Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-08-12

| ask resort to the dangerous experiment of elect
ing periodically. | can see no reason and mucl
fear that many of those who are such warm adj
vocates OF the term tenure, anticipate that b,
such course they are securing 10 themselve
much coveted honor. A DEMOCRAT.
To thc Editors Of the Spectator:
Gentlemen You wilt please insert the ac
companying letter in your paper at as early pc
Rod as possible. | am compelled to ask this favo
at your hands, from the fact that the Editor O
the Messenger refused TO publish, unless woule
SO modify it as to leave the impression upon thu
public mind, that regard the Editor of the Mes
senger as man of honor and veracity. These
notifications could not make, because the Edi
tor of the Messenger in publishing the articles o.
which complain, had no kind Of regard to the
truth. These articles were concocted, penned
and published, with the intent to prejudice the
minds of the people against me-to turn, if pos
sible, from my support those who were advocating
reformer. The regular ticket" as the Messen.
ger calls it, is to be supported, and all others are
to be prescribed and defeated, for the benefit Of
the irregular ticket" To this end, all of the eE
forts of the Messenger have been directed, from
the beginning OF the canvass to the present hour,
and the Messenger man must be conscious of the
fact, that he has not been over scrupulous as to
the means he has used to accomplish this cherish
ed purpose Of himself and friends. His refusal to
publish my defence, is proof sufficient that he is
not disposed to act fairly in this matter. After
having assalled me in manner most base and
contemplate, misrepresentng my acts and i'm
pugning my motives, he has not nanliness or JUS
tce enough in his heart, to permit my reply to
his vili6cations to go before the public.
Yours, &c., r. L. DOYLE.
To the Editor Of the pirginia .Messenger-Sr
In your paper Of the 23d instant, you say, 1--WE
do not exactly understand Mr.. Doyle's position.
1t seems that he is in correspondence with Mr..
Niche, one of the Anti Reform candidates. as
the latter gentleman himself stated. Wonder If
there is coalition2 Not knowing cannot under
take to say"
l was not at the Court house at the time the
speaking between Messrs. Niche and Letcher
occurred in the course Of which, | understand.
reference was made to my correspondence with
Mr.. Niche. am the personal friend of Mr.
Niche, and have business relations with him.
which often render it necessary that we should
have correspondence with each other Some time
since, wrote to Mr. Niche business letter,
and by that lettor informed him that there would
be public meeting at Brownsburg, on the Goth
day of July. L gave Mr.. Niche notice of the
BrownsbuTg meeting, because he had expressed
wish to address, the people of that precinct, and |
had promised 10 inform him of the time when he
could have an opportunity to do 3d. | also gave
to Mr.. Niche and all the other candidates copy
fmy Address to the people Of this District, ap
pended to which is notice of the times and places
when and where the Rockbride candidates would
address the people Of their County upon the sub
jeot Of Constitutional Reform. In thus giving to
Mr.. Niche notice Of our public meetings in Rock.
bridge, cannot believe that did any thing in
consistent with my duty as thorough Reformer
Those meetings are holden for the purpose of
discussing before the people the various measures
OF reform in which all feel deep interest. Those
meetings are not to be made mp of reformers or
refcrmers, but Of the whole body of the peo-
pie. AT public meeting thus constituted, shall
any man be debarred the privilege of attending
and Of giving utterance to, and defending by fair
arguments his own honestly entertained opinionsy
Are the people to be denied the privilege Of hear
ing both sides Of question, vitality affecting their
interests, fully and freely discussed? Surely
not. Upon what principle of justice or of common
falsely and ,cickedly misrepresenteds Simply be.
cause gave an opponent notice Of the time and
place where meant to discuss, before public as
sembly Of the people, those points Of Constitution
al Reform upon which we differed in opinion. No
honorable man, no man whose good opinion |
would at all value, can or will condemn me for
so acting towards gentleman to whom upon some
points in this contest stand opposed.
In common with all my fellow-ctizens, I en-
terrain the highest respect for the character Of
Messrs. Stuart and Michele fully appreciate
their great abilities, and | know too the great
mental resources which they can bring to bear
upou an opponent in the discussion of any ques-
ton. Yet humble as am, should hot hesitate
10 and hoc,- A. l..
the question of judicial reform-n such discus
sion Trusting to the power of truth. to resist all
assaults against the proposition to elect the Judges
by the people for term Of years. Some tender
footed, hayJaedged reformers might hesitate and
tremble to meet Messrs. Stuart and Niche before
the people in the discussion Of the great reform
questions of the day. Their crude and iI-digest-
ed notions of reform would wither like the new
mown grass when exposed to their scorching crit
icism.
Although you choose, Mr.. Editor, to assign
me place with the anti -reormers as you term
them, and place my name upon what you choose
to term the "Mongre Ticket,"I have still the
consolation left me, that have scores of friends
who are not to be driven from their determination
to support me on the day of election. They all
know that have ever been the uncompromisng
advocate of the great measures of Constitutional
Reform now in progress of discussion before the
people. They know that am not one Of those
eleventh hour retormers, whose conversion to the
reform faith has been so recent, that they can tell
the very day and hour when ''a change came DER
the spirit of their DREAM" and no doubt MANY of
them have quite as vivid membranes of the
appliances and the aotiues which have greatly &C
celebrated their progress in the ways Of reform.
To the charge that have formed coalition
with Messrs. Niche and Stuart, or any other per-
son or persons, | have but one reply to make-it
trict candidate, allied with no clique, faction or
party-I have not formed or sought to form COM
bnations with any clique or party. My senti-
ments are before the people in printed Address,
and the principles therein avowed will maintain
and defend at all times and in all places. 1t may
be that some Of the friends Of Messrs. Stuart and
Niche have expressed determination to vote for
me as ga choice Of evils" in preference to some
others of the reform candidates. If the fact that
some of the friends of Messrs. Smart and Niche