Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-05-18
From thr Y irginia Advocate,
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DIR. l.. y. liEon, the American candidate for
Congress in this distritst t. was present mt our
Court on Monday last, and made fine impress
sion on the prople of A.lbeonre. Tho charges
preferred against jr. l.. by the ,Ieiiersonan of
last week. were fully and fairly met and explain
ed to the satisfaction of all, aud we have no hest
tation in saying that these charges have turned
out Ia his decided advantage.
DIR. Lyon mndc II short -address, i'll which he
said he had been charged with voting for MIR.
Wise in the stanton Conveltion He said he
had gone 10 that Convention reeoncilably op.
posed to MIR. Wise, aud never ha ], at any time
during the sitting Of that body ,tas ored his claims.
When Mr.. Wise received the nomination of that
Convention, and the motion oame up that the
nomination should be made unanimously, DIR.
Lyon voted andby No.
In regard to the charge of den gun cling the
American party. DR. Lyon cottes sed that he
had done So III ocular manner, before he knew
anything of their principles, but as loon rs he
read their basis principles and usoer tanned the OBJ
eets of their organization, he cordit.lly and most
heartily endorsed them. DR.. l.. said he could
step upon the Americans platform wthoI vt renoun-
cling any of his republican principles that SO
far from his having renounoed or yielded these
principles he considered his Democra cy
greatly improved. lie had never been Calhoun
Seeessionist, but had always been II Union Dem
ocrat.
The third and last charge against DIR. Lyon
was, that he had been eectioneern6' for Mr..
| Wise since the Stanton Convention adjourned
! and 1t will be rccollected that Mr.. VIM. T.
| Gordon, jr., Immediately after DR.. Jig .on's ad
dress, put two very notable questions to him, IN
these words yellow citizcns--I ask DR. Lyon
! II he has not, since the nominations of the
| Staunton Convention, advocated and supported
the election of MIR. Wise !" DIR. Lyon replied
promptly and emphatieay that he had not. ali
1t Is not in violation of the rules and principles
! a. | Il III
Lyon when he Joined the order p To this ques.
ton DR.. l.. replied that be did not recognize the
right of Mr.. Gordon to catechize him. He had
been catechi2ed by proxy long enough nd that
hereafter he would not permit any to cate
chze him except Mr.. Powell
DIR. Lyon, until within the last few months
has been regarded rs one of the warmcst and
most untilnchng Democrats to be found in the
Red Land District. His antecedents hav We been
Democratic from the time that the memory of
man runneth not to the contrary, and until very
recently he has been regarded by the Democracy
as most worthy and estimable man possessing
n cultivated mind and talents of high order
His friends urged his claims for Congress in the
year lsi5. when he was n formidable rival of the
Hon. ). +. Ieake for this post of honor He
was elected TO the State Convention, in which
body he served with credit to himself and his
District. His old Democratic friends have no
other fault To find with him ROW, than the fact
that he belongs to the American party, and this
Is deemed sufficient, in the eyes of few blind
adherents TO the Wise fragment of the Democ-
racy, 10 ruin DIR. L. forever in their estimation
Is It not little surprising that Dr. Lyon
should be denounced unworthy of confidence
and by men too,who but a short time since swore
most Justify that they would not under any cir
eumstances. support Henry 4. WISE and yet
they are now supporting him with all the blind
zeal and ardor new converts
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