for their moral worth, their ex-
perience, their thorough knowledge Of the
wants and necessities of all portions Of The
Commonwealth: men eager, by developing
her now latent, physical and intellectual re-
sources, to advance her to that position Of
honor and greatness which all agree she
ought to occupy.
The Ticket composed Of Geo. w Summers
Samuel Watts aud Sydney s. Baxter viii
challenge the highest regard ard most ardent
support of the people, and Of the whole peo-
pie.
OF Mr. Summers, as the candidate for TIKI
Office of Governor, we need not speak Th'
people from one end of the Commonwealth t.
the other have looked to him as the man, il
every particular, eminontly qualified fol
that honorable and responsible position. Ht
is from the right quarter of the State, yet 0
| views SO enlarged and enlightened as to EN-
brace with equal regard the interests Of TIL
whole State
Mr. Watts, has been selected with entir
unaninity for the second post Of honor an'
responsibility under the new Constitution
He is from the Atlantic portion of TIE State
He has eminent abilities. experience. and j
greatly esteemed for his moral worth.
Mr.. Baxter, the candidate for the impor.
tant Office Of Attorney General halls from The
Valley He has, for some years. discharged
the duties Of the Office. He is distinguished
for great legal attainments, for purity ani
smiableness of character. His fidelity in til,
discharge of his public duties has long beer
known and appreciated throughout the State
Such is the ticket for the Executive offices
of the State which is presented to the consid
Grafton of the people of Virginia and, in al
sincerity, we believe better ticket could not
be formed. Should it be the pleasure Of the
people to elect these distinguished gentlemen
to the eleval ed offices for which they have
been designated, every individual will feel
that he has sure guarantee in the lofty
character Of the men, that they will reflect,
at home and abroad, an honor on Virginia
worthy Of her ancient renown Kanapha
Republican.