The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-01-27
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sable brothers from this place commenting
upon the late election held IN this, Wash
ington township, in which the writer was
d base enough to brand as rebel sympathizers
those persons who run in opposition to the
nominees of the Black Republican party.
1t would be doing injustice to those gen
tlsmen who are highly esteemed in this
community for their moral, social and polit.
ical worth to let this foul libel pass unuo-
ticed or unexposed, and in order that the
public be fully advised as to the loyalty and
patriotism of the men who were candidates
on both Abolition and Conservative tickets.
| must give brief statement of facts as to
personal efforts put forth by both par lies to
sustain and uphold the Government since
this unhappy war commenced. The Con-
servative candidate for County Treasurer
was member Of the Legislature at Rich
mond when the Cotton states seeded, and
| believe voted in minority of four in ia
vor of coercion and for allowing Northern
troops to pass over the soil Of the State to
chastise those rebellious spirits of the South
for violating the laws of the land, aud from
that day to this stands in the foremost ranks
of the true Union men in Marshall.
Our candidate for Squire has been from
the beginning an unhinching Union man, as
a proof of this he has beloved son in the
army and another one ready when the coun-
try calls for his services. Rob't Tomlinson,
ESQ, was the candidate on the Conserva
tive ticket for Constable, and, 1 am bold to
say here, Mr.. Editor, and desire this state
nent and assertion to 60 out to your 'nu-
merous readers, that he has done more tor
the Union cause than any man in West Va.
He has sent into the field six stout, able
bodied sons, two of whom are officers, and
offered himself but the recruiting officer
refused to take him on account Of his age,
and vet in the face of all this those vile ne
gro worshippers, ever willing to blast the
reputation of their neighbors and subvert
the last vcstige Of our old Constitution, has
the effrontery to publish to the word that
this man is traitor to his country
The candidate on our ticket for Town
ship Clerk was the very first man in this
county who flung to the breeze upon tiag,
staff, nailed to his shop, the stars and stripes,
after the ordinance of secession passed the
convention at Richmond, and it remained
there until the winds of Heaven wore it
away, shred by shred. Joshua Hartley
was the conservative c21didate for Town
ship Treasurer. He is al. honorable young
man who, at the first call Of his country,
stepped forth in her defence, and has been
in many death struggle on the field OF
battle, in one of which he received wound
through his body from which he will never
fully recover, and is, at this day, suffering
in some one Of the hospitals of the Army
of the Potomac. True to their instincts,
the Abolitionists must aim shaft OF defa
nation at this brave youth. The other
names that were on the ticket were men
who voted against the ordinance of Seces-
sion, and who are now amongst the fore
most in the support of the Constitution and
Union. -..-.. .--l~ - .'
Now for the other side of the picture
The disunionist and disunionists had on
their ticket for County Treasury a
a full blooded Yankee, just from the
land Of pumpkins, died-in.the-wooi
Abolitionist, who will, | will wager
wooden nutmeg, fork over the three hun
dred dollars before he will suffer his fiery
patriotism to force bis small carcass into any
place where the whiz of minnie ball could
be heard. For Squire, they had man fleet
on foot, and, of course, a good runner aud
il is not surprising to the people here that
he run so well on the day of the election,
for, Mr.. Editor, if you could but have wit
messed the awful leaps and strides that he
made towards the Ohio river one day when
it was reported that the rebs were coming
into our town, you would have been com.
pelled to have admired his courage and pa
triotism, and would have proclaimed at
once that he was the best Union man IN the
world He, of course, got to Ohio, and re.
NAMED there until the boys of our candi-7
dates drove the enemy back to the noun
tains. and placed themselves as wall OF
ire between him and danger, then bold as
lion, he returns to this shore, and now,
like q chivalrous knight Of old, he is for
fighting all the windmiiis and barns in the
country, especially if these objects Of his
wrath lay North; for he has holy horror
of turning his footsteps South.
The negro sympathizer who was elected
constable has more of the true grit about
him than any one of his colleagues on that
ticket. he is chivalrous gentleman, mag
unanimous and brave to a fault, whose
natriotism and unionism is most fully es-
tablished in this community, but unfortu-
nately for the country and the Union cause
he always gets exceedingly lame whenever
the militia is called into service or the day
of draft draws nigh This lameness of my
friend has deprived the country of the ser
vices of this brave spirit and true man. !
Lastly, there wasa Certain generat who
was run ON the Conservative ticket, and
was elected. taprears that our Abolition
friends claim his election as part of this
great victory of theirs. 1t has been appa-
rent Cor sometime that this individusi has
benin close communion with the Radicals,
this accounts for his not having had IN op-
posing candidate, but / suppose he has be |.
come enamored of the beauties of negro
dom and has gone over, soul andbody, into
the sweet embrace of Sambo -snd Dinah,
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