The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-23
Letters from the People.
FROM PRESTON COUNTY

Editor of the Register:
Permit me to announce to your num-
erous readers, that a large and enthu-
siastie meeting of the Democracy of
Union township was held at the school
koHse in West Union, ou Monday, the
18th inst. .......-
By request, Col. John A. +. Martin, of
Portland township, addressed the meet
ing in his usual happy style, holding
his audience spell-bound for two hours.
| The Colonel discussed the impending
issues Of the approaching canvass in a
mild. able and convincing manner. His
arguments were powerful and incontro.
vertible. ...
The audience manifested their appre-
citation of his address by their loud aud
oft repeated cheering.
We have not witaessed SO large an
assemblage on a political occasion in
this community since intestine war
stalked abroad in our land. The yeo-
manry of our township begin to realize
that procrastiHation is fraught with
danger, and that the interests of our
country demand the prompt and ener-
getic efforts of the Democratic party in
exposing the artful subterfuges of the
Radical emissaries, whose despotic reign
has been signally marked with tyranny
and oppression.
The slumbering Democracy of sid
Preston has aroused from it's lethargy,
and is buckling on its armor, preparato-
ry for the approaching campaign. DEM
ocratic clubs are being successfully or
gsDized throughout the county. Our
meetings art not held in secret cOnelave,
neither for the purpose of destroying
the organization of the State of West
Virginia, or the Government of the
United States, the labored efforts of the
Preston County Journal and its Radical
admirers to the contrary nOtwithstand-
ing.
The imputation sought to be hurled
upon us by the Radicals of Preston, to
the effect that we administer a certain
oath to persons upon becoming meIu-
bers of our organization, is utterly false,
and is only another modus 0perdndi of
throwing sand into the eyes of the un-
suspecting and uniformed. The OBJ
jects Of our meetings are published ts
the world. Our doors are open, and our
Radical neighbOrs are invited to join is
sue with us. We administer no oath,
nor do we require persons upon becOln-
ing members of our Society to salute the
flag of our country with q kiss (mock
oath) a. did certain U. c. organiZa-
ton, known to have existed in Preston
during the late war. We disclaim any
connection with the Dark Lantern So
ciety of former days, known as "kuOw
Nothings," whose members dreaded
not oaths, nor despised secret political
organizations. Nor do we require the use
of mill to grind men into our clubs at
the dark and silent hours ofmidnight, as
was imputed to certain Jealous leader
in tho ''Know Nothing" cause, who is
now an acknowledged standard bearer
in the ranks of the Radical party of
Preston, having figured couspicuSusly
in the legislative department of our
State. This distinguished standard
bearer, in whom the rads see 10 guile,
now appears to ignore the propriety of
tolerating for a moment political organi-
cations adverse to his own espOused
party. The scales which obscured his
patriotic eyes during the millennium
of "Know Nothingism," in Preston have
fallen, as did the films from the eyes
of "Saal Of Tarsus." Yea verify, the
conscientious scruples of the chieftain
of the Radical Sanhedrim of Preston
have recently grown to ponderOus
proportions. If he and his party
will remove the dark obscuring
mist from their glasses, which ac-
cumulated from excessive and
unprecedented legislation, to elevate
the negro to sphere in society contra
~ to the laws of nature, and from di.
vers acts unwarranted in the organic
law, aud without parallel in the his
tory of civilized nations, they could
then read from the progeny Of the past
the destiny in the future of their party,
The peoples verdict in November next
will be written upon the wall in un-
mistakable characters. Radicalism and
misrule will be overthrown. Democrs-
cy will burst asunder the bands of ty-
ranny, and unfetter the shackles of OPP
preston. White men will rule America.
Then come We RAIDS, from every station,
View your dark history DER.
Democracy will save the nation,
The RAIDS and nigs can rule no more.
MoUNTAINEER.