Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-05-10
Eailg Siraiaiau.
DlScussion In Appomattox.
AppoxATTox, 6,h May

Of the great Democratic party 10 which he was 40
nrdently nttached and after dwelling Tor somo
short time upon Col. Floods letter Il acceptance;
on the internal Improvements of tho State. entered
into the defence of "honest John !" defence
..qeneralfvn Of Mr.. Buchanan, and an attack par
ticularly on "Whst ii costs tho people 10 be gov
erned y" BY the by, this little missile is creating
no little consernation In their ranks. and heard
an intelligent Democrat Htate few days ago.after
reading II awe were getting to he the most cor
rupt goynfnment on earthly lie honestly con.
fessed tkat Letchcr had been an abotiunist that
he had been in favor of nbolishing slavery IN
Westeru Virginia, and making free State there.
of, apologied nightly for the expenditures Of
government, and concluded by leeturng Congress
Tor not inereasing these expenses. by milking ap-
propratiDns to carry On tho mnil service, aud in
creasine The lc,,er postage fr"m to 8 cents.
Col. Ftad stated in rcply that as he WAS not
practisol st,caksr. he would begin about tho point
whers Nj. l. had left oF. thar ho might safely
rest the snldect where II had been lei, aud ask
Mr.. L. aaN member Of the Petersburg Convention,
IL 1t waA'p 'psudcnt To nominate Il gentleman who
once entertained sentiments soobnoxious. aud who.
ut an hour when the hope Of office WINS having its
influences upon him, hnd professed TO change. when
there was % largo number of Democrats in tho
State from whom better selection might havc
been masls, and whose nomination would have
had no in1urious influence abroad.
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Conveutics endnrsing generally tho Adminlstra-
tion, and asked il ho approved tho Pacific Rail
road whidh would add tor its construction, probd-
biy souna e7.000,O 900 to these expenditures. with
standing army to defond il irom the ra,ngcs of ln-
dams. 1fAe approved of II Protectofale over
Mcxioo which would add the necessity of another
standing Arms. Did he concur with tho Prcsi.
dent id Nc recent tariff views. To these. aud
similar things, Mr.. l.. had to give an emphatic
No! so that the exceptions were so numerous that
they del1r1yed the general rule, aud To support
'genes,0jl1g tho administration seems 10 mean to
condaua6 itk most important measures, but sustain
tho inc6fsbont in his office. But there Wns one
branct 9ef the Federal Government, continued
Col Fi6ad.swh Mr.. L. tells you ought TO be
self-suslS HING. and to make it tho postage on
letters unaIst 10 be increased from to ecntsand
the puafnlN on newspapers and other matter IN
creased{i IN 4he snnc ratio, aud this view receives
a i1hloFesponse from some democrats in front
of me. From it totally dissent. il any branch
of fedeNf government ought to he nssistel the
mail seltlce ought, because of the dissemination
oi cheak literature and cheap communication hc-
tween i4&fiduals tending 10 general enlighten-
ment. tt6Ause the increase on our postage. 10 far
from diminishing the expenditures OF this Depart
ment WI but give this department the greater
mower zriys these fat overland contracts to par
tisnns ~ went. in other words. for controlling
them M hy MIR. Garnott of Va, "as you
would ektfolany other ex'rnvagant person by
s,intin131hem in money" lilo might hive added
that tsISKcourse has had its influence upon the
Dcrartdjent, and Mr.. Holt has concluded to cur
tail tii4{np&nditures of tho service. and thereby
avoid IL adiam attending tho call oi an extra
session u C0ngress Col. Finod proved by Mr.. Gar
nett, hi3 democratic authority, TINT the cSpendi-
lures r. dpabled in six years, and the expendi.
lures Of tthis department had meteased rs much
"a othesS In trenting this subject he wns tri-
umphant, and the Wings felt proud of tho selec-
ton whsi,sshey Ind made of Col. lood as their
COL Flood had been ncrused of having como
forward an tho no-party candidate, although in his
letter olsN0ceptancc, be distinctly avowed tn Dem
ocratss Nd others soliciting him, that he was ns
he had Savays been, u Wing. Oh, having been
most yI0Dent par.ixnn. that lie hnd been Know
Nothin2 bAndidate when he defeated Gen. Clay,
and ~ susuay voted against his sonn-law.
Hon. TkSe y. B0cock. 1t was thus that Mr. u.
ndula11 III tho ndcrous matter found in the col
umna q(stj1e Republican for some weeks past
When CSts III got to this point he devoted chap
ter 70 1fIbepefit Of Mr.. Glass. lie exhibited the
unfaif1 10f Mat paper in accusing him Of riding
both fahf the snpling. that lc had voted for
SUNNI -. .eommon with other Wings of tho
Laeis15 = when he the regular candidate.
and fI5E Wunter when there was 10 oppositon; but
he W. taatAd by no such motive ns had been
ascribe "a him but had he. in the lattcr instance,
throwi1 II vote away, then the cry from that de.
lcctablS3 <6nrnal would have been that he WAS SO
yiolenk "a partizan that he would not vote for n
De,n0ct& when there no opposition. That
he hsdE Ea101ed against Mr.. Bpeock was true but
that n <ni had only tod half the truth; that Mr..
Bocoof75 a voted in the earlier part OF the same
clcctio1 81, and voted against him, and surely if
il wov&f Hnpardcnabe in him, Mr.. B. should
come n ftR the same share Of vituperaion, espe-
cially ID he had preceded him in the same
zr<G.auca Cnl LnIr had run ant
but ~ Z Ipsaicd TO the magnanimity Of his oppo-
nent m n himsproccsd with his rasligation. ms he
saw t6 Mr.. Glass was present. and he wanted
to say his presence what he intended to say.
Mr.. 6jn, writhing under the influence of the
lash. r se and said he thought by saying word
he CO. |SfIence the matter. He bore ample tcs-
tirnenS the surprise of all, to the manly and
honos bearing Of Col. r., that he entertained
the p personal feelings for him, was on inti-
mats y with near relative of his and pub
liclys = octed anything personally offensive to
him. she rejoinder Of Mr.. L., he made the u.s.
sertid ~ the American and Wing parties at the
NortfI - kcoalescing with the Black Republic
cans fhn& the Wings Of the South were their
nattl Ij1es. In combating this view of tho
subio 81. r. exhibited number Of the Repub-
licnr,g Smted that in nm election in one Of the
Norft e1rn States. that the complexion Of the
Leei6 y would greatly depend on eight lnde-
mend IA Wings all of whom were national.
nav sympathy with the Aboltionsts. 1t
was this stage Of the discussion that MIR.
Glne lkad been temporarily absent. called on
Col. xhow il he ''wished to make personal
msS1 4ho subject, upon which he had des-
cnn1 <Ioprthily" Tho Col. gave him to un-
der ~ shs subject would lie met in any
vav' lived, that he had, tor once, cited his
nAt thority for himself. 1t was very bad
avs biA estimation. II was at this stage
thaf 3tual personal friends interposed, and
- EAeiin0a ware again exnressed. and