The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-10-26

e''fs anu frankly admit The state !
'nrnis, rs respects these appointment ~
be tno taan., for reasops that I was not
at court Al the time of their nnrninatinn,
nor have taken the pains To perp into
the records ~ the court, rs " An Ohsery-
err has done fur the purpose, ~ be alleges.
to nndeceise the prople. hire will not
doubt the purity of his intentions ms he
has niue. and hone for my own satisfac-
ton, that by full aud fair expose nf the
proceeding had IN this matter, the veil will
DC cast oil. The purity Of my motives and
me correctness of my statements, leave
with the pubIick TO judge wherever the,
may mink proper 10 compare statements
as requested by" An Observer :" and as
10 my modification at the disappointment
! ~ hoi getting myself or some of my friends
INTO Office Twill say that am no Office
hunter, either for self or friends. know
too well my own inability, and that unless
| had different blood from that | aow
have. running through my veins, the nu-
certainty of success but presumes, that
II matters nothing with the pubhck whe
Their am this character or not. The GU
" question OF interest seems To be, how
these 10 gentlemen by you 50 particularly
named, a also the parts of the County m
which they respectively reside, and whom
the Governor has refused to commission,
got into the nomination. Aud now call
upon An Observer" as one who has SO
mlnutely examined into The minutes of
the court,to say how when & inwhat man
/ ner the Court did nominat.. and recon-
mend them 10 lheExecnlive2- Wa it done
In open conrt by fair discussion, or was II
done IN private room by Few members
OF the court who had retired from the
bench ; aud II In u private room, was i,
uone by II Justices IA he has stated. aud
IL IN private room, was their 'lerk pre-
scot to minute down the Proceedings?
understand the list of gentlemen wa4 made
ont III private room at Jul, Court hy
teH members, and that the Clerk of the
Court was not present, and further that
several OF the magistrates then present
were much opposed 10 many of these re
tlemen on account of being the near kin OF
some oithe p esent incnmbents. An Obsel-
yer goes on TO state what was done at Au-
gust court, and says that the order then
made was returned executed in Septen-
Der, when the court proceeded to consider
the MATTER 20 members being on the bench,
justices only being absent, and after some
conversation as to the expedlency of gr-
| neral nomination, determined not to open
the nomination anew, by a vote of one
| VIII here ask An Observer" if the Co.
| vernon did not refuse to issue commits
SONS, because the July nomination was H.
| legal, and II illegal then does il not still
stand SO, there being no new nomination
since the hrst, or even a single Individual
as no mated ever named in open court
TO any of the members absent at July
court ?" An Observer" says that there ar,
~ acting justices in thr county, and goes
on 10 give the names Of all the ahsentp,s,
founded too on the records b,yeli,ed in
the county for many years, and am per
sonally acquainted with most If the ma
| gIstlates, aud know them all by sight
4 do here ask him where were Capt. al
la"ay. James Bullock, Mcridelh Lambeth,
who are acting Justices Of the peace; were
they present at the re-adoption of the list
IN September, as well as several others
which might b. named ? | say no,and re-
f-r Z" these gentlemen for the truth OF this
remnk, who, when added tn his number
"a, will swell the number TO about 20 or
80; look then AT this vast majority, as al
lodged ny /" An Observer" to have been
| present at the July nomination. and test
too, the truth of statements by the records
| OF court. | never have, nor do now in
| tend any reflection on the court. know,
AS before stated, all IFS members, and re-
| spect them much, aud wish for the honor
aud dignity Of the county, that all their
proceedings IN regard To the matter may
be found such as to leave no grounds for
any suspicion of favoritisn In any one
member. Of (which We shall be more A.
BILE 10 decide wherever" An Observer
shall have answered the interogateries, and
| when the relationship, which uany # this
| list bears to some of the members who were
present at he nomination in July, shall be
made known The office of magistraoy is
important. They are self created and indie
pendent. Their acts are numerous, and
| IN greater nr lesser degree affecting the
rights of every individual. The county
court of Campbell makes on a reasonable
calculation, from 80 to 100 appointments
OF civil u military nature per annum Ina
ny ofwhlch appointments are both horror
able and lucrative-and whenever father
shall be found voting for his sons, brother
Tor his brother, uncrs for their nephews
&c. thing 50 much to be lameDted ia
almost every county in the commonwealth
of Virginia, does it not, Mr.. Observer"
deserve the attention of every one How
far this has been the cast 10 the county Of
Campbell, leave for you say, and one
whom ! judge from the signature which
you have substituted for your real name,
can give as good an account as any other
person. The true spirit aud genius of our
government requires, and hold it right
that all Offices should be left open TO men
OF merit ; aud as human nature is Prone
to think ia, orably offs kindred, aud will
here remark that il is good feeling docs
not prudence and pubck good require
the appointing power, wherein they are
So interested to leave their friends in the
hands Of dsInterested persons, more es
peclally, when there is no urgency for