The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-01-06
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10 Earn wealth by
Honest RfIorI2

sitiOn Of our opponents 10 the re.
election ex-senator Camden. "What
private griefs they have, alas, we
know not" but the Democracy Of
Jackson county takes no stock in
such spirit Of opposition. We
point with pride to the good name,
the energy, industry and abilities
which elevated both our Senators
to the positions they adorp, not be-
cause we have not many men in
the State as able and worthy as
they, but because a sense Of justice
requires US to speak the truth, and
policy dictates that in Offices Of
this kind we should choose men
who, other things being equal
have bad the largest experience in
tho service in question. This pol
icy long shed lustre on The position
Of Old Virginia in the Senate.
Blu! they talk about STANDARD
Oil" and say that Senator Camden
is RICH" well, who would not like
to "strike oil, and the lauduble de-
sire to get money is not confined tc
Mr.. Camden and his friends, "by q
large majority"
We thought that a man who had
so long attended to his own affairs
with such constant zeal and ability
as TO win success in a field of en-
terprise here in our bills, where
thousands of others failed, might
safely he trusted with the affairs Of
the public, and We were not mis-
taken in our man, The writer
voted for Mr.. Camden for Senator
and has been often in Washington
since and can safely assert that nc
Senator Of his age and pervice
stands higher, or is moro respected
for his ability and sound practical
sense than Mr.. Camden, and there
fore his influence is great for good
among his associates in the Senate
and elsewhere; so that he has been
able to draw to his great public en-
terprises for the material develop,
ment of our State, men and means
from abroad. Men Of capital have
confidence in his judgment, and
therefore joined him in the several
great works be has accomplished
for the public good. Had he mol
been a man of means, and one
whose abilities inspired the conf.
dence of other men of means, his
usefulness would be far less. 1t
requires vast sums Of money 10
build railroads, and only men Of
means can do it.
Shall we teach our school boys
that it is vile to have money, and
degrading to earn wealth by hon.
est effort, and point them 10 our
successful men as examples to be
Stunned? II will bC a dark day in
our land when tho Democracy lends
an eager ear to the wolf cry Of tho
commune.
My acquaintance with Mr.. Cam.
den dates back to 1850, when he
came, with many others TO Writ
county, then my home, to prospect
for oil; and in 1861, when the war
broke out, it found him in o min.
er's camp, on the banks of the Lit.
lie Kanawha river, laboring 10 de.
velop the vast mineral resources Of
bis native Virginia; and, like a
man Of sense, instead Of joining in
the mad excitement Of the times
he quietly worked on, and attend.
ed TO his own business; and II all
the other men on both sides had done
the same, who will say that it
would have been worse for the De.
mocracy and the Country2
He helped to build up a large
interest in the oil production, and
the great enterprises that resulted
therefrom, in distributing light
and fabrication all over the inhab-
tied earth, and which largely in.
ured to the benefit Of our State,
and especially to his adopted city
Of Parkersburg; and when the fla
grant war had spent its force in the
field, but had left in our land its
bitter fruits Of party prescription
and vile diSfranchisemcnt, be en-.
tered the lists for free ballot, and
the right to hold Office, for the PEG.
pie Of the State; and who did more
or contributed more to the accom-.
plishmen! Of tina! praiseworthy re.
sultH
Defeated rs the nominee of his
party for Governor by the perfdy
Of some leaders, and the prejudice
Of others, he was by bis election to
the Senate, consoled with tho truth
that the people themselves will
ultimately prove grateful and true
to the man who is true TO them;