Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1839-03-28
roa THE VIRGINIA rarr psrx.
REVIEW OF THE CANVASS AND TIFF
CANDIDATES IN JEFFERSON rOR
THE HOUSE OF DELEGATFS


winch. from your known hbcraliiy, doubt no,
700 Win srani-to say = few words IN r,.l,,,on
20 me candidates aud the proceedings WHICH
nave taken place in regard Ia them. vii h.
o1et as possible ] am q plain man-a De-
moeraf--and not IN the habit of scrhh,,n. -,
newspaPcrs-and shall not write merely 10 o.. !,
'aR.int. - 'ee 1t
Then, as To the Candidates, &c.-In the frs,
ysce' capt. smith announces himself \ cana,.
ua'e; W'ih some his annuncia,iou was proprriv
s.u-they acknowledged his right 10 be- a
,s.ss,., ma exhibited no evidences OF disap-
Psoosnon hut Others. aud they too generally 81
mis- own party (Whie) ridiculcd his prr,rps,,ns
-nuSneu al the idea Of a "Ciip" sble ,rc
som,ns to 90 10 the Legislature. &c. Nor in
humble opinion, this was all wrong. and ,h,,
soa>s9oea"y gross injustice has been done to
~ smith Fo., I assert without fear .f s,c-
eessfui contradiction, that the county or i.g.r.
500 has ofien seaf. within the las, twenty vrarx
so the Lcgslature-Whigs, too-vhose ca ms
Sere nossupcrtor 10 Mr.. Smiihs-wboS- uuai,-
ncanons Tor the duties OF a legislator were m
.ac' inief'os--in short, whose genera! claim, for
inc ONCE were not strong as MIR Sn,,h,x n
the proper test cf claim and ouaI,6c ,,,on r.. -
United. lie IS an active, enierpriS,ny. th,,rt,
ana ousiaess man. who understands taking carr
o' Ms own interests without deirimen, 10 In. IN
'eresis OF oihers,-and would. I firmly bcliey.
thoIoo;hiy understand and take care Of the ,nt-
fesa OF his county and his Stale n en,,n<,.J
Affecting his character as a gen,leman-h. !.
useiui aud respected member OF the community
:" "hich he rcs'des-and hrs literary aualifica-
uons are Tar above the ordinary siandard-,nI
MOTT ms claims will advaniaecousiy compare
with--bui.I rrirain-compansons !, - 80
eie oulous- why, then, ask. are has prc,cn.
Sons rejected with much deri.ioa by many of
ms oSo party Is u because he fills the Office
at Constable If So, Why should this oorrai.
against him. Cannot Constable be a gentle
man As well a. Sheriff, an Attorney. a Mer-
chant. or any person, if he chooses 10 be SOL
hna are they not as often gentlemen rs any other
class OF objects, II ialcness. ar,s,o.ratic nom,
PRIDE and fortune alone can constitute the --ro
ueman, then Mr.. Smith Is not So much entitled
to The appella,icn, perhaps, n some others. com
monty called '--n,lrtnen OF farniiy,n 'srcntlc-
men OF leisure" &c. But. thanks to the in,eiil-
eence OF the people of this demoeraiie repuLi;.an
country. they never will permit these caalihca-
uons to be the Acknowledged ties; uf wha, alone
constitutes the gentleman. | canno, bui think
mai great injustice has been done 10 Mr. Smith
ihcre Is no good reason why q, should be treat
ca SO unccremoniously rs he has been became
ne has seen proper tn offer his services To the peo
PIE OF Jefferson. II they think proper TO accept
oi them, while others, who are guilty of The
same ouenc~, are permitted TO pass with Impuni-
~. Bnt, have heard Mr. Smith objected IN
on the ground that he had thrown himself IN on
posi'io1 TO ms party 10y becoming n candidate
A.,
The Tact; for Il Is notorious that his party. III
Inc meeting can be called the pariy) have iirown
'hsmselye> IN opposition 10 han. lie was an
nounecd A. candidate before either OF the o,heis.
and consequently II cannot he saii with tuth
thai Mr.. Smith has placed himself in opposition
70 hts parry IL the opposition to Mr.. Smith
from his own party arises from none of the
causes to which here aliude,-pra what are
the grounds OF opposition to him. am NO, pre-
pared to believe II springs from the fac, that he
Is respectable mechanic. This, surely. cannot
prejudice him IN the eyes of aay one fear
that the greatest crime which can be ALLEGED A.
Sainst Str Smith, II that OF havin. dared To Of
Ter himself a candidate against the wishes OF the
Cour-fiouse lunio. But enough-i will os!y
add Ina, know Mr.. Smith well, and know that
his claims for the Office for which he is a candi-
date are far above mediocrity-and. that there
Tore, ia view OF all these facts and
shall give HIM my support, aud vote believing
thai he Is worthy the Office 10 which he aspire,
and that he has been harshly aud unlusily dealt
with.
In the next place, comes the first Wing meet
ing, and the nomination thereby OF Me.,rs
"otihington and Bakcr-one \ gentleman well
quaiihed Tor the oiice-the other, too, an amiablc
and worthy young man. but whose qualidc a.ions
Tor The duties OF legislator I'm consequence Of
MS youth and incypetence-tho' I have no
doubt he will ere long become emneatly qualia-
ed) are BY 40 means calculated TO throw into The
s"eue uiusc VI MI S'nNn - CT This meeting
minated MI b.. and at the same time (stfange
to say) attempted 10 laugh to storm Mr. Smiths
Pfeiensions,-who vas grossly InSuIted by A part
oil the meeting, AID scarcely 4 single member
expressed the least sympathy for him, or would
consent to favor his prelensons. II was plain
mat Mr.. Smith was no favorte Of the Caucus
Next comes the nomination of John Sirider
Esq. made by a number Of the most respectable
gentlemen of the county, nomination, | con-
tend rs natiering and OF az much sorce a. though
II had come from first meeting and been "con-
Armed by second meeting, where Thomas,
Richard and Harry vote.
Next comes the call from MeSSrs worthing
ton and Baker for saoiher whis meeting 10
CONFIRM! their nomination, and &C possible To
overave and scare of Mr. Sirider and his friends:
for they wv & B. well knew that Mr. S,ndcf's
Trends were generally opposed To the caucus
system. and would refuse to have any thing to
do with the mceing--ihai the members and the
s1vocaies OF the caucus system would lie there
with all their strength, and confirm" their nom
ination-and thar ftea, they wv. and b could
wnfeF'dks 10 make tse impression la' hty tcre he
ehofet 81 TBE wu1Lr COUNTY, and rers prssDry,d
bJore Mr. Sfrtf,r. or Any oTHFs PERso~s in the
county, Well. finally Mr.. Baker declines and
hr WoTthi0gion speechi6es II awhile PROCESSING
great attachment fcr The parry and Solicirnde for
It's unity-never thinking once of srif' The re-
suit was. that he eyain' nominated hap
used the "eonErHsed'' candidate and Mr.. Amino
ny kenn.dy tnot Sr. Stridrr , nom mated 20 sup
ply Mr. Bakers pIace--Mr S;fidcf's friends ge-
neraIly refusing. and veiy properly TOO, To take
part On the proceedings. Now, IL seems strange
20 me. (alihough confess hate no regrets on
the suhJeci) and have heard many of ali parties
express like surprise, that Mr.. Ssrid-r was not
not taken up and dominated by The meeting afier
Mr. Baker Withdrew Why he vas uncefcmo-
n'ously cast aside TO make way for young aud
inexperienced aspirsaf. - a mystery should like
- q n A. I'D a..
qualifications were not sufficient, OF because ~.
popularity was not deemed strong enough II
cannot be for u will hardly be denied that Mr.
Sifider's capacities. his popularity. &c, are
equal 10 those of any Of the candidates now be.
fore The people Of JcTerSon,--I can wIih the
psoPt,, not with the caucus managers Accord
ing 60 my v.-w. n doe regard for The claims an,
The feeling, ~ 4r Siti,ief and hts friends IA,
not been exhibited by the mceiing. No,wnb
standing he vas a talented and genuine Why