Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1854-03-16

- =. - j ,1la The real power q Y peoIisE
comeiaa1le ns andto es III trading posAieiAns u
! and = was proRiiskt rnrlrf The suhies< iulahes
ana e suggest sCsae eedyfor 50 gFea. ~ evit.-a
- als 1oaaa nays lone sooner but Is tsasg.,
But g rfoeeed, I tasbe Observed thatsa peoms
nen, evil growing pni IA cleice Of pes2c asenss
i nF engages and 1uniceAf Iang poHS lars
that they must lleeessak beg1hl and shilutt
worthy. Il win not be died ibt in iheSnassests
aeemmunily will alwavAos foais i,s " dom Al
| virtue, aud, consequently that th(r iuSsment n
more 10 be relied oh aauAhat 81 a Nv sfhteonsssr
tuled diriators IL hi one case, The Nazes OF tnk
people, tctualed by perleSa henesy clsskpose q
adfsife for the pubic good, will seieHend w
for The best qualified agents. and in ths2lhef ef
! 1eu, aciuaied D. their own selash aint q Pxixs a.
%, interests will select and vote ieI ,nss
he is designedt to occupy II selects hi5. iasg hi
man OF good sense would "a ate fnnsAionarvnfcr
his fitness and ability ,ol serve them. Net sck.he
1members Of cliqne. They have thMr didsSnt
ksprvate aims to carry out, and if the Sgent &iis
their purpose. mean the tpol, they wiz be usafly
1 regardless OF public and lgeaeral welfare TAke
for example, tgadng politician who pushes ,&iga
/ to Congress, or who hdF put his eyy uponsi The
Senate Of the United STAKES, or who s.shes q &c
/ Governor, and such man will look Any tcs he
! accomplishment Of his selfish object Il will bat
j ter not 10 han whom tie division OK pests Sand
/ spoils NAV go TO he legislature or b ludgx or
justice, sheriff, Or clerk Dr. posimastA so lkXfbe
finds in each tool subseEyien TO his purposes abd
ready, for assistance rendered TO send bin to hn-~
gress or make him Senator, or GoSernor lIier
looks only 10 his object and to the sSneral kie-
fare The same thing may be said oA each Adj
yidua who has his eye oh any Of The ofSces naAad.
He looks at aud considsFs M genera good .thut
only his individual snccfss. Yon ma3 Asn.
at glance, the principle upon which:a cliqEor
untoe acts, and that il isbPppsed thA nterdl az
the masses which is common intereN FeXihe
masses Of no communicates office seekers 'kaey
are engaged in private caNlirgs and a.fays wiN3e
and only desire the best agents in Feir p$3lic
affairs. Il
Buttu pursue the principle further ia its d. e43ls.
clique IS not only regHIhless Of gsleral S2od
but in its VERY nature and existence Il exist1 ar-
cause OF be want bf indipihual merit (which hnst
be patched out and made Eup by comusaaiion lind
coalition. The cunimuniy left 10 itxsown Nsag-
ment, would look 10 the fiEntss and meal of i q
gents This does hol suit those who are lacE3ne
in public estimation. THEY are unwilling tos Ion
the gauntlet O. public iudfnent and 10 Sc compssed
with others They shrink from The cSn,est: Mar.
hence, they seek in bargain and corr,spiion ii al
they could never expect ftom the peopss in faiklnd
open ompetition before them In sues a coSfst
each member Of a clique knows his sdoom; ssnd.
therefore he must combine and overlhsow the II W.
er of the people and establish the rswer Of stle
unoe, where he il to be measured hyshis hass5sain
and nor by hi. merit Il iseasy to seeshe eff&fs Of
the CLIQUE system in the election Of members dthe
Legislature; the men who are to makxlaws taSseh-
ing life liberty and propeftyt No rtSard sAssid
to the capacity oi'nen fot such solems and psSlic
purposes but the only uuesiion undes the chime
system. seems 10 be. whoHs to received misef,ble
and paltry per diem allowance for eAswerirk or
not answering to his name as dser-fs$sery
often he is not 10 be Iound-zor what: min5pss Of
some sept is 10 Be Ao1oredby being enssled tAnng
| The lawmakers or the and H wasasaid ialthc
Roman Commonwealth. Thar Cesar Fad pS&;y, S
1 and Pompey had Il partyl bu. the people haat 10
party. And so II Il nov under This cTrrupteSlus
/ system Tom has party and Dick has garry
but the people have no Marty, and tesir fnteStsts
are entirely overlooked How Gomez this dts
BY the clique system 10 dr. position to he fair Npen
aud deliberate will Of the people. Bu.s how csAes
it that are elected to HE Legislators horalhe
people polled man BY man would neSer havSise-
leced2 Why thus The County is divided antc
precincts and a few men In each piEcinet Teree
with each other that they will take Il Urn ahett in
making laws for the people and thustihey wg&
game Of combination and coalitions seainsElhe
people. Let one Of these men step insso the tina
of fair and open contest and he is DETECTED b rssc
he is not known TO the pebble but, Is him c3me
/ before the people as a Caucus canddas. and isss
very different thing. HeHhas, then, many intd4st
ed, and their friends and families, because hehnd
his friends and family hayebargained Shat on. isme
future occasion, they will return the SompiigSnt.
Il is in this way The people are cheaSd, an6tthe
control and power they ought 10 wields in elecfans,
Is engrossed'by corrupt Soalitioniss and uaFng
poIiticisns ii
/ L may now be well 70 consider the EharaetlS OF
these men who. have thus supplanieda he pow9S Of
working politicians, OF any party ,-insa rdSnty
and count them, II you please, on H,ur hnEfrss
/ and then tell us who or what they arr AreHey
the most hoaest; upright, iniellIeent $isinereted
men 10 be found IN party2 Are ifey the tsost
patriotic or the reverse Why do thtg taxe sSlch
extraordinary interest in elections as g the sSole
| weight Of public afairsFssied on theis shondSrs
/ They climb mountainss They dive isao honAws
they lie, they compass heaven and es.fth to rake
proselyte, and 70 carry anEelection Cow whst Is
the motive Of this excessive abcur anaasa WIZ
can't they vote, and, having done so ssave otters
! 10 vote according TO their judgment Is They sare
not content with their own vote. an.s their $wH
equal share Of political power, as evei republican
ought to be; they want more, They Sesire toSon-
troll the votes OF others; indeed they oesn caip TO
# dictate the time Of dav al which the5t fcefers
shalcast their votes and profess to f.ld theiE mp
T or play them out, as ii thu men they govern 9aere
their vassals- They tell YOU whose turn il is Il 60
10 the legislature; and indeed, they golso far - 70
say that such man can 70 al such tins, pros31ed
i he will vote for snch and such a~man = shefA or
something else; and thus they direct e prosckbe
But if he will not vote aslhey direct, ten theNpro
| noGnce upon him anatbennas; and spsak ana de.
/ eide of him as an outlaw Is not this unbotaided
| insolenee; and where and what are iks peopse, ir
the meantime Nothing, just nothing II ST
But when these trading politicians hive acid b
this imperious way. what Is the mots,e Of sheiS
conduct Is il patriotism pure love lif couasry7
Just wait until the electipnis over, a1i ihedsycs
will want no answers in regard to ihef notiyEa~ 81
these men. You will find each had hiS reWaW 4.
view and that he received it TOO. WSao fiIx The
County Offices these patrptsl WhoS Through i
Congressman elect, and all the inauelpe hesScan
WELD, receive for themselves and ihesr farsiies
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