The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-05
OUR DUTY.
Sound Doctrine from the Speech Of
Hon, ., J, Faulkner.

In bis speech at Portland, Mr.,
Faulkner said
60 for the State ticket with all my
heart. | recognize the action Of the
Petersburg Convention as the genu
inc voice Of the Democratic and Con.
seryativc party of West Virginia. l
believe that no political Convention has
ever assembled IN the State which il
entitled to more respect from its party,
1t was called after ample notice; it
had its existence according to the es.
tablshed usages Uf the party; it was
composed of near one thousand dele.
gates, among the best aud purest men
Of every county in the State; its pro.
ceedings were conducted with order,
decorlm aud fairness, aud it has given
to US a ticket Of which no Democrat
need be ashamed. II tue results oil
such an assenblAge, SO constituted
and so conducted, can be set aside upon
the idle aud ridiculous assumption thai
it did not fairly represent the Demo
cratic sentiment Of this State, thin it is
absurd to hold any Conventions at all
Tue system should be abolished and oil
organizations destroyed.
What is party! LISA political
organization, designed to accomplish
some valuable political end. just a.
au army is Il military organization, tc
achieve some great military result,
Organization is not simply the defni,
tion, i, is the very lie Of the party il
is that without which it eau neither
live, move, nor have its being. Pc.
litical organization can oSly SPEAK
through conventions. lie, then, whc
strikes at the organization ofany party,
strikes at its life. Governor Jacot
comedies that he is now engaged, with
the aid Of the RebubIican party, in al
effort to destroy our organization. Il
be can accomplish this. he destroys the
party in this State. With what jus.
:icc then eau hO now claim to be q
Democrat, when be is acting in coop.
Grafton with its enemies to overthrow
that upon which the very life Of the
party depends.
1t may suit the present purposes OIL
Governor jacob to claim to be Dem.
ocrat, mud his Radical allies will take
no ofense OF the assumption Of the
name it thereby they eau accomplish
their purpose; but it is our duty to re.
pudatc him and bis fellowship so far
at least as this contest is concerned
aud to show that he is acting 10 the
interests aud for the ends Of our enc.
mics.
The assumption ofsuch DISCUSSES are
not uncommon 10 the political contest.
of this day, and presume they were
not unknown among the ancient Re.
publics Of Greece, for Esop, whose
fables were designed as un illustration
Of every day human life, has given u.
one Of wolf who carefully concealed
himself under the skin Of sheep, mud
sought admission into tho fold with q
view to destroy the flock | fear
Governor jacob is one Of these wolves
in Sleeps clothing, aud that it will
be necessary for the shepherds
throughout this State to save their
aocks from his insidious approaches.
| shall vote. gentlemen, for the entire
State ticket, and with especial pleasure
for johnson N. Camden, for all admit
bis high qualifications for the Office, and
even Governor Jacob announces in
al his speeches that our nominee is
above reproach, aud that nothing can
be said with truth personally against
him.