Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-02-23
LYNCHBUBG }}RCINIAN.
FRIDAY NoRNfNG....FEBY d. 1855.
VIRGINIA Politics and Politicians.

of CHinnDeH anu AlppuihtAoAs ibt 'th''a' 's
very grateful and democratic, but says: "A
painful and protracted indispesition has so i'm
paired my health and strength. ss 80 render Inf
wholly unfit to engage in an exciting political
contest at G time when quiet and repose are alb
soluiely necessary to the restoration OF my
health" We regret the cause which eompeis
Gen. Clay to decline this nomination. and 1t i
only lust tribute 10 him, To say that no other
democrat in the district can command as larry" a
vote. AZ he would have received. e presume
the marty wifi have now to resort II eon'en-
,;on. TO adjust the rival claims III the numerous
aspirants Meanwhile. invite the people II
consider VIII shall be the opposing candidate.
The Richmond Examiner publishes n oommu,
nication. addressed by Hon shelton F. Leake,
to --. Esq, LynchbuTg- statlGg that
he is 50 estimated" that he cannot yI>t Lynch
burg, during the present canvass, aud VIII not
be able TO enter actively into this contest. any
farther than my lhis) efforts in my dis mm"di-
ate neighborhood will GO" lie says. moreover ::
TO enter ~ tivev into this canvass would be 10
subject rnyself to ali the eEeitements' EeKai'ons
mud bor,s-rnents N public life, rhiie could mp
.on, of ifs advantages" Disinterested Mr.
yeake The cause and principles Of Demne-
,anv r.. declares ARE thoroughly interviewer with
.be trne glory and highest interests oi the eoun-
,ry'-but TO promote these @nes NJ seem re.
ward esouzh for Mr. Leakc he mus. pers'aally,
.,reap" advantages" Gonef1a. ami 80 sacu-
4cng patriot Mr.. Leeke presume HAT be
was ? much opposed &, lie nomination a.
S4an.,as. assnr ,uec1ai8 veil bt''-hut be- DOES
not tcu Us wherefore whether, because be
Thought ii procured by fraud. SOM allege or.
regarded Mr. Wise unworthy the psf or, be.
cause il transferred To another ..airantage,e
which he coveted. Ia conclusion. he blows
feeble blast against Know No;hngi.m. and then
reiapses into silence ans pb-oar,ty-
The Fredericksburg Recorder tdcmooratiol
!. aat upon FL G"s. StHth. Tor contumncy and
rrbel6en 10 -&using to come IN, Ike II trained
ho--a, a; the crack Of the whip. to be mounted
oy the faDaus back somerset f1er from Aeco-
mac. and rode round the ring-with McComas
IN coup, and Bpcock, (ihe mciryman,l swinging
10 the tail Billy has taken the studs and
won perform aud Mr. Rngma,ter Recorder is
troabled in spirit thereaf, and inRardts resolves
10 cut short his provender GOV. Smith had been
realred by thu resolutions If democratic
meeting. to define b, positipu-bqt snys the Re
cor,ler, with tears streaming down l. face, Gov
Smith has treated thi. request with complete
contempt He was in Feeel,T.~k Vrg few DAYS
thereafter; MONDAY the 9th iua i1ui.5 and - far
from refnting tie reports YrtauiiY confirmed
them. lie called upon by HI ERNEST friends
iaud among them those who pat forth the e,rcu-
lar nominating him fox Congress araig.f Lynn
Bauks, and who have cordially Supported him
ever sineel to answer in direct terms whether the
reports were true. which he peremptoril, refused
10 do. And at night the Ex-Governor harangurd
a ooncnuree of citizens in public Hotel where
ne descaeted upon the platform of the Know
Nothing Isrfy, (which he held in his h.nd) and
asserted that it contained very good Democratic
doctrine a. he understood it Referring to the
personal grievances Of Gov. Smith gcowng nut
of insulting language applied 10 him by Mr..
Wisc, ia Congress, the Recorder says, with sort
of eunpowder significance, Mr. Wise Is anxious
10 meet Toy. Smith and consider euy request for
reparation.n 1t concludes its article with this
excemugaicatory paragraph: ITO the inquiries
OF h- friends and Of his constituency, Governor
Smith ha- never given suy reYly less cquivocai
than the responses of the Delphic Oracle. lie
L. therefore, openly aiding aud abetting the
cause If the nefarous Know Nothing party, and
we cali ut,.a Democratic editors to hold him up
to the Just contempt Of the party throughout the
S,a'c.7
The article of the Recorder is transferred 10
the Richmond Enquirer, Of course for the pur-
pose Of holding up the refractory member to the
"eontealrt of, the party throughout the State
But fair. play is a jewel Why should the demo.
cratic press exhaust all its wrath upon him Why
is it silent about Judge Bayiy, 1t is known
that he refused to support his Accomac neigh
Dor as stouiiy as GOV. Smith McMnen,
believe. ha- never '.acquiesced.' Why not
cruelty him, too Come gentlemen, if the work
of death l. 10 commence let it go brareig on -
What LAY you of Major Yancey, who was named
in the Examiner, among the persons to be pre-
ferred to Mr. Wise for the nomination Shall
..the Old Wheel. horse be permitted to kick
from the traces. in such pinch as this?
Hon. John Letcher, Of the Rockbridge Dis
trict, is in print, gently disclaimng any connec-
ton with the Know Notlings. He does not
pronounce them ''sNEAKfNG EDWARDS" like Air.
Wise nor impeach them, in advance, a. "PII'S-
pERErs" a. did Mr.. Bncack His letter is
moderate, like his capabilities, and respectful, az
it should be, and leaves the impression that Mr..
Letcher thinks Sam" rather a clever sort of
fellow. How far such feeling may owe its
origin to the report that the aforesai SAN" has
located. and is waxing strong, in the Tenth
Legion" We leave the public to consider. Mr.
L. Is a candidate for reelection. He has shown
himself a practical. useful and independent mem
Der. and as he is not apt TO be opposed by any
one whose political views coincide with own,