Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-07-22
STANTON coNvENTION.

At meeting, of the citens Of Nelson county, Monday
,he 2Gh Of June, 1922 pursuance of public invitation
en- one month prcyin.ly, t. the iiiends of convention,
r,ec. The Cououse that day, fthe purpose Oi ap
,.a- gatc to the SCiunton Convention; public dis
;u took place upon the propr'ey OF sending such Dele
U,, AID he rr,p,icy Of ealing con, ention re-
.e and remodel the contribution Of Virginia between
Mrs.. perow, j. Garland aud H. k,es iO,, aud Mess j.
- Me sir.on and H. H. Scot, arai' the After the
,.c,su Propo'ei, by those opposed TO the
e, calling convention, ascertain the sentiment OF the
r e,;nr upon The subject The result Proved ai very
e,,o had taken place among ihe Of this
iniv since Tie April ele, ton in s2i. Al which dane al-
near. ilaa reference 10 po taken that election that tie
vas oc'rwhelans meSn favor of convrnon iO5 for
xrr,scn the puhc sentiment thcre having been public
aiec that would he iak,u, aud discussion the
ELECTION the late meeting, the discussion
: pa,.er circulated, containing two columns for The
eholers the other or the reehoideis; upon
m tie of those who bcrhcd the papei, there appear
I'd I, be fly-,esen ireehoiers against and
tom vote Of the nonfI eeholders, hityx against,
and6feenfrt. This oC those who did
not 20 ,e private meeting of the friends Of convention.
Al the of those IN the opposition, the friends OF
measure Furnished. OF the place
the private mectnsi which appeaied {" be about trtyix
favor seaiug Delegates To- the Siauion Meeting. Some
persons attended here VII" DID not vote hut seems that the
holders that attended the private meeting about
ten in number. the thirty six additional in the
together with the Affirmative VOTES on the paper in circulation,
make up total OF 81 in favour OF convention. As there
ere eehoiders, and unireehoders, whose
registered the negaiye, follows that the
encd maorry Of about Sc, OF whole number
,oe given the OCCASION. 1t is believed that OF the
freeuders, who voted both within and without the private
meeting majority were on the negative side Of the que
he cent y j
aand II. Rive J. Whitehead, r. Knead, and C. Perrow
The meeting hut thily attended and the Of the
reor the county seemed to take great in the
question: -,
freebOders, there about six hund,ed resboder The
book hundred aud ffy-seven:
there freehodcs who do county
FrOio examination OF the polls for back,
ts te contested eeotonsom $50 TO 100 votes have
tsse NJ pail has been continued longer than
believed by Intelligent that the polls CONT
nued liu ee days FIVE hundred votes would be taken
We be abi- that aithO' debate
warm animated, aud lasted for several hours no per
sonal feelings excIed but that the respect
manifested bon sides, Tor the opinions sentin MS
their orpoo The liberal feelings prevailed and In
meeting retired IN the utmost harmony.
i Prigaie Citizen Of Nelson
To the Editors Of The Enquirer
Gentlemen The request Mason Of re- that The mum
btr o those meetings who have appointed deputies Ssun
tn should he distinctly known proper every respect
that make youa communication respecting that
place IN this county few days
" the last June monthly term, notice put up tn
meeting The friends OF Convention This accordingly too
place July monthly term, consisting II to q
pson who appointed delegates to SaunIon and Commit
the tleeng ofdelegate the General Assembly in Io24
Thepoll stood loF Vt returned rOtes ~
Z" I'll do 10
Another candidate ~
It's supposed there about 900 voters this election
when The votes for Convention 10
Thi, is aiken from the record at the Courthouse; hut at tn,
election electors Of President aud v. President
when the Crawford Ticket received :;
The Adam, q
The jackson p
The votes iot Convention so
Against 50
The gentleman who has this poll in his possession, yh
gave ii- information informed thai he had seen
lime, yet from his recollection, combined with ohe
circumstances. believed hst his recollection of the Sta
Of this poll IS about correct.
No discussion had thi,topc before the people OF
this subject Ivy harangues publications known the writer
other than what have reached from Richmond. The paper
Of that place very limited circulation this county
From Citizen efStgGord, friendly to Convention.
July Is, 1873.