Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-03-22
TIE MEETING 1T ST.lTNTON.

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IT,. d;.ru..;on h.twcrn M,ssr,. Lc,chcr anil C;ocgin. the
Democratic and Wing candidates for the Gdrernor,hir
ram, of in this town to-day. according to appointment;
The number present was considerably geTater than thai
which assembled i; lIarrisOnhurg yesterday. THIS wasio
lie expected from the fact that GOsrin's arrival was known
her, -inc- Tuesday evening last, and that a sufficient tia"
lad rlnu.c,I To have enabled those in the surrounding rnun-
try to nave received the news of the PROPOSED. meeting
This town Is more largely whig than probably any other
In the Commonwealth, aud the county NJ Augusta, in which
ii Il situated. maintains. II ANYTHING. n still greater Trcl"n'
dcrancc Of Wing strength. II ~ereto estimate lie decree
%: enthusiasm which was 10 await The Wh!s nohiinreb ny TIE
strength Of his party here, | should he disposal ,' place 1t
u, a very high standard and with any other n'iI thih
John I.ctcher as hi, opponent. there Is no d"nlt that he
would have commanded a decided advantage IN Tie c'htrac-
ter Of the reception ,nd she degree Of rnihu'ia-in which
would hail hi, presence. These advantages are not c'ii.
mated lightly IN au exciting campaign. They inf''i'h an
in,pira,iOn which Is not without H. encouraging ELECT upcI
,Ie candidate. lie i chc-red and applauici 81 IN" c'o,"
OF every sentence, AMI under the inIii-nce "i TIDE conf
dence thus impaired, he becomes more Than usually
effective In the style Of his address The fact o.; ih-
constituting par. OF Mr.. Lctcher's Congressional de
trici ncuiralizcd the advantages which his o!poneI;'
would otherai.c Command i'll these rr.l'c''S. Ic'ciier
4, extremely popular here, even among IN" "hic-.
many 81 whom, as I understand, haze pledged themselves
IN vote for him from purely personal considerations. Mean
Will. they continue no less confident of the success Of the
Viii: cause, relying chiefly, n, l observe. ulon The ;ces-
.ions rkrly 70 rr.rli from The reported d~i,afcc.ion among
n. Democracy Of the northwest. This. II strikes me, i =
poor reliance; for, however Objectionable L. many OF ;hcin
nigh, have been the nomination OF MI. Leichef, the conf
Grrn,ion> which led TO these objection. are by no means
,uch n. To outweigh their allegiance To iIirir party. II ms
he the case. ia. prospects ri the Whis. are iiF from Ielne
encouraging. II they have 10 rcl! sple! upon Hc'' IdH.
vote. their ,leiea; is certain. inas:nueh a, they are IN 4 ,'cci'
del minority. A. you will CLEAN from my reI"r; OF ye''eI'
day. discussion Il: lIarrisonburs, the Whis cause must >rt'
fer hy the UNMARRIED expressions Of Bolts In the Whir Con-
vcn,ion. a;I the subsequent endorsement Of them ly itat
body. III, free negro coalition scheme is raraded by Mr..
L-,cher with marked effect. 1t furnishes A decided onseifo Tor
the endorsement, Of the Ruiner pamphlet charged UPON
Lc:cier. anl earctual,y destroys the force OF the arguments
based upon ;ha; endorsement: NJ all events. they "ouil
have no eject here. for Mr.. Le:cher'- constituents would
not imItacll their own fidelity to the south by c"rtctnn!ns
what ,!cy had a fall k~nowlcdge Of when they elected lin 10
Congress. The general opinion seems to lie tlisi he vii Get
"A larger vote In his district than he had eve. received when
there was no opponent in the field against him.
Long before the candidates made their appearance. the
Court House, where the DISCUSSION was to be held. was lite.
rally throngrd with people. .Ainon. those present noticed
the Hon. 4. II. II. Stuart, who seemed TO tsIe warm interest
in the discussion, and n host OF lawyers. with which this lille
town seem. peculiarly blessed. Ahol; II o'clock the can.
didatr, assembled the platform. both being warmly cherrcd
As they entered. The arrangements FOR the discussion we're
the zane Il. those which governed at HaEri'onburg, 10 wit:
one hour and Il quarter each, and half an hour each TO
close.
Mr. Goociy led OF, opening with a review fihe disorder.
ly character Of the Petersburg Convention. and a reference
10 the hish compliment paid by Mr.. Buchanan 10 Henry
CLAY, in having commend the policy Of specific duties.
which had always been advocated BY that i!lus,r:ous staie.-
man. In this, however. Lc con;snded Mr.. Buchanan showed