Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-10-01
UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE
FALL,

The Observation-Disclosures majority in
the End Congressional District is only 726 -
The Democratic Conservative majority in JEFF
fersou county alone, taking the recent vote
upon the rat fcation of the Constitution as a
test is 100. 1t is evident, therefore, that
leaving Jefferson county out, there is in tine
District Republican maj nrity of 81. 1t is
not until old Jefferson hamed after
the Improvisation of Republican Liberty in
its true sense-has thrown herself into the
conflict, that the tide of battle is turned and
the victory secured .or Amnesty. Eniranchise
ment and Peace! Now it is evident that il
any independent Democratic Conservative can
didate draws from our regular patty nominee,
one vote more than our party majority, with
out at the same time weakening the straight
out" Republican candidate by receiving Re-
publican votes, the ''indepeudcnt" defeat.
the nominee without eecting himself, The
Democratic-C onserva:ive party Of West Vir>
ginia, we conceive, embraces old Jeffer-
sonian Democrats, StateS>Rights Wings and
some ''Let up" LiberaD Republicans. The
Republican party then, of West Virginia,
being empba,ically the Radical party, we ask
is iknot more probable that, Col. Ward II
Lamon, the Republican candidate from this
district; the former friend, law partner and
the present biographer of the "Sain'ej'
Abraham Lincoln, and life long Republican
will receive the solid Republican vote through
out the District, than that Col Alex r
Boteer will receive any of that vote Will
any Republican (by which is meart, in this
State, R"dicoD vote for the distinguished
ex>aid- de- camp of the Immortal '.St"newalr
Jackson--and one to" who has never made u
blush by any repeutant oaths to any thing or
TO nybody--when the Republican q. e: Rad
ical) may vote for man who is not only not
an ..unrepent.nt rebel, +" and an ex- ad-de-
camp of that '.arch traitor" the imumrtaI
jackson, but who on the contrary. took part
with the Federal Government in our late
strife, was the friend and law partner of the
"sainted" Abe, has since become his bi .ra-
pheI, and Is, aud has always been a 'truly
loyal man? If the Republican party has to
select between Co" Lamnn aud Col. Buteer,
is it necessary to ask for whom that party will
vote! FROM whence then does Col. 1Soteler
expect t. derive his support? Surprising.
1t Is perfectly fair to suppose, that Col. Il ,e-
ler-while Col Lrrnnn REMAINS in the field
will not receive any Republican support, i,
is only necessary that he should receive from
our party one vote more than our party ma
jOrtty, in order t. defeat our regular nominee.
without at the same time electiDy himself.
Col. B"teer, we believe, has pledged him
self to withdraw from the field il the Repub
licans make nomination. Why, We wnuId
ask. should the Republican party. be SO foolish.
after Col. Butchers pledge. as to make NOM
ination, when by neglectiny TO do s", they
can keep Col. Il. in the field. thereby dvid.
ing the ID .mocratic. Conservative vote aud can
vote for Col l.amon just as solidly AZ If he
were their regular party nominee! These
are facts which stare in The facc-from
which there is no escape. Col b., so far
we could understand from his speech here on
the 10th ult, oppeniy assigned but Two reasons
for his independent candidacy the one was
the fact that Mr.. Martin has the misfortune
to live upon the other side of the Allegheny;
the other was the very great indignation felt
by Col. B. at the outrageous insult put hy the
Grafton Convention upon Messrs. F"niEner,
Downey and Lucas in not nominating any one
of those gentlemen. Although each one of
these three gentlemen insists that he has re-
ceived no insult at all and pledges himself to
support the nominee, Col. b.. CALAMITY offers
himself T, by his independent candidacy, as
champion to resent the insults of three gem
tlemen who protest that they have received
no insult whatever. We hope our people will
give to Mr. Martin, our regular nominee,
against whom no word can be said either us
gentleman or az politician. their hearty sup
polt at least until some better reason for
withholding it can be given than was assigned
by Col. A. R. Boteler in his speech here on
the 10th uls.