Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-23
FpITons vIuGINIAN.

TpITons NIueiNIAN:
There appeared in your paper Of he goth inst.
a COMMUNICATIONS over the signature OF "Omtga,
which, for It's strange and unaeeountnble IBERIA
fiops, If FOR nothing else deserves ONE notice
After 80 far enlightoning Us, n TO let us know
that he he'd never ''snng hozannns to Geld water. y
IA fact pressure, no one will contradictl ''uey-
er got drunk &c he proceeds hut do lot
see that a mani the quiatessitiai part OF frae-
ton the worse for not having aoue all this
Who said he was Certainly temperance
man that have seen or heard of. On the CON
trsry, temperance me1 say, aud insist upon It,
that II II more than the 'tguiH'tssfH0i part
of n fraction, the beitcr for not having done
these things. They say another thing too thgt
if a man has gone through .'ihe mirage OF dissi
patton and REL ORMS either BY joining ITEM
perance society OF without il, he is not "the
guintessmdi part Of fraction" the rofse for bay-
ing reformed.
''ln the infancy of the temperance movement
there was pal able issue, tenn eranee or intern
peranee." says Omega. Wen sir that il the il
vet ; il ever has been the issue md 10y the
help of God we intend 10 continue il the issue. -
Temperance ntemperapce written in
letters of light upon the banner when We first en-
Listed: those same letters. in all their pristine glo-
ry.are there vet: aud there will they remain. until
one or the other is laid low in the dasi. There
are but two sides TO this QUE ston, aud "OMLGA,a
and all like him, must "iHco The music for the
one or the other. As To the "bur-tine flames nf
it, ambition" "elccting members to the I.cgi-la
ture, &C." respectfully suggest to "OMEaAn
that he save Ibis thunder - he may haye for
it.
The following sentence deserves especial no
ticc: "The question the people of Lsnchburg
have Ia decide is shall we allow II "seerct CON
clave Ia rule over Us. under the preten.c of
town meeting or any other pretels, p To what
tlt. If IA toua
meeting. do you anude, Dir, Omega Are you
So OBJ tious of what has been gong around
you, as TO characterize either of the three public
meetings which were held upon this subject
..secret conclaye under the pretense of town
meeting p II you do, you do your fellow citizens
generalls lnoi the temperance men in particularly
great and garing injustice. For the truth Of this
assertion hive but 10 state the facts rs they
cured. The first meeting held from c. II
mntie through the columns of the "Daily Express
in ling the friends Of temperance" II meet at
tn temperance Hall, IA certain specified time,
to do a certain specified thing viz, tn nominate
a ticket for the Hastings Court, and other Offices
of tie city. Did any man ever hear or know or
dream 81 a "secret conclaye' advertising the
time, the place and the objects of its meetings
'OMEGA' may have heard of such thing, but
venture the assertion that if he has he il the
ly man now living upon the broad face of the
ha bitable earth, who has.
What was done therel We shal soe There
were those present at that meeting who objected
to its composition mainly upon the ground that
ths call had been for the friends of temperance,
and NOT for the citizens generally. In Difference
TO thisVew of the subject, that meeting, com
posed it was mainly of the friends of temper
ancc, Xns adjourned, sine die, by, | think an
unanimous vote; and a meeting of the citizens
called to meet at the same place, on the succeed
ing Thursday night. At that, the second meet
ing. held upon The subject, there a very large
attendance aud the whole subject of nomina-
tons was most elabora;ely discussed. After all
this discussion. and before any vote had been Ia
ken upon the expectancy inexpediency of ma
king nominations. there motion made to
adjourn the meeting sine die. This motion was
voted down by q large majority y motion was
then made and adopted TO adjourn the meeting To
tie succeeding Wednesday night.
! would here remark, by way of parenthesis
that had tie result OF that meeting been what
had been anticipated, viz: the complete over
throw and perhaps total humiliation of the
friends of temperance, "OMEGA" would never
have tortured his brain to write the article un
der review; never, never! But TO return The
meeting met pur suant to adjournment, on We'd
nesday night. A committee was appointed to
report the names of suitable persons to be voted
for as Aldermen. The committee soon perform
ed this duty, and the nominees thus presented
were unanimously adopted by the meeting.
Now | ask, IA all eHndour and fairness. can a
ny man. even the most astute lawyer. 6nd in
these proceedings amy thing that looks Ike "a
secret concayo under the pre,ense Of u town
meeting! Can any any thing that
looks like "dctation' or q wish ~ ',dicta.e b" to
the people of Lynchburg whom they shall vote
for ! Has not every in this good old com
monwealth the inalienabie right to vote for whom
he pleases! and can any man or set of men de-
prive him Of that right
If these meetings were not in fact and in truth
public meetings Of the citizens Of LyAchbarg,
canpot conceive what would constitute public
meeting of the citizens, and werid feel grateful
to '.OMEsN' any body else who would edght-
On me upon this subject.
But again, who was the chairman of those
meetings Is he gentleman belonging 10 any
secret eonclava" or whe would give eoun-
tensnce and support. laid aad comfort" TO al,
assemblage protesting to be meeting of the
citizens OF Lynchburg, which. in reality and in
truth. was not 50 J Or is he gentleman who
would likely be humbngged and hainboozled by
sscib an asscwblage ! would like to S. the
color Of the inan'seye that would tell him SOL
Who were the committee that repsEted the names
of the cand dates to that meetng9 Are they mol
as high minded. honorable gentlemen,as the city
can boast of Who composed the meeting that
unauin nsly ratified those nominations Was
it ..sccrct conolayc % No sir; that meeting