Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-02-25
For the clarksburg Register,
Party Organization.

For the Clarksburg Register,
Party Organizations.
Mr.. ED1ToR Did it ever occur to you
doubt not it has, that whenever the
Wings are in minority, they are'always
for filling the Offices with the chest men,
and invariably these chest men," are in
their opinion, found in the Wing ranks
In this way. old Harrison sent divided
delegation to the present Legislature, and
if the Democrats don't act as party,
should act, and organize, and that speedi-
ly too. the Wings will run away with
every Office to be filled by the people of
this county. Now, no Wing, if you
put him on his voir dire. viii pretend to
say that we havn't in the Democratic party
Just as competent men, to fill all our of
fees as they have; yet, when they can
gull our brethren of the Democratic party
by the cry ofno-party, and of filling the
offices with the "best men," they do it,
and as said before, they will in counties
where they are in the minority, get at
least half the Offices for their Wing friends;
and their appointees are never above the
average of the Democratic material, and
many times far below it. Yet they will
run them in upon the cry of " let us go
for the best men," and in this way they
practically carry out the old Federal
doctrine " that the rich and better born
should govern" That is, in plain English,
the Wings (who in their hearts believe
the people have no sense, and who thank
God daily as did the Pharisee of old,
that they are not like other men, think
they ought to govern the Democrats, and
we good easy souls (by permitting them
to divide us, and suffering multiplicity
of candidates to run for every Office. }
too often let them do it. I, for one, am
disposed to put an end to this thing
what say the Democrats of this county =?
will they not organize will they not
commence at once to prepare for the
coming contest, and think and act for
themselves? Let us come together and
submit the claims of our respective friends
to the judgment of majority of our par
ty. and when that is once fairly given,
let us lay all minor and selfish considcra-
lions aside. and march up tremendously,
heartily, and in our strength, to the sup
port of our nominees. Who is there that
is a Democrat but wishes to see his party
triumphant in every contest for principle ?
What patriot.heart but mourns the defeat
of his candidate and the elevation over
him of one whose principles are antago-
nistic to his, and whose advocacy, so far
as it goes. must be of principles which
he believes tend to the injury of his coun-
try, and the ultimate overthrow Of our
institutions? But the Wings will tell you
the sheriff can't affect your principles-the
clerk has nothing to do with the political
questions of the day, &C., &c.-they know,
Mr.. Editor, if they get all the offices FL
led with Wings that the influence the
possession of these Offices gives to them,
will be welded in favor of Wing men and
Wing measures, and let them once get
the county Offices and old Democratic Har-
rison will soon be numbered among the
things that were, and Federal Harrison
will be built up upon her ruins. Let the
Democrats at each precinct, hold meetings
and appoint delegates to county con-
vention, to nominate candidates. Let
these precinct meetings be we'll attended.
Let the delegation to the county conven-
ton be large and full, and in this way the
little wire-pullers will be kept out, and
the convention will then speak the
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.