Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-05-23
That Rump Convention.

CLAY was fairly nominated by n two.thirds vote,
or, BY a vote equivalent to 10000 votes and IN
90 900 votes are more thnn two-thirds Of the vote
Of the whole District, Gen. Clay may hc truly de-
clarod the nominee by an overwhelming majority
of the whole Democratic vote of the District
Now, We really think that our neighbor has drawn
largely on his imagination, as we can prove that
there were not 10000 votes represented in the
Convention, nor much more than half that
number.
We have taken the pains to compile the Demo
cratic vote of the District and find il To be "s6Il.
and conccding that all the counties claimed to be
represented in the Rump Convention were fairly
represented (Y) we find that their aggregate vote
is only 1925 being 50 short of u majority II
we take from this estimate the counties Of Char
lotte, Nanscmond, and Prince George, which IN
tho official account published in the Hep"bt"dh
arc not eren enumerated, and therefore not claimed
to be represented by proxy or otherwise the vote
must fall Dos short of majority Of the Demo-
cratic vote of the District. In any event, the
vote Of Roanoke county, consisting OF SOB VOTES,
should be struck from tho roll of the Convcntion
as by admission Of he gentleman mho ga" He
rote of that county, we are justified in saying h.
had no authority for SO doing! lie was not IL
delegate, but merely here IN hansif, and left the
Convention bcfore Mc nom'naton ras mdat.
Now, this was pretty conclnyc, even IL e,ery
member of it had been sober, to virtually elect n
member Of the Board Of Public Works. We have
proven that it was in no sense II Convention II
was burlcsque. farce, an nbortion--a ridiculous
assumption upon the part OF n TOW railroad ''l'-
Gals and Lynchburg politic'anS.to cocrce the Dis
trict into the support of Gen. Clay, and we nrc
hsppy To learn that the friends Of Mr.. Daniel,
Mr.. Blow, aud Mr.. Trelway, do not regard it.
We heartily wish that every voter in tho District
could have seen the thing as We saw it--whcn the
exhiliratny effects of wine, or pinetop whiskcy,
made some Of its members ms loquacious IA jack
DAVIS. and as purnacious MS tom-cats-und il n
sense of tho ludcrous had not 10 oycrcamc them
Ms to quite suppress their honest indignation. they
would have turned away with unutteruhle disgust.
and have been cured of caucus nominations Tor
ever.
But further, quoth onr nc ;hhor, sit is the duty
of every Democrat, who recognises the binding
obligations Of Conventions. and regards mo.' "'
success Of that party him, he mome"fry hi"mlh
Of indiraiuai members, 10 cniorse lis action ohd
sustain lis nomiHec.'
And this, We presume, is the ground upon
which the Wings of this section must supnort
Gen Clay Can they do it: Are they more
concerned for "lhe success Of the Democratic
party" than Cor anything else? Can they consis-
tently with sclfrespect register the cdict "l the
! Democratic Convention, Mt the bidding OF the
Iynchburg Rcpubirdn? Can they respond to
appeals like this when told by the Rcpulhra
that at is the duty of the Democratic patty Of
the District to support the rrgr'9r nominee otHsh
party, and vindicae he p',Prjefy and necessity Q,
Conventional organisation" l. it''thc duty o
the Wings to fall into ranks n this bidding .
Tho Repuhi,can was not content to let Con Clay
run on his individual merits. but, regarding "thc
necessity of Conventional organization" to be %
paramount Importance, must needs fol>t HIM
upon pctard that was to magnify his Importance
enable him to override every body else, and
then cooly command us to supper, him upon SIC
tionai grounds!
We will do no such thing and we trust that n,
Wing who claims to have any Independence vii
support the bogus nominee Of the Rump Conyca
ton. We can vote for Mr. Kilby, whose position
suits us in every respect; who is not the candidate
of any caucus who is gentleman of talents
and character; who was an active and cihcien
advocate of Internal improvement in the LeSisl'
lature and who is not the candidate of Mr.. Levi
IIaryie of the Richmond a Uanvillc Railroad.
The Southern .'Commerea' Convention II
Vicksburg has adjourned. 1t closed its "mbars.
rs n Southern contemporary says. after four day
of hard work. II great deal of discussion, and
great paucity of results.
Eight States only out of the fifteen States Of tn
South, were rcprcscnted-and some Of these b.
very slim delegations. The truth is. the pcopl
generally are losing confidence in these ConvcI
tons, since they were perverted from their orig