American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-05-10
For the American Union.
The LOcOfOcOs Of District MOL
in Council.

trying to produce harmony in their
ranks, having made several Intellectual
efforts, and nominations once, met at
Jones precinct on Saturday last.
On motion of WHAcK STANsBERRY,
one of the able and eloquent defenders
OF Locctocotsm of the District, Joseph
Jolliffe, Esq, was elected President,
but declined the honor, whereupon the
aforesaid Whack nominated our pres
ent representative, COL r.. G. Caro-
theirs, who was unanimously elected
a committee was then selected to wait
on the Colonel and notify him of his
election and request his acceptance.
Tho said committe proceeded to dis
charge the important duty assigned
them, and the Colonel, accepting the
honor just conferred upon him, was es-
corted to the chair by the said Com
mlttee. The Col. now being installed
the aforesaid 1Vhack arose, and in q
very digniGed and Statesmanlike man
ner explained the object of the meet
ing to be to organize the Democracy of
District No. L /; to harmonic the con
tending factions, and thereby insure
brilliant victory over the dark lantern
party; and to produce such results
ne proposed to proceed by the primary
system to make nominations for Dis
trict officers, to wit: Magistrates, Con-
stables and Overseers of the Poor;
and he hoped the nominations thus
made would be acquiesced in by the
unterrifed. Whack spoke in his usu-
al spirited and eloquent style. When
he concluded his speech, j. M. Heck. of
Smithtown, though some say of Mari
on county, one of the candidates for
nomination, and one of the nominees of
the Clinton Conoention for Magistrate,
obtained the floor and proceeded to de-
ny the charge made against him since
his nomination, made two weeks ago,
that he was a resident of the county,
and read a certificate from B. r. Mil
Ter, Commissioner of the Revenue, that
he (Heck) had never refused to be as
sessed as citizen of Monongalia, and
that he has been regularly assessed as
such, by him. After expatiating for
some time in very spirited manner on
this question, he let off full charge of
9aSs on the Bloody KnoaO Nothangs,-
charging them with all the trouble and
confusion in the ranks of the dcmocra-
cy. Having concluded his gassy eff
fort, he took his seat, without doing
serious injury to any one. Next came
Mr.. Allen Fast, a rather modest and
retired young gentleman from White
Day, who replied to Squire Heck, and
charged the existing troubles in the
camp to the Squire, and thought no one
but him was chargeable with it. He
proceeded to give his reasons for SO
charging the Squire. Mr.. Fast is not
as eloquent or spirited q speaker as
Squire Heck, but is able and argumen-
tatiye! The Demosthenes of the Dis
trict, Coon ,huttlesworth, succeeded
in obtaining the floor next, and spoke
more lengthy than strengthy in favor
OF the Clinton nominations. He con-
tended that they should stand; that
they were good ones that they were
men who could calculate "Justice and
Interest" (Which by the way is impor-
tant) and that they, and they only,
should be nominated by the present
meeting Coom's eloquence, at times,
was o0erpoapering! He was frequent
ly interrupted during his effort, and the
chairman frequently had to call mem
bers to order on occount of their inter
ruptlons. His opponents, fearing the
convincing power Of his e1oguence, be-
came FESTIVE, and thought to silence
his battery by interruptions, but Coon
is not the man to be silenced by such
a course; he has fought too often and
too hard in the ranks of the unterri-
lied to be so easily put down, and he
declared his intention to 90 on and fin |
ish his speech, and he did finish it -
When he had concluded, one of the
pett6oatnd audience, who, like the
rest, had heard enough, made motion
that no more speeches should DO made /! |
The motion carried, and all further eff. |
forts at eloqucnce were cut off.
O. motion was now made and carried |
that the meeting proceed to nominate, |
ny the primary system, four candidates
for Magistrate, two for Constable, and !
one for Ovorsoer of the Poor, where
upon the following persons were placed
in nomination For Magistrates, Mo- I
ses Steel, j. M. Heck, Jno. Meredith.
Isaac Reed, Jos. Shuttesworth, ana
Isaac Powell. For Constable, VIM.
Williams, Andrew Frum and Samuel
Harden. For Overseer Of the Poor.
Lewis Williams. No further nom;no.
tons being made the meeting proceed
cd to ballot. About 45 votes were cast
and Messrs. Steel, Heck, Reed & Shut
ellsworth received tho largest number
Of votes for Magistrate; Messrs. VIII.