Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-05-17
For ire Kanawha Valley Star.
ITo tic People on the 45th Sraaiofial Die
Is tri5I-4I0ln Hall mud bis Indignation

7llA MeetiHg.k HI If nh Nv.
llIosoI Citizeas !--Through the col.
lIunfis5 Of The !" Kanawha Valley Star. " q
1the Sd inst, / addressed communica-
3tion esp5siDg Mr.. Jlo. Hall Of this town,
lfor having written and published through
The columns of the Independent Repabtt-
teaa, certain slandefous and abusive let
Hers III which Mt Hall W ilillly and ma.
+iiciously mis- Represented aud slandered
Mr.. Newman. the Democratic
candidate for The Senate in this district;
lIn addressing the Communication to you
as / did, and exposing Mr. Hall, I was
actuated tpSit not through any haired Or
malace toward Mi Hall. but was pro-
voked to Hit because II saw he was3slan.
dering adj honest and truthful gentleman
Iof nv county. and attempting to drag
him IS 4 level with himself. and in addi-
ton. to chat, Mr.. Hall told meliu the store
| OF 81 B. CO.. that hi. had taken occasion
to say that something I9had said was not
true, and that he was getting up com;
muniication for the next ReP.t5licop. and
| that a part Of it, was for me. In my
Communication which appeared IL the
columns Of the Star, made many grave
charges against Mr.. Hail, as A man,
which can sustain By evidence thatcan-
not BE- cohtloyerted, and will sustain
when .eyerEthey are denied as being true
fby M. Hal, and I might 60 On With vol
unies lof charges that are mote odiouus
and demoralizing than the ones thai i !
have made against him; but ! VIII not
make any more charges against Mr.,
Han unlesstI am driven 10 DID, so. When
MI. Hall read my cpmmdnication 10
which fesposed BIS treacbery, trickery
and low slsnders be became enragad, IN
duly excited, aud knowing. that the
charges I made against him were entire
n tIue, and seeing The unfnviable posi-
ton ii which hefiiad placed himself ua-
Intentionally, merely ~ thePaippse' Of
irving to defeat Mt. Newman and he
RaIIfSad,. and Ssept His personal sPeen, IS
theI treason WY BE did nos attempt q re-
plyiS Mr.. John HAT seems toHthink that
it. is all Eair and right fol- hinlto SANDER
andEabuse honest Ind good men; bat,Sdis-.
likes very much fortan humble mechanic
do expose his black and infamous record
WIKI manner Of i man Isl Mr. HALT? that
he why thus SANDER public aid private
gen Ienlen; aug when he is fntt through
the fpubfic press, which is lIis fayorite
..place for raining when he has 1po dpposi
ttohl but if a. fnbchanic neetsah}n Nere
and exposes Aris black record and his
malicious modvesto the peopletby5w which
he Is actuated be then raises Ehis GUN
ming eyes towards heaven and With cut.
streltlfed arms. kpa.inEthe agony ofdesth
-exclaims with hblg horrors m bands are
tied r L This, fdllbw citizens isathe kind
Of a mao join Hall is whoEhas been
writing So many slapdefous iettsrs Mr..
Hall knowing that he cannot snsiaip him
self before the Intelligent people in his
positions, and knowing that l scan sus-
tain The charges that / haze made against
him, goes 70 work To get up aH.intligna-
ton meeting, ah d after making aIyi$orpus
af5rt Tor thres days succeed ib7getting
sly d eight oflhis personal friends to a. !
-AsenfBle at the8 Court House on Saturday
eSening about5fouf . tIbck, to IRass rqso-
latlo4s which Ne had drawn UP bur these
men seeing thS FOLLY ofsuch 9 course and
knowing that Mr. Halls resolutions could
net receive their sanction, adjourned over
until }seyen O'Clock ii night when they
again assembled Il and after remaining
IaboutI|an. hour without saying III doing
anything, j.. J Franklin, Esq then rose
and moved thht tie meeting should come
to order by W. w. tMuntarf taking The
chair, and NV w. NJ cDaniel acting ss
secretary, which they did@ Ny qommu-
nicatapn was thfn read bf the Secretary.
At length Dr. Barluwfapd H. MaDaniel.
| ESqs., raised from their seats and stated
! that they hal been eqpestsd BY Mr. Hall
who was personal friend Of tReirsI 10
state what they knew Of tile charges that
I made against MI Hsll,9ana that bffag
called upon Us. they were by Mr. Hail,
| they. felt it their duty to do 80 and TO
state sH they Iknsw. but their evidence
fdid not .eontfadiet: any charge | had
made, and fhis was the only evidence
| Mr, Hall offered \ but ! will not stop
here, but next notice the resolutions OF
Mr., Hall. Esl Hin /,
Fellow citizens. these we're some re#o-
buttons drawn up by Mt. Hall himself,
one endorsing discourse ia This Senate
triol canvass, and two or5thtee Others, de-
nounclag me az a MANI and one .denoun.
| cling he Star. The resolutions were
handed to to the secretary BY Mr.! G. w.
Tippett, the foreman iniMr. Hutchinson S
Eprintitigs Office, and then he5had to Rad
1 them for the secretary, being more ae-
quainled, with Nil Halls writing tban
| tie secretary was, Mr r. then moved lie
/ adoption Of said resolutions. But every
fmanthat opened Ills mouth spoke against
the resolution endorsing Mr.. Hall Mr.,
I T. then moved that TIM other resolution
be adopted, But an except |two ol
/ three of my personal enemies object.
/ ed toll the whole of The splutiousi---
But then tho vote was takeu on the 9th.
Iers. and then only thrseaor foqrEotea FOL
them. and as many or more against them,
fmy friends net voting At al. Capt ]. P
b. p. Smith, tlsn called for division
but Mr. Tippett jumped up and said they
\ were carried and Tall the people left ths
/ Court Housein disgust. Iwent myself
land invited some ten or tifteenfof ln5
friends who went and Witnessed he