Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-08-19

Wigs did MT design 10 ifespsss upan The fighs OF
their OPPONENTS m 10 ask any hing 10 emf CT with liief
wishes, yet there was To be discussion al ALL ners
be sanehng like fairness IN il--and The organ o.
tie COMMITTEES authorized To say - them, iha' u
they would allow Mr. NJ and Mr.. +. each hour they
would cheetiuy enter tie Isis, and concede the re-
mainder bf the day 10 their opponents. This pfopsi'
lion vas r.jeeet-and NJ ssrs NJ and T. Vi course de-
,srmnrd IN have nothing II say, aud ibid Them 10 go
ahead" Aud they did 81. Firs. Mr.. Vm. Cshai
Fournoy iook Tile stand. and snped The lash u the
Wings with hand. While with The other he plaslered
the Loccs with 'solt sap Then came Mr..
Thomas ). Bocock. who made IT appear thai The Wings
though not 'nesrOes," were a great deal worse-By
the iiG,e he fnished it was all as .clear as mud
Mr.. Samuel C. Anderson of Prince Edward. then ink
the stand and read Lecture which, judging from the
brief PORTION heard, both in s,se and Sentiment"
would have done honor 10 Jos'pf Suffice lie was
laundering away when we left the sround.-Whai
was done said afterwards, we know not. We
presume it will all, however, he duly chrnIced in
the Republican, with the usual grandlloqueni furnishes
for such cases made aud provided
word in Conclusion. The Wings do not complain
that they were not aermted tspeak a, Democratic
Festival They kibw that under ordinary cIrcumsian-
ces they would have had right attend such place
for such purpose, But they had been invited from
the slar-ind although that invitation had been with
drawn. yet another Tot 80 formal il is true, but more
painted. was subsequently given two Of them. What
they complain OF, teretore that after havng been
nped 10 discuss The great questions issue between
The pares they were MT permitted the lists
ex cept upon terms absolutely preposierous and
Unfair. that no man hear them named without
'nsoldntarlly curling his lip with scorn They COM
plain; tha, after having accepted genieman's
invitation to dine with him, they were some
what rudely told, when they reached the door. lin
effect thai they mol erpeced- tina, there were
no; enough plates at The table for the .ny and conse
quenty that there was for strangers; for such
was The tenor Of the explanation puolcy made by Mr.
Anderson. behalf OF The committee that there were
so many 'denocratc speakers that they did mi, have
Time In hear The Whieshough lat more con venlent
s'ason." he pnesed 10 be willing 10 encounter them in
debate Did they no, know, Thursday evening" that
all their speakers were on The ground? Why, then,
did they invite Messrs. Mosby and Tole to be present
on Friday! The truth is, imagine then did NOT er
Peet they wond attend; and then there would have
been loud growing over their beralmy and our coward
ice. They were caught however, in their own tran.
and here we think be difference Of opin thai
IN exlrlcaling themselves irom The dilemma in which
they we're thrYwn, they have added nothing 10 their
reputation Tor courtesy or fair dealing.
III what we have written. we ha We intended 10 rive
plain houeh necessarily hasy) narrative oe event,
'ransprng under our observation or c,mn,una led
To us tr,n reliable sources We leave the public In
draw their own inicrences.