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h'MKO.V tltUrillED, JUNIOR, 1.1)11 OR.NCOXia AXVTO WXV SSATURDAY, MAY 0, 1857.CONGRESS.mau yet announced in opposition to • * him. The way the canvass now stands,' Mr. Dunnington will receive a very considerable support from Distribution Democrats and Americans, and Mr. Wolff will receive a considerable American voto, with a portion of Distribui tion Democrats in the river counties— thus Clemens' opposition will be divided and of no avail against him. Wo would much prefer seeing the race run b between Dunnington and Clemens— hut of courso our preference is not sought to lo foisted upon either the candidates or their friends.We have thought called upon to say L’ thus much, rather than to remain si. | P lent, and allow our position to be an c-W9k»Wc nrc authorized to announce , quivocal one in the esteem of anv por-WILLIAM M. DUNNINGTON,—of ’ tion of the public. We shall not eti-Marion county as . candidate to rep- denror to disparage the claims of Mr. resent tins district to the next Con- .gross of the United States.\Y olfl—we shall not endeavor unduly to in Hue nee any votes for Mr. Dun-Mr. Editor: At the earnest eolici. ntngton. These gentlemen have bothla tion of numerous friends, at this lato occupied our columns heretofore theyhour, I have determined to announce | arc still opon to them and their friends.myself a candidate to represent this district in the Congress of the United i States. My views on the subject of Americanism are to well known toFur the American Union. Fairmont, Va., May 4,1857.require repetition here. It is perhaps , Editor: proper to say that I am decidedly in i Each dav and hour the prospects offavor of an equitable distribution of Dunnington's election grow brighterthe proceeds of tho sales of tho public lands as a simple net of justice.JOHN B. WOLFF.The CanilidatCfl fur Congress1 riously victorious. Let us still press vocal i.....i_and brighter; and if no ill-natured clouds should intervene between now and the day of trial to obscure the horizon of our present hopes, there is not a question of doubt but he will come off glo'We dislike to occupy an equivocal , onwan, an(] . the bntt)c tQ „ ' tcait inn ivi pnifmul f A tlui Ailiwl l/la^AC ' MM ... It* I . • 11 Iposition in regard to the candidates be- j There is no telling what jewelled pros-fore the people, for the House of Rep- pccts and happy results lie treasured uprcscntalives of the United States, in 119 hi tho mysterious tuture. Aour District, and if the choice we have 1 ®infi1e da? brinS forth events and• transactions, such a9 the prophet andmade is not wnat was expected of us, | phi,osopUcr ’ncvcr droamod of comi re prefer that our friends and tho can- ( t0 pass. We aro all, as it were, dupes ilidatcs should know it before, rathct of the morrow—all sure that to morrowwthan after the Election.I will reveal someting pleasurable to our... , „ . - wlt;Vf T 7vT.v I being. It is idle, however, for us toWe shall voto for WM. M. VI* , eXpeCt pleasant things of the future un-NINGTON, of Marion county, if we Joss we make some effort to merit and arc spared to appear at tho Polls on | obtain them. Let us, therefore, notthe 28th inst. We shall so vote, be-! remain inactive in one important duty cause we wore apprized, before its ap- wl.'ich wc ,1,nvc t0 discharge for our-... * ’ r\f ^ ! selves and country, viz: tho elevationpcarance in public print, of Mr Dun- of pwm anJ ^ men to ^ Wpinngton a letter favoring the policy of ? |lavc now a chance to accomplish thisDistribution, and having (on what we ( much desired object. In the person of took for good authority) assurance that t William M. Dunnington, we have atno American candidate would be run *oast the opportunity ot placing oner i i man of principle in olliec, and it is ourfrom the river counties, and knowing ' *......, na auu tvuv^ni^ duty as well as privilege to improve the1 hat none would be from the mountain opportunity by every means. \ mean, counties, we committed ourself to the of course, honest means. If wc buta•iioyntt'1tt:t*0t13tlhnotlG.tlsupport of Mr. Dunnington, in a con- j work, the victory is ours! Here, in vcrsation with that gentleman, in which * Marion, the people are coming over tosiS'ht!we found him to he all that wc desired hia 8uPPorl ^ 1,10 l^ndred.; and cn-couraging accounts of Ins success arc. i . . i — — - o n ........... ■ ■ vupon the main question now in ag.ta-, coming j,, froin nll partg of ,|1C district, tion in our State, viz the policy of i Mr. Dunnington's views of the “distri-nn equitable distribution of tho pro- j bution question aro such as meet the ceeds of the Public Lands. Ilaring 1 approbation of »ho tax-paying people.1 r,._ j and everywhere in the district. Wet hus -acted, and lor these reasons, and} f «• • • , , , . «• ■ iroVi.l fttir tavna ilnnmio Imil » o I nl.iI.lMAn. „ n • . 1 , watrt our taxes diminished and childrenbecause Mr. Dunnington is a good man, educated, and how is it to be done?—an honest man, an incorruptible man— . That, sir, is the question. Our farm* p messed of sound, practical, good lt;Ji*s already are groaning under “taxessensa workingman, who has earned j !*igh as Zander, and still wc have ani , -1 i , . n* j,Atll t insufficient school fund! Think of it!ins bread by the sweat of his brow, and fn.. , ... . . t r .J j I miik of this, another important fact.never been an office-seeker—who lias Thc oia Dominion owes dirt;,-five mil-rai ned a good name by his correct dc- lions of dollar*! four millions or dol.portmont among all who know him, and laks more than the whole debt of the a man who would go to Congress, if I ndcd States!! When, ! would ask,. i ... f ii v ti.j%» lfA | will she ever be able to release herselfejected, with fully as much, we believo r , * . c ,.* ... . I from such a ponderous weight of lia-more, ability for thc station than Gov. bilitY? Jt mnst ,JC ^ fity? It must be paid. JWvery acre Jos. Johnson, (tlic Democratic peoples’ | of land our farmers own and nil thewirt/upossesscd when he entered upon his property they possess are bound for it!duties as Executive of Virginia—being ‘f tl'L' l“br,c '“‘b wove divided amongr,p -I p.t i . i the different States, Virginia's sharefresh from the ranks of the people, with , , , . ^ r‘ 1 1 I would be about sixty millions of acres}a sound head and an honest heart—and which nt lho government price of gl. further, representing our ideas of dis- 25 ner acre, would put into our StateperputStateotisiLonfcItoArjwttwftIIHIc:8tlnnIif.tribution, wo determined to support treasury seventy five million* of dollars, him, and now have determined bo to enough to pay our State dobt and leavestate, fully and frankly to our friend*, I Us 80,1,0 forty mlUom of dollar, to bo ... * , , J ’ i U3cd as nn educational fund, and forthe public, and the candidates. And, I otho|. purp0SM. This is a quC8tioI1 0f as above remarked, if this course is not ' vast importance to the farmers fromriAIJI)r»swhat was expected of us by our friends, ( ilm simple fact tlmt they arc thc ones j N r those of another candidate, wc prc- on w'l0m Virginias tax-kills full with. . cue'll /'ciiuliinr# ivnwrlif ** I'e ven L.lt;«1 nnVO:fcr that they should know it now rather ?«ch,lt;!rul!,i« “««■ ''OT a,fl 'A.. J ... thunder, “thirty-five millions of dol- \than discover it after the Election. I 11 r..«.i *• lt;^l.l I VAs to Mr. Wo'fT: lie is our person-i*l friend—a gentleman of talents su.pcvior to either of the other candidates, * 'lemons or Dunnington—an A mcrican, tou, in sentiment and feeling, who has done much yeoman service for our cause—tho advocate of Distribution, mid himself a workingman of the right stamp. Had lie been announced at an cailior day, as fully as ho has lately been, we would have voted for him with » hearty good will. Rut not expecting him or any other American to take the field from the river counties, and feeling assured that Mr. Dunnington would hare no opponent but the Moundsvillc nominee in the mountain counties, wc assured Mr. Dunnington of our intention to support him upon the Distribution issue, and wo arc unwillingINo:nii:| Ura in debt, “no school fund, “cigh , ty thousand poreons over the age of twenty-one years of age. who can neither vend nor write 1 Now* sir, if these facts do not point us to duty and arouse ^ us to action, our noble old Common, j wealth will surely run to ruin in a few j, short years. Again I say, if these * fi facts aro not sufficient to warn us that1 N the time has come when wo should strike a decisive blow for our State’s prosperity, then, sir, wc must bo a careless set of patriots. The timo is com- | N ing when it may be too late to act as o. we now have the opportunity of doing. |If we wish to voto for a distribution of. C thc proceeds of tho sales of tho public j n lands among the States; if wo wish to *« assert our right to Virginia’s share, ! I and thus cause her fat hills to bud and ° blossom as the rose, wc must be sure . I' to poll our votes for W. M. Dunning- ! * ton, as lie is the only man in tho field J’ advocating thc passage of such a bill. | b Although Mr. Dunnington is a Dein-iiow to turn atsay from him and tho as- • oernt in principle, I hope you will not surancc we gave him of our good wish- 1 object to giving my loiter place in your«»s and support. Besides these consid- ' “Union, crntion*, candor compel* us to soy that Lct s ,'f.vo ® U®01? roP0rl ff™ y?«rrrri. .. .. .v . . * '.county on the 28th inst., and Marion i Pvc holicve Mr. Dunnington cun com-1 wi), |.0Jjpon(110 it in ^mph,iic,ic tonos. vwind more D.stribul.on Democratic) uoping t|1(lt Mr. Dunnington willvotes than can Mr. olfl, and tliat with |l0 onr representative in Congress, andi,bo undivided American vote, ho would that “nll will ho well,” i.illy a much rtr^nger forco in opposi- I am, Mr. Editor, yours truly, kc.f ! tion to Mr. S iemens than any other 1 AQUILLA.ba
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Morgantown, West Virginia, US
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