Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-11-06

- - st4lhetsntty eSf itctt for
radical comprehension. but 1t ought Is be sat
isfaetOry to. any honest man. The Board Of
Supervisors of The county vii convsne 10.
day for the pose Of counting the vote.
when this matter vii be brought to theiratS
tention What the result viii be rcnai,is 10
be seen.
THEwEsr:v1Re 4 s! I. & 1.
A few years ago. internal lnachines. CON.
coeted fOrthe Qualification d. c6Narslls revenge
were quite common, aud the 1speFs re..
corded. almost daily the explosion soi sne. s.
more OF thess Instruments of death, vii Ii full
details s,tHe eonsea aencss resulting. In I'M.
ltation Of these netariotls machines a leeisla-
tive body of bogus State, yclept NJ est rirs
GINA, got machine last .ssnfer. i f possi.
bleexceiipg IN any ever been,
putifort By the lfeazied bFaIn of iaastic..l
madness aud fe1ai sii hate. 3 a rfrty. If M.
iitIcal asssassius determined iion. the ezsinc
ton OF liberty aud the destrnetion Of the elec
tive franchise, With souls illletl with. l.atre.
and mindsintens upon holding on 10. lu ,isIrp.
ed power and Illegal authority, aud without
the brains to originate anything plausible. en-
acted registry law, which IS mora destrnc.
tive 70 the rights of fresmen than were the
internal machines Of other dagsst 70 the limbs
and lives Of the human family.
This law placed it in the power of AN UNI.
serupulcus political murderer to secure his.
own recollection as Governor of thesState. ana
the peFpetuation of party qscendsney as the
price of disfranehisement of four fttllst of the,
voters of the State petty. uuIriacipied.
and. irresponsible minority controlling the
masses of the people. aud excluding them
from any participation in government except
thatmost delightful of political riiyileges.tile
paymentof onerous taxes, for the support 81
corruption and State infidelity. Foreman
who must be a fge sip,i1esof the beast of the
apocalypse, was more than successful, in the
selection of agents to operate this cliaboiieal
machine in the interests OF 1adicalisli, and to-
day he stands the Governor elect Of West
Virginia BY systefn Of the most downright
PolitieaI razcali and official tyrsi,y ever per
petrated. A man who would eli lie office
of Governor of the State under such circum,
stances, must entertain,a small estimate oil
himself. and lower8app OF the i'm
tsllgence and public spirit of the people over;
whom he is thus dishonesty and iliegall j esles
waited, and if the name of Arthur L B6renian
is not handed down from generation. to gem
Grafton as the embodiment of infar4g, it will
be becauseof political millennium whose char
ity will prevent record of political .rascalfty
being kept, that posterity may not be made
to blush for the sins of the present day.
Taking the Board of Repatriation of this
county with McKoyitt at its hess.l--sasa spe.
cimen, and we may form some idea of Bore.
mans executioners throughoui the State: and
We are sure that we hazard nothin. IL sseeft.
ing that villiauy itself neverhad a more filth.
ful set of representatives, and agents than
those wbo'rantthe registry eng; nc preparatory
to the late elections. Before these expert oocrs
atiyes of Boreman's guiIlOtine, no honest
man had ghost of chance, and duplic;ty
and low cunning could alone succeed More
than elasticity of conscience was required
Radicalism must win, whatever the conse.
9uence might be, and to effect this result
honesty was sunken aud integrity buried We
are firm in the belief that the Board Of Regis
tratiOn of this county would have allowed any
returned rebel soldier in the county to vote il
satisfied of his purpose to vote the radical ticket
and on the other hand, they would have exciua-
ed any federal soldier whom they suspected OF.
conservative proclivities: They had no other
test Of loyalty than ultra ,ndicalisi,, aud he
who would not bow to this Baal, had slim
show for the elective franchise And thus
it was that the Congressional party secured
West Virgiai,, aud elected an Their, officers.
So much for this internal machine
DEAD.-Larkin W Gl5zebrook, Esq, q
prominent citizen of RiebtloDd, and mem
bersof tbeiCity Council. died in that city on
Wednesday. The deceased was highly es-.
teemed as an enter rising citizen, and his loss
VIII be deeply aaaented by the people Of
Richmond
PENNsY1yANIA EIEc11oN Geary's Off
cial majority for Governor IN the late election
is 17,178. Total vote, 597,,370.
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