The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-12-23
Letters from the People.
FROM MARSHALL COUNTY.

Editor OF the Register:
Permit an old man to make some sug-
gcstions for the Convention which is to
assemble III your city on the Sth of JAN
uary. In the first place, measures
should be adopted to increase the circu-
lation of the Wheeling REGISTER and
other conservative papers in the State.
In the time of log cabins there wore a
great many campaign papers published
throughout the country; and those
patriots who were wealthy subscribed
literally for gratuitous distribution.
"a word to the wise," &c.
Here let ME say, in parenthesis, a
purer political party, with fewer dema-
Cogues, has not existed since the time of
John Quincy Adams administration.
The Democratic party now much resem-
bles the Whig party of lo40, when there
motto was the same-"OCR COUN-
TRY'S GOOD" Men change. names
change, but principles never.
As long as battled against the Demo
cratic party, | never felt an i'll will to-
wards one of them on account OF his
sentiments, but had warm friendship
for many of them. How different it is
now when / hear men say, as l have
frequently, that all the rebels ought to be
kaRgi Such blood thirsty sentiments
are most abhorent aud l cannot feel
friendly or shake hands with those
that utter them. i asked one of these
wretches if he considered himself a
Christian. "Yes," says he, emphatically,
II do"
The next thing / have to propose, and
| attach great importance to 1t, Is that
petition be drawn up to the Leglsla-
ture asking for retrenchment, specify
! ing, as concisely as possible, how and
where there can be Il great saving TO
the taxpayer, and detrimental 10 the
office-holders Only. Our county MAR
shalD will soon be thoroughly organ
| lied; there will be a committee OF Wig
ilance in every township, whose duty
| it will be to present the petition to all
taxpayers (office- holders excepted) for
signature, and few there Will be that
\ will refuse TO sign it. The fact is, many
of them do not yet know how much
they have been imposed on, or perhaps
"swiDdled" would not be too strong q
word. It is not probable that the peti.
tion will be acted on; it will be said
that it was got up by rebels and de-
serving of no attention. But it will be
the worse for themselves. A day Of
reckoning will surely come.
And now let me say to my friends
who will be in Convention: Be of good
cheer. The downfall of the Radical
party in West Virginia is certain. The
party has no principles but negro suf-
frage, and demoniacal hatred of the
late rebels. Nine tenths of them will
not swallow the negro-a foolish preJu-
dice, their friends in Congress tell them
but so it is, they cannot get rid OF 1t.
The party has but one leg to stand on,
and il every day becomes weaker, SO
far 1t has sus tained themIby denouncing
the Democrats as dislOyal, traitors,
rebels, copperheads, etc. They hold su-
premacy, but, thank God, those magic
words are fast losing their potency. A
party that has no better political cap
ital must inevitably soon become bank
rupt.
Iwould like to contrast our princi-
pies with theirs, but wish TO make my
Communication as short rs possible.
Suffice it to say, they are we'll known
and entitled TO the sanction of every
christian and patriot.
We can appeal to Heaven 'for the
rectitude of our institutions and must
prevail. n. l. Z"
ANNADALE, December -, 1851.