Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-05-16

said 1t had been objected to HIM that ne told
anecdotes. We'll; he must BID allowed to
make his speeches in his own way. Anec-
dotes were like pictures in book, and. if
good, were sometimes capital illustrations!
1t was a pity that MIR. Montague did not en-
liven his speeches, with few of the same
sort
Mr.. MONTAGUE, the Democratic candidate
for Lieut.. Governor then took the floor in
reply to Mr.. Goggin. lie was courteously
and handsomely received, and made his
acknowledgements gracefully. lie is flu
ent, and energetic speaker, and we would
not detract, in the least, from his abilities
and zeal. He commenced by an elaborate
examination of the Secession doctrine, con-
tending that the doctrine was right in it.
self, and that it was bottomed upon the
Virginia Resolutions of '9S and '99. To
deride or ridicule these resolutions. he said,
was to sap and undermine the Democracy OF
Virginia. If the National Democratic par
ty, was, as Mr.. Pryor said, QUOTED by Mr..
Goggin, dead the Democratic party of Nir-
gInia was not dead, and stood alive and erect
upon these resolutions. He, then, proceed
ed to consider. in detail, and ut length, the
Ruffner pamphlet subject and MIR. Letchers
position on the slavery question in the past
and mt the present. lie admitted that Mr..
Letchcr had entertained erroneous and i'm
proper sentiments on the slavery question,
but he had changed those sentiments. He
had recanted. 1t was right for man to
recant, when he found himself to be wrong.
lie then took up the subject of the proposed
division of the State. and argued that that
was matter caused by the great Basis
Question, in which the West had felt itself
aggrieved. but which had been happily set
tied by the late Virginia Convention which
gave to the people new Constitution. If
Mr.. Letcher's positions were wrong then,
he contended, that Mr.. Wiley, 1.-THE Wing
candidate for Lieut. Governor,) was wrong
too, and read from a speech made in that
Convention by Mr.. Wiley to sustain his
point.
He said IL won't call Wiley an aboli-
ZIONIST. he is not one but say that like the
whole West at that time they all held the doc
trines of the Rntfner Pamphlet. 1t was the
sentiment of the West, in consequence of the
White Basis. Letcher and Wiley stand to-
gether, and if you put down one you must put
down both"
Az Mr.. Montague quoted from MIR.
Willeys' speech. let us give another extract
from the same speech, which we find in
the Norfolk Herald, so that it may be seen,
what Mr.. Willey's ''anti-slavery" sentiments
really are:-" Should ever" says Mr.. Will
lev, 1.-The dark demon of insurrection show
its hideous head in your midst-should ever
the fiery fend of northern fanaticsm plant
it's robber feet on southern soil, or lay its
leprous hand on single slave within your
borders-I feel in my heart authorized to
pledge you, that the hardy sons of the Wes-
tern mountains will come to your rescue
they will come, Mt: by units, but by thou
sands-they will come. Hot by constralnt'
reluctantly, but promptly ana cordially
with hands as strong and hearts IA true az
ever de6ed tyrant, and died in defence OF
liberty and honor"
Mr. Montague went on to contend that MIR.
Letcher had not only recanted his anti-sla-
very sentiments, but that he had been,
whilst in Congress, in the foremost ranks
contending against the Aboltionists, voting
and acting and speaking against them, and
doing all that he could to drive them back
and defeat them.
He then attacked Mr.. Goggin for his vote
against Texas. He admitted that whilst he
supported Mr.. Buchanan for some things he
had done, snd eulogized in warm terms,
some of the measures of the Administration,
he did disapprove Of and Gondemn other
measures, and could not, therefore, again
vote for him. The specific duties and Pacific
Railroad schemes he repudiated. But he
would, also, say that he never would vote
for man who had voted against the admis-
sion of Texas, which added 10 greatly to
the strength of the South.
lie defended Mr. Letcher for receiving the
additional pay a. Member of Congress,
and for several votes he had given whilst in
Congress, which had been objected to.
lie secuted at the distribution of the pro-
cseals of the public lands, contendng TINT
such distribution would be unjust impoli-
tic and stitutional-luggrd in, as usual,
Bons (Mr. Goggin said, that they would as
surejly die of Bolts. if they continued at
this much longer arguing that the " hIgs
were responsible for all that Bolts said IN
his recent speech, because the Wing IoH-
vention has passed resolution praising that
speech &c--and urged that it did not lie in
the mouths of the Wings to ray word
against Mr.. Letcher's anti-slavery opinions,
after having supported Geo. W. Summers
As for his (Mr. Ms course on the Internal
Improvement subject, he explained, that
whilst in the Legislature, in obedience 10 the
wishes of his immediate constituents, he
had voted against these improyements-but
that he soon saw such course was wrong,
and that he was now in favor of approprla-
tons for completing the great lines OF I'M
movement,