Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-09-10
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When fhds great Democrat EoBse1 vatise
party throughout the tJnissdis tates, frst pro.s
!, posed to How suit ID the sncinnati gonven:
ton BY ad optips ita aud eandid
s we did all that was our power however
little it may have been, to resist The nomina>
stion at baltimore of man " 10. Of all others,
seemed to u, had been the bitterest ,oppo>
ssnent of Democracy generally and of the South
and her utions particularly. The great
Democratic Conser vatiye party, however, in
{; Cow ntion assembled, accepted the nominees
and. the platform of the Liberal Republicans,
and although we, did not believe IN the me-
cessity for, or even in the expectancy Of the
conduct Of the Baltimore Convention, we
i gave in !our adherence at once to the decision
:. OF the united wisdom of our party. We alb
esolnteiy' gave up the right Of private judg-
.nent to the fatiof party; Greater love than
f5.that can no man show to his party When
s the Par ersbnrg Convention put forward a
State ticket we submitted to what there was
noseyidenee was not the wish of the majority
of our party 1t is true that we did not have
gruht of discomfort, but we did submit after
that single discontinued grunt, and exerted
ourselves to the utmost of our slender ability
to elect the regular State ticket of our party
Prior to the assembling of the Senatorial
Judicial Convention at Martinsburg, various
editorials complimentary to Mr.. Wilson ap-
peared in cur paper. Upon the meeting of
that Convention it was expressly or tacitly un-
derstood that one Of the three candidates to be
nominated should be selected from each one
OF the three counties composing the Soma
torial>J judicial District. That being the un-
Outstanding, we thought it would have been
fairer in the Convention to have selected from
our county candidate who was the decided
choice Of the delegation from this county,
Our delegation had east its vote for the two
other nominees of the Convention for NO other
very especial reason than that they seemed to
be the choice of their respective counties,
and, it seemed to us, that it would have been
but just if those counties had paid the same
Difference to the wishes of our delegation by
selecting candidate of its choice But the
proceedings of the Convention show that for
some reason or another Mr.. Wilson, whom VIC
had been persistentiy complimcnting, was not
the choice of our delegation. We according
1y complained little of the action of the Com
vention, but as Mr.. Wilson had received the
nomination we supported him by hosting his
name to our mast head, by editorial notices,
by clippings from other papers, and finally by
our individual vote upon election day Has
there been anything inconsistent in our course
up to this poiat2 In every instance we sup
ported the nominees of the Conventions how>
ever distasteful to us! Now we want to see
if others who have been haunting us with hav-
ing grumbled at the action of some of our
party Conventions arc going to swallow their
discostent, as We did and, for the sake of
party harmony, nobly stand by their party
nominees. The Grafton Convention of the
9Th inst. nominated for Congress from this
district, gentleman of a clean and consistent
Southern Democratc> Conservative record
We were far from receiving our choice, but
the candidate put forward by the Grafton Con-
vention received his nomination in conse-
quence of some of the delegates from counties
this side of the mountain believing that of
the two candidates then before the Conven.
ton, Mr.. Martin would be the choice of their
constituents.
Now stand by your nominee. Heis lawyer
of decided talent, man of character, poll.
tician of pure record, and universally popu-
lar wherever known. His nomination was
not the result of any unfair combinations,
and, if elected, he will, as a pure and consci-
entious gentleman, exert himself to the ut
most to advance equally the interests of each
and every portion of his District Stand by
him all ye Democratic. Conservatives who are
IN favor of preserving the party organization
by esecting nominee who is absolutely with>
:. ost reproaoh as a gentleman and politician.
1ss- NoT1cE.-Our nominee for Congress,
y Benjamin f: Martin, Esq, will be in Charles
/. town on next Monday,-the 10th inst. We
]. presume he will then address our people.
Eey The telegraph saws tho Jor;s,;u