Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-05-18

sonal auair WIN tue most grave and Solemn
question which can be submitted 10 the cons,
teradon Of the people. VIM. DANIEL.
TO THE PEOPLE OF BEDFORD.
Hear the other side
We are commanded, in holy writ, to i" iuaca
not, lest We be judged'--and yet there j, n,
prccept, which, in daily practice, is oftener VIC.
! lated, Not only bad men, hut those who are
esteemed good. constantly violate this sacred
command. am told, ihere Is great out.rry
making IN Bedford, about certain measures
tha, WIRE resorted 10 II, the Convention rolls
in Campbell. by ihldriends OF Convention and
| Reform. Many hard things are sad-and
those frightul terms Of g" bargain, intrigue and
corruption, which used 10 be SO freely snorled
but had hoped. were going out If fashion,
| seem to be coming into use again. under
sand very well Why all tbs fitss is making
and you will listen 10 me, will tell YOU.
, In the first place, you know there is a very
s'rong party in Bedford, who are positively a.
gainsta Convention and they some how or
! other, are the supporters and devoted friends
the Court Cand dates in Buck ing ham and
Bedford. Now, the plain humble irleuds Of
Convention i" Campbell did not suppol Z the
fforesaId candidates but, Prrferrng prin,..
pies TO men, they united their>strengt lin favor
OF those, who would be most likely 10 repTesen.
fully aud tairly their sentiments in Cnuyc nton.
In consequence Of tbs union ofthe real and
not pretended ishds of REFORM the Cdnyen-
tionists 10 Campbell gave a smart majority,
TO Col. Campbell Of Bedford, Doct Saunders
and Samuel Clas tor Of Lynchburg, and Ma
jor Duval of Buckingham. This vote,
seems, has verv much ofCeaded the opponents
of Convention in The dis'ric'--by proving TO
them that there is majority of freemen
in Gan .halI h,, .1ll tbi,L I'D Ia A.
selves In their heat and violence, they have
set Oh foot i-natu,ed reports Of" management,
intrigue" &c praciissd by the friends OF the
Convention ticket in Campbell. and have G.
ven gone SO far as to threaten what they will
do az the Bedford election. Now. il is easv
enough for any rejecting mA 10 see through
all this. The enemies OF reform III Bedford,
wish 10 get up " cock and bull siory'--ano-
Their raw head and bloody bones, 10 serve
eiectioneering purposes.--They know that
Bedford IS powerful county-siyes an enor-
nous vote ~-aud that il is ony necessary 10
make the viruous and good men among you
believe thai dishonest arts have been resorted
10 in Campbell, in order to turn your odium
and resen unan,a against the fore NEST candidates
in tbs county. But will tell the good peo-
pie of Bedford what WAS really done in Camp
bell and the they may judge for themselves.
The tfiends OF Convention in Campbell, ra- =
solved, before the election, TO support those
men o0ly w80 we're REILLY favorable 10 reform
= aud in comparing opinions, they settled
down or the toni gentlemen already pamed-~
IN order 10 bring about union, and 20 prevent
confusion at the polis some persons, of their
own accord, procured printed tickets--con-
aiming the names of men, who were supposed
most friendly to the cause OF reform. On The
day OF election, those tickets were put in cir
cuiaiioD not by the candidates, nor by their r.
quest or continuance, but by those who were
IA favour OF their election Now, this is the
mighty offence, that is charged against all tho
iliends OF reform in Campbell. No one pre-.
t-nds TO say, that those printed tickets we're
imposed on''he voters This would be, TOO absurd
No one pretends to believe, that any fraud
was resorted to, in order to carry The ticket
through-for fraud would be impossible: as The
sheriff Is compelled, by law, 10 cry with
loud voice, each vote at the polls, as it is given
in-and OF course, is liable 10 be put right by
the voter, If he does not name the candidate
that IS voted for. Where, then, was the sin in
the printed ticket, if no unfair means were u
sed TO give it circulation II will be said, per-
hapS. that it was out of the usual course Of
things What of that2 So is the mode OF cleo
ton tor members to Convention out OF the
usual course of things-since the people are
required to vote for persons in their district.
and IN most cases the voters can have no know
ledge OF The candidates before them but from
mere report. The, must vote upon principle,
supporting the men who are said 10 agree with
them in opinion, if they wish their voter TO do
any good. So it is in The caSe of the Pieslden-
tIai election The voter takes ticket, pm
ted ticket too, having the names Of "a men,
not one OF whom, perhaps. he ever saw, anu
can know nothing of, except from the lniof.
nation ot others--and where is the harm that
has.ever been done from this way of voting
The truth is, there was no harm in it-but II
there was, the people oil Buckingham were as
much TO blame as the people of Campbell :: Tor
il can be proved, and shall be proved dent
ed, that thee were hundreds Of tickets, at the
Buckingham psis, having on them the names
of those candidates, who received by far the
largest vote in that county. The only Differ
snce between the case in Campbell, and tina,
IN Bucking ham being-that in Campbell the
tickets were printed--and in Buchingham
they were written. This is the difference be.
tween" Tweede-dIm and Tweedie-dee."
But does MT the vote of Buckingham prove
that there was some such arrangement as
have here asserted
Let me call your attention to the state OF tee
highest polls in Buckingham
Judge Daniel 23l
Gilmer 237
Mennis o22
Booker o0S
The whole vote Of Buckingham was but 29o'
OF which the four named gentlemen got So
large proportion.
Unjust be evident that nothing hut pre-.
vious concert among their friends co Md bring
about such unanimity. The two Bedford eau
didates we're entire strangers TO the people o.
Buckingham, being known only BY hearsay ane
reputation.
do not mean to charge them OF their trien1s
with misconduct. All that do mem, IS 20 -
BIS! theSo was a previous arrangement abb