The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-07-06

Governor Jacob And His View Bed
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Editors Of the Register:
II have known Governor Jacob ever
since he was, an unpromising school
boy, and be has uniformly sustained
the name and reputation Of being
scrupulously honest and purely vir-
tuous in all the relations Of life, but
was never regarded "a having any brilA
liant parts or endowments about him,
but. on the contrary, was generally con.
sidered What we generally call a stupid
fellow. His widowed mother gave him
the benefit Of collegiate education, and
after he had attained his majority he
studied law, and since the war has fol-
lowed it's practice for q livelihood. No
one claims tor him any emiuence as a
LAWYER, and his standing and success
before the Romney Bar resulted not
from his individual merits, but from the
exclusion from the bar at that place OF
such men as Hon. James D. Armstrong.
who was in everv way his superior, and
others who by virtue Of Radical test
oslhs" were not allowed to follow Their
calling; and in addition to these clrcum.
stances he associated with Colonel
White, one Of the ablest lawyers 10
the county Of Hampshire. We repeat
then, that it was these circum-
stances alone, aud nothing else, tina,
gave him his present prominence and
position. How he was, and why ne
was nominated for Governor, is beyond
nv comprehension. Certainly there
was and is nothing intellectual in the
man to recommend and quality him tor
that high position. 80
Bv whom was he elected Governor
By the very same voters against whom
he is now waging a bitter warfare, a:
the dupe and tool OF the same party
that 20 rallied at him. when, a 'ew short
months ago, ne WAS our standard bearer
Consistency, thou art a jewel! He has
by his own act and voliticn, become the
candidate of the Radical party for Gov
ernor and has thereby severed his atfin
ity with us, and has no claim upon any
Democrat or Conservative in the State
tor his support. ..,
Every vote cast in this State for Ja'
cob will be one against the new Constr
tuition, and tor the restoration OF the
Radical party again in the State.
We should all remember these things
Those who were 80 long disfranchiseo
by test oaths in this State, and especially
the people in the South Branch COUNTIES
and all the border counties. where they
were subjected 10 every species OF wrong
and humiliation by the RAIDS, should
not for one moment forget that ia 'ot
is unquestionably the Radical candid .te
Tor Governor, and il elected, it will be
bv their votes alone Why he has
abandoned u. and g me over to our enc.
m;es, and has acted in such bad faith, |
confess | can't say, and can't reconcile
to my mind, from my KNOWLEDGE OF bis
character as a citizen.
Misery often makes strange bedfel-
lows, and, perhaps, this is his case.
NV dutv is plainly marked out before
me, and what is my duty is the duty OF
all who were so long d'sfranch sed in
the S ate by Radical "tsst oatss," to
work tor and vote for the Camden ticket
from now until shutdown on election
d,y, and then | am eure that Camden
will be our next Governor, and Jacob
will have run his political race, never
again to BE- heard Of
ONE OF THE DIsFRANoHIsED.
Wheeling, July 4.