Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1860-12-04
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eIiae'sas glirslHia Lost. Re 81
we are pretty well satisfied hbus,hai
the Satszot Yifginiash has gone for Bell BY
very email majority. II the4pesnlt is
N'ilstsFe pfetlict Il, will be, after the sfi,
.cial Fole Is ceuntel. ii ~illinot beon ac'I
.,eznk cfsabe ,bpa pNtsfity Of our laser.se.
standard sbeausrs n, on account Of = want
ar DEVOTION 10 the principles set forth in
he platform Of The B gilmore Convention;
Int 4! win be The result Of 4 want OF eon !
ifdence III lis strength 4 aud the result Of
MS friends allowing Themselves 10 be
,s6llsa BY the boosted strength Of Bell
ahila Douglas! Tlte responsibility rests
upon Western ifginia. and particularly:
vpen this distfiet Whilst other parties
were rigilant and active, our party, at
least ihe pretended leaders Of our party.
wers dong notl,ing. Our Elector for
this districi, did but little ~ this SECTION,
Is jacl, nothing ID this county. II this
district had been thoroughly cahsassed
/ tby Az abb an efficient slectbr. and receiy-
"a assis stance III the tie hands 81 DC
hsss essss ~ S sI.g gsasIsll you'd
thchsand votes Ilass 3
a,Fke above ise from the Lexisburg
Esfypmeaej we d iffef from the Chronicle
wien i. says de responsibility Of Gloss
ef Virginia is attributable to Western Yir-
gihia. The official returns win slow
tliat this Districts ibe Wheeling District
and The Litlle Tennessee Disirieteach did
rs duty Little Tennessee gave about
500 majority for Breekinridso. the
Wheeling District about 1900 majority,
Snd Ibis District about 500 msjerity.-
Our losses we're heavy in the Greenbrier
District and 40 the Valley, and We regret
losay tia, We were greatly disappointed
jli the vote East Of the. Blue Ridge. We
regret thai theIeIecior and tils Demo
dsaratic speakers generally in the Green
brier District we're 50 culpably inactive
and::inetlieient
IL affords us no little pleasure to say
that The Democratic Electotfo this Dis
,rict did bis whole duty. He was The
FIRST eiec,or ID the Stale totake the stump
for Breckinridge AID one Of the last to
.lsaye il, Mos,..'if not allttIe Democratic
speakers Of this county did their duty.
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and there are many other Democratic
speakers in the District who were active
and efficient. Amongst those 10 other
counties who deserve to be remembered
% account Of their activity and efficient
~ are ,Ro. johnson and James jackson Of
Harrison, Brannon, Bennett and A.. A..
Lewis Of Lewis. Basel Of Upsbur. Roger
II Barbour Phelps % Richie,s B. w.
Jackson and Charles Rhoads Of Wood,
RS. Brown 81 Writ, George w. Duval
81 Roans. and ira ]. Mc6iuais Of cabell.
Had all Of our Congressman discharg.
ed their duty as nobly and efficiently as
Hon. w Smith and Hon. r. "A. Pryor, we
should have carried The State bya hand
samo najorisy. we think it would have
been As well fpr the chresicle 70 have ad-
pihistered a rebuksI to the Congressman
from The GreenbrierD District. and 10 other
Congressman who remained idle and in
factira. Private gentlemen like the cleo
tor for the Gfeeubrief District who never
received any Office al The hands Of their
party might well consider themselves as
jastifabie in doing nothing, whilst gen
tlemen vfO had been honYred With seats
in Congress- remained idle. The loss Of
Virginia is properly attributable to the
course Of : majority Of our coDgressmen,
who did nothing. Upon them should
the responsibility rsst. and not npoa pri-
yslsagentlemen.
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