Year: 1867

peared to be very busy, judging from
the mum Der of times that he passed up
and down the stairs that led to the Sc
cret chamber. The latter could be seen
III every nook and corner of the Court
House yard and in the bdr-rOonls, urging,
in his sly, easy way, his claims for the
Senate, and | have no doubt but what
he put forth an almost superhuman ef-
fort to secure for the Reverend Josepll
Turner the nomination for the House of
Delegates, in consideration of the great
service that Mr.. Turner rendered him
by arranging matters in the assessing
or putting a valuation upon his lands in
such a way as to compel the honest
workingmen of this county to pay fully
one-half of his taxes. If, however, he
did fail to attend to Mr.. Turner's inter
ests and wishes on that OCCASION, he cer-
tainly is a very ungratefnl man, for no
one was ever blessed with a truer or o
more devoted friend than Senator Bur-
ley has found in the person of the Rev
crend Joseph Turner.


Late in the evening the doors of the
secret chamber were thrown open and
it was announced that Townsend Arm
strong and Mr.. ,Furganson, were the
nominees of the Convention. Chagrin
and disappointment was manifested by
the faithful present. They were not
prepared for this; they were expecting
to hear announced as candidates, Col.
J. II. lockwood and Col. Jno. Melon
nald, both of whom were before the
Convention for the nomination, and
it was clearly evident that Qthis ticket
was not the one that the party desired.
There is one thing certain, however,
that the people of this county would
never have selected those gentlemen
for their representatives, if they had
been left free to have made choice for
themselves. Mr.. Armstrong has been in
this county but few years, and knows
but little about the wants and interests
of the labOring classes of our people,
and all that is known of his business
capacity OF his fitness for public posi-
tions is, that during the most of the
time that he has resided here, he was
acting in the capacity of agent for the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
and that for some cause or other he was
discharged from that Company's employ.
Mr.. Furganson is almost an entire stran-
ger, and am sure that there is not one
voter ont of every hundred in the coun-
ty that ever heard of1him or. knew that
there was such man in this communi-
ty before his name was announced as a
candidate, and he certainly possesses no
ordinary share of assurance and self im-
portance, or else he would not have
asked of our citizens to
to confer upon this Office.
He is Just from Pennsylvania. Has
been in the State but about ten months,
and therefore it is not reasonable to sup
pose that he knows anything about the
wants and interests of the people OF
West Virginia. He is certainly not the
proper person for the voters of this
county to select Us their law maker.
And am sure that on election day they


will not cast their votes for this man
that has so recently settled amongst
us, and of whom we know so little.
believe he is not yet voter in this coun-
ty, and the only conspicuous public act
of his since he resided here, was The
prominen part he took in the negro
celebration which was held in this place
n short time since; he was certainly the
lion of the day on that occasion, and
gave to the affair all the aid and infiu-
ence that he could command, he took up
a prominent position in the procession,
close by the side of Miss Dinah, and
seemed to be highly delighted with the
company and conversation OF his saoie
friend and companion. i shall not tnd
fault with him however for his kind re-
gard and love for the negro, if he desires
such associations, he has a perfect
right to enjoy all the benefits arising
from that source. cannot so far forget
myself as to call in question his right to
march in negro PROFESSIONS, and take
part in negro celebrations. / only make
mention Of these things that the public
NAV know for what species of the hu-
man race our newly imported candidate
has a special regard. And that If ever
the question of negro equality and ne
gro suffrage should be agitated in tins
State, they might know where to md
Mr.. Furganson. Can it be that our peo'
ple. citizens of old Marshall county
and West yirginiaas by birth, education
and habits, who are qualified and pre-
pared by experience and association
with each other politically and other
wise, that we will thus tacitly acknowl-
edge that we are not capable of making
laws to govern ourselves, but must
import men from other States, almost
yearly to do these things for us. can
not think that the voters Of this county
will sanction such proceeding at the
ballot box in October. MARSHALL.