Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-08-17
CUARLEsTOWN TOWNSHIP.

Does it ever occur TO those who are
so free in their abuse Of this township
for its alleged greed of Office that 1t IS
twice rs large as any other Township
in the County-eXtending from the
Shenandoah river nearly to kearneys-
Vile that its Conservative vote lacks
only twenty Of equalling the combined
Conservative vote Of Harpers Ferry,
Potomac and Shepherd townships ? y ct
with all this it has only one vote IN the
Board of Supervisors, and is expected
to ask no more in any other matters
than its much smaller sisters. Add to
this the fact that CharleStown Is the
County seat, and for the convenience ot
the entire people, certain officers must
lice their, and that while other sections
Of the county have always shared libe-
rally in the posts Of honor and emolu-
mcnt under the government Of West
Virginia. the township Of Charlestown
has been excluded up to the present
time from any participation in them.
BIZ" The above is from the Free
Press. but it does not tell It's readers
that its estimate Of the Conservative
votes in that township is based
upon data that is not considered reliable.
But listen to its logic-because certain
County officers have to live i'll Charles
town" therefore, they must be taken
from that city. What overwhelming
reasoning ? What supreme arrogance!
All the wisdom and excellence of the
County is centcred in Charlestown be
cause it is the County-Seat Did any
one ever hear such logic before 1t
throws Aristotle into the shade by
parity Of reasoning certain State officers
Ought To be taken from Charleston, be
cause 1t is the capital Of the State, and
we should not complain because none
of the State ticket comes from tins side
Of the mountain. For the same reason
all the executive officers of the United
States ought to be taken from Wash
ington, because they have to live there
Another reason assigned is, that other
sections of the County have shared lib
orally in the posts of honor, &c. Aye,
there is the rub. This is the secret Of
the whole matter. CharlcSJown has all
the wisdom OF the County and wants all
the offices of emolument and profit, and
because she cant get it, certain persons
break up the Convention i'll a row and
by their heathenish cries and proceed
ings cast odium upon the good and
peaceable citizens Of that place and vi
cinitv, and decrease the value of real eS
tate and injwe its sale. But Is the
charge of the FIRE. Press that other sec
tions have shared literally the offices,
&c, true? Is it not a misstatement OF
the facts When and where was 1t
done The Conservatives carried the
County last Fall for the Legislature, but
Observation-Disclosures all theeXecu-
tive offices in the County and have held
them ever since the war; end will con
tinue to hold them if our CharleStown
friends persist in their mad and thought
less course. The Free Press would eX-
clude all the Conservatives from other
parts of the County, because the Re
publicans have held al the Offices since
the war. The patriots Of that place are
very hungry indeed and some declared
before hand that if they did not get Ger
tain men nominated ''they would break
up the Convention i'll row, which
they did