Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-04-12
For the Spectator.
WING Meeting in AlIeghany.

at meeting OF portion OF the Wings of thu
counties of Allegheny and Bath, held at the Ho
tel of Mr., George Masters, on Saturday, the q
of April, pursuant to previous notice, to nomi
nate suitable individual to represent the two
counties in the next Legislature of Virginia, II
II. Robertson was called to the Chair and r. @
Noel, NJ E. Cosby and J. B. Pitzer were ap
pointed Secretaries.
Mr.. Samuel Goode, of Bath, submitted the
name of Jas. M. Montague, of Allegheny, which
was accepted without q dissenting voice.
! On motion of Mr.. John Irving, the Chair Wal
requested to appoint Committee Of FIVE to in
form MIR. Montague of his nomination, and re-
guest his acceptance of the same.
Whereupon the Chair appointed Messrs. Sam
Goode, J. D. Saddler, NJ. e. Cosby, R. O. Noel
and J. 3. Pitzer, said Committee.
| After this Committee was appointed, call
was made for speech from DIR. G. Mcdonald,
who arose and addressed the audience for about
three-fourths OF an hour, in @ very Jealous and
forcible manner.
| Mr.. Samuel Goode was next called for, who
addressed the meeting for about the same length
OF time, with q beauty and eioquence seldom
eQualled by one of his age.
Mr.. Robertson was then called for, but said
be would not if he could, offer to make speech,
after the two speakers who had Just closed had
so forcibly and beautifully entertained the meet
ing in O manner so credtable to themselves and
so satisfactory to all present; but he did not feel
like speaking, and begged to be excused. He
told an anecdote which called forth great laugh
ter and applause.
On motion Of Mr. Goode it was
Resoloe& That this meeting highly approves
the nominations, made by the Opposition Con-
! uapt in,1 bolJ tba III, ~ nh -
VIM. L. Goggin for Governor, W. I. Wiley for
ney Genersl-and will give said nominations
their cordial support.
| ReSoIU6d, That the proceedings of this meeting
be forwarded to the editors of the Greenbrier
Era, Staunton Spectator and Richmond Wing
for publication.
! And then, on notion the meeting adjourned.
II. H. ROBERTSON, Chairman.
Il. & {. l cOsa4i, Secretaries.
| j, B. PTzER,
LETTER FROM MIR. WmLEY.-W. T. Wiley
Esq, our candidate for Lieut.. Governor, having
been invited to speak In Alexandria, wrote q let
ter declining Tor the present, but expressing q
| hope that he would be able to do so before the
election. He then continues
Meantime, gentlemen allow me to say to you
that Our cause prospers in the North West.
have strong hopes of success. But whether
successful or not, in our State election; our can
Vass seems destined to inaugurste the re-organ-
izGtion of great national conservative party.
| The people are ready for this They are tired of
sectionasm and ultrasm of all kinds They
are alarmed at the monstrous aggressions of the
Of the Federal Executive upon the other depart
ments Of the goverument-the assumption of the
legislative power to declare Wharf.-The coneentra.
ton OF the purse and the sword in the same
hands. They are shocked by the astounding de-
7eopcments Of corruption, ranking end foster
ing in every department. of tho general govern
mout. Above al, they oannCt understand Why
it IS that, in time Of genial skies and fruitful
seasons, and of profound peace, and exemption
from plague, pestilence, or famine or any other
Provnential detriment of the public prosperity,
all our industrial interests are Frustrated, our
commerce paralized, our hitherto overlooking
revenues all exhausted q national debt piling up
on the country, and every department of the
public veal crippled or destroyed They see
that every department Of the government, and
every officer of the government, from the Pres
idenG to the pettiest Postmaster at crossroads,
has been, and still is, in the hands Of the Dem
ocratic party ard they are beginning to con
clude that something must be wrong in the pol
| icy or the administration of the government, or
in both. They are ripe for q change. The con-
servstive principles Of our party commend them
selves fayorably.