The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-07-13
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Weston, July 9.
Editor Q! lhc Register ;

that l sEl y Republican, you 10 nc
politically an injustice which | mast
believe 10 bc uuin Intentional. As to.the
correspondent 0! TI& D:"ocRAT, JIG
editor assures iac that he is . Democrat
OF uudicpu:Cd orthodoxy. | do act
know that M name will be presented
to the Coming Democratic Congress:
sionnl Convention, uad the kiudHess of
this correspondence was unsolicited by
he; but in Tiru Of ito Registers
reference to me, feel justified. and
called upon to appeal to my recO:d 10
reflect my sentiments, was for
Mcclellan in 1861; was member Of
the FIRST West Virginia Democratic
Couyeution at parEersburg in 1866, rs
also ut Grafton in 1865; supported
Scymorc in 1865; was mcmbcr Of
tho, Democratic Convention at Patkcrs-
burg 10 1872. and ip tie great Echism
Of that year. in the party which car
rica Jacob into tho Goycracrship, |
voted for Camden md tho ticket, in
GLIDING Wilson, ! was member Of
the Na,iona! Democratic Convention
at Bal,imc:G IN lS72, served on its
Committee on Resolutions, and sup
ported its nOmiEoe, AS also TiIdca in
1876. have uniformly supported
nominees. | was mcGlGcr Of the
Legislature Of 1870 aud 1871 as the
Democratic nominee, the sessions in
which were fOug ut the final battles
which repealed the lawyers suitors,
teachers and voters les. oaths, and
enfrauchisel thousands Of citizens and
tho record shows, and all who served
with inc will attest, including, hope,
the chief cdito: Of The Register, who
was in tho Senate while | was in the
House, that voted for every Demo
cratic measure and for every measure
offered to redeem tho distlanchised,
aud can tru,hfully say that, no one
did more than I did, wilhih Eyicapac-
lily, q. those momentous sessions,
signaliged by their .dcliycrancc, to con-
summa,c the. work to which the
Democratic party Of those days had
committed iisclf-,hc enf-anchiscment
Of tho DISTINGUISHED, IL 1865 ! .:waS
enc Of tho few in this section who
spoke, when it was very unpopular SO
to speak, against tho DISTINGUISHING
amendment to tho Constitution. ln
tho Legislature o.. 1871 Ivas the frst
to offer resolution calling Convcn.
.ion to propose new Constitution,
which the Register in those days. con.
sidcrcd cmiucntly Democratic. !
voted .. the polls fer tie. Convention
aud the Constitution, BY what shall
mrn DO judged? by his record ?
Certainly mine is not good Repub-
lean record, and if | were .cnacavOr.
lug to establish myself as hcpubli-
can, ny record would hang me. If u
Republican, | Eayc beer in Grange
company for mary years -, 80"
1t is tr.c | diescntel FROM few, md
only a few, of the acts VI the Lcgisla-
ture Of 1878, which, an aware,
subjected mo to criticism, but | 10 not
admit adhesion or, .non.adheslon to
those acts to DO true test Of ;orthO-
doxy. And those very acts were
certified as impolitic by their repeal at
tho next session by q Democratic
LegIclatsrc' ..r,r &c., C.
1t is also .ruo Tint supported the
Flick amcuiment, and this was. the
subject Of criticism, but the majority
of Democratic representatives ia two
Legislatures ratified it, rs did tho
~ pie ii. the polls. |. is also true,
that carly inter tho question arose, l
held .lrmy tho positiOa that the
Democratic party sLo.ll for its own
} welfare and for ito peace and repOsc Of
tho country accept the results Of the
war, "lct TIA dead past bury its
, dead, "uuG turn its face 10 the great
future uul not sit down brooding and
: wasting its years III weeping over the
rnaltcrablc past; md | followed VAL
IluudIgham'u "ncw departure, as it
was called. This was called b. many
uuholy doctrine. and for my humble
participation in it, I'was ccususca by
extremists. But time, the stern logic
Of events, tho Democratic party ir con.
scn!iou after convention, both National
aad State, have all set the csal Of nc
,s,,,,.n aud ,n,rnhotinn nm tliq dos.