The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-10-17

General Oleyl;-;;ys: the! '.Boys In
>,,sss -; Iue:"
tsToald DO truJ amusing, were it not
sebisgusting, td"$serfEss r. z .',1 an q!
ajisYicty >nanifostcdby our sonscIyatiiEyl!e'
f ,as;h gain thel poi5ss.sI Aoy hnSssiin
,Iflst-that is, tol restore .hoirzEebBsl
a is to power ;Sor, inSothes wordsto
make Treason respectable and Loyalty
disgrqceful They FIRST try one cxpcdi-
cnt, then another; they first try this
Candidate ;then ybFt j.. they try to unite
on Whaloy, but find, upon mature rcaec.
ton, that he has fully MS many antcced.
cnts In favorof Radiculism az Of ,lhG.opi
position. They then try Charley Moore,
WHO iHfsvSf protested much sympathy
with Loyalty, and finally, concluding that
he won'tdo' dispatch mcsscngers1lmmc.
diatqlyIto tho oxtromo end Of tho District
toyiniorm Charley. that hc has been
Weighed in tho baIanco and found want.
ing. Charley sweurs o little Mt the in
gratitudc with which he has been treated
by those whom lie thought were his
friends, and calmly submits; and Gen:
Obey is suddenly pursued into the coun.
try, whittier he had gone in pursuance OF
his humble duties as collector of internal
revenue, and is gravcly informed that
Ac-tho said John II. Obey, Colonel Of
the late 7th West Va. Yet. Cavalry, and
Hero of Droop Mounfain--is the only
man in the Sd District who is worthy Of
Congressional honors at the hands ofahc.
Great National Union Conservative Cop.
per-Jolnson party. The General does
not parlcy long with himself, but sudden
" arrives ut the conclusion that the
peoplt have last asccrtaincd what they
should have known long ago: that he is
really a great man, and that the apprc;.
cia,ivc iaculticS Of tic conservative par.
t. arc entitled to. the benefits Of the dis
coycry which the more dull and obusc
perceptions of The Radicals never could
sec; hence he becomes the standard
bearer of the" conservative" party.
Again, it was not only amusing, but
humi!ia'ins, to sec the efforts of our con-
scryalvc friends to secure a tickc: to
please thcmsclves--tO sec our two old
line democrats, with heary locks, repre-
,santiDg two of our most respectable
churches, on two successive Sabbaths in
holy conclavc with the smaller fry Of the
party, dcvising ways md means TO sarc
Tic cou~i'Y g. by defeating the Union
tickct--by destroying that most wicked
and detcs,aIlc influence that would have
the audaciry"to attempt to keep from
power and place the only parties who, i'll
their own estimation, arc capable of
welding and directing the affairs Of tho
mtion--thc late rebels in arms. This is
work worthy Of the .SnbJaM exercises Of
those cmiucutly popular patriarchs Of
democracy; but does the ticket, now it is
made, really please them? Who knows
but that by another Sabbath (for there
is only one before the clcc'ion) they will
find it necessary to make another change!
For already they begin to hear the
"buys in blue" say. "Wc love Colonel
Obey they have not learned even to call
Elm General yet, and would have fol :
lowed anywhere, even up tho crest Of
DrOop Wounta;n, HAD HE GONE, so long
as he WIS oHposing rcJclsj but when
ever he rorsakcs the great interests Tor
which VIC fought for four long and
Woociy gears, We can not follow him
further. lie is on the other sdc-hc
has chosen another. set Of associutcs---
lie is no longer our leader; hence We
can not 90 with him. We fought four
years for the Union--woulj fight four
more if necessary. We will now VOTE
for the Union.
/ Goodbye, Colonel DR.. Patrick
and General Ruilncr had better try an
other Sundays effort.