Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-06-13
rhe two pistrict Conventions.

II -
an article from the Petersburg Gazette.
giving glimpse Of The manner in which
that Convention was gotten up.
Wepublish this article from the Ga
zette. and give some facts that have came
to our knowledge in regard to the getting
up Ct the Palkersbarg Convention, in ers
der to place this end Of the district right
before the Virginia delegation, rather
than for any factional purpose The pre-.
ference of the delegates appointed by the
'Parkersbarg Cow nsion, as stated BY the
/" News" are precisely our own. and We
can. therefore. have nosqdarrel with them
ON that account. THE = News says.
."Buchanan is their first choice. and our
own gallant Wise their second choice, y
It will be recollected that we some time
since assumed thesame position. aud gave
our reasons for it; consequently, We
have no objection to the sentiments of the
delegates OF that Convention ,,or the gen
tIemen themselves. as they.are both our
personal friends. But we do object TO the
manner in which the Petersburg Con,
yention was gotten up, ss, ia
1t was first proposed at Richmond,
where it is supposed that wire workers
most do congregate. after another time
and place had been proposed and gene
rally acquiesced IN. and a number of those
proposing it. stated upon their arrival
home. that their names had been obtained
to the card calling it, By indireclion. =
This being the case. We could not look
upon the call for the Parkersburg Con,
veption, as being entirely proper, patticu.
larly as the timerecommended etfectuafly
prevented the appointment of "a delegate
from the eastern end Of tie district, by a
want of time for the delegate to receive
information of his appointment and reach
Cincinnati by the End Of June. The pros
pect Of this, the Democratic end al the dis.
Lrict. being insuperably cut off from a re .
resentatiun. was not 5 very pleasant one
to our people. and they persisted in the
first proposition. in the absence of any
better. fnd held a Convention at Weston
on the LIST OF May. This was done with
the fullest confidence that no other con.
vention would ba held, as it was ascer-
tanned that Kanawha county had appoin-
ted delegates to Weston, and Wood coun
Ly had called Meeting TO appoint dele>
gates to that place. and it was presumed
that the other counties in that end Of the
district had or would pursue similar
course.
The Convention which assembled at
Weston was actuated by no factional SEN
timents. Indeed. SO little feeling was
manifested by our people. after it was con-
sidered settled that our end Of the district
was not to be DISTINGUISHED, that i: was
doubtful on the second day before the
convention. whether any Of the delegates
from this county would be in attendance
AT that convention, no counties appeared
as being represented that had not dele
gates in attendance, regularly appointed
at regular meetings. There was no dis.
position to attach on undue Importance to
It, or to do injustice to any other portion
OF the district. The delegates and alter.
mates appointed we're equally divided be
tween the two ends. and were gentlemen
whom it was understood were the choice
of the different sections. Characterization
from Barbour. Doddridge and Richie
counties, after the sitting of the Conven.
ton, was, that they were entirely satisfied
with its action. and the . Star Of the Ka,
ns"ha Valley" thorough>going Demo
cratic paper published in Putnam county,
said that the Democrats OF that section
were satisfied.
For the Parkersburg Convention. we
are sorry that we cannot say as much
II was held after the organ Of its friends.
the News. for whom it was supposed to
speak, had assumed at least six different
positions upon the question. At Grst ii
favored the Weston Convention it then
upon the appearance Of the Richmond
card was for Petersburg it then pro.
posed that the question be submitted to
the committee appointed to FIX upon the
time and place Of the next Congressional
nominating convention. and when that
was found to be impracticable. it proposed
Harrisville, which was equally impracti,
cable ; it then again acquiesced in Yves
ton. aud finally once more insisted upon
Parkersburg. The article in the Gazette
intimates the manner, in which the efforts