Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-01-04
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TUESDAY, JANUARY AZ, 1859.

tt FOR GOVERNOR,
JOHN LETCHE:R, of nockbsidge.
rJR LrgrrESANT GOV ESxoR.
RoBERT d: MONTAGUE, ofMiddleser.
FIR ATToRSEY cExERAL,
j. RANDoLPH TUCKER, % Frederick.
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Al Opposition Candidate for Governor.
The Know Nothing papers throughout
ihe State, are united IN crying ont for an
.4opposition candidate.'' for Governor;
and among them we End our neighbor o.
inc s.fsspublican, ! who yelps likes cur
with bis head between lis legs, which
causes us 10 believe that the nomina-
ton 81 Mi. Letcher I,as had : deleterious
effect upon his organ Of Digestion.
We are not advised IS 70 what name
,hey intend 10 give their party, g they
are sorsly perplexed y find 4 suitable
candidate .yand i Is supposed that the
same will depend upon the political com
piexion ii the candidate. For instance,
IL they succeed In obtaining 4 candidate
from the refuse Of the Petersburg Con.
vsntion, they would call themselves anti,
Letcher men; but It appears that thai
Convention was composed Of the masses
u tie people, and il win V rather ahard
matter for an nnprincipled Democrat g
turn traitor and expectt to defeat the Will
u tile eiglitysfye thousand Democrats z
represented ii that Convention 70 call
Convention under any particular name
therefore. would be worse than suicide.
The most feasible plan urged By some 81
.he opposition papers, j.: for them 70
mite upon man and run him without 2
convention or . platform, This plan.
miI.ht do pretty wall If they could unite
npon 4 eandidatsabut hero Is . diiticnl-
!, There are It'd many candidates for
.he Office. Among the many aspifants
Who have been proposed, i the editor Of
,be|..Wh,s, Il but the western opposition.
think sshe candidate should be from the
vest. Is tie east had the last; and We
,hio 1 they are right. especially when y
i known that here in the west issa man
Who has stuck to his party close, done
mona dirty work, received much less
nav and many more curses, than NH 4 Il
Ridgwsy; and if devotion to party ant
party friends is any reason man should
| 81 promoted. We think theman We could
.asnle. should obtain 4 greater number lumber
Of votes thanIany other man in the State,
we don't like to name our preference, 4
fcr tive reasons, one Of which, j.: should
he receive Il esii, The nomination, it3would Be.
extremely painful to US 70 oppose hl 2.
election; the other reason, Isl: the IKE
publican thinks we injured our friend.
The Hon. Judge Broekenbrough, more
shanEthe editor of that paper did the
palitical fame If the "Lone Star Of Know
Nothingisn, Z al the recent Know Moth
ing Convention At Parkersburg. when
and where be pledged KanaWha County
70 elect that celebrated champion, # they
would nominate him..
Yet we think he oughtto be named. and
a. the Republican has acted 80 basely
ii supporting the Hon. John Letcher
before his nomination. and turning his
back upon him Afterwards. We viii take
the liberty Of naming the man to whom
We refer, and who, We think, best repre-
eents the Opposition" # is +. w.
Nrwrps. Esq, editor Of tie aKanawha
Republican, the great informer IF Kan
awha. who saeok occasion % remind The
Demoeracy Of the State of The circum,
stauce used by our Kanawha Clique to
foist upon tho convention, four years ago.
j certain Lieut.. Governor which has
secured % him higher title than was ever
obsainsd BY corn-stalked militiamau0
The Kanawha prophet, who depressed to
our neis hbor that the convention would
never again sanction any nomination
made ny the Kahawha Democracy
which prophesy. alone, should entitlt
him 81 tie respectful consideration Of q
The Milleriies in the State, notwithstand.
Ing his well-founded Appreciation Of .Old
Sleepy Bat. as ! final argument il
favor 81 our selection-one which w
think 4 caps The climax u.s. 4 perfect
clinchsr and one that the .topposition'
dare not disregard we present % theil
astonishcd view his astonishing, silently.
grand, eloquently -mate and superb,
concise REroRr as Superintendent o. u,
Schools Of Kanawha. and Of the expendi
ture Of the upwards Of 81 1zousaat
Dollars, paid for school purposes By til,
taxpayers Of the County. which would,
W. think. be credit to any geyefnol
~ the Dark Lantern Party. This alone
should pc sufficient guarantee for b.
proficiency il financial matters.
{ W. repeat j, the editor 1T lie IRE
publican" IS more worthy Of tie pomina,
tipn, BY Che hungry politicians of|the op.
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