The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1863-06-03
The Election.

II both ia town and country, aud
resulted much as we expected it to-.
For Judge, we are we'll pleased at
the election of Mr.. Ollie, who we
know brings to the bench ali those
qualifications so necessary for such g
responsible position, and Furthermore
We believe him to be o conservative
Constitution-loving man, equally OPP
posed to all who would violate the
laws of the land, or desire to break
ND the old Union in which we have
so long lived and prospered.
The Senators elected are, both OF
them, practical business men, and
lawyers. and both belong to the con-
servative rather than the radical par
ty. We think them we'll calculated
to advance the interests Of the new
State, and to promote our prosperity.
AS to the members Of the House,
we know John B. Leugh to be man
10 whom "we can tie. - he ls q
plain, unassuming farmer, just one
of the people, ard one whom they
know they can trust, as is evidenced
by the vote he received, over such
formidable opposition.
Mr.. Lough has his all in this
county and State and as a matter Of
course, his interests are our interests
and while laboring to promote the
one he will also advance the other
or as he has expressed it in his circu-
lar the welfare and prosperity OF
this county and the State are identl-
fed with my own.
We wish we could say as much Of
Mr.. Lough's colleague, but while VIC
confess that he is his equal as to
qualifications, mentally and in ex-
perience, both having served in the
same capacity before, yet we must
say that he lacks that identity Of IT,
terest, with the country and people,
which should be Indispensable in q
representative. Every one knows
that while possessing considerable
wealth he has only just enough real
estate "a village lott in the new State
to make him a freeholder, and that
he seldom invests money in any OF
the many enterprises within the
county: Cever assists struggling
worth, or the honest poor, by even
the use Of his name as security, that,
as Dr.. Laishley said, he can gather
his all in q carpet bag, and leave the
country at moments warning
that while possessing the best militia
ry education Of any man IN the
country, he has never offered his SER
vices to his country in any other
than civil capacity, or that Of gold
lace Major General of Militia that
as his interests are not here, so is he
not here when danger approaches.
These are few only Of the many OBJ
iectiens that are urged against him
daily, by men of wealth and OF
standing, who risk all in 'Four little
bark, West Virginia." and who re-
greet to see the best interests Of the
new State confded to one, who is
only sojeurner in our midst.
For the other offices the selections
are very good ones most of the Off
GERS are conservative men and quail
fed for their positions, so far as our
observation extends. Raymond,
Brand, Hagans and Wade are elect
ed By large majorities or without OPP
position, and will fill their offices to
the satisfaction of the people. As
for the Surveyor-whe had no oppo-
sition-as he has nothing to do, (the
Office not having paid anything for
the last FIVE months,) we presume he
is qualified to do it.
Altogether, we may congratulate
ourselves that old Monongalia still
remains conservative, having avoid
ed both Scylla and Charybdis; Sc
cession and its concomitant fanatical
puritanism degraded into the one
idea of abolitionism.