Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1860-09-15
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abolitionisn is to be found to any serious ex-
tent upon the soil OF the Old Dominion we
have heard of a fewsof his-followers, under
their king-hee, BARBOUR, at Harper Ferry,
and another still smaller nest of these hui
man curiosities at Niddleway, in the same
county. But who are they and what their
numbers At both of the places referred
to, they comprise men, whose cringlng sacri.
fee of principle has excited the disgust OF
more honorable associates, who will more
than offset what they can do-wmch is only
TO vote-for with but one or two exceptions,
their individual influence is as contemplate
as their conduct toward the political table
from which they have so often received
bounty; and their numbers at best not more
than sufficient to give thGgFed bLy county OF
Jefferson to the aid of the elrrepresslblc
conflict by voting for Douglas. But, thank
goodness, VIC do not ask anything from that
portion of Jefferson county Democracy which
1t is we'll known, has been unreliable, rotten,
for years past, and their present course has
only renewed our utter contempt for them
One such accession as that OF ANDREW
HUNTER, Esq, to the ranks of the true
Democracy of Jefferson county isof far more
avail than the whole of the two nests OF
Douglasites could possibly be.-l7dth Const'-
tutio1t."
Those who are acquainted with the Editor
of the paper from ,yhich1Ssn above extract is
taken, will agree with us that any notice Of
the vulgar effusion is unnecessary; but there
are persons who are not familiar with the
Editor and his antccedents, and for their ben
eft, we condescend to notice his article, 1t
matters very little what opinion WIN. ID.
Baker NAV entertain of the National Demo-
Gratis of Jefferson comfy for if they knew
him, their contempt for him would be as
supreme as his coufessedly is for their pres
ent course. He is one of that peculiar class
of Democracy, who has been in the party
lust about sufficient length of time to get
his nest warm, and NV attempts to teach the
principles of the patty to men who have all
their lives been faithful and true. He has
been an apt scholar and though not over five
or six years of age as Democrat, is now
ready, and Of course willing, to take the
reigns, and direct men how to think, and
how to vote, OF else be unceremoniously de-
nounced as abolitionists, and unreliable and
rotten And then his contempt for the JEFF
ferson Democracy has been renewed! We
were going to say that we were sorry for this,
but honestly speakingwe are not. We would
just as sooon have thu Editors contempt as
his sympathy; it mikes not the slightest
shade of difference to us- Neither would
benefit us and neither would harm us.
His allusion to Mr. ANDREW HUNTER we
find no fault with. Mr, H. is private citi-
zen and clever gentleman, and has rig ht
to vote for whom he pleases, but others shall
not be disparaged for Mr.. Hunters benefit.
IF Mr.. Hunters accession to tho franks of
the true Democracy" is of such avail, we
would ask the Editor Of the Constitution, or
his co-laborcr the Editor of the Independent
of this town, to point out the immense
strength and influence he has brought to the
Breckiuridge wing of=s=tll4es pemocracy.-
Where are they, and who are they, that have
followed him into the camp. Beyond his
own vote we know of not one single individ-
ual who has been or Will be controlled by his
action. A man should always have sufficient
influence in the community to control his
own vote, and this we believe this valuable
accession to the Breckenridge wing of the
Jefferson Democracy has. If he. has more,
we have yet to be informed of it.
THAT vrRf HRHord BHRRoKrNR1DaH
We find the following in the Missouri Re
publican Of yesterday:
A VIRGINIA BRECKENRIDGE ELEcToR
Regulated BY TIE PEoPLE.-Mr John
b. Hoge, one of the seceders at Baltimore,
and Breckenridge Elector for the Eighth
District in that State, made speech at Har-
per's Ferry few days since. After he had
concluded his Speech a resolution of vote
of thanks to him was offered, and noted dozen
By 100 to 5 We learn this fact from the
Charlestown Spirit 1T Jefersoa."
Whether this was the offspring of the igno-
rance of the editor of the Republican, or
whether it was intended, like thousands of
other statements in that paper, to gull and
deceive the people, we are unable to say. So
far from Mr. Hoge being ''seceder," he is
rampant Douglas man, and the reason the vote
Of thanks to him was almost unanimously vo
ted down. was because heihfamously betrayed
his constituents at Baltimore. The following
we take from the proceedings of the Douglas
rump convention in which Mr.. Hoge re-
NAMED, after nearly all his colleagues had Sc
coded:
Here follows the proceedings in the Con-
vention.l
So it seems that Mr.. Hoge even got ahead
of Sanford r. Church and John b. CLARK,
in declaring Stephen A. Douglas unanimously
nominated.
We have no doubt that vote Of thanks to
this gentleman was voted down by QUO hun
dred to three; as,d-vsc areet7lsAsed to observe
it, as it is an indication of the manner in which
the loyal Democracy of the Old Dominion
will treat those traitors who attempted to sell
them out to Douglas and squatter sover-
eighty ."-St. Louis Bulletin.
IF the editor of the Bulletin. had taken the