Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-27
OUR STATE SENATOR.

l0IH HIST, VIC llnu un editorial aIll
Gle under the above caption, il
which exceptions are taken to tn,
mode adopted by the Union Con
vention of this county, held on tn
Sth inst, for nominating a candi
date for Senator. These excep
tions, as far as they relate to thu
mode of choosing q candidate FOL
this Senatorial district, are, in oul
view, well taken, The District il
composed Of three counties, viz
Greene, Clinton and Fayette; anC
each one of these counties undoubt
edly has a preference for certain
candidates, and it may be that there
is a division of opinion in each one
Of these counties, as to the man
proper to select as the candidate
and yet a majority Of the Union
men, collectively, will be in favol
of the same nan for q candidate
In the choice of candidates, the
opinions Of minoritics as well as
majorities should be heard; and in
our individual view of this question,
it is right that each county should
have an opportunity to do this, eli
tier by the primary election sys-
tenn in each county, or by a Senate
rial District Convention.
BY an agreement made some few
years ago, the practise of choosing
the Senator from the counties alter
nately, has been conformed to with
satisfaction to the different counties
so far as we know; and in accord
ance with this agreement, the candi-
date this year is to be selected, not
by, but from Fayette county; and
it is natural to suppose that among
the different candidates for nomina-
ton from Fayettc county, the other
counties may have a preference,
and should not be arbitrarily ruled
out.
At the convention in jamestown
when Hon. Mr.. Patten was nomina-
ted as the Union candidate for the
Senate, we recollect that there was
considerable dissatisfaction among
the Greene county Union men in
relation to their county nomina-
tions, and a proposition was made
in the Senatorial convention to de
fer the nomination until they could
settle their difficulties by primary
elections, and that these primary
elections should decide who should
be the choice Of Greene county for
the Senate, and also for Clinton and
Faycttc; and upon that proposition
the editor ,of-his paper took the
position n that convention, that
while Thea delegates from Foyettc
were'&lIing to al1fllc by the alter
nate agreement. they claimed it as
their GgAES choose from among
the numGrous good men of Greene
county; and that if the candidate
aEllS to be dealt out to us by Greene
county, we might as well have staid
at home, and submitted to their die
tation. The same position was ia,
ken by the delegates from Clinton;
and we have yet to be convinced
that VIC were in error, and we know
Of no rule Of justice that would re-
gu re more for ourselves than we
would yield to others.
In Fayctte county we have sever
al gentlemen who would do honor
to the District in the Senat,; and
our vote may not be as
large rs the other counties in the
District, yet we are unwilling to ad-
init that there is II possibility that
the noble Union majortics in Greene
and Clinton are more earnest or
more radical in their support Of the
broad and liberal principles of the
indomitable Union party of Ohio,
than are the gallant men who con
s.itute the Union party in Fayette;
and we can assure our friends of
the Torchlight that they need have
no opprchcnsions that Fayette will
designate any man as a candidate
for the Senate who is not fully i'm
bued with, and pledged to the prin.
ciples laid down in the Union plat
form at the State Convention on the
10Th Of June.
7. S, - We learn since the |
above was written, that the Central |
Committee of this county have or