Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-11-19

1hes mead OF tie Register ior ING
two successive weeks previous. ImmedisI
a,siy preceding its assemblage. the Court
House bell WAS rang and proclamation
made at the door that the meeting would
then be held. Al that time the Court
House yard and the street in front Of it
was full of people who could hear the
proclamation. A considerable number
of Democrats repaired to the Courtroom
shd7,hs meeting Sas Organized = a com :.
mit.ee Of Eve Of the most active, and in,
fuen,ial Democrats Of our county vas
appointed 70 draft resolutions. who after
9 reasonable sbsence-say twenty or
thirty minutes----returned and made their
report which was read. there being pres.
ent at the time same Two hundred people.
mostly Democrats. A motion was then
adopted that they be taken up and acted
upon seriatim. Then commenced discus.
sion Of some Of the resolutions--ts eo, gen.
tlemen only opposing any Of them-which
was continued about three hours. The
resolutions which were opposed were
adopted unanimously with the exception
Of the votes Of one or both Of the. gentle.
men opposing them. The only question
taken which did not show large and
nearly unanimous vote, was when ,diSi.
SION was called upon the motion to strike
out " Richmond or Chicago +" from the
Sd resolution. which motion was lost by
q vote Of s ayes to II noes-not one.
fourth Of those present voting. After this
motion was lost, the resolution was ana
ended at the suggestion Of one of she
committee who reported it. The meet
ing was 10 session oil the afternoon. or
from Immediately after dinner until near
y sundo~n. and was more than an ordi-
nariIy full and fair expression Of the wish.
es Of the Democracy Of Harrison county.
We call upon those present to testify il
this is no! an impartial account of that
meeting. % Hua
The idea that Judge Brockenbrough
would beat Mr.. Letcher Eve hundred
votes" in this county. is simply .ridicu-
lous. We never have heard but too gen
tlemen express preferences for Judge
Brockenbrough. and one Of them has since
changed his mind because. as be says.
e the Democrats Of this county are near,
| ly unanimous for Lelcher." Faulkner
has more friends here than Brocken>
brough. The Enquirer has probably
been misled in regard TO this matter. but
the eagerness with which it SEXES hold
Of Pretext to assault the friends Of Mr..
catcher shows the malignity with which
is is pursuing one of the soundes. states
men in the whole Common wealth Of Yir-
ginia-, --..
We are not one Of those who have en>
tered into the crusade against the Enqui-
rer and Gov. Wise. We are conservative.
and no. disposed to cast off aud censure
those who have rendered extraordinary
or even coed service to the cause which
we have advocated from our youth up,
merely because they may non seem to be
wrong. We were with tho Enquirer,
shoulder to shoulder Tin our humble way
in its desire that Senator Hunter should
be more explicit in stating his position to-
wards the administration Of Mr.. Buchan-
an. We give it full credit for the many
services it has rendered the Democratic
party: and the SOD Of the Governor him.
self. who is ono OF the editors Of ,ha. pa.
per. did not exceed. IN laborious efforts
for the success Of his father. the editor Of
this paper. who FIRST hoisted bis name, in
this section Of the State, Al all events, for
the Guberna,orial chair. and who stood
the brunt Of the battle in this vicinity
against the Vaccinations Of Know>No,h-
ingism. over which Henry A. Wise gain.
ed a victory that covered himself with
glory. 20. ,...
Because the Enquirer has rendered ef.
fcient service to our principles. our par.
~ and our friends. We have been dispos.
ed TO look over it's foibles. But there
is a point where torbeafance ceases to be
a virtue" We cannot res. quiet and sec
truth. our friends and ourself SO grossly.
and With such apparent malignity. mis-:
represented; to say nothing Of the vile
cpithess applied to those noble Democrats
who conducted the meeting held here.
and the disreputable motives a.cribed to
them. There was time when the Rich.
mond Enquirer did not descend from its