Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1876-01-13
The Martinsburg Statesman.

do our contemporaries Of the
Greenbrer Independent, Point Pleas
ant Register and Huntington ADvER-
User endorse the radical views of
the Charleston Courier! Are We to
believe that paper when it says that
it is the purpose of the Democracy
of the Third District to disrupt the
party ?'-Mdrtinsb,rg Statesman.
We do not believe that any of our
contemporaries mentioned above de-
sire to disrupt the party, and GER
tainly the &atesman has evidently
not done Va the honor to read our
editorials. Every one who has read
this paper knows that We have al
ways laboled to preserve the Organi-
zation, harmony and integrity of our
party throughout the State, and that
we have earnestly opposed the torma-
,iOn, by geographical lines, either
within OF without the State, of pOliti-
cal parties or factions.
The Salesman suggests, in elegant
phrase, that the Democrats of the
Third Distric. may rip" for them
selves before long, and then under,
takes to advise us Us to whom We
shall name us our choice for Cow
ernor.
Our people have as much in,egri-
ty, intelligence, and as high a stand
ard of qualifications for office as the
Statesman. its editor, ar any one whom
it represents, and we do not feel,
therefore, under any great obliga-
tons fol- the rendered advice.
We are not troubling ourselves
about candidates. We want the
best qualified men in the whole State
for the high positions to be filled by
the next election. We believe, for
several reasons, that the next Gov
ernor should be taken from this por-
ton of the State, and We think that
we can present, from our section,
gentlemen as we'll qualified for the
position, as any to be found else,
where. Gentlemen of this region
have been spoken of in connection
with this high office and We are quite
confident that they have not express
ed a desire even that their names
should thus be brought before the
public. None of them could accept
the Office without considerable pecu>
mary sacrifice, although, all of them
may DO willing thus to serve the
State, and thus to be honored, if
nominated by full and fair Con
vention. We are satisfied that they
are more anxious for the organiza-
ton and success of the party, than
they are to receive positions for them
selves.
1t is still time enough to select can.
didates. Let us look first to the in.
terests of the party, and bury, for
the time, our individual preferences
md disappointments. Why the
Salesman desires to wage war against
this portion Of the State we cannot
understand. What is the NATTER
We, Us we'll as our esteemed contem-
porary, have voice in politics of the
State, and whilst our people are gen.
erous and true, and desire to accele
to each portion of the State its rights,
they know their own rights, and can
strike back"
We are not aware that we have
at any time given offence to our con-
temporary, OF failed to appreciate the
merits of any of its favorites.
We cordially endorse the above
from the Greenbrier independents
There seems to be a studied effort on
the.'part of some papers in the LIST and
Second Districts, to place the Demo
Gratis of the Third District on the
defensive, whereas, the truth of the
matter. is that they have been wrong
ed. insulted and injured, by the other
sections of the State. They ask re-
paration. and il is not to the editor Of
the Nartns5urg s .tc>naa, nor any