The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-07-21
From the Independent state.
WEBSTER G. Il. July i, ISL /


paper here, than Of any other, and l
an therefore led to say something
through it in answer to arguments
that the advocates Of Charleston in this
section are trying to impose upon tho
people, in favor Of that place for the
Pcat Of Cover nmcnt.
Ia the Grst place, they soy that the
present contest is Of a political cLarac-
ter; thu. tho Radicals arc supporting
CIarksburg and tho Democrats. Char
lesion. This is al unfoundcd and un-
priuciplcd ASSERTION, to rcfutc which it is
only necessary to refer to tho course
taken by Mr.. Frecr, and every other
Republican III tho Third District.
Another argument is that our inter
Csts arc with Charleston. In reply to
this, I would call attention to the fact,
that tho prosperity Of Webster coun ty
for many years to come must depend
upon the patronage received by its IA
nous Sulphur Spring. Tiis patron
ago must come from the Northeastern
part of the State for this plain reason
that tho Chesapeake aud Ohio Rail
Road ia lined with watering places,
while tho counties Of tho north east
have more, The people Of tho Third
District will patrOnizo their own
springs, while those Of tho First aud
SECOND will patrOnizc ours from ncces
sity, and thus bring about the building
Of hotels at the county scat, which will
ia rgcly increase the taxable property
of the county, besides creating good
home market for our products.
They say further, that We arc to
expect tho development Of our county
from tho direction of Charleston.
Now lot US SEQ how this is. at tue
session before the last of the Lcgisla.
turc, Col. Golf secured tho passage Of
a bill appropriuting about $4,000 to
tho building Of the Slaveus Cabin and
Somervillo Turnpike; aud this bill
was vetoed by QUO J. J. Jacob, the
prOtcge Of Kanawha county elected BY
their faithless course, as Governor 10
1872. And now these backslilers Of
1872. arc charging the advocates Of
Clarksburg With aiding the Radicals.
Even il this charge werc as true as it
is false, it would i'll become an old cul-
prit to taun, new ono with tho COM
mission Of tho same crime Of which he
had himself been convicted. Let them
read the fable Of the old crab and the
young ouc, and they will learn that
advice and rcprimauds arc hardly suf.
dcient, where the example is vicious.
Tue importance Of these fellows is only
equalcd by tho weakness Of their
cause. So much for roads. Next, us
to Churlcston's promises to improve
tho Elk. What has Charleston TO 10
it with? 1t has nothing now; and
when it makes railroad to Parkers.
burg. it will have about minus
s. 900, 000-an amount that would
fix up right nice channel to this
place. But, then, they say SIr. Ken.
ra is to get an appropriation from
Congress for the purpose. They arc
evidently ignorant of the fact that this
stream is not on the line Of the James
river and kanawha Canal, aud that
they therefore stultify themselves i'll
saying that such IN appropriation is
possible.
Again they say that tho Third Dis.
trict has been wrongcd-swinilcd, in
the distribution Of public moneys-Ihat
the Capital was first located at Char
lesion as the result Of a compromise,
and that the Radicals removed it as
| means OF harOssing tho Democrats Of
the Third District. This is wholly
untrue. But even if such n compro.
mise had been made, it would have
been void, for tho legislature had no
right to mike compromises whereby
tho great majority Of tho people Of the
State woull be subjected to perpetual
Inconvenience in visiting the seat Of
government. If Charleston only wan
ted share Of tho public money, why |
did its representatives not ask for somO-
thing that would benefit them and in
jurC no ono else? Why did they not
ask for tho Deaf aud Dumb Asylum,
the Pcniteutiury, or something Of that
kind? Some institution that would
not be difficult of access to the MAORI.
ty Of tho people. something that they
could keep? Tho only effect Of this