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THE FREE PRESS.
CuARLEsTCwN.
TnUIisDAS. nA.Clr -. 1857.

| u will be seen by to-day's paper that the
Wing meeting at the Coutt-iionse, on Mon
day last. nominated the Pre>sni delegates Of
( thi, county. for reelection t,'the General A.
! 'ed ,bly. 81 far .. wo could Yarn there wa. bu,
little diversity Of opinion In the meeting - and
thu, was in relation To Mr.. Davenport. will
iugne,s ssa!n e. become "a candidate nothing
dchnie having been heard from that gentle
man on the subject ard some bcin. under the
Impression that he ~.rld not consent 10 be
candidate. f nominated. 4 friend OF MIR. ID q,
however, having stated to the meeting. on the
authority Of gentleman Who had recently
con,erscl with him on the subject, that lao cx-
| pressed willingness To serve another term.
II 1t should be the wish Of his friends, he was
Immediately put in nomination. aud received
the hearty support Of the meeting.
Tho meeting was well attended, and we
we're pleased to see the unani,nity in favor of
the present delegates. II must be ackno~-
lsdsei that they have been attentive. fiihful,
and efficient representatives,, and are alose-
Their fitted 10 fli the station with credit to
4
enis. Ne hope and believe. therefore, that
+ these nominations will meet tho appreciation
of the oDtire wing party Of Jefferson. and re-
oei'e their cordial support at the ensuing elee-
! ton.
! AMER the nomination Of candidate. FOR the
Legislature, ANDREw ilrSrEa. Esl suggested
! 70 the meeting tic Propriety a a nomination
Of 4 Congressional candidate. upon VI HON the
>'.Grascs CT the Wig party cot.N 20 eon>i.-
teutly bestowed. ID. a. Conan. Esq, Of
Berkeley. thought such a nomination, at tbs
tune. ineNredient. The last contest he wa,
. Of op,i,n, furnished conclusive proof, IL the
un"i>e policy Of presenting a candidate in o9-
/ position % MIR. Mason. IL John Il Cooke
could not succeed, what hope. he asked, wa
there for others Of the same party A de-
feat, he contcnded, would produce worse con-
sequences To party than n failure e. present
candidate, sc. Mr. Hunter replied To these
rather Singular rematk> &C Mr.. G., and con
tended that the result Of the contest between
Mcssr-. Cooke anl Lucas. furnished No cor
! rect da,a by which 10 j'iise future elections
I aud gave brief explanation Of the causes
/ which produced the defeat Of Mr.. Cooke
I Ills opponent, Mr.. Lucas, possessed such con-
suinma,e skill IN the art OF elect,nAeering.
AMI - great were hi- cxcr'ions, compared 10
IN Sc of Mr.. Cooke, that Nc 10. believed he.
p Mr. l., was chiefly INDEBTED to Ills fac, for
hi' success over Mr.. Cookc--and he doubted
whether any other me ,nbcr oG tia, Part, could
command tie number of votes given % Mr. l..
But, Mr.. ilG' ter wa. in favor of having c,n-
d'llic. whether the chances we're ia favor Of
"r asa'u>, success. !; va, IA disgrace 60 be
dc!c.,e3 ~ go,l cause aUI hc diI not ap-
pTehend any of tie evils OF defeat which
'eogItd 10 haunt his friends Imagination. II
was al'-imPortan, that 4 pariy should have
: rali!ins point, 10 keep ii from : ing 70 pieces.
and from falling into tie 'uep,r e another
! party. II i; be true that, power i. always
stealing from the many q ;he few" the whi,s
: 'nry now have tie strength 10 elect their ean-
I ii!ate, though they had not the power two
years ago. Let the Wings ~ least, di.charge
i'eir dIty--pre,rUt candidate whose pril-
cIp'os accord with their owu--u,e all honor1-
be means TO ensure las eleciion--and leave
results TO others. The remarks of Mr.. Hun
ter We deemed altogether 10 The point, and
hope they will be remembered by our hume
rnus Wing friends who heard them, and tie
sentiments adopted by the wAis party gene
rally throughout this & Congregational district.
! A, The close of the discussion, tho meeting
recommended JouS = ID SHrn. Esq Of Fred
erIek, a gentlemen we'll kno~n throughout the
di'tfIct, as suitable person - 30 supported
| by t'e wing. At the approaching Congressional
election. Anl then the meeting a. ,urued
We hope the other counties Ia the District
will speedily respond 70 hi, nomination. aud
hat Mr.. sNr1n vail ; .eld 70 the wishes OF his
friend anl consent g. be cand.late
The Van Bu1en party also held meeiias
on Monday, ("iihoul previous notice ard no
minated Nui,AM LucAs and J,u.s GE,S-
MAN. Fer. a. tho candidates of that party
fvr tie uou.e Of Delegates IL this move.
our opponents have certainly PIT the be-,
lot foremost Lrcas and Gfan,han are
popular names IN tbs county and tho zen.
iiernen Who have received TIA. nomination.
enjoy, ard dv'ervsdly, the re'pc-t and esteem
Il oil their political opponents. There are
none. amongst our political opponents. whom
~e should more regret 10 see defeated. than
WIN Lu-a. or James Grarthlm Yet, de-
fca'sd they vhl be- defeated they must be 49,
or tbs, hey, themselves. cannot bat be ful.
y aware. The popular political voice Il this
county j. decidedly against tbem--and II the
Whis party be true 70 themselves and 10 their !
principle, our opponent, never can succeed |
n they 30 not srccee1 however, will not te |
Tor want II eTprt Every mean, will be en-,
Pl3Jed 70 ensure the success, of their eandi. |
dates. And Il behooves the wLiss e. he uni- |
ird. V'g'lant, aui active, II they ~i.h 70 tr,- |
unph in The coming contest They mu., no, 4
rely TOO much upon their strength our On 4
p'n"n'' nay. by that rommrr8shis ze,i and /
industry for winch they are - remarkable 4
make ~ for any Deficiency IN numbers Ifl
The Whiss then. ~ish a. ave tl,ens.sl,.. from,