Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-10-20
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dence permits to breathe, it was not to be
expected that anything good could come from
their hands, but we were not prepared for the
enormities that have characterized their con-
duct.
In the formation of this Ubiquitous Board,
the dastardlJ Governor of the State, followed
closely the annexed recipe, for compromising
a Radical Board of Registration
RECIPE FoR MAKISe a RADICAL BOARD.
Takca BOBBY, blockhead. blnIh'ring fool,
Who's sold himself. breeches and boots, tool;
Take horse thief. who. tho his body be small,
Is trying to be biggest rascal of all.
Take a half rotten wretch, hose heart is as vile,
AS his carcass, which eau be smclt half mile.
And when down their threats bad whiskey's been
They're ready to act as Registrars Board.
Those who are familiar with the vile char
acters of those who compose the present
Board, will at once recognize the cxactness
with which Foreman has followed the above
recipe in compromising the Board Of Regis
tration of jefferson county-a, county which,
FOR virtue, wealth and intelligence, has not its
superior, if its equal, in the State. And yet
this county, the brightest gem in the whole
coronet of West Yirginia-the rich mine
from which she draws the revenue that sup
ports her existence isinsulted and spit upon
by the appointment of such loathesome crea:
lures to decide who shall be permitted to
vote, and who shall control the destiuies of
her people, Could outrage and insult go
further? We think not.
But let US look little into the characters
of these vile wretches. Who are they, and
what are they Did any ono ever hear of
them until civil convulsion vomited them to
the surface, to be plague upon the earth,
more intolerable than the small pox or the
trachna? Let us undertake their dissection
separately, and a more disagreeable and dis
gushing job, we venture to say. never was i'm
posed'upon publisher. First then, on the
list, and in rascality, is man named Under
donk, than whom more completely debased
wretch never frequented the den of John
Allen, the "wickedest man" in New York
He is vile till he is putrid, and to attempt to
describe his loathsomeness. would shock the
sensibilities of every reader of our paper
BascncsS never had fit representative until
he launched out upon his career of infamy
moral dePrdvHy was an innocent virtue until
it found habitation in his breast Le,rdRcSs
was unsulled until it came in contact with
his person, and then it became Shiny and dis
eased; the combined sins of all the sinners
that have lived and died since the transgres-
sion of Adam, compared with his iniquities,
are but as the gentle breath of the summers
breeze to the hurricane and tempest. In the
early part Of the late war, he went out in the
Confederate service at the battle of Bolivar
Heights in 1861, he belonged to company
commanded by Capt. Jos. T. Hess; being a
coward constitutionally, he soou fed from the
field, and ought to have been shot for de-
scrtion in presence Of the enemy; as sol
der he was only distinguished for the bascst
cowardice, and for his dcpredations upon the
fences and chicken coops of the farmers in
the vicinity of camp; DESERVING the service
which he dishonored, he soou established
himself as the presiding genius of whiskey
shop on the canal, across the river from Shep-
herdstown; by selling whiskey to runaway
negroes, he made money enough to enlarge
his business, and it was not long until he WAS
smuggling goods through the lines, aud real
ling the most fabulous profits of course he
accumulated the lucre too mean to obtain
credit for a plug of tobacco before the war, at
its conclusion he was the Furnishing pro-
pretor of two stores, and the possessor of va.
r;uus parcels of real estate-all obtained by
the basest means. Since the war he has been
one of the high priests and chief cockalorums
of the radical party of the county he has
even polluted the sacred office of Justice of
the peace, and is now the mayor of the coun-
ty-seat, and the candidate of his party for
Legislative honors. In his capacity of pre-
siding officer of the Board Of Registration, he
is allowed to decide who shall vote for or
against him, for the House of Delegates. If
villainy can go further than this, we confess
that it is much more elastic than we had sup
posed.
No. 2 of the Board, is n weazel. faced,
ground hog colorcd brat, named Traynor, who
stole horse from citizen of Shcpherdstown,
aud sold him in Sharpsburg. For this he
was indicted by the grand jury of the radical
court of this county, but having established
the fact that he possessed all the requisites
for first class radical scouudrel, through the
influence of Joe ChapIine and others, the in
dctment was quashed. and the HORSE
THIEF made member of the Board of
Registration, instead of being consigned to
the Peuitcntiary.
No. 3Of the Board, is an imbecile, with
not sense enough to be responsible for his
conduct, and only sense enough to be used
as tool by others, to aid them in carrying
out their dirty work. He is to be pitied,
rather than censured, for in better company,
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