West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-09-19
A SOLDIER LETTER.

Ii this be true, then bsvs donV somethire
toward .mal clpsuuG eight hundred noble
men from political bondage which has
become ,ntolrrsble.
AT the Btttle Of thewrld,ruess the II
im,nt u whicl The writer belongs was
ordered To storm the en.my's works k,eat =
cd on hill, the Ssh ClvsI7ybssirg been
repulsd in the altmprto de- the SAM
thing While moving forward wep ,ssod
four men who were conveying priv At.
Crouch of the to the rear In a hlanke,
HIS breast was bare, and the marks made
by five balls that had pa sed through his
body were visible. Raising his head be
called out. "B ys, those works oan be Ia
ken aud you can do IT," Who could de
scribe the effect of those words from the
bloody lips OF that dying boyp There
was no hslting, no wavering then, but
with shout and q rush the works were
ours, although at a fearful cost OF life.
Who can estimate the value of q word
spoken In season
COmrades, We have work 10 do. An
assault TO make upon q party which.
though protesting TO be our friends, has
put itself upon rec ord as our enemy e..
Their lines ale weak and wavering while
ours are strong and determined and we
can rru,esthcm horse, foot, md dragon.
Will We DO up We arc backed by all
the good men OF the county. can count
tfty men in two districts who never were
soldiers themselves but who kindly re-.
member our! services to them aud the
county in the days that tried mems souls.
will not give names but will snow you
their footprints after the l4ih of October.
C'n we foEgSt the disgraOefu means
used a: the primary coLyontlous to pack
the county convention ID, The Interest of
The Ring Candidates Gan we forget the
insul,s rut upon our CONRAD by the d ,bs.
IS and their henchm6n ocean we ever
forget that illumination BSVGe Cranes In
houOt of the defeat Of MSISluck .shd the
success of the CrAEe6i NJ ! when for
get my ComrSdes or Their interests. let my
risht hand forget nrr ethbius and my
tongue cleave To the roof IF my ndhtb.
The Journal IL unrasy1 dlbdasothS Sol
dIers' REUNION, aud fears coalition .betw. en-
the "ldiors add DemocrA4 We'll, my
brother,you are "A ooalitionist and II coali-
ton is good in one case why not In the
other BE consistent, Senstur, aud
preach "ha, y, u are practiciig. don't try
I" cover up the whole mausar by calling Il
Democratic measure.
i VIII jus, say here that the eoldier
movement will not affect The rsult Of the
election, either State or National, bat DO
claim that At will mate rial,y affect the
complexion of ,iiIrs III Inc cGunty. The
j urnai claims that tue St,lte Is In bad
condi'"n aud prrsap. iii ~ sight. We
claim that IA : C. uuty Is iu q worse cLbtIiJ
iioD aud VT krOw We ana. right. hil, as
charity should begin at hume, we propose
to C ir'c' the evil nea'est home drsr aud
'h'n 1t Will be tune 70 lpyk alter the
State
Aud again. how can the Republican
Rug parry consistently ssk the support II
the soldier element ? Whit Ia there in
Vour party in Preston epunly thst com
meDds itsclt to any fair minded honest
man Certainly you do pot SIX il because
1t is tie party OF low taxrs, You do not
ask our support on account Of fay5rs re-
ceived ut your hanos when W, asked
bread, y"u We Va q sloBpt-rhen We ask
I'd h-b, you gave. Us q serpepr :. WHEN we
asked your suffrage 20 plsoe rs 10 paying
'fHces. you slapped Us ID the lace and told
us to take bsck seats--seats away back
And again, while your county commit.
Tee lie comp sed Of gentlemen with one
solitary exception, sosi exception is suf
hcicnt to turn every hoRtsl msn agaiust
you. Who wauls to work ,in political
campaign under man whnm, " all re-
ports are true, Is spotted all over with
crime?
And now fpr Mr. Crane. We want a
few candid answers TO plain QUESTIONS, and
no lodging.
Did you not during tho campaign OF
1886, publish in tho Journal or send
out printed letter telling the Democratic
party that Jon did not thank them for
their eOdnrsement Of you a. candidate
for the nfflce Of Clerk Of Circuit Cur
that you had n publican votes enough 10
elect you and old uct,WsBt toeir votes, or
words OF like import OF meanings
Did yen not, during the campaign ~
1878, tell different men at different times
that IL they would elect you ths. time
(mesniDg 1879 tina, yeu would not b.
candidate agsiu, or words Of like import
asd meaniDg7
b. giving us candid answers, yes or DO,
70 escb Of the shove, you will greatly
obliRe, Yours truly.
r NJ HUFF naB, our next Sheriff, visit
ed the east eide last week and from what
We can fanrp fha .,rc..,.....s......, L.