Year: 1867

calling the attention of the Legislature
elect to the merits of their respective
places as proper situations for a State
Capital. We believe it to be tie general
wish that this long agitated Capital
question may be settled during the
coming winter. The people are getting
tired of the pickering and dickering and
log-rolling which have so far marked
all efforts to locate the seat of govern
ment for West Virginia. We have had
bargains upon the Penitentiary ques-
tion, sales on the Agricultural College
question, deals on the Normal School
question, and o rumor has it that the
Radical Congressional nomination for
the Second District last year, was the
result of contract between the friends
of KITCHEN and the illustrious mobo-
Gratis who desire TO locate the capital at
tue intolerant, proscriptive, lawless and
malignant county seat of Upshur. From
all such devices, bargains and COM
promises the people want to bedelivered'


We believe there is now fair pros
pect of such deliverance. The hopes of
Buckhannon, the place in whose inter
est the most of these unholy contracts
are understood to have been made, are
as dead as her most ardent enemies can
wish. She never stood the slightest
chance unless she could command ma
jority of the Democratic votes in the
Legislature. Since her outrage upon a
Democratic meeting held there in May,
1866, her prospects for getting suoh a
majority have not been worth pail of
potato parings. We believe that last
session, not a single Democratic member
of the House voted for Buckhannon,
and this winter she will get about as
many more from the same source. With
the Buckhannon interest, the pest of
our politics and of our legislation, out of
the way, settlement of the question
may fairly be expected.


While we are upon this subject we
may say that the veteran editor of the
National Telegraph, General NORTH
CoTT, still continues his earnest advo-
cacy of the claims of Clarksburg. We
read his last leader upon this snbjeot
with great interest and pleasure. We
are sorry to say that the perusal of an
other article in the same number of the
Telegraph did not afford US equal salts
faction. We allude to brief misrep-
resentation of the Democratic party in
regard to its position toward SOLDIERS
and their widows and orphans" We
find the party with which we have the
honor of acting, stigmatized as "rebel
democrats" 1t is more than intimated
that this party have "used the bones Of
Union soldiers, who fell on the battle
field, as trophies, charms and amulets."
The conclusion is that every Union SOL
dier in the land should "spurn the COM
sci of democratic politician as he
should the teachings of the devil"


We have not introduced these bilious
utterances to dignity them with refu-
tation. We shall not inquire whether
they suit the temper of the times, or
even the taste of the Radicals of Harri-
son county. We notice in the Telegraph
lengthy "appeap for patronage and
support at the hands Of the Union par
ty. 1t is possible that kinder regard
for the feelings Of "Union men" who
have Democratic relatives, and in gen.
eral o closer adherence to facts in de-
nouncing opponents, might SO far to
render such appeals unnecessary. With
this, however, we have nothing to do.
Beyond entertaining for the general
success of the Telegraph the kindest
wishes, its general course is none of our
business. We may, however, allude to
the article in question in another way.


We desire to know how many Demo-
cratic votes in. the Legislature it will
induce to support the Generals town as
a place for the Capitali The editor has
surely sufficient intelligence to under
stand that Clarksburg cannot possibly
succeed without the assistance of the
Democratic members. Does he regard
the expressions to which we allude a.
very persuasive in their influence upon
these "rebel Democrats !" Does he
suppose that the men he thus assails
will be, by his assault, favorably in
clined to stand up for his town. We
believe that Democrats have as much
human nature in their composition as
other people, and it is hardly reasonable
to suppose that they will help to confer
public favors upon a locality whose
people hold them in such low esteem
as is indicated by General NoRTHcoTTs
paper. Buckhannon forfeited all hope of
Democratic aid by her proscriptive
folly, and it viii not be difficult for
other localities to do the Same thing.


We have not written this in any but
regretful spirit. The town of Clarks-
burg has not been without friends in
this vicinity, but they are mostly Of q
Democratic style Of politics. Why her


champions should wantonly ALLEVIATE


such friends, we cannot see. We only


know that their number win be less, if
the general and indiscriminate course
Of denunciation to which We have
referred shall continue. . =, 4le
At recent meeting Of the grand jury
at Cork, Ireland, it was discovered,
when too late. that witnesses had been
swort, ON q copy of Thomas 4Kempis,
instead of the Bible, and the proceed
ipgs had to be repeated. ~