The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-12-09
Letters from the People.
FROM PUTNAM COUNTY.

PUTNAM COUNTY, DEC. 3, 1867.
Editor of the Register.
Great Kanawha Valley boasts of con-
tanning more than one half of the entire,
vast, universal wealth of this State,
hence, any political action increasing or
decreasing, the aggregate wealth of
this part of cur State, may be looked
upon as correct criterion by which we
may safelyjudge of that political action
whether for veal or for woef The un-
constitutional legislation for the last two
years, backed up by an unprincipled
demagogue to act as their Governor,
has had the depressing effect upon the
valuation of real and personal property,
until, in some counties, there has been
a decline of full twenty-five per cent in
the total valuation Of the taxable pro-
perty. Take Putnam county, for in
stance; out of 1900 "white male citizens
of sound mind and not under conviction
of treason" such as the constitution OF
our State says shall be
voters, narrow-minded legis-
lature, aided by the insane passion of
such men as Bowyer, Cash, Surbough
and Gary, acting as Board of Regis
tration, has reduced our voting popula-
tion to 500, and these 500 voters do not
own more than one tenth of the taxable
property of this county. Again, out of
this 500 voters, there are $50 offices to be
filled, many of them, such as the town
ship Board of Education, School trustees
&C., left to fix their own salary, with
an unlimited power to issue bonds and
run their townships in debt to an over
whelming and irrecOverable amount, un-
til ROW, we see nearly one half of our
very loyal (D citizens, owning township
bonds of various sums, ranging from ten
to five husdred dollars, and offering
them to merchants for coffee, sugar and
calico, at a discount of from five to
twenty-five per cent.
We would like to know what induce
ment there is for capitalists and manu-
facturers to try to improve aud devel-
op our universal and agricultural
wealth. Would any sound man, know
ing the condition of our financial
affairs, come into this State now,
with a view of investing capital, and
thereby giving honest employment to
our rinnumerable loungers and idlersf We
are very sure that Boreman, the vile
vulture, who instigated this rninous
condition, is now heartily ashamed and
would back down if had the nerve to do
an honest act. But as dishonesty be-
gets cowardice, such vermin as Arthur
I. BoIeman and his tools in this county
are beyond hope of redemption. They
are like the assassin and midnight in
cendiary, capable of doing what they
cannot undo. If our old and industri-
Gus farmers along Kanawha river can
be prevailed upon to remain with us
and no longer allow their lands to grew
up in weeds and grubs, the fruits OF
the great Conservative Convention to
be held at Wheeling on Wednesday,
January &, 1863, may yet prove instru-
mental in substituting healthier con-
dition of affairs, and bring back those
happy moments, when men shall be
tried before convicted, when industry
and economy shall have voice in con-
trolling our country. feel the more
anxious for successful termination of
our unhappy condition, from the fact
of having been one of the early soldiers
in the field to stay the tide of secession.
The injustice of the Radical Legislature
at Wheeling is enormous against the
future honor due the Federal soldier,
but yet falls far short of the untaxed
villainy of the gold vultures and
Rump Congress in their defence of un-
taxed bondholders at New York, draw
ing from the wounded and maimed
soldier, the last dirty ragged Lincoln
skin to pay revenue for the benefit OF
the bondholding millionaire of the East.
Yours in faith,
REVOLUTION OR DEATH.