Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-08-10

the circumstances. as here suggested Please publish il
to morrow. This bs. been adopted IN accord
with the .nsf cs'ion of number Of gentlemen here,
who ansu. for the statement. made by Col Wing
Geld to 60 Immediately before the people. shall re.
publish IL in the sennelo on Friday. Yours Truly.
| H. RIDGwAY, Jr.
The Election OF Judge and the De-
| mOcracy.
| In the last number of the Sentinel. we sta.
ted upon the authority of Col Wngfeid and
other gentlemen present al last Franklin Court,
that the democratic leaders oil this Judicial Cir.
cult had so far forgotten oil decency and self
respect as 10 assemble in secret conclave. and.
after deliberate consultation. determined TO CO.
operate together so as 10 secure the election III
Mr.. Tredwsy, the only democratic candidate
in the field. We stated also upon the same
authority. that Tredway himself figured in the
caucus. and no doubt afforded the schemers all
the "aid aud comfort" in his power. An in.
dustrious effort has since been made, in private
circles, and through the columns Of the Lynch
burg Republican, 10 escape the odlum of so dis
reputable aud infamous an attempt, by charg
ing upon the wings the very crime of which
the democrats themselves are alone guilty.
This is exactly what we expected from the
perpetrators OF so gross an outrage. Having
been caught IN the very act, and their nrigues
and Vaccinations exposed to the public eye.
h, ought TO manifest some anxiety to cover
their disgrace. and effecl a safe retreat. Hence,
We not surprised AT their eagerly adopting
the only expedient in their power. however
uuplausible and foreign 10 the facts. But even
this. lame and impotent Us it is. shall not avail
them.
The suppostion That the wings Of this Cir
cult were disposed 10 make the election of
Judge turn upon party politics is improbable
and ridiculous In any aspect in which the sub
cct may be viewed. To say nothing of the ir
opposition upon principle TO the establishment
of so degrading and dangerous precedent.
what possible party advantage could they ex
poet, to derive from ii in the present instance :
Was ii the part of policy, with three wing can
didaes in the field. and only me democrat t.
wish to invite a party contest-and that, too. IN
n district where the strength of tho two parties
is nearly about equal Would not such an in
IN'''"'''' "'' SUM p"' p"sS '''S "a ShNo u,tt'
blindness ON their part--the widest and most
impracticabe folly Gould any consideration
have sanctioned such policy, under these CIR
cums,ances To have pursued such cours e..
it is evident. would have proved inevitably fatal
to the chances of all three wing candidates, and
secured the election of Trcdway beyond tha
shadow of doubt What then, we repeat. had
the wings TO gain by operation OF this kind.
If we We're corrupt enough to desire the intro
duction of party politics into the election OF
Judges al any ume,we were certainly not green
enough to desire ii at uncure like the present.
We are little too smart for athing of that kind
We know the democracy little TOO well, not
to expect them to profit always and instanta-
neously by any such egregious schoolboy
blunder. The charge, therefore. that the
wings are at all at fault in producing the exist
ing state OF things in this Circuit. and making
tho election of Judge party question, is alike
false and alike ridiculous 1t is simply "a stale
and worn out rase rosorted to on all occasions
: by our opponents--a mere stupid repetition
= Of the old cry of "Stop Theft
The Wing candidates went to Franklin eli.
tirely unconscious of disposition on the part
OF any portion of the opposite party to connec,
. party politics with the question OF the Judge.
: ship. After getting there, Col. WngfelI in
. forms us that his suspicious We're soon excited
by the behavior of several Democrats. who,
having repeatedly before solicited him to be.
come candidate, and pledged him their sup
It port, now approached him aud regretted then
inability to vote for him, in consequence of the
turn affairs had lately taken. Against ,heil
wishes, they said, they had made party qnes
: ton oft, and it was impossible for them TO vote
: for him, without mourning the dispcasure anc
' denunciation of their party friends. 1t was clear
y from these intimalions, that concerted move
' u, ment was on foot 10 concentrate the Demo
= cratic vote upon Tredway-and Gilmer anc
g Wingfeld determined ilpossible.to amply sat-