The true Democrat., 1856-06-03
From Jefferson County.

Iticht0nd, May Z4 1ooO.
 Mir. ED1ToR:-The canvass in this county was inaugurated at Rchand township on last Saturday the 26th inst. By express invitation of the Richland democratic association, Col. L.
 B. Luckie addressed the people of this town
 ship on the agitating questions of the day. His speech was replete with the most solid arsu- ment and that tervid burning eloquence which charactcrizes all his efforts. He delineated with the stroke of master hand the evil ten dencies of Know Nottingham and the corrup- tons of that party in light clear as meridian sun beam, and the audience, comprising d ma
 jorty of the voters of the township, universally siastlcally endorsed and applauded the senti- ments of the gallant and gifted orator. As you are aware, Col. Luckie was selected by the late democratic county convention as our candidate
 for the House of Representatives He was nominated with unparalleled unanimity by the largest and most respectable convention ever held in Jefferson county. In that convention the very best feeling prevailed; but one spirit animated the body, and that was, which August's sun will witness, to completely and forever an- initiated the Know Nothing, by designation the | An1ericon @ party In selecting Col. Luckie as our standardbearer in the coming conflict the democratic party acted wisely and wel.- | Possessed of all the attributes of popular orator and every endowment of polished and cultivated intellect, joined with noble and chlvalrc nature, his competitor will find in him a formidable adversary with whom to measure a lance-hc must be of heavy mettle, for our gallant leader will contend every incl, of ground with his characteristic zeal and ability. The
 Know Nothing combined councils" (to use a Bottite expression) of Jefferson county, nomi- hated and presented for immolation our worthy citizen Gen. Thos. James. He is high toned gentleman, of polished mind and address, and in every respect worthy of the confidence and esteem of his party. But as he embraces the odious tenets of Know Nottingham, and they are not fragrant in the nostrs of tie majority of the voters of this county, I presume the General if he accepts the Know Nothing nomi- nation, "with the resolutions annexed" cum o,1ere that his clarion voice will ring out on the still air before August for Butcher, or night, or some Cassius stroling on the banks of the troubled stream which will engulph him and his party. It is not certainly asccrtained that Gen. James will oppose Col. Lucke for the Legislature. He has been nominated some three weeks, and his name faunts from the masthead of Yell's hired organ and its peurile scribblers wax warm and eloquent in his praise. yet, we see no o9ic,al announcement of his &C., ceptance. Ample opportunity has been afford ed. The conventions of the respective parties nominated the above named gentlemen during court week. Large crowds of persons were in attendance that week. Col. Luckie accepted his nomination and during that week, in two speeches, announced his principles and the:rea- son for the faith that is in him. Gen. James did not reply or define his views on any occa- sion. This, too, when there was Know Nothing meetings, at which the Great Am (Gen. Yel) thundered his phillpcs against the men and measures he was so mnch in love with, till he found "office," would not inconvenience itself to "hunt" him up. The splenditerous Grace too perpetrated his peculiar views in one of his stereotyped speeches, " full of sound and fury signifying nothing;;' but the Know Nothing nominee aforesaid, during all this excitement, maintained grave-like silence, which silence | is construed to mean by many persons that it is | questionable whether he will accept the nomi- | nation or not.
 see by proceedings that the Know Noth- | ing Hot Springs convention was slimly attend | ed, only l5 counties out of 25 or 30, having representation. It was like the mountain in | iabor it did not produce vast deal or dazzle the world with the brilliance of its productions | Fowler and Grace, Who in his widest dream | would have though, that result-Absolom Tow. Ter for Congress and M. Porter Grace for district elector-ye gods and the denanutive of the 6ndy tribe!-know Nottingham has wondrous fac | ulty A its greed and lust and chase after spells and public plumber in reconciling it's brethren. Not over two years since, Fowler, in the pub lic prints, exhausted the vocabulary of choice | invective i'll endeavoring to demonstrate to the | public that more accomplished scoundrel than Grace did not walk earth's green sward. Now the tune is changed-Grace, no doubt, in the eye of Fowler is a marvellous proper man ;,