Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-11-14
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER ~ 1859. .
ftr Lexington EalIfy Siar--Boons Meet.
Tim SquaIltr Sovereignty md the 0s-
tdWaf0mites. Fsgl Il

ing recently held at Boone Court
House, tlie proceed ings of Which were
sSHipe Weeks since, published. III onrpa-
psg,s lad We been unacquaintel with
ttye# sAtece1snts Of tIe Le1iaytoa
&er, We confess We would have felt
iiprpfissd, If not been overwhelmed
Mithloamazement,. npon reading The
editorial of that paper. We do not
=PFSpsss TO expose every perversion
efothee Lerington Oracley we shall
enlyaslotice d few of the more promi.
nent and inexcusable. The Star
says last fall tile Boone meeting
aaJitcled into him, lMr. Lefcher,)
I With decided vim, and adopted q
EIoseries Of resolutions. declaring that
.ssqif, nominated as rsthe Democratic
aeaAafdated for Governor, he could
! Rott Ieceiyo fhe vote efthat County,
notwithstanding all which, Mr..
sgsdL5teher received about the usual
1ygmocratic vote in that County,
IL WeIBtonounce the foregoing state
ment of the Lepingtoa star, utterly
hhFrdea,' and without any foundation
Whatsoever ii fact. We here insert the
t4sohitioas of the Boone meeting Of
RsfGalf. from which Il viii be seen, not
Sns Word IS said about MI. Letcher
any way. @ J,
sEtslVshsreas. much has been said iii the rub
liz pEesqSs,of the State. in REGARD to5ihe time
ehdsplace for holding the next Democratic
Eqntsntion, to nominate ca Ididste for Gov
ethdf of Virginia, and; whereas, the claims
ofMnfiAsfh andaaies for the nominate have
hssnHrssly discussed In ths newspapers Of the
tBs ig there fore, resolved. that we, Demo.
tfHts '6E Boone in meeting assembled |, as eli.
Ffesssfs1f Of cur opinion, do recommend
Charlottesville as the place, and the ffst day
ek Dec gpber a. the time for holding said Con-
ts999 w Rssolved, that Ill selecting candidate
fdfs The fiext Governor Of Virginia, the Con-
s1ntidhfFshorld select man who is in favor
QGi the ftauyington and Ohio Railroad, and who
has ai,eays been devoted TO the institutions Of
Virginia and the Sonth. .s.#. IS
!! !. "a. sResoiyeds that HENRY Al. EDMuNDSog.
lks duff fist choice, and JOHN w. BRockEE-
nR6lpn,sis our second choice for Goyefnof.
Which prea nble and resolutions were unan-
ipaNSty adopted. z, III s
-esaN eYsWe respectfully ask all respect;
ableaad honest men what legitimate
ssttae can be offered in extenqation
pf tbss gross and palpable misrepre-;
sensations Of the Leatagtoa Oracle
Mr. 1setcher's name Is not mentioned
IL n! tshs | resolutions 70. which that pa
PFarb refers !; nor j. there anything.
contained in those resolutions, from.
Which II can " justly on fairlyinfet
Ssd lhllat the participants i'll that meet
ipg would not support, Mr.. Letcher if
nominated. And We are credibly in
l togRe n that every man who addressed
that faeeting declared his deterInina-
ten mt 70 support Mr. 'll Letcher # nomi-1
f faEl '31. II will also be- seen. that tlle.
AAorsg9 ing resolutions doa not even re-
fer to4Ar.5Letcher's emancipation sen
fjmeRts in 1917. So much then for
The The Il seTiagt'on Oaaczea misrepresen-
tationsaof the Boone meeting Of last
| ia III ~
last f li, the politicians, the soothe
aaFers and wise men Iof intellectual
Iapa flo2gdt Roek5ridgs held q meet
iinS5 Which passed a long series Of
saihh md yfalsoine resolutions ID re.
gRrd totheir county MIN MI. Ieteh,
Aef, md declared Mr.. Letcherto be
tba;fgst choice DC that county. The
tL4aissgton Ot'aeleleralded thisneet-
ing tofi Ae world, and time. and again
iIproclaimed MFR, Lptciler toAbe the ia
e,orita,ino only Of loyal Rockbridge,
lbut pf'every county}of the invincibIe
Tenth legion, and Ola large majority
lot the slave holding counties Fnetl If