Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-09-11
Whig Meeting,

At a meeting of the Wings of Camp bel
county, at the Court House, on Monday
the Sth of September, for the purpose o.
appointing delegates to the Convention
which will assemble at Charlottesville or
the 18th inst, to select candidates for Gov
ernor, 1t. Governor and Attorney Gene
raj, under the new Constitution, Captain I
Fox was called to the Chair and F. W.
Page requested to act as Secretary.
The object of the meeting having been
explained by John M. Speed, esq, on mo-
ton of j. c. Shields, esq, it was
Resolved, That gentlemen be APP
pointed delegates to the Convention.
The blank was, at the suggestion of DR.
Withers, filed with one hundred.
Whereupon, the following gentlemen
were elected to represent the county in the
said Convention:
James Mcdonald, John Wills, Sampson
Diuguid, John ID. Alexander. Charles l.
Mosby, Boiling Clark, DR.. r. w. Wihers
L. p. Nash, David Hoffman, Alex S. Hen
ry, Ro. Johnson, James L. Clayton, John
Pannill, Col. NJ. Langhorne, jr., III. Halle
wood, Stephen C. Hurt, Ed. ] Early j no
L. Slaughter, Jacob II. Anderson, Ro. f
Manson, George III. Lennon, James NJ
Cobbs, Col. A. Austin, James Fretwcll
Henry Bradley, James Franklin, Holcombe
Organ, Thomas Ferguson, Drury C. Moor.
man, Henry Q. Schoolfeld, Thos. b. Moor
man, Samuel w. Shelton, Bennett Twccdy
John n Gordon, Col. A. l.. Wyllie, n
Ii. Campbell, C. L. Wills, ohm H. Swim
ney, Col VIM. A. Talbot, Capt. James F.
Callaway,Peleg Seabury, Sam'l NJ. Scott
DR.. Daniel A. Langhorne, DR.. B. f. Smith
John NJ. Speed, O. c. Clark, George G
Curle, Charles A. Holcombe, David r.
Lyman, Richard Morgan, DIR. A. |. Clark,
Chesley Hardy, VIM. w. Dinwiddie, j no.
J. Purvis, Capt. Daniel Mari, David E
Spence, John C. Murrcll, Col. VIM. B
Brown, DER Z. Withers, VIM ID. Branch,
Capt. r. Perkins, jr, James Ley, Dr. r.
w. Scott. George w. Lee. Zachary w
Moorman,J no. 8. Tilden, Richie G.. Brown,
NJ. b. Nowlin, c. Clark, Sam'l B. Thur
man, Capt Samuel Tardy, Jno. r. McDan-
icl, Lafayette Lee, VIM. b. Roane, Little
berry Moon, ID. TIC. Peters, Burwen Lee,
John II. Tyree, Horatio Depriest, VIM. w.
Matthews, Livingston Walker, Mai. Jas.
Murrell Anderson NJ. Jennings, Col. Jas.
NJ. Langhorne, James Terry, VIM. S.
Reid, jr,Daniel NJ. Price, VIM. II. Brown,
Jesse Burton, Lynch Jones, Capt. J. C.
Shields, Cornelius Hubbard, Wm.M Black
ford, Thomas Bctterton, Thomas o. Acree,
John B. Dabney, DR.. p. H. Gilmer, Mai.
J. b. Lcftwich, Ed. ID. Christian, Lee Bal
ley, DR.. F. Darlington, J. w. McIver
Thomas L. Polndexter and VIM. Sitter.
On motion, the Chairman and Secretary
were added to the delegation.
The following resolution was then intro
duced by Mr.Speed with some appropriate
remarks, and was passed unanimously:
Resolved, That the course pursued by
the President of the United Statcs,in admin
istering the affairs ofthe Federal Govern
ment, Is entitled to our unqualified appro-
val, and that we feel an assured confidence,
that the fidelity ,frmness and ability, which
have heretofore distinguished his official
course, viii continue to characterize his adj
ministration.
Onmotion, the Lynchburg Virginian and
the Wing papers Of Richmond were re-
quested to publish these proceedings.
And then the meeting adjourned.
THOMAS FOX, Chairman.
f. w. PAGE, Sec'y.