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

Under this head, and such similar ones
as " Mr.. LETcHER VS.. EVERY OTHER De.
MoCRAT." ANOTHER BOGUS LETcHER
MEETING" &C., the Richmond Enquirer
has occupied its columns for some time
past with articles assaulting not only
Hon. John Letcher. but every other man
suspected Of being favorable to that gen.
tleman's elevation to the Gubernatorisl
chair Of this Commonwealth. Being in
differently friendly to Mr.. Le,cher. We
have read those articles rather passiyely.
but with latent indignation ut some Of
them-a misgiving that the zeal Of some
of Mr.. Letcher's friends was compromi
sing him. while reading others. and. a
general impression that F" there must be
some ERE " here there was so much smoke"
But our mind has been given decidedly
positive impression upon the subject by
the following comments on the meeting
held in this county on the 9th instant. to
appoint delegates to the Petersburg Con-
vention. and the course pursued in get
ting the article through its daily and
semi-weekly editions. We copy it as it APP
pearsd in the daily. inclosing in brackets
portions that we're taken ost and exclu-
ded from the semi weekly, intended for
country circulation-though. perhaps. on
ly excluded from tina. portion of the edi.
ton sent to this vicinity. 1t is unneces-
sary TO question the motives Of the con.
ductors Of public journal who will thus
publish one article for one section and
another for . different one. We desire
our readers to. keep in mind that portion
Of the article inclosed in brackets, THUS I
which was excluded from the country
edition: ...,..r ..a
" Advices from an entirely reliable
source have reached US, containing the
folio wing state Of facts: u.s..
Ion Monday last. meeting was held
q, CIarksburg. Harrison county, at which
the delegates (yet to Be oppointed) were
ever his name shall be before the Con-
vention. The assemblage was delayed
until late hour in the evening on court
day. At last a snap judgment Was Ia
ken. after the people had left town: a
meeting of only SIXTEEN MEN Was assem-
bled; TEN OF these were, Leteh cries. and
SIX opposed to Mr.. Letcher. Thus TEN
men have undertaken to dictate . choice
to the entire Democracy Of Harrison -
the attempt being made. too. by stealth |
1--WE are assured that If four hours
notice had been gwen. the Letcher men
would easily have been beaten ten to
one:' and that if the Democrats Of the
county were polled. Judge Broken.
brough would beat Mr.. Letcher Eve
hundred votes The whole maneuv+e
is denounced in the county as 'rascally
affair."" 1t is known TO have been ar
raigned by the prime management of a
certain notorious intriguer. with the i'm
mdiate connivanee Of three Others. In
deed the trick seems to have been atten.
ted with all the az gravating eircumstan>
ces which have marked any Of the SINH.
lar frauds to which il has been our duty
to refer. .- aa-'
1--WE again appeal to the people Of the
State. TO say whether this system OF
deliberate treacherv* to party obliga,
lions shall be tolerated. We present. on
we'll vouched authority, no less than four
instances Of bogus county meetings fraud
ulenty managed bypreconcerte darrsnge-
ment. to foiss MIR. John Letcher upon the
people Of Virginia-M 1LLAMsBuRG, MAR,
sHAL. HAMPSHIRE. HARRIsoE. "a
Z" We call upon the true men through.
! he fnr az
al names. which ve have every reason TO
believe have already been added to this
list of dishonor. Don't permit your
selves to be betrayed by the hypocritical
pretenee that these dishonorsbIet con
trivanees must be concealed for the
sake OF "unily and harmony" The only
safety for the party consists in an. open
and manly exposure OF every traitor to
its integrity. No party. whatever. can
stand this banding together Of Tunprinci.
pied politicians throug hout the State. to
force upon the people an obnoxious cam
didateI through all the agencies that the
most unscrupuluos invention can con-.
rive"Ei-a ~,-. -.
+Ths word was printed in the country edition
=" ESFAITHFULSEss," instead of TREAoRERr."
:, II MS "oru was prlnteu In the country edition
- QUESTIONABLE" instead Of " DIsHoHoRABLE."
Unlike Byron's eorsair. this ar,iele ha.
" one virtue. linked with thousand
crimes" 1t tells one truth. and that is
" On Monday last, meeting was held
at Ciarksburg. Harrison county. a. which
delegates - were instructed to vote for
John Leteher whenever hi. name should |
be before the Convention "-oU IN. ,..,;s