Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1845-02-13
THIS DISTRICT-A CONVEN-
TION-MR. TAYLOR.

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Rockingham Register will not or can.
not understand our position relative to
a District Convention, albeit we have
defined it in the most unambiguous and
candid terms. Despite our most posi-
tive declarations to the contrary, the
Register will have it that we advocate
a Convention because we desire etc
remove Mr.. TAYLOR for somebody
else" No candid man would or could
place any such construction upon any.
thing we have written upon this sub.
Ject. Those who have read our articles,
cannot otherwise conclude, than that
our ''main object" may, our only OBJ.
lJect has been, and is now, to preserve
the harmony and integrity of our par
ty, and secure the success of it's princi-
Piles. And, in order that our friend OIL
the Register, and all those who occu-
Ply the same ground with him, may nc
longer misapprehend our position, OF
mlsrepresent our motives, upon this
subject, we now state. and wish them
to bear it in mind, when they have &C.
caslon again to refer to the matter, that,
IN the absence of a Convention. ace
will support Mr.. TAYLOR, both By
our cote and By onr Influence, against
any other man IN the District ; and fur
Their, that so far from his nomination,
by a District Convention, giving US
the slightest dissatisfaction, it would
be most heartily approved of, and
cheerfully supported. And we will
further state, that, so far as the public
actions of Mr.. T. are known to US, we
can see no occasion to find fault with
them; on the contrary, he has been
prompt in his attendance upon the
House, has been faithful and impartial
In the discharge of his duties as chair.
man of an important committee, and,
in short, he has proved himself a wor-
thy repository of the high trust reposed
in him by the good people of this Dis
trict.
The Register says: "No one has
announced himself in opposition to
Mr.. TAYLOR" The editor of the Re-
gister may not have been informed up
on the subject; but we know, most
positively, that MIR. LErcHER did, not
long since, yield his consent to become
a candidate. Knowing this, we stated
in our last that he was before the Dis
trict. And it may be proper to state,
that at the time Mr.. L. yielded his con-
sent, he must have been advised of
Mr.. Taylor's annunciation. 1t is true,
MIR. Letcher has not announced him
selfin any Of the papers in the District,
as he would have done, perhaps, had
he taken the field upon his own respon-
sibility, and in the absence of the warm
and urgent solicitations of his numer-
Gus political friends. f14- ,"'9
Until we are informed, in language
unambiguous and positive, that neither
Mr.. .Letcher nor any other prominent
Democrat in the District, will be be
fore the people, Sin opposition to Mr..
Taylor" we shall continue to urge the
propriety and necessity of Conven-
ton, not to "remove Mr.. Taylor for
somebody else,'' as the Register insin-
yates, but to "preserve the integrity of
the party" We hope we shall not
have occasion to correct the misappre-
tensions Of our friends upon this SUBJ
iect in future. We have but one wish
to gratify-but one end to accomplish
and that is, to place our glorious cause
beyond the possibility ofdefeat.
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