The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1870-10-24
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Two candidates present themselves -
the people Of Lewis county soliciting
their suffrages for the office Of Sheriff.
anil these geDtlen en- differ as widely in
personal character aud in qualifications
for the Office as they do in poi'ics. Col
onet W6sdSFd, the Democratic nominee
is widely known to the people of this
county as a gentlemen of ability integrl-
ty, untiring energy and great bu';n IS
tact. Success in ,he management of bis
own affairs argues favOrably of an ability
to manage such affairs of the county as
will be entrusted to bis care in such
manner as will best advance its interest;
whilst bis uniform generosity and kind
ness to all with whom he is brought in
contact insures,th people that ibis Office
will not be used as an instrument OF OPP
preston, but that upon the contrary, if
elected, he will be enabled to temper the
performance of bis official duties with such
spirit Of accommodation as will render his
intercourse with the people both easy and
agreeable. ---,.fsF's
As citizen, Colonel Woodford has no
superior in the county. Ever alive to its
interests, no project of internal improve
ment, local enterprise or movement cal
culated to advance its material prosperity
ever fails to meet his hearty support,
earnest cooperation and substantial aid
As one of the people, he is keenly alive to
their welfare and active in its promotion.
Generous to fault, no appeal to bis char
ity ever meets with rebuff. Energetic
and enterprising, he is emphatisally a
man of the period, and a friend to the
people, and as such should command their
esteem, their confidence and their sup
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His opponent has been heretofore
youth to foriute and to fame unknown;
and now courts the popular favor, not
viii any merits Of his own, but simply en-
tiers the course and runs the race upon
the popularity of another As fugleman
for Jim Vandervort, he is but the puppet
to amuso the people {; and If elected will
but play second fiddle to bis prospective
Deputy, and is now but his tsol, and
moves as is directed BY tbs, power behind
The throne. ~ aj,rn1s7a e.u..,a.
Such man has no character to be
summed up. should not command the res.
poet Of the people, and sberi receive, a
fitting rebuke for his presumption in sup
posing that the people will vote to defeat
ability and advance incoupetency.
To take ignorance in preference to ex-
a I'll
periencc. add 10 oiou o aszm .. ''''
Intolerance instead ofliberafty. s,5.,i
A mere tool instead of one OF natures
noblemen. a.i..
Aud lastly, but by no means l.ass, for
supposing, that the white men of this
county are going to vote for radical
Black Republican negro worshipping ia,
matte. even when bolsterei up by a man
whose chief recommendations are
That be is The lever of prescription,
The bittercst Of tho bitter,
The bastard official Of radical rape, d.
The ready instrument Of injustice;
For it is q matter of history that no
Grand Jury has been summsned during
his continuance in Office wbfeh has not
been chiefly i'll wholly eomposcd o.
Black Republicans, whose spredjudic's
have invariably gotte the better of their
duty, and whose indictments have always
eyiuced a desire to persecute, annoi,
and unjustly punish With the greatest pos.
sible severity those who diGes With them,
and shield from just punishment those Of
their own party who have rendered them
selves amenablc to the laws.
Let the people look at thcml
Woodford on the one side, Hnzman
and Yandervort on the other
Great God what a contrast
We appeal to every Democrat in the
State TO 90 to the polls EARLY on election