The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-06-19
THE STATE ELECTION.

The I'D OF august, tue uay VI 'nS
most important election we are likely to
have in West Virginia for many years
10 come, is rapidly drawing near, and
the political campaign can scarcely be
said to be fully opened as yet. The de-
moralization Of the Radicals and their
hesitation to enter into the campaign
may beget such feeling of security on
the part OF the Democracy as will lead
to a relaxation of their vigilance, and
may prepare the way for a disastrous
surprise. But the Democratic party,
representing as it does large majority
of the people of the State, has too much
at stake in the questions now pending,
and the interests of the State at large
are too closely involved in the result Of
the August election to excuse any lack
of watchfulness or any suspension OF
party discipline at this time.
The Radical party is trying what has
been, not appropriately, styled "the
postum policy They make pretense
of inaction, of having given up the con-
test and resolved to make no nomina-
tons. But their hatred Of all the great
principles for which the Democracy
contend is still as fierce and defiant as
ever and they wait but for the oppor.
tunitv which Democratic division or
inattention will afford, to make bold
and perchance successful attempt to
regain their former power. 10 this
end they are doing everything in their
power 10 foment discord in the Demo-
cratic ranks. They care nothing for
the Democrats they are now beslavering
with hypocritical praise; they care no
more for any candidate who failed to
receive nomination at the hands of the
Democratic party than they do for his
successful competitor, aud one stands
quite as we'll as the other in their esti-
NATION. All they want is a tool for
present use against the party, and when
they have fooled their victim to the top
Of his bent and made such use of him
rs suits their selfish purpose, they will
throw him aside with ridicule for his
credulity and with contempt for his
treachery.
1t behooves the Democracy Of West
Virginia to close up their ranks and
stand firmly together in the contest
upon which we are about entering.
The Republicans are determined to
make fight and we must be ready to
meet the onset when it comes. They
are maintaining their party organiza-
lion, and TO meet it we must perfect
ours. The defeat OF the new constitu-
ton and of the Democratic party will
bring into power again, their facilities
for michief unimpaired, the very same
men who, only few years ago, tram
pied upon popular rights and
defed the popular will. TO pre-
vent 80 great calamity, to
avoid so disastrous a backward step,
the Democratic party in West Virginia
must be thoroughly organized and must
permit no division in its ranks. The
interests OF no one man should stand
in the way Of the public good; the
private disappointment of no individual
in the State is of sufficient importance
to justify the jeopardy of the new Con-
stitution and the continued ascendancy
of the Democratic party. Let us all
stand together in this crisis of the his
tory of the State, and by our fealty to
the principles Of Democracy and to the
usages Of the party, labor to preserve
the success we toiled so long to secure.