Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-02-26


Republican principles.
This, therefore, is to inform you, that JACOB
NhfI.Ck, practical farmer, and sound Repub-
Iican, is candidate for the State Senate, and we
earnestly entreat you TO go to the polls on
THURSDAY NEXT, the 18th inst, and by
YOUR VOTE, aid in securing his eec,ion.-
We exhort you not TO fail in attending the cleo.
.ion, and take with you your Republican neigh
bors. We know that you cando much is you will.
Respectfully, yours, &c.
Some whose names were appended to this pa
per, utterly deny that il was signed by them and
state that they knew nothing Of il, until several
days after It's distribution in Rockbridge. Then
we have the strange state Of things, that while
you were urging the people Of AUGUSTA to dis
card ..pohIcaF considerations, the Democrats of
kockbrIdge were appealed to to make il a pol;ti-
cal contest! Was that fair Jacob Was il such
conduct as should have been expected from De-
mocrdfic candidate, who had been s.soiicited'' by
Wigs TO announce himselfl After this, was il
1t not most uncandid in you to say, that the
"WMgs' had refused to conduct the campaign
upon 1oeaf quesfions, and ''threw down the gaunt-
'et oil National politics" You should be ashamed
of yourself.
You think that should not have "hinted' at
the charge of party deserton. What else was
to do! Your friends had been zealousy engaged
In circulating it amongst the voters, and am
correctly advised you too had taken an active
part in the dirty business. Was ! to remain quiz
ct and permit my enemies to circulate wilful and
deliberate falsehoods, without attempting TO pro-
tect myself from their effects Such course
would probably have suited man Of your quiet,
modest and retiring habits, but il did not suit
me. Hence | chose 10 defend myself, and have
no doubt, "upon sober second thought" you
have come to the conclusion that did right.
You desire TO know whether pledged myself
to vote for Moore prior to the eth day Of Octo-
Der! did. And now permit, me TO PROFOUND
few queries to you, and TO which request can
did answers.
lst Had it not been publicly proclaimed, long
before that time, by the leaders Of the party i'm
Augusta, that there would be no Democratic can.
didate2
End. Had not yourself, and other leaders of
the party, stated repeatedly, that you were will
ling to vote for any respectable .2ugusfa Hhig,
who would oppose Moore!
Sd. Had not many of the party POSSIBLY your
sell amongst the Dumber,) solicited A. H. II.
Stuart, UiEiam Kinney, and other popular
Whtgs, to become candidates, and did you not
pledge to them the vote of the Democratic Party
of Augusta?
18th. When you and myself had conversation
in Staunton on the LIST day of November last, at
at The time you had determined to be candidate,
did not tell you then, that could not support
you, and when my reasons were assigned, did you
not withdraw, and was not ID. w. Patterson, then
brought out!
Answer these questions frankly and fully. Let
the public know what you, and other Democrats,
IN augusta, were willing TO do-let them know
mai you were willing TO support the strongest
WINGS in the county-let them know that you
were willing to transfer your whole party to them
and they can then judge Of the propriety of
your course towards me.
You adm: that The Congressional contest of
1888. between Mr.. Moore, and the old Republic
can Robert Craig, that you supported the former,
and the reason you now assign is, that ''Moore''
was "a stronger and better Jatkson man, than
Craig" Ii this were so, was it not surprising,
that the old wheel horse of Augusta Democracy
the late highly esteemed Michael Garter, and
LeiDis Harn'dn, aud the Points's--and many other
OF the leading Democrats Of that day. did not vote
with you? They were genuine, unadul,erated
Democrdfs-known every where 10 be such-and
were uniformly in the habit, in all political con-
tesls of voting for the "Old Heros'' best friends.
This is very SHAME" and "Jeggariy defsnce,' of
that vote, and if you expect to be excused for it,
you must trump up some better apology.
You next tell us, that after YOU found out YOU
had been deceived by Moore en- that occasion,
you abandoned him. and never afterwards support
ed him. This is not exactly so, Jacob, if l have
been correctly informed. Two Of your friends
told me, when was last in Slaunton, that YOU
actually voted for this same Samuel Med. Moore,
against one Jacob Baylor-who was the Demo
cratic candidate for the Senate, last fall is
this really 500 And did you and another gentle
man, after you had voted for this obnoxious man,
60 and request that your name should be expung-
ed from the Poll Book These strange things /
have been informed of by your personal and poll
teal friends, and / imagine, they are still fresh
in your memory. | was amazed TO hear Jacob,
that you had voted for man, for Senator, whom
you now denounce as an 'Aboitionist,' and on
whom you heap all sorts of opprobrous language.
IL you dId act thus, how can you denounce me.
You must explain these matters, and relieve the
public curiosity. All arc anxious to know your
reasons for supporting the Wing candidate in the
late election. DO relieve the public curiosity.
You wish to know whether did no: ride to
Collierstown on the day OF election 10 personate
Moore! did, and would have personated him
1t all the voters, with single exception, had not
been of one mind. And now for my reasons.
The people of this county were deeply interested
in the extension of the James River Canal-an
improvement which l regarded of the utmost i'm
poriance to the interests Of this county 1t was
well known, my dear Jacob, that on this ques-
lion you had eDdeavored ''to ride on both sides of
the saPllng." few days before the election in
the town of Middlebrook, you declared yourself
opposed to the measure-and on the day of the
election your representative here proclaimed you
as its friend, and solicited votes for YOU on that
ground. TO say the least of it. this was rather
shabby conduct for DEMOCRATIC candidate for
the Senate. You ought not to have declared
yourself opposed to the Improvement in Augusta,
and Instructed your representative to proclaim
you its friend in Rockbridge. After cool refec-
ton on the subject, do you not think that it was
uncandid and wholly unbecoming man who as
PRED 10 the Senatel
You complain of my want OF courtesy, and
whine most piteously, about the ..malevolent spi-
ritz which Ihave exhibited towards one, "who
seeks the shade and quiet OF a private life" Who
commenced This controversy! Who has been
pursuing me for months, by misrepresentation of
my conduct : Who has spared no means in his
power TO destroy my political reputation, and TO
render me odIons In The estimation Of NV noIiii