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! the nomination over w, b. woodward, Esq,
But now came the tug Of war, there being two
! candidates to nominate for county Commission
ers, and Charles FaWcelt. Esq, good old l.
J rish WAg Of Union township, having declined
any office from the hands Of such worthy sup
POrterS Of Pierce and human bondage, had his
name Withdrawn, which left the 6eld to two old
weasherbeaten locofOeos, by the name Of W. B.
Sharp, and Martin Bowers, Mr.. FaWcett, vas
not to be caught in any trap that could be set
Dy PiOus Pope John Of augusta,
After the very grave question viz. which Of
the remaining two gentlemen should be the
Democratic candidate for the the long term
and which the short term, the delegates then
voted as instructed, and among others the very
legally learned ex-Judge Of our county voted
for Centre township and gave the necessary
verbal expletiYes in why's and wherefores,-
After which they made Nj, Sharp take the long
term and Mr., Bowers the short one. Permit
US just here, to say that such farce over the
question Of long or short term candidates we
never before Witnessed by such body Of men.
Reecllect, that in that convention we wit.
messed the presence of three very grave and
learned lawyers, viz. Messrs Morrison, Atkin.
; son and Oroxton ,on acting Justice of The Pc ace
in the chair, one from Rose, one from Union,
and two ex-justices from Augusta, (one rem.
egade, )one from Union nominated for FEsasu-
rer, and an ex-sheri6 nominated for Rerresen-
tatVe, and still these very learned gentlemen
TO say nothing of the other wise ones present
such asEOq. Atkinson, Postmaster, ,ex. Treasurer.
E &C., &C., not one Of them had ever condescen.
ded to stoop, from their lofty Democratic, Ig-
; noramus eminence. as to read on page 1870 Of
= Swans Revised statutes in pant Of section four
the following: That when it shall become
necessary, in any county to elect county CON-
missioner, for the full term of three years, and
at the same time to elect one or more for a
shorter period than the full term of service, in
that Office. the person having the highest num-
Der Of votes shall be deemed to have bsen g.
lected for the longest period, aud the person
having the next highest number Of votes shall
be considered to have been elected for the SEQ
ond longest period &C.. &C.,
And to recollect the fact that one OF the
three gentlemen, who are SO learned in the
law, has been Probate Judge three years; one
Of them the nominee Of that convention for
Prosecuting Attorney, and the other. one Of
The grave Legislators that enacted this law it..
sell, (for 1t was passed March I2. 1857 Can
it surprise any man. now that these men have
}. such holy hatred TO the Know Nothing
party' Verify, these men are already mem.
bers, and do not need any certificate Of their
withdrawal from any such an organization. H.
Would it not be we'll for the Know Nothings
to reconsider their action and take in afresh the
great constitutional lawyer and candidate for
Prosecuting attorney, as well as the other two
worthy candidates for membership, viz Messrs.
Atkinson and Morrison, and at the tail end,
let in the ex.Justces, including Pope John Of
Augusta.
They also nominated young fellow of Fox,
called Calvin Ferrel, for Recorder. without op.
position. And Mr.. Kelly, of Perry, for mfr.
mary DiTeCtOr-he and G. W. Wiggins each
having six townships on the first ballot. We
are frank to admit that Mr.. Kelleyi the best
nomination made by them. Mr.. Kelley is a
gentleman, and would if elected. make a good
officer. but be resides several miles from the
ln6rmary and would make no better officer
than Mr.. Reehm, his opponent, and therefore
J cannot be elected.
But we had almost forgotten that candidate
: for sheriff, and SO will large majority of the
people at the coming election. il we can read
the omen of the times. His name is James
! Carson, nominated without opposition For it
: seems that Mr.. Crumrine was entirely too poor
q man, for the democracy to go his bail-there-
{ fore his canoe was scuttled, and the contents
split overheard again.
! But the very climax to the whole Democrat
ic farce, was the rising Of the ex Judge in his
e place and with digni6ed air said, he held in
d his hand a Resolution for the consideration of
9 the Convention, which required that all the
, candidates this day nominated shall between
d this day and the day of publication of the Dem.
3 ocraic paper, come forward and subscribe,
: yes, mark the word, subscribe their names in
j. person (ifthey can write) to this new test Of
l. Democray, or their places on the ticket would
o be filed by others. Suffice it to say the reso.
: luton passed. And Mr., Mcclure being pres
ent was required to walk the plank or come
J down, Mr.. Mcclure first squirmed and then
+ at Morrison's command, swallowed the dose
3 with one gulp. Esq, Neel did the same, evil
: IDENTIFY with his eyes shut-and others present
e we suppose, for this process was SO humat-
ing to manhood, that we hung our head in ut