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

candidaes were forced, in self dsfcnee, TO adopt
the cour,e they did. The defeat of all three
was inevitable. If all remained In the field -
They. therefore. had a consultation, without any
prompting on the part of their respective
friends. and The result is known 10 the public
-Messr. Gogein and Wingfeld retired from
the field. Mr. Gilmer's chances oil election, un.
der the circumstances. being considered the
best. And yet. in the teeth Of all these &C
knowledgod facts.the democrats actually have
the insoence TO charge the ahigs with being
the egrcssors-forgetiing entirely the further
fact that. ~hen candidate last year, Colonel
Wingfe d himself Withdrew in favor Of dem
ocrat- his sole object being to insure the cleo
ton OF Judge Taliafcrro And what is more
pregnant circumstance STILL nearly The entire
wing party Of Bedford voted for Talferro.
who MAS democrat and against Gimer. who
was a wing. Did that look like the wings of
Bedford were willing TO be controlled by party
consderationsl But how. we ask. has wing
Ibsrality been requi'ed2 Why, by scheming
and intriguing to procure sly and miserable
party victory for themselves, and then, when
their infamous plot is detected and exposed.
coolly turning round and Iayirg the vile accu-
sation At our door Wonder if such men have
a conscience. and can blush
We have one other item of testimony a.
gainst he Democrats in this matter, which
they themselves will be forced to acknowledge
is a clincher-" as strong rs proof of holy
,pr,, I, "a a. ,(,ap Il
veoped in connexion with this subject, though
we have reason TO believe that many such ex
list in Bedford, and perhaps thousand like 1t
are scattered, here and there, all over the cir
cult. 1t concusively proves the existence Of "A
concerted understanding on the part Of the
democrats Of the district 10 unite upon Tired
way. even before the assembling OF The caucus
at Franklin Co. Ho. The fact alluded to is
l:his :. 1t has come TO our knowledge, through
"a source entirely reliable that letter written
by William II. Wooding, of Piltsylvania-
lately democratic member of the Legislature
from that counry-has been addressed To a
leading democrat of Bedford; and what, think
the people Of The circuit, is The purpor, and
object Of that interesting communication ?
Noe the circumstances, chat it is post marked
Danvile. and bears date the End day of Au
4 gust on the evening of which day Goggin
| and Wingfeld withdrew; and, of course, the
fact of their withdrawal could not have been
known to the writer, who was fifty miles dis
tani. there being no railway telegraph.
ic communication between the two places.
| al l.
, trict were busily maneuvering for clandes.
tine party advantage, long before their meeting
in Frankln-as is proved, also. by the confes,
sions of The writer himself. Mr.. Wooding
tells his confidential friend in Bedford that there
Is an understanding on the part Of the Demo.
Gratis Of PHsylrania, Patrick, Henry and
Franklin 10 unite upon Tredway-that he
hears thei is some disinclination on the part
of some of the democrats of Bedford TO enter
into such all arrangement. in consequence oil
local Influences, there being two Of their own
county. men in the fel6-but that, fMe Dem
ocrats Of Bedford soW come app to tie support q
ITedaoay, his election IS certain and conclude.
with an appeal to him to exer, his influence to
effect the end desired. Such we believe, i,
the substance of Mr.. Woodng's patriotic epis.
tie as detailed to US by friend.
Need we say more to satisfy the public o.
the sneaking and disreputable game which has
been played by the democrats of this circuit il
connexion with the Judgship Is it not rea
sonab!e to suppose. from what We aread,
know. that Tredway's friends have despatched
similar letters to divers democrats in every par
of the circuit. apprising them of the arrange
ment entered into, and requesting their CO
operation and Influence to render it eflectua
Is it reasonable to presume that only one dem
ocrat in Bedford has been written 10 upon ths
subject ! If we are not mistaken as 10 tn,
source OF that brief communication in the las
Republican, we venture the prediction tina
the author Oft had letter in his pocket from
Wooding at the very moment he wrote it
| We mfr So because we take him 10 be dem