Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1872-05-07
THE ESTATE coNYENTIoN.


The Conservative candidates for the State
officers who are to serve if the Constitutions
adopted, will be nominated bysa Convention
which will meet at Park ersburg on the Both
of this month, aud Convention of delegates
from the different townships of our county
will meet on Saturday, the 25th day of May,
at II o'clock, A. H., to appoint county dele
gates to the Parkersburg Convention.
The following paragraph we take from tho
Winchester Times:
JUDGE j. W. KgNNEDY.-We learned the
other day in Charlestown, that the friends of
Judge j. W. Kennedy would press his claims
strongly for the nomination az Attorney Gems
eral of. West Virginia. Judge X. has always
been in sympathy with the. good people of
that State, for which reason the Radical Leg
islature turned him out of Office. 1t would
seem but fair that the victim of Radical ma
Lightly should now be rewarded by the Com
servative parry for his manly independence.
Judge Kennedy is too we'll known in our
county to render it necessary to give an ex-
tended statement of his course heretofore.
He was opposed to secession, and during the
war was consistent Union man, though he
took no active part in the controversy. After
the war he was elected Jud ge of this circuit,
but was almost Immediately removed from his
Office by the radical Legislature of the State
upon charges which every one in our COM
munity knows were false. The unjust course
of the radicals towards him, and towards the
people of this county and State generally,
caused him ever since the war to CO operate
heartily with the Conservative party of the
State. His friends claim that the unjust per-
secutions of the radical party towards him, and
his active assistance in breaking the rule of
radicalism in the State, should commend him
to the favorable consideration of the people of
our State, and especially of our county, of
which he is a native.
The only two State officers at present living
East of the Alleghanies are John j. Jacob
Governor, and Joseph Sprigg, Attorney Gen>
eral. Their friends, we understand will pre-
sent their names to the Parkersburg Conven-
ton for nomination as candidates for the Of
fees they now hold respectively. John j.
Jacob is native of Hampshire county, where
he has resided always, except for few years
when he lived in Missouri. He is q LAWYER
of large experience and much ability, is in
the prime of life, being about IL years of age.
When the war broke out he resided in Mis-
souri,, and though originally opposed to seces-
sion, he always sympathized with the South.
He, however, took no part on either side in
the internecine struggle he has had con-
siderable experience In the performance of the
IttIo IF ba -,
would fail to profit much by such experience.
He was in ante>war times Wing politically.
Joseph Sprigg is native of Allegheny
county, Maryland, probably about 80 years of
age, he was n states>right man and symna-
thized of course with the South in the late
sectional struggle, hut took part in it active
ly. Shortly after the war he moved from
Cumberland to Moorefeld, Hardy county
where he formed partnership with Judge
A4len-the Judge being then prohibited from
practicing law by the I'M ust laws then exist
ing in this State-Jnseph Sprgg then n
young man was thus compelled to argue and
attend to the large practice of the firm in the
courts. And he showed himself fully equal
to meet this responsibility. Indeed he proved
himself to he a young man of great ability.
He has since The war had a large experience
as a lawyer, and has awaited himself fully of
j Jacob, he has considerable experience in
the performance of the duties of the Office
which his friends desire him to gill. The
friends of Jacob and Sprigg urge with much
force that their claims to the offices thew hold
at present ought to he regarded as very strong.
First. because they have performed the duties
oil their offices in manner satisfactory TO the
people of the Site. Secondly, because thew
received and accepted the nomination as can
dldates for these Offices formerly at time
when the Radicals were strong in this State.
and by great exertions on their part, and on
the part of their friends, the State was COM
pletely revnlutionized and Radicalism here
forever crushed. And lastly, because their
present term of service has not ended. and
failure tn nominate them would amount to a
contemplation of them unfit to fill their res
spective p'accs-a position which probably
not member of the Petersburg Convention
will be prepared to urge. We leave the mat
ter to the delegates of the people, but deem
1t but right to set forth the claims of the
friends of these gentlemen to the support of
the delegates from this county Their resi-
! dence East of the Alleghanies will no 3oubt
to certain extent commend them to the
favorable consideration of our county men.
THE CHANGES OF THE. CONTEST,
In 1865 thirty-four States, says the New
York SIN, voted for President, giving to
Grant PA electoral votes, and to Seymour
50. The States of Virginia, Mississippi and
Texas did not vote at all The States of
Alabama, Arkansas. Missouri, North Carolina.
Tennessee and West Virginia, which gave
Grant 4S electoral votes. have since 1868
apsed from the Republican party beyond all
nope OF recovery by the nominee of the
Philadelphia Convention
The States of Connecticut, Indiana. Nebras-
kaand Nevada gave Grant 81 electoral votes in
1868. If they now fall away from the Phila.
delphia nominee, their detection, coupled