The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-04
HANGING THE GATE ON
THE OTTER POST.

VIC wcro brought up 10 wha. town
people call ".he couuiry"-,hc first la.
Dor wu ever performed was On farm ;
and many and many q day have we
labo-td ut that hardest Of al farm
liking fence" In this occu.
patton. it frequently occurs that one Of
tho farm gates, having been chung"
for many years, has "sagged" down
the post u which it is attached. so that it
has bent over and is seriously decayed;
and then The prudent farmer usually
withdraws the hinges. and hangs the
gate on tho other post, which is sound
lnd strong. THIS principle is IS sp.
plicablc to politics as gate.pOsts.
Whenever any institution to which you
are attached becomes rotten. aud fails
to answer til, purposes 70: which twas
intended, it is the duty Of conscien.
tiouS citizen to chang his political gate
on the other post" This We have de-
termined tc do
Every citizen Of Lewis county knows
that we lab;red. as hard rs man could.
for the Acknowledgement Of the white
man, and opposed, with equal yigor,
tho enirancbisemcnt oftbe negro. But
VIC we're Inc; with tho announcement,
upon tho part Of the "Rebels," that
they favored negro su!Ttage; that the
Flick Amendment. cmbodying the po-
litical equality Of the races, was what
they desired; and upon the motion of
tho leading Rebels" We voted for the
Flick Amendment. From that time
forth, We have considered, and prop
erly, too, that no Southern man"
could open his mouth against negro
suffrage. That matter was stated to
DO 'un accomplished fact; )" and as
such We swallowed the dose; aud at
the request Of hungry applicants for
Office on the Confederate side, we voted
for it; and from that time forth tho
"negro" question was settled. for 10th
sides were equally committed 10 it.
Upon the attainment to power Of the
Democratic party $50 called) We were
presented with new Constitution, SO
odiOus that hut for the cry Of i,s being
n party measure, it would have been
largely defeated in the State, as it was
in this county. Aud this famous Con.
sIitr,ion, unintelligibls alike to Judges,
lawyers, suiiors and citizens, will 60
down in history as u monument to the
imbecility and entire lack of ability
Except in the WY Of gerrymauderiug
judicial and Senatorial districts -of
Its Democratic trainers.
The party in this Stute-disrcgard.
ing principles, has become q faction
mud rotten one. too, in the interests
Of men. Having ascrrtained this fact
10 our full satisfaction, we have no
hesitation in Hanging our gate on the
other post"
1t will not do to howl "Radical" q,
us. Our record as against Radicalism
" well nude up: but We are for our
country-our whole cOuntry-and we
favor no party-we oppose all parties !
and all men who once proposed aud who
yet desire to "rid the c0uatry Of every
id Yankee in it,"
We have ascer,ained to our full sat.
isfaction, after ten yearS OF hard ser.
vice in the democratic" party, that it
ia one and the Sahe party that voted
for the Ordinance of Secession. While
motives may clUak this feel.
lug. it crops gu! ia dye time and we
know Of our or. knowledge, that the
lerp hatred Of I'll kuoSn US "Unica
Ineu" sill exists, and is US frm aud
lasting as lhO lives of tho LEADERS of the
Confederate movement.
War bus been made upon US, aud
,pou oil Union men, 90 this question,
nd we Gull upon all Of them TO rail- as
hey did fifteen years ago, for tAeis
WI projection AID The defence Of their
ishts aud hunot. ;rt5l J