The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-11
From the Wheeling Register.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP

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From The Wheeling Register.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
An elaborate editorial article intend
ed to express the opinion entertained by
the Republican party in this State con-
ceruiug its Hate allies, the Jacobi.ss,
appears in the West Virginia Journal
OF last week. The Journal is published
in Charleston, and is the chief paper Of
the Radical party in the Third Dis
trict, and indeed contests with Cover
nor Stsycpsou's Journal the houors Of
party leadership III tue State. Tbear-
ticle alluded to sets forth very frankly
and undisguiscdly the present political
situation, and speaks very plainly Of
some things which have been only
limited at BY tho Wheeling Iatelliyencer
and the Clarksbarg Telegraph.
Recounting the history Of last years
campaign, the Journal admits that the
Republicans, being in a hopeless minor
ity, could only expect 10 succeed by di.
yfding the DemOcI attic party.
"Thsy took sides for this purpose
with the independent wing of that party,
but without taking part with either,
farther than was necessary for the di.
vision of the party and the destruction
Of their plans. The Republicans 10
thir State Of things declined to mako
State ticket. looking for an independent
ticket which they could aid in tho diyi.
sion and destruction Of the dOmiuast
party set on evil. The expected event
occurred, and they threw their entire
vote with tue independent ticket, not
because il icas more Republican or less
Democratic or more honest, bu. because
it was the proper wedge for the times
with which to split tue log"
There is here confessed precisely
what was charged upon tho Rcpubli.
cans last fall By those who we're labor.
ing to maintain tue organization Of the
Democratic party. So far as the Re-
publicaus were concerned, it Was a
campaign Of falsehOod and dScei.
They pretended to sympathizs with the
independents and shouted themselves
hoarsc in denunciation Of the supposed
wrong inflicted upon Governor Jacob
he the failure of the Convention 10 re.
nominate him, aud affected to believe
him the personifcasion OfhOnesty while
all who opposed him were denounced
as monsters Of vice. They now cody
cOafess that they believed the Jacob
ticket no more honest" than that
regularly nominated, but they found
they could make use Of Il for a certain
purpose. What that purpose was and
what the tdrguia was, is set forth as
follows:
Republicans .ere assured if hey
hrer their entire TOTE eth he inGe.
pendent ticket, The independents irould
be silent upon The question cfnjcction
or adoption Of nc ncr Constitution,
which was the great evil at which they
intended to strike. The republicans
kept their promise TO o man the in
dependents almost TO o man broke
theirs, and their bad faith fixed the
new constitution with its officials which
had sided with the enemies Of their
party upon the State"
We heard great deal during the
campaign about a mythical Camden
ring" Does not this look as though
there was IS Jacob ring" somewhere I
Who assured" Republicans that the
Jacob men were willing to bargain
away their right to a free opinion as to
the merits Of the new Constitution I
Who claimed to have authority to
make bargain so shameful and cor.
rupt? We eau now very well under.
stand Governor jacobs reluctance to
define bis opinion concerning the Con.
stilutiou. We can now understand
how It was that his friends in the cas-.
tern portion Of the State were assured
that be favored ratification, because
they never would have voted for him
otherwise while in Radical neighbOr.
hoods the report was current that the
Governor was 10 favor Of rejection.
II Governor Jacob made any such
promise as that referred to by the
Journal (and we arc much inclined to
believe that be did so promise, he |
must have done 50 without proper re.
Election or with tho intention of viola
ting his word. lie could no, fail to
see that the defeat Of the Constitution,
the very scheme he had promised to
aid, would be death TO him. II tho
Constitution were rejected bis election
as Governor "wOuldn'tcount." 1.-THE
independent, had Kept their promise,
they would simply have sawed of the
limb they were sitting on, and the
Radicals would have laughed at their
fall. The bargain seems to have been
ono 10 which each party fully intended
to cheat the other, aud 10 which it was
necessary 10 choat 10 order to win, aud
the two were banded together to cheat
the people Of the State. The result is
that the Republican leaders, the par.
ties most active in the disrepu!abls
business, we're the victims 10 the game
Of dupliciiy. The Jacob men consumed
all the profits Of "ths limited partner.
ship" aud, having received no divi-
bends, tho Jowaalsays of tue Rspubli.
can party that: