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Communications.
4 Response to Jedersom's Plea.


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/ To THE EorToR OF Tme FIRE Press
| read with some surprise and no little re-
| greet. i'm your last paI en- a Communication head
/ Ell. \ Plea for Jefferson County IL is man
iicst that this article has been written under the
influence OF personal feeling with but little ref
OrCncc Co the interest of our party or the public
good. IL seeks o. produce an antagonlsin be-
tween the $50 counties 0f Berkeley and Jeiicr-
SON and to create jealousy between them that
must necessarily lead 10 unhappy results.
/ think thcrc RI NOT the slightest ground for this
feeling iu the past or the present, and all at
/ tcnpt- tn u'anutacture such an unhealthy con-
/ dit.on OF iccrl Sentiment ought to be promptly
suppressed.
+ ID wc were 20 credit the excited and exagger-
teal statements of this writer We would believe
Chat Jcii,T~nu was one OF the most oppressed
and aeTic'-d counties u this district, or IN this
State; tlnft they were mere YgS>ils % the Vault-
in. amti~tu of Berkeley, or To use his own
characteristic language, that they were simply
"hcWcr' 0f wood and drawers of water 10 their
ambitions ncighh0rs: that Jefferson was Who'll
ly ignored ia tine distribution 81 the honors
and offices of this section of the state, and that
her ufc, a'cc> aud expressions called for the
deepest Indignation ~ her people. Now let rs
compare f,r "a t.W moments the relative hon.
ors conferred upon the two counties, and see
what gr,' ind there is for this excited plea on
+ behalf ~ that county
l~t Jeltrsou County is tEe site OF the Court
.f A,.ncl.~ OF West Virginia This distinction
was rendered to Berkeley County bat declined
ior rr~ors satisfactory 20 its people, with inll
knowledge that after such dcclinatiun it would
hc rendered O. her sister county jefferson.
-ui. Dr. is the permanent residence of one u
flc four Jud-t~ of the Court ot Appeals ~ TN,
static M. will noN Pee ci,--ic,l f'r twelve years
-eguivalcnt to % life tenerc. Al know the
imiurtsue', u fhc harof having Judge 81 that
grade I'm their midst. The local pride of Jctlcr
-ou Was much excited i'm having Judge Grccn
. rcunmiustcd. and the County OF Berkeley >tl>-
taiucd their local wishes with NOR uuan'mlty
than did his own county.
Sra ff.rkccy. 70 is true, has the Representa-
I tive in Congress for tine next tcrn1 boo tins was
I rr,..r,. the result of opinion elsewhere than C'
thc County of Berkeley. The tUicrnal feeling
between the dcicsutcs ui the two counties Was
ruimnaircd ami 10 was distinctly understood
.ui aerccl that if Mr.. Lucas exhibited more
strength in tha. convention than Ju.l-' llosc.
taa, hc would receive Che solid vuteoi Hcrkclcy
County The selection. then, of Judge Hosc
. ',.l> un- SD much the uct ui Berkeley as II WAS
/ oi some of the Western counties Cor l.ad Mr..
Lucas received cv i' 're votes from tive " e>t-
cru counties hc wou!d h1vc hail thc entire
+ Berkeley DELEGATION ui~hingto his support.
Ith. The L'-t ru-ltiun pi delegate 90 me M
ti,aul Democratic Convention Was accorded, by
+ tlc unanimous vote oi Berkeley, 90 diei'n-
I -ui~hri c'''zcu of jefferson"
Jth. The position of E'e-tor for the state az
larsr w,r~. 'y the unanimous vote OF herSeie['
iu HSc manner accorded 90 81 Distinguished ciii-
f..t "i Jefferson county $50,
OH. SIR. Gcttiuscr ef the couutvci "crSelcy,
r.r..rc' a- o i.ei. Del. oi the State LNrc;-
tt. Jlrn,ulitt, and that h1Il~ cla',rrcd rpon
DISTINGUISHED citizen uf the County "i Jciicr-
/ SON. U.s. MAS also the mcwbcrD l tonSres>lon-
I al Committee.
-te IrIc,,'' County p rfv cI.r'iog the
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