Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-08-15
Fof the s.slAs Of The Kanawha Valley
aSian,, and his DiwIplss.

I - Wn4NAt Huu nlD UI1tlpltAs f
The Samiasin our diggins' seem to an
lsticipalc a grkat deal Of pleasure iuthc sue
cess Of tbeir.leader at the next spring.
election. i. They expect to be able, at tina
time, to cleck their whole ticket. They
have even g,thc SO far as to say thatS NJ
Democrat cah be elected TO any Office II
the 4th precinct hereafter. Amt the,
smart? / weuld like to know where they
got their prophetic knowledge, or -wht
inspired there with the spirit Of prophecy
II must have been Sam" One littlt
fellow, not Il hundred miles from thi,
place, is 50 confident Of being elected u
Hall itinerant tefcer in the service Of Sam,
hthat he is already making preparations u
get horse Il ride. Isn'th strong in The
E,itls Now.3if lie can get rs many vote,
at the eleetioHIas he got at our last conven
lion, his election viii be both sure and
honorable. n HIT MS lie is living in u world
fdfunceraintiss, and as his success in tina
mater depends, mainly, upon chance, VI
would advise Che little fellow to delay IN
preparations brriding till after the cleo
| ton, for he may chance not to be elected
and1hen 10 would have no need Of The
horse. IfafRr all his trouble in making
preparations Il perform the duties Of the
Office, he RhonGl fail to get it, he will pro
baby feclas bad for himself as *. would
have felt Tor Il on certain occasions, If be
thAl been clcctel m. Wewould advise The
Aittle fellow hoE 10 place too much conf.
dmce in hisoIsn popularity, for that very
#confdeuce hascaused manyfa man to be
mhdc ashamfd.bf himself. 1t has caused
many man rxto run for Office and gel
shamcfully beafep. But they seeut.to sci
at defiance all opposition from the Demo.
cratic party In -iFis precinct, from the fact
That they arc bad to assert that no Dem
ociat can hereafter be elected. They
seem to repose great confidence ~ the abil-
ity, of their leader to elect whom Re>willro
office, which confidence. arises from the
consideration, that, while the Democrats
ard dividing tlA,ir> votes between Dick,
Tom and Harrya they are giving theirs all
" Qlc HIaH' Lhlu lHls tieg I'hnlu'T an
inEillible method by which "Sam" can
elect any of ltisslistiples to office. BY
this means tbqy5expcctto elect their,whole
ticket next spritg. But this expectation
is predicatcd upon mere suppositiop: 1t
supposcs a diyision Of the Democratic
vote, or great ncreasc in the number Of
"Sam mites" for 4 is well known that there
are near ESQ yoSers in the precinct, and
that8th number of "Samitcs" does not
exceed 100. TIER hope of success at that
clcction is also 'Nrcngthcncd by the fact
tina, they polleda greater vote in the pre-
cinct at the last hlcrtion than the Demo-
cratic party dds But this does not prove
that they will pGl greater vote than the
DEM crats at th{SneSt election. Indeed,
that they will PHI as great a vote at the
next pr any subsequent election, as they
did last May, is, from present Indications,
extremely precaHous; for it is plainly 70
BE- seen that dissatisfaction exists among
the nicr bers Of a,c order, from the fact
that they are Swfrn to secrecy and com.
plian6e with the Will Of the majority in
voting. They consider themselves too
much camped lnahe right Of suffrage and
rec expression fol- freemen. They have
a wounded heart. Sand there is but one an
lidotc for it, and Shat is an eternal with.
drawal from the osder. Thoy> do not all
have wounded hearts, for the ultra Wings
nre pot even called upon to lake that III
loleralIl De obHgatiph. But many ignorant
and I'M suspcctng porsons, of both parties,
have been prcmat,Hely taken into the or.
der; nd when thcs reflect upon the mat.
ter, they are dissatisfied with il. Some
have W ilhdrawn, alH others viii withdraw,
for Sim swallowed a pill at our last
election that will cSsuse him to vomit for
le months. BY dgt time the old fellow
will be ipretty empty about. the appetite,
and coqsequentlyipkqtty weak, anGin bad
order for clecting wAoni he will to Office.
Does nd ak Of uniting his vote as an cf-
tectual means Of winning an election
against b divided party? The Old Do
mnion can unite thsir votes, too, and that
without being sworls to do it. They are
just astapt to unite tAcir votes without be:
ing sworn to do sd, .As the "Sami.es'' are
with it; for there is fiust I'm oath's differ
ence in the fidelity IL the two parties.-
What d1 you think d these things, SAM
You have called the5next election yours,
and you haven't disciples enouyht to elect
YOU, What will yop do? You are still
IN predicament. 4 WATCH.