Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-07-17
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
MONDAY MORNING, July IL, is4s.
rmE CONTEST M rnE snor- String nlsrRlcr

THE CONTEST IN sHoE-sTRING DISTRICT
We observe that the Democratic paper Charlottesville
and that at Lynehburg making themselves very
y respecting the contested election the Albemarc
District and atter themselves with the idea that
they throw rdcuc the whole matter and thereby
make capital out Of victory rather disrcpu,aby won.
appears that Mr. Goggin after his notice of contest
gave notice that dispositions would be taken particular
days. and ut particular places in the various counties
among Others in Madison and Greene In pursuance Of
these notices. Mr. Gimer has been attending the places
and times designated. Mr.. Goggiu, confined home by
the sickness Of his family and other private
and being wiha some . or 300 miles from Madison, did
not attend and intended do lie left the matter
TO his fcnds-bu that which every boys business is no.
body's business-and when the day arrived took
upon himself for Mr.. Goggin The consequence
was tina, no witness examined ia Madison-Mr. Gil
mer not deemng it proper his part take any
mony. Ii was the same case in Greene, believe
When they got TO Aibemarle, however, Mr.. Gimer
amned closely several witnesses, the weather
Madison the day Of election Neither OF the witnesses
as he well knew, there that day. and them
had not been in that county for fifteen years. This
hcralded wonderful development in relation to the
rain Madison. Three Albcmarle witnesses had been
examined touching that rain, and neither them was in
nifty miles OF II, and knew nothing in the world about -
This settled the fact eOncusvey that it raned
throughout the day. makes the whole ridiculous
that no Wing will dare hold up his head hereafter.
At Nelson Courthouse still farther from Madison we find
Mr. Gimer still, pressing for knowledge of the wealth
he very strangely omitted to ascertain
when in that county. lie propounded the following ques
tions To the Clerk OF that county:
what is the distance from this place Nelson Courthouse
to the Courthouses of Madison and Greene
Ans do know the distance with exactnes but sun
pose the former to be about between sixty and seventy
miles from this place-and the latter not quite So much
DO you know thing of the the weather in those
countess or either OF hem ON the day Of the last election
Ans: do not
How long since YOU in either of them
Ans; Not since the year 1915, well as recolect"
A, Amherst Courthouse the was pursued
The Lynchburg Republican gives the following as part of
the deposition Of DIR. Thompson:
Questioned by I. w. Gilmer-Do you know any thing
the state OF the weather in the Of Madison and
Greene on the day of the last election
Ans: Nothing in the world Of my own personal know.
ledge.
Were YOU in either of those countless
Ans: Never.
Courthouse To the Courhouses OF those couniesl
Ans; have been in either OF the last named coun
ne but suppose II 10 be somewhere from seventy eighty
miles.
By the time Mr. Gilmer reaches Bedford he may possible
find some witnesses, who heard that there is such
county Madison. He should be very careful TO call
the stand for he may certain that not one
Of them give any information about the rain in Mad
son.
What his EXceencys tTumpeters propose by this game
lose sight OF the real merits of the NATTER they much
ceive themselves 1t may be exceedingly funny to examine
man in Amherst, who in Madison about the
quantity OF rain which fell in that county the fourth
Thursday OF last Apr-and the mans ignorance may pro
woke deal OF laughter But there some facts con-
necied with this election, which will be forgotten and
from which the public mind be diverted by any sys
TEN of device, however ingenious, any tomooeries
however ludicrous The fact-and CALLING one it is that
VIM. l.. Goggn received majority of all the voters of the
District the first day of Election and therefore duly
elected Representative in Congress-cannot be obera
ted-And the fact that that result only changed by
an undue advantage ngenerousy exercised by small por
ton OF the District also stamped ndelby upon the pub
lie mind. Ii Is fact, too testified by the Democratic
Sheriff OF Bedford that it aned in that county in the morn
ing, between and 10 oclock-when would have been
excusabe TO keep the polls open; that Mr. Goggn ur
ed by his ends TO do sobut he nobly reused-decar-
ing, that he did not know whether the polls would be
kept open elsewhere he would rather lose his seat than
gain by any undue advantage his absent competitor
incur, though unusy the imputaiion Of having
sought such advantage, This is in the spirit of the
loftiest II partakes of the true sublime and
fills the soul with admiration in the contemplation of
H. The man capable Of thus magnanimously. acting
might lose dozen elections, and still be victor in them
all. lie would win he confidence and admiration of all
whose good opinion is worth having, whether friends or
ioes-a compensation far exceeding that which all the seats
in Congress could afford The contrast between this con-
duct and thatof his competitor seeking every petty advan
tnge and stimulating his friends do likewise only serves
to set it off in a still more glorious light
This fact is onewhich the ignorance Of men in Mel
son and Amherst about the ainin Madison made
to affect, whatever ingenuity may be expended upon
A. to Mr. Goggins intentions respecting the prosecution
Of the contest, fully advised II he perseveres
we predict, that these faceous gentlemen will
have "to laugh the other side of their mouths
before he Is done with them.