Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-06-01
THE VIRGINIAN.
LYSCHBURG, JUNE 4, 1929.
THE LATE ELECTION.

tested. We regre, that ii should have given
rise TO SO much personal feeling and such .
merited asperiiy oflanguHge. both towards !.
dividuals and communities. II is not, the,o.
fore. for the purpose of reyiving this state
things that we allude to the subject no ". h..
TO deny an.alegaiion, very indecoronsIy nr,a5
al Bedford courthouse, on the day of eec,o,
because it is uniouuded in point of fact apd
so absurd that the only wonder is how ans man
Of sense could for a moment credit it.-tba,
Luchburg had attempted 10 dictate to the 70
mainder ofthe district, by the wonderful .gen
cy oecircuIating a printed ticket, contsin,,-
the names of four gentlemen, whom the friend.
of reform wished 10 be elected We saw !, :,
unfounded, because we do not believe that te,
persons in the place knew any thing Of the =,
's'ence ofihe ticket until the morning of the >.
lectlon-and because we know that only nm.
individual ever suggested to us the pr oprie,v =.
printing it, and tce behere his suggestion wa,
not prompted by any other person. But if il
mad been known to all the town there wonld
have beea no ground for the allegation ,bo.
Lynchbnrg wished 10 dictate 10 the Distr ict. n,
we hope the veriesi simple,on within its bopn.
daries has wit enough 10 know that il wo,H
have been impossible to eflec, ii, If it had been
so intended. But such an idea wa, never on
tertained for an instant and therefore the en-.
ithets ilh which Our citizens, en- masss, 1--WE
presume, however, the Anti .Conyentionists
were designed to be excluded from their an
plicalion have been honored, were as inap.
plicable as they we're unjustfable. No re.
sentiment, however, has been, or can be, provo.
ked by such cant-and we only allude to it 10
disabuse The minds Of such persons as may
have been msled by it. There should be no
hostility between towns and the surrounding
country, for the produce of which they are the
general marts, and which, in return, sun.
ply the country with money, and such ar.
ticles of luxury or necessity as il requires
and all efforts TO create this feeling are
wrong. and should, il possible, be counteracted.
As 10 the ticket itself, it was printed because
i was believed that great many ofthe voters
were unacquainted with the creeds OF the
Candidates ; and i, was supposed that ii WAS
the wish OF all parties and OF all persons that
they should not be deceived and entrapped, but
that they should give their SURFACES understand
ingtg. For this reason, the ticket was headed
" Convention ticket" emphatically con.ra.dis--
tlngnishiug those who had been originally il.
supporters from those who had been aud were
still lis enemies, or who were Iukewarm in The
cause, and who would not have sanctioned
such amendments to the Constitution as would
be approved of by majority of the people of
this District. There was, indeed one gentle,
man among the Candidates whose views cor
responded, in most respects with the opinions
of the Consentionists in this District but the
ipo individuals who were alone so far as we
know or believe, at all concerned in printing
the Tickets, hearing il surmised from va
rrus quarters, that it was not probable In
could be elected after Col Campbell was an.
nounced as Candidate, oftheir own accord
and without the consent, priyity, or know.
ledge of the topn Of Lynchburg, (Which, is
gnlltess in this matter, however iniquitous il
may be in the generaD determined not to put
his name upon it, That it was designed to
produce concert Of action among the friends Of
reform, we admit. That ii did produce this
result, in great degree, We rejoice. But, il
is not true that il was designed to produce this
concert by unfair means; and we deny the
charge that such means were used. The thing
was not done under bushel: and our oppo
nenis had 1t in their power TO i" fight fire with
ire For our own parts, we should not have
cared II they had done SO for we do not be
lieye, in the first place, that they would have
obtained single vote more than they did II
they had circulated as many quires of printer
as they did Of priften tickets-and if they had.
in the second place, succeeded IN obtaining
more votes than they did. we should not havs
regretted IT, if they had been given on principle
we wish the opinions OF the majority Of the
people of the District TO be represented in the
ton, and we should have scorned to
use any appeal 10 local pride, or even TO per
Sona friendship, to produce contrary result
a result at war with the theory Of our mshi
tons and we hope it!wiil be denounced wfee
pracliced. AS 1t is, however, the printed itch.
ct was not such mighty Magician as ii was
represented to be by the fears, fegned oil
real, the gentlemen, whose maginalon'
saw in ii the horn and hoof of Old Nick him
self as one of the gentlemen whose name
bore was permitted to stay at home, and sno
Their chosen who was not among the chosen o
the " Lynchdurg Jp1lto."!!!
A word in relation to ourselves, and we have
done with this subject, we hope forever As
Editors, We have taken no part in the discus
sion of the pretensions of the Candidates. lhi'
wae data and We