Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-08-06
our BIC SHOW.

"Public Speaking at the Court House,
Wednesday evening, July IL, 1867, at Z
o'clock, p. NJ, by Senator Chapline, of JET.
fersOn, and other Great OratorsI Ladies,
Gentlemen and everybody else are respect
fully invited and earnestly solicited to be in
attendance. By the Committee"
Now, the Senator Chapline referred to in
this brief notice Of public meeting is no
one else than ''Our bully Joe, whom we have
nursed with such tender care and assiduous
attention for the past few months, and who
with other "great orators" was to toot his
horn in the romantic town of Buckhannou,
UPsher county, on the evening of the 18th of
July. We presume Joseph was there or
thereabouts, at the time specified in the bills,
although We have as yet received no report of
the proceedings of that Wednesday evening,
and are unable to say positively whether or
not the "great orators" selected for the occa.
sion filed the places assigned them in the
programme. The call for the meeting as it
reached US, does not specify the character of
the meeting which was to afford our Senator
an opportunity for the display of his match
less oratorical pOwers-which are rather of
the demonstrative than persuasive-but We
have no doubt, if left to the exercise of his
own judgment, he selected for discussion the
subject of Finance, or How to Raise tho
Wind" And in this broad field which has
taxed the brain and strained the energies of
the most gigantic intellects of the present
and past ages, our hero is perfectly at home,
and sees with keener than prophetic vision,
show some things can be done as we'll as 9TH
ers." This intuitive comprehension of the
subject of Finance, admirably fits our Sena-
tor for the position of member of the COM
mittee of "ways and means" for he is thor
oughly conversant with the "ways" that are
bound to produce the "means," and is conse.
quently never at sea when funds are required,
either for State or personal purposes. That
he enlightened the "loyal' of Upsher coun>
ty upon this highly entertaining topic, we
have every reason to believe, and that he
handled his subject with a check rein we feel
authorized in stating, Notwithstanding the
failure Of the Buckhannonitcs to report his
remarks. But it is useless to pursue the gy-
asticuis further on this little iasco. That he
did his duty in the interests of his party, no
one familiar with his ardent temperament can
for moment doubt.
We come now to matters nearer home to
rldicalsm as it is around our own hearth
stones and where we have the most favorable
g 1t- 81
public pulse and political morals. The "loy-
al" are moving, and before We issue another
paper their county ticket will be in the field,
full-fedged for an animated contest. Whe-
Their the mantle of the party will be thrown
on the broad shoulders of our ticket for the
House of BeleGates-Smith and Anderson
We can only leave for the convention to de-
termine, at the same time assuring the dele.
gates who are to constitute the convention,
that no other nominations will receive our
unqualified endorsement.
Preparatory to this grand convention, we
copy the following from the Shepherdstown
Register of Saturday last -
At meeting of the loyal voters of Chap.
line Township held ut the Court House ON
Saturday 9th of July, 1867, WIN. q. BUT
LER was called to the Chair and JACOB j.
MILLER was appointed Secretary.
On motion of John i. Schley, the follow
ing gentlemen were appointed delegates to
attend the Senatorial and County conventions
to be held on the 10th of August, next -
Joseph S. Fleming. Jacob J. Miller, VIM. G
Butler, John Spangler, VIM. Il. Turner,
Thomas Licklider, John J. Vansaut, John
w. Grant, John II. Hawn, Ehud Turner.
At meeting of the loyal voters of Shep-
herd Township held at the Court House on
Saturday the 9th of July, J. V. UNDER
DONK, Esq, was called to the Chair aud
c. E. STUDIES, Esq, appointed Secretary.
On motion of NJ. T. Ingles, the following
gentlemen were appointed delegates to attend
the Senatorial and County Conventions to be
held on the 10th day of August, next il.
Y. UnderdOnk, Jas. ID. Fay.nan, l. Thomas
Chaplne. e. L. Stubs, J. T. McKevitt,
Lind F. Curry. Daniel Reynolds, John H.
Cookus, John d. Staley, George Byers
Above we have the delegations from Chap
line and Shepherd townships. We have
heretofore published the delegation from
CharIestOwn township, made up as it is of
Warren Burton,
VIM. johnson,
George Anderson,
Burton, Silversmith,
Anderson, Blacksmith.
There are some names connected with this
"loyal" movement at Shepherdstown, which
with US, have created little surprise. That
Mr.. VIM. G. Butler should lend himself and
his influence to party of which Joe Chap
line is the acknowledged leader in this county,
is something entirely beyond our compreheu-
sion, and compels us to surmise as to the
probable causes which influence his action
1t is true Mr.. Butler has been honored with
a seat in the Supervisors Court of the county,