Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-25
The Leg.isieture.
BARBoURsVILLB, CABELL Co., W. VII
NnYember lR. 1863.

Editors Lltetttgencer:
We rejoice to see that our Legislature
has taken at last the proper stand point,
and are beginning 20 look at things in
their true light, aud are trying to remedy
by law what we have always look upon
with shame and disgust, and what we have
ever considered beneath the dignity of an
enlightened and christian people, and y
disgrace aud insult 20 the dignity aud sane
tity of the ballot box. mean, that low,
despicable and contemplate practice in
dulged in to such fearful extent, by those
men who have heretofore been hlltug the
offices of our country, of buying votes with
Intoxicating liquors. Who don't know that
nine tenths Of the men who have been
elected to the offices of this State for the
last forty years, have been elected on the
Whisky basis. We have known these
candidates for office to have this article
sent clandestineIy 70 every precinct in the
county. We have knoWn men 20 be ap :
pointed whose business it was % be there
ION the day ct the election, who would take
men before voting out where this whisky
was concealed among the paw paw hushes,
end iAsEs eA%Sss sH%Rs thi s e 10 vote for
the man whose money procured II, And
who don't know that there are escOres Of
little upon the great responsibilities ate
tached 70 right voting, that dram Of
liquor will buy their votes at any time
The question with them Is not as II should
be, who fs the best, honest, and most Gapa.
BILE candidate for the ONCE 20 be filed but
who furnishes the drinks. THIS system OF
buying mems votes accounts for the fast
that our olieeshaEe been disgraced by IRE.
sponsibIe and drunken men. The honor
able, respectable, moral, sober and Felig-
iOus part of the community have had to
suffer from year 70 year, by being c0mpells
cd to submit TO the administrator Of the
affairs of the country by 0 drunken rabble,
brought into power, by the means above
referred to. There are honorable ekeep.
items We admit, but they are only eKcep.
tiOns aud nOtlthe general rule. We have
seen men 30 much under the influence Of
Intoxicating liquor when ID the discharge
of their official duties, that they were bet
ter fitted for inmates Ia the mad house
than.for tFGnsacting the responsible duties
Of an officer. Our Courts have been disc
missed aud business Of the highest fmpof-
tance 70 the community suspended, because
unfortunately the people were cursed with
| q drunken Judge. Why all this There
can be no other reason assigned than that
courageous Z and discFedit6ble practice
which We are trying 10 condemn, and
which We sincerely hope viii perish under
the Rfthering stroke Of state law Just such
as has been passed by the House Of Dele.
gates Of fthe State Of West Virginia.
This looks as though our menin power
were determined 70 protect the great in-
terost Of the people, politically and re-
ligiOnsly. ls
No good man who looks at this thing
1 IimpaeSiAlly hut must admit that IL is Z
great eEil, but will rejoice when it's stopped
God viii bless that people aud that peo
pie Ouly, whose laws grow out Of and gty'
lnrotecti0n 10 the pure and upright pFiuci
lples OF his own eternal trnIh. o.