Year: 1870

Charleston on the 8th of June appears
in this paper this morning. The loca-
ton of this Convention at Charleston
has been decided upon after much de-
liberation. While it was desirable to
hold the Convention at a point which
could be reached from all portions of
the State, it was also deemed of import
ance to give the lower end of the State
such an opportunity of participating in
the Convention proceedings as the peo-
pie of that section have not had hereto
fore. State Conventions have been
held at Clarksburg, Parkersburg,
Wheeling and Grafton, but not one
south of the Little Kanawha river
While it cannot be denied that the
delegates from this end of the State
cannot reach Charleston as convent.
emily as they could attend at either of
the other points named, it certainly
does seem that the Third District
ought to have one State Convention out
of five. Iu order then to show fair play
all around, and to give that District an
opportunity of being fully represented,
the Committee after general consulta.
ton have decided, wisely as we think,
upon Charleston as the proper point for
this Convention.


The time appointed also strikes us as
worthy of approval Under all the cir'
cumstances an early Convention this
year is not only proper but necessary.
Experience has shown that in West
Virginia the work of political Organi-
zation cannot be prosecuted effectively
prior to putting ticket in the field,
and further, that time and constant
labor are as important as candi-
dates. In this State, to nominate
a general ticket in August means
to go into the October battle
with half disciplined forces. The coun-
try is thinly populated, communication
by the mails is exceedingly tedious, the
routes of travel are none of the best,
candidates must have time to get
from county to county, giving pro-
per attention to each to overcome all
difficulties and to prepare all the forces
for action will probably consume quite
all of the four months and half inter
vening between the day of the Conven-
ton and the day Of the election. 1t is
intended this year to have, if possible,
complete organization in every coun-
ty. In no previous election has there
been complete Democratic organiza-
tion in more than half the counties of
the State in the remainder the warfare
has been conducted in an irregular,
struggling manner, from which little
success was to be hoped.


The harmony of the anti-Radical ele-
ments at this time is also noteworthy.
1t is general and thorough, and advan-
tage should be taken of it to cement in
one formidable mass the opponents OF
Radicalism throughout the State. This
can best be done through the medium
of a State Convention and if done,
opportunity is offered to profit by the
present disordered condition of the Rad
ical party. Nearly year ago the Intel
ligencer asserted that the Republican
party had accomplished its mission"
and appearances would certainly indi-
cate the truth of the assertion so far as
it applies to that party in West Virginia.
1t cannot be denied that in merely re-
storing harmony to their own party the
Republicans have O far heavier task
before them than will attend the organ
ization of q Conservative victory in
the State. With our ticket in the field
we can be working while our
opponents are squabbliug, and be-
fore they can get their mutinous and
wranglipg ranks in even tOlerable order
we can have chosen our positions, and
30 disposed our forces as to render sue
cess inevitable.


The call for this Convention, it will
be observed, is so liberal in its scope as
to include every citizen who deems the
public good higher object than mere
partisan success, and who would pro-
mote that good by substantial liberal
Liquidation. The last Legislature clearly
! proved that the Republican party, MS