Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1858-08-26
TINE CONTEST oUiCxens.

Ths partissns Of the several sspirsns for ID.
Governors chair are brginnisg to sharpen their
quilts aud their Wits and friend, Of Me..r..
L.reHsn ant FArtxsss are e.pec ialiy industrious
In haa'ins up eridrnses ofthsir .oupdnes. ON the
slavery question: In spite Of the old record. Which
me eerious adversary Is naunline In their faces
Ihs hiesds OF LsroHEs swear thai h. Ia. been
sound on The proninept topic for the las, eight or
ven years, that i'. one year afsr be endorsed Dr..
hsf'Stss snttslavery pamphlet, aud that since
nc mas been IN Congress be has made several hard
n's a. me Abolition ists, and especially Ia, he
'sro''isd the old srey-besrd GipsaNo., the chief
hnhef. FArLksrzs friends gloss over his aboli.
ZION aeeuines oi 1897. and point TO let9 q, the era
10 which be commenced the foundation, OF the
iasiuEe slave Law. In ist3 he began TO De Demo
crane BY hroring the snneIstion OF Texas: in
ie's be became anu-MeIiean. and Promised land
ana bread and meat to the widows aud orphan, Of
soeh VI me Berkeley boys as should volunteer and
oased and die In ihatwar This We, q esoerou,
0uef' YET the var mus, have been very harmless
Que 10 the Berkeley volunteers for we have vet 10
near OF NE hfsi deed Ia fee,imple Of land To spy
u inc families who were reduced to state of or.
Pnabsse. Cannot some isithful biogra pher tell u,
now many broad acres our liberal representative
actually decided s~ay1 We have heard much and
O!'ea o! 'he r 'sos BOW let Us know ,om-ihinx OF
ihe PSrfo'rsases. A wInsr IN the E4g.usy az.
MI F.was note Democrat In 1919, for Jude,
fAAkts uas thea the member. Yes ne recolleet
Mr.. FArLEsss no, only opposed the regular Demo.
cratic nominee on that occasion, and talked whir.
gerry "likes book, but he opposed HEs.Y B,p.
isS1H, the Democratic champion who had been
s1umPing the disuicI through every Pr,,id,nu,I
canvass since he became OF age. nMr. F.rL.sI.
vas not elected TO Congress asa Wing 10 1851
Owing 10 detection In the Democratic t,,l,
taco be certainly e., Wing vote. under "nl,.
presnce,." But his biogrspher settles the cues
t'oa by stating that Mr.. =. took sea. on LIf Dem
"e'a"f "4' 81 iAs AaH This was certainly a mod.
cot way oigeting over to the clover sid. OF the ps,
lofe' haring by the adroii aid OF managers at the
Conventon, Obtained the Democratic sndof,.ment
all hn Wing uaHssressions have been forgiven,
ana The old nag hat be used to swear by from IA.
TOP Of the Winchester log.eabin will no, lie needed
iof his winding sheet.
mere casual reader oftLe Democrats rap,r,
must come to the cone luSion that the contest Il.
narrowed down to LEreHEG aud F.uLISEH. tn.
old 'ime-worn ID nocraIs, whose sseuieheop, Inv,
never been soiled by Aboliioni,m or wbiyy.,v
have no chance In the ring with these rer,nct,,,d
aud redesmed champions. How can uyssSs
BsoeEssrRoroH. TrcEER, FLOYD, and others Of
the "old fos'es.' hope to compete with The new
ligho1
Bot leithe game b. played out. Let no fa.,idi.
obs wing or over Jealous pro-slavery man in .,,
ie's With this interesting contest The uam> n.
Demoefati'a PsnoPly OF triple bra,s-ihe water.
Of Leihe are TO te poured over every juvenile isds
efe'oh-and every Palpable trans ression is to be
forgiven because a saint newly born /, .,x,r,
more elamorous and zealous Than one reared a, III.
feet Of Gan Aliel. The friends Of L,1eu,. mu,,
look out-Ihe Fsulkneries are crafty. like th,i,
leader AMI, in the lang uage Of one Of bis admirer,
~hen you think the ioI Is on one rack you may
be sure he is on another.-HIn. Reg.