Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-05-18
LYNCHBURG, WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY IS. Is!
Daily Gir9iaian.
Messrs. GogEin and Montague
At ALEXANDRIA.

on Friday night, to listen tn political discussion.
"lncrease of Appetite seemed 10 ha,o grown up
on whit it had fed. the previous night-and all
Were engor aud anxious tn hear tho speakers.
MIR. Geggin. tho Whig candidate for Governor.
commenced the discussion. lie was received with
hearty applause. vs. are We express the
opiuinns Of all, when we say, that he not only
pleased but delighted the audience 10y his happy
manner. his ready wit. md his npcn and manly
mode OF dealing with all the questions before him.
Nor were his wit and manner his only recnmmcn-
dations. His points were nll we'll male. and his
argument, logical aud strong. Thuse who have
heard him before, in this canvass say that he nc,
cr appeared 10 greater advantage, and never ac-
quilted himself moro credtaby to himself and
with more riert to the cause which he advocates.
and the party at which he IL the gallaut leader and
standard bearer.
lie took up first. tho doctrine of Secession which
has lately been propounded and urged 10y Mr..
Montague, and apparently made 'plahk IN the
political platform of the party striving 10 retain
their a>csrlaney in this State, He showed how
contrary that doctrine. rs mnir fhinrd and defend
ed hy Mr.. VI. was. to the opninn and teachings Of
James Madison nnI Andrew Jackson, and how
destructive it would he, if practically carried out.
t. all hope ft preservation and perrcluation II
the tniun. His comments on this head were Tor
cible and conclusive.
lie thea took up the famous RalnHr pamphlet,
and contonlr1 that the doctrines Il that pamphlet
published, wcrc thoroughly ant-slnvcry, aud that
they ns bad ard worse than nny opinions ev-
er entertained by Geo. W. Summers. Bo,is, Bal
lard Preston, or others, who had been denounced
aud ostracizrl by the Democratic party. ~ nhoh-
tonist4. lie returned tho poisoned chalIce' To
the lips of these who had often used this slave
ry question for eject charging them with eating
thr,r own words. in the =" their own ,and-
date lie admitted that Mr.. lctchcr bad ,ccantcd
these opinions and now expressed different ones.
and did nat say that no would act. il in Office up
nn The doctrines which ho had recently held But
# he WAS To he excused why was tho gross in JUS
;icc committed OF hunting 4 bounding Summers for
cxprcssns similar doctrines yenrs aud years ago
aul WIN ia not only large slave h"lder. hut MS
tree aud good. and salo man any one in the
broad liu,its oi the & mmonwralth simply hccnuse
he j. n Whig. 1t upon the Inconsistency and
injustice Of the party. in this matter TINT he char
ged home, nrd with NIL the powers of his Wit and
argument. Ii they relied. he SAID, upon what they
chilled the "nural effect against the Suuth." hal
Summer, been elected would not the same moral
effect bc produced, if Mr. L"chcr should be cec-
ted! llc used the argument os the Democratic
party against summers, rs Arguments against the
present course of that party.
lie next commented upon Mr.. Letchcr's cx-
pressed Opinions as to forcing the 20 pie TO pay
their taxes in gold and silver should the Banks
suspend and upon that Ecntlcmnn's proposed
division of The State; and in this ennnexion made
II glowing and thrilling appeal To the people in
behalf oi Nirsitia interests a:d Virginia onc and
inllviihlc."
lie then took up the general political issues,
and one aitrt another, proruunded to Mr. Mon
taguc n succession of questions touching these
matters to which he desired answers. Mr. NJ.
was here a4 the advocate Of n candidate nnmina-
ted hy II Convention that had approved Of Mr..
Buchanan : administration. and vet Mr.. NJ. him
self not only failed to support the measures of
that administration, but repuliaiel and d"npuc-
ed several # the must important Of them. Do
you said hr, al rrs-ing Mr.. NJ approve the Pa
cfc Railroad, and the Tariff? You do nItand
yet here YOU are supporting the Administrations
candidate ior Governor
Mr. Letchcr'- acceptance Of the increased pny
for MemherS of Congress, his participation in the
expense incurred for deiraying the iunkeiings ol
of kossuth aud his followers in Washington nnd
his vote against the pensions for tie old soldiers,
were all'c 'mmentcd on.
He said that he had great confidence that the
rcople Of Virginia would sustain him in the effort
he was now making, aud that il elected, he would
endeayor to perform his duty faithfully in behalf
of the rights oi the Commonwealth. and the inler
es,s Of the people lie was in favor of their grent
works of internal improvement. and he was IN Ia
vor of relieving the people, rs much ns possible,
from the burhen Of the taxation they endured for
their construction. There fund, hr said,
which belonged to them, and which oughttp be
npplird to tina, purpose. lie referred to the Ihb-
lie Lands. Give us our just and rghiul share Of
that fund, and it wnuld g far to finish our i'm
movements and relieve US from onerous taxation.
But as long as Democratic rule prevails, Illinois,
and Missouri, and other Western States could get
this fund.- lut not n red cent for old Virginia.
Throughout all this Mr.. Goggin illustrated his
positions with the best told anecdotes we ever
heard They were irresistible. lie said it had
been objected to him that he told Anecdotes. Well,
he must be allowed to make his speeches i'll his
own way. Anecdotes were like pictures III II
book and, if good, were sometimes capital Illus
,ratons /, wasa pity that Mr. Montague did
not enycn lbs 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. lie
ia fluent, and energetic speaker. and we would
not dcrart in the least, from his abilities and
zeal He commenced by an elaborate examination
of the Secession doctrine contending that the
doctrine was right in itself. and that it was bot
TONED upon the Virginia Resolution of ,0S aud 90.
To deride or ridiculo these resolutions, he snid
was TO sap and undermine the Democracy OF Nir-
cinia. II the National Democratic party. as Mr.
Pryor said, (quotel by Mr. Gogsin,) isdead. the
Democratic party of Virginia was not dend, and
stood alive and erect upon these resolutions, llc
then. proceeded TO consider, in detail, and at
length, the Ruffncr pamphlet subject. and Mr.
Letchcrs position on the slavery question in the
past and at the present lie admitted that Mr.
Letcher bad entertained erroneous and improper
!, sentiments an the slavery question. but he had
changed those sentiments He had recanted. 1t
was ripht for man to rccant. when he found
himself to be wrong. lie then took up thosubject
Of the proposed division of the State. and argued
that was n matter caused by the great Basis
Question. in which the West had felt itself ag
grieyed, but which had been happily settled by
the late Virginia Convention which gave to the