Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-12-20
The Discussions.

The opponents Of the nominee OF the
late D emocratic Convention at Staunton,
for Governor, have counted, with no little
glee, upon discussions in the Democratic
ranks, for important assistance,in their OPP
position to him. In this, 1T seems they
are doomed to disappointment. There
probably never was a candidate that went
into political canvass, after so warm
contest for the nomination, with fewer
boilers than does Mr.. Wise. Without q
single exception, that we know of, the
Democratic press and party leaders have
entered cordially and cheerfully into his
support. OF the papers on our exchange
list, the most active in their opposition to
the nomination of Mr.. Wise, were the
Richmond Examiner and Alexandria SEN
tinel; but they, and others similarly situa-
ted, having been overruled by the united
voice Of the party, loyalty yield their per-
sonal preferences, and gallantly take the
field for the nominee. In evidence of the
spirit in which disappointed Democrats
enter the canvass, we make the following
extracts. HE Sentinel says:
eve appeal to the friends of Mr.. Leake,
the unsuccessful candidate for the nomi.
nation, among whom we stood and with
whom we labored and were defeated-we
appeal TO them as Democrats-we appeal
to them by that party loyalty always so
prominently displayed by the man whom
they and we admire-we appeal to them
by the obligations which bind honorable
gentlemen who took the chances of a nom
ination for their Gayorite-we appeal to
them in behalf of those ever-dear princi-
pies which are 20 be overwhelmed by our
defeat-to unite with us in giving vote
and voice and influence and effort TO Sc
cure the success of our ticket.
"The friends of Mr.. Wise in the Con-
vention came mainly from tide water,
which has not had Governor for long
time, and from Western Virginia. which
has always Numbered up its majorities
in support Of the Democratic cause. Let
US win honor to ourselves by the manner
in which we shalt improve this opportu :
nifty to testify the strength of our gratitude
and fraternal feeling. No mans obiec-
tons to Mr.. Wise can have any reference
to his private and personal character
He is man Of genius and spotless integ-
rltY. We have always believed that his
impulses were honest, and our objections,
though political, are chiefly of the family
sort"
The Examiner says
'Mr. Wise is eminently worthy of the
confidence and support of the Virginia
people. His brilliant qualities rs a man.
will reflect lustre upon the office for which
he is recommended. He is a man to
whom we have never felt but one obiec-
ton personally, and that was, that though
as sound in his politics now as the strict.
est Republican OF the Virginia school, his
career had been inconsistent and his record
contradictory. Consistency, in the vul,
gar acceptaLion, belongs oftener to the
demagogue and ignoTamus than TO the
honest politician and the capable states.
man. Those high personal qualities which
make US love, admire, and trust in men
belong oftener to tie rash, impulsive and
brave, than TO the cautions, calculating,
and consistent IF you Judge Mr.. Wise
by the acts Of his life, we admit, that in
our opinion, he has few claims to con.
sistency. But if you judge him by the
impulses of his nature, and the fidelity and
chivalric bravery of his adherence to them,
the verdict in his favor is emphatic and
beyond question.
1.-The political horizon is filed with ad-
monitiOns Of trouble. The recent elections
at the North reveal state of feeling very
Potentious 10 the South. We are upon the
eve of times which will try mems souls.
Let us have tried. brave, true Southern
man in the Executive Office of Virginia.
AT time like thislet US look to the metal Of
our men, rather than to their " records. y
The Democracy of Virginia have declared
at Stanton that they care not for politi-
cal antecedents or partisan auimosities,
twenty years gone by, in the presence OF
the danger now threatening the South
They have resolved that old and Obsolete
differences, such as used to divide them
from their political opponents at h~ az
not to be remembered ar ans, t5s tr r,s
Southern man IN co.,,est apon that issue 8
s SoO'e d: other .ssues-Northern aggres
SION a.T Gga''''t southern rights.
lere is Significance in the nomination
81 air. Wise. The Democracy of Virgin
ia have resolved, in disregard of past do.
nestle animositiaa and old FfffFaner.1. ~