Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-04-04
Knew,Nothing ceunty 5conxeation.

Know Nothing organ Of this place of the
5th Of March, last: /!
"PupL1o MEETING So There viii be q
county convention Of the American par
I ~, on Saturday the 39t6. of. March, in
Clarksbufg. for the purpose of nominating
candidates for thecounty. The delegates
from each council are requested' to be in
attendance. --tIS7s - ~ ,.sa.-' ''f
There willbe ameeting of the Ameri-
can party of the Clarksburg, District on
Friday the goth Of March, Tor the purpose
of nominating District, candidates, and
appointing delegates to The county con-
yention.
Let the Americans bearthisiufmind. :"
By thatstrangefatality'w (which has char
acterized, the Known thing order since
it's first existence, the above notice was
not complied with in. either case, The
meeting for, the Clarksburg district adj
yersiseds, forqthe 2sth. swass held ION the
G2d, and that held on last, Saturday5athe
29th, was with closed doors. .....
= Learning from the above notice, and
commonsrumor that theaCeunty COnSens
rion would be open to all. we attended,.
at r O'Clock, the. hour fixed upon Tor
the meeting. as. we were Informed byya
delegate, .osreport the proceedings. AS
teriwaiting yforsomeatime, and ithesdele!
gates not making tkeir appearance We
expressed our surprise at their tardiness.
when we were told by. m undoubsed
brother" thatsthey hadAa. .liteIe.priDdte
business to transact before they took their
seats in: the Convention, and were Glen
holding a short meeting in the Council.
room for. that purpose. sWith,ithis assn.
rance, We waited as patiently as possible.
for too. hours aand Jj5fty '''t"utes, when the
meeting, in the. Council room adjourned.
and The delegates came down and an
nounced That they had nominated John
r. Dawson Of this place for Sheriff, and
that no nominations had been made for.
Commonwealth Attorney or Commits
sioners Of the Revenue, And this, was
the much, tRlked.ofs OPEN c. uaty Gonven
ton of theaimmaculate!Su Sam 4 rst ltss s.s
We ventured the opinion last week.
that il it had not been advertised That This,
Convention was to be public. it would be
held 'secretly5i butilit seems that we did
not give them credit FOR sufficient ifrelis:
bility, as they I'D hold, thsir Convention
secretly notwithstanding their notice to
the contrary. snIt lis .preten,Iedifbv thai
observation-disclosures meetings are now open
to the public while The fact Is that th.y'
are as secret as sew ever =. What confidence
can neonle have (, q nortv. .,h.A H..
continues to. practice upon them decep.
ton after decen,iori9 - Oh
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