Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-03-06


transaction being made the ground of a
public accusation BY political adversary,
and, If we mistake not, it wiz receive a de-
cided rebuke from the public"
This District.
We have it by private letter from Richmond. that
in all probability, II. II. Marshall. Esq. Of Char
loite. win be elected as the Wing candidate for
Congress in this District ia place ofDr Early. de-
cliaea. is fact worthy TO be noticed by the peo-
ple Tint all the Wing nominations for Congress the
present Spring, have been fixed by party machinery
in Richmond md Washington. and thar the Dis
trict caucuscs have only been the echo Of thar mn
ehinery. The nominations OF Messrs. Gogrin, Ear
" and Flournoy. were all fixed upon in Richmond
and known in that city and in Washington long be
fore any Conventions were held and before tho
people OF these Districts knew anything nbout the
matter and Mr.. Marshall has been designated in
the same way. Tho people have had ne hand Whist
in these nominations, but they viii take had
in sending them back 10 private lie upon the day
Of tho electior.-Re2Tbiicaa of Monday.
| Our neighbour docs mt read the papers,
or does mt understand the current Of public
sentiment. The attempt above, 10 create
the impression that the people have had
no agency in the nominations referred to,
is simply ridiculous; because tie people
are not such geese, as to believe the re-
verse of what they knoac to be true. 1t was
very generally believed, from the current
ofpublic sentiment, as manifestedin the dis
trict-and naturally enough too, because
he was the most prominent candidate-that
Mr.. Goggin would be the nominee of his
party in the Amherst District nay the Re
publican itsclflong ago believed it. 1t was
well known throughout the Pittsylvania
district, five days after the last election, that
Mr.. Flournoy would be the Wing candi-
date there, though he himself did not
think SO. The people would hear Of moth
ing else, however, and he has accordingly
been forced, by numerous calls from them
directly, to announce himself candidate
This he has done, without the Intervention
| Of any Convention at all, but in response
TO what we know to be the wishes Of his
friends. No hand in that, ell !
But the Republican says DR., Early :
nomination was fixed upon in Richmond
and Washington long before the poo
RI Knew anything abuurii; sRd tiidf now,
Mr.. Marshall's has been decreed by the
samepowers, in utter contempt of the peo-
pie who have had no hand in the matter
whatever. Mr.. Marshall has not yet been
nominated, but we think It more than pro
babe that he viii get the nomination al
Farmville, and if so the Republican Of
course will contend that its charge is sus-
tanned. But will ii be? That paper knows
that Mr. Marshall was nominated by the
Wings Of his county, long before the last
tarmville Convention, and when, it says,
Mr.. Early's nomination had been fixed up
onin Richmond and Washington. I, hnoms
that Mr.. Marshall was supported in that
Convention in opposition to DIR. Early,and
actually received the votes of three coun-
ties, in open defiance of the metropolitan
authorities which, it says, arc the dictators
of the people in the country; and yet with
these facts before it, it comes forward, ac.
tually without blush, and declares "the
people have had no hand whatever in these
nomlnations'l Verify our neighbour is n,
a loss for subjects and for facts.
The truth is, the Republican breads the
nomination of Mr. Marshall and thu,
seeks to prejudice him beforehand in the
estimation of the people. Every body
knows that he is the most prominent can.
candidate before the Convention and af
ter the consummation Of an anticipated re.
suit, the Republicans prescience viii be
indicated in the veri6eation of its wonder.
full disclosures
lithere were two men in the State tc
whom public opinion pointed with certain.
ty as Wing candidates for Congress at the
coming election, they We're emphatically
Messrs. Goggin and Flournoy; and yetoul
neighbour tells us the people have had nc
agency in bringing them out whatever
We have seen what agency they have had
IN bringing out Mr.. Marshall (sheuld he be
the candidate) but our neighbour insists thi.
IS having no hand in the matter at all. We
advise him TO pick his flint and try again
he may not miss his aim so far next time
lie i poor hand at shooting Moons.
By the way how does the Republican
iellsh the attempted dictation of lis party
a Richmond! We should suppose it was
tlf last specimen of Democracy extant, that
ought to say, any thing against "party die
| tation."