American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1859-02-11
The Democracy Of Monongalia.

occohe somewhat tangled, and are In
danger of being moro so. Ii will be
remembered that the meeting held last
Court, among other things, adoptcda
resolution regulating the ,"Primary
Election plan, and falling back upon
a Convention, &c. This change, if We
are correctly informed, was effected by
tho eloquent specialization and adroit
management Of A. g. Davis, ESQ, ono
of the leaders of tho host. Now, since
that meeting, the Editor of the Star
has returned from visit to the Pres
ident. &C., where he enjoyed the priv
ilege not only Of holding converse with
the great, but of dipping his spoon all
so gently into Treasury pap--and he
condemns the doings of the meeting in
toto. He says "the meeting did things
it should not have done, and neglected
to do and perform the things it should
have DONE" Now, here is pretty
kettle of fish, badly spoiled in the pro.
cess of cooking! The unterrificd
Democracy" comcs together, according
to public notice-the Delegate TO the
Legislature, (the only one now here
bosses the jod-things are done, as they
suppose, according to Gunter, and the
rank and filc go to their homes fondly
surposing that they have devoted one
more day to tho good of the country.
But then, here comes the County Court
Clerk, another boss, and tells them not
only that they have done wrong, and
neglected to do right, but that "many
who have read the published proceed
ings do not exactly understand what
tcas DONE"
Now this state Of things will never
do. A better understanding must pre-
vail, or "tho party will go to sticks.
AS "no man can serve two masters"
it is essential that one should be recog-
nizsd and obeyed. If this boss is to
DC the Delegate, SO mote it be. If
the Star man is to turn the organ to
whose music all are required to dance,
so be it; and when he is necessarily
! absent, to take lessons from his supc
riors, why let his foreman, or 'locurn
tenans, or any other person duly au.
| thorized and commissioned as boss pro
tenn, step to the fore, and give the
word Of command; he will be obcyed,
of course, and no such twistifications
can occur as now threaten to throw the
camp into confusion. ...
So In rccounting the sins of omission
Of the late meeting, the Star says
at should have appointed a time
for holding Primary election to nom.
mate candidates for the House of Del
cgates. The Primary is tie system of
the party, adopted by q vote Of the
people, and will remain such until an
other system is adopted by the people.
This recommending some other plan to
the people don't amount to any thing.
1t is just simply spending time and pa
per for nothing" ....
: EB- We confess to some curiosity
to know whether, according to Dents
Dictionary, "thc party" and "thc
people are SYNONYMOUS and convert
bic terms. According to Webster,
(Which, for sught We know, may be re-
pudiatcd by Young America, as it is
more than ten gears old) the word, used
rs a noun, means "thc body of persons
who compose community, town, city
or nation" But according to the use
made of these terms in the paragraph
above quoted, "thc party arc "thc
people" and "thc people" arc "thc
party" Outsiders arc nobody This
is precisely the meaning and interprc.
tstion Of the Primary" system, and
we arc glad to hear the organ talking
up TO it /! Those who dislike the doc
trinc, can either repVdiqte or emigrate.
Their votes are not wanted. They are
of no earthly use, as politicians, but to
pay heavy forcs for the privilege Of
being misgoycrned. ..
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