The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-09
TO THE VOTERS OF LEWIS
COUNTY,


FeliO1- CiiiIeHs: Il anu a candidate
to represent you in the next lIcgi,la.
.urc, and respectfully solicit your suiF.
RACES In making this announcement,
it is but justice to myself aud tue Dem.
Scra,ic party. Of which | claim to b.
IN humble member, to state briefly the
rclsens that induced me to become a
candidate. The people outside the
town Of Weston compose Ia the main
tho voters Of our county; and they are
made up Of farmers, mechanics aud Ia.
porers. aud they claim in tho brstowal
Of Office they should not slways be over.
looked and passed BY uunU,icrd. For
the last three years the county ha.
been represented by residents, ut tue
time Of their election, OF the town Of
Weston. The people Of the country
think it is now but just that a country.
man and farmer should represent
them Therefore, prompted by 4
laudablO ambition, and in response 20
their wishes, | have become 4 canji.
date aud propose to state briefly ny
views Of State policy. Our system Of
Free Schools should not and must moi
be destroyed. The experiment in out
new SIa:c has proved it worthy fall
praise. II has done much good al Z.
ready. and Improperly cared for will be
protective OF most happy results in tue
moral aud intellectual refinement Of the
people aud in giving dignity and char.
setter to our State. We should never
be unmiudful Of the historical truth,
that no people or nation have been
known to remain long free, happy aud
prosperous without a liberal system Of
education.
Agriculture and mechanic arts
should be fUsrered and encouraged BY
wise laws, and labor, as it justly il,
mide respectable.
Taxation should be cqnal aud uni.
form, and every citizen be made to sup.
port the government, in the payment Of
taxes according to tho value Of hi.
property. The great and sudden de.
cline Of the cattle--thc chief mpnicd
product Of our Sra,e-rrndcrs eetno.
NY in tue administration Of State gov
ernmcnt more necessary than
ever before. There caduo, and must
not b. any increase Of taxes. and there
should b. lessonins Of the public
burdens, il it is possible to do 20
There arc many chsngei in the laws
relating to county government, which
would be Of advantage, and which in
the event Of election, shall have my at.
touiion.
lu the late election TO ties, the sense
Of the people upon the call Of Con.
slitutiOnal Convention. | voted against
it, and for my SO doing, l desire 10
state briefly my reasons. The dis
fraushi'iug clause Of the Constitution
having been wiped ou,b by the adoption Of
the Flick amendment, the main and
pressing cause Tor amending the Con.
,titutiOu By Convention was thereby,
in my judgment, rendered unntets'a-
~ Tor the present. All vote now
The registration law and tho test
oath, are no more. Aud If We arc to
preserve our free school system. and
retain in our Constitution those wise
limitations Of no, lOaniug the State
credit to corporations or works Of in.
ternal improvement, why the necessity
Ola Convention, unless it be to get
cut Of the way the present judges.
It surns to me that all uetdful chan.
ges which it is NON likely the Con-
yeulivn will make, except vacutiug
tho Offices, could have been done by
Liquidation. II the Boards Of Super.
visUrs are too cxtravagaut. or their
per diem too much, or they hold ton
many courts, correct it by Legislation
Ur II the township system, (Which, il
the free schools are kept up, cannUt be
AbUlishcd) is too expensive, cUrr,c, it
in the same maun,r. Aud If there
are any ilnmaterial defects 10 our pre-
sent Constitution, correct them in the
legislative mode. But dcu't lot 1t be
said that few Judicial Aspirauts have
induced the people to incur the rx-
pense Of i Convention to uusvut few
Judges whose terms Of Office will have
nearly expired by tho time the new ur
sucndcd Constitution is got in run.
Mug order
Ia voting agaip,s Convention, !
va, looking to what | conceived the
best interests Of the taxpayer. |
knew that il 4 session Of the lCgiI'A-
ture cost the people $lO.COO, that the
Convention would cost 100000 more,
aud that il this amount could be
saved, it was best to do 80. ire.
mains 10 BE- seen what the Convention
will do. and whether | was right or
wrong in voting against it. However
IL | erred in my vote, | have the cOn
ISOLATION o knowing that a majority Of
the voters Of my county erred also.
WI. A. WATSON,
OCTOBER It'll, 1871.