Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-20
LoOAL. Politics.


The grand Sanhedrim Of radicalisn met
in shepherdstOwn on Saturday, the. 10TH
The object of the meeting was the nomina-
ton of candidates to ell the Offices Of Senator.
members Of the House Of Delegates, and
County Superintendent of Public Schools.
made vacant BY the expiration of the terms
of some of the present incumbsuts. The par.
TALLY Of the party for rascality had in ad.
vance fixed upon the denomination of Chap
line for Senator, and it only remained for the
convention to make public declaration Of
what had already been determined upon
With all his faults, he has been swallowed by
his party, and the dose has NO more effect
upon their guttarp ercha stomachs than would
the administering of dose Of Seidletz pow
ders. They are Indifferent to his false check
ing, his whiskey.smuggling, and all other of
his numerous delinquencies. Well may we
conclude "iike leaders, like people,"
In the nominations for the House of Del
egates, some respect to honesty of character,
if not to possession of brain, has been paid
David Billmyer has been put on the track for
a second heat. What he did in the last Leg
islature to eutitle him to a return is more than
we have been advised Of As a colleague to
Mr.. B. the convention has recognized the
meritorious claims Of Mr.. Edmund Chambers,
and given him place on the ticket. We
have never heard aught alleged against the
private character of Mr.,C. Like our friend
John sPangler, he is only distinguished for
the muleality of his disposition.
Now We cannot but express our chagrin at
the want of respect shown the ticket put for
ward by US nearly month ago. George
Anderson deserved consideration for his un-
faltering loyalty. And our old, standing can
didate, of ante. beIlunu days. why was he over
looked aud his claims thrust aside? When
we remember the fate of Capt Smith, we are
reminded of our grasshOpper song, the first
verse of which We append:-
grasshOPPer sat on a sweet potato vine.
On sweet potato vine
On a sweet potato vine,
Whenan old turkey gobbleT he walk. ed up behind
He walked up behind
He walked up behind,
And he yaNEed him of the SIDeet potato vine
OH the sweet potato vine
Oh the sweet potato vino,
There are said to be 357 verses in this
song, aud all alike except the FIRST and last,
and they are like the rest The song origi-
mated in this way: A grasshopper was re-
posing oc a sweet potato vine, one beautiful
morning in August, meditating upon the
beauties of the scene about him, in sublime
Inconsistencies of the melancholy fate await
ing him, when he was suddenly ''yanked off,
by an enormous turkey gObler, and his days
were ended.
Now, if our readers will just imagine Capt.
Smith to be the grasshOpper, quietly summing
himself on the sweet potato vine of radical
ism, ready to jump at anything that is offer
ed, whilst just in his rear, Mr.. Chambers is
approaching in the form of an immense tur.
key gobbler, about to "yank him off," they
will have picture similar to the one present.
ed in our grasshopper song. What the Cap
tain designs doing in the matter, We have not
heard, but we advise him to fall back upon
his old independeRt dodge.
For the position of Superintendent of
Public Schools, the convention has presented
the name of Capt. Jas. W. Grub. Who he
is, or where he came from, the devil and the
radicals only know, for he is certainly new
arrival. We have heard of GIubb>worm, but
never before OF Capt. Grub. Stubs and
Grubbs-je.Whillikens-arn't these radical
becoming pOetieal. Oh for laureate to
wreathe in appropriate verse the melOdi-
Gus names of Grubbs and Stubs, that they
may go down to the ages as immortal as the
haroas oF ,Lo TI;oJ