Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-04-30
HENRY SHACkELFORD.


The CANyASS.-Since the nomination OF
Mr.. Thomas for Congress. the Wings of the
District. have with singular unan!mity raj
lied To his support. and it. likewise. gives us
much pleasure To lind also in our ranks,
many Democrats who are tired Of being
longer represented by Gov. Smith. There
is but one single thing then, that can pre-
vent the triumphant election OF our candl-
date, and that is the support which Gov.
Smiths friends claim he will get from some
members Of our party. Hardly a day pas
srs by. that We do not hear from his friends
Of some Wings who intend voting for him.
Now. fellow Wings. is this true! Grant that
some Of his personal friends in the party 60
for him. but that any considerable number
of the Wings Of %Fauquier. will vote for Gov.
Smith. is a thing We shall not believe until
We see II with our own eyes. Had Shackel-
ford aud Smith alone remained in the field,
doubtless n large number Of Wings would
have voted for each gentleman: but when we
have ourselves 4 candidate worthy 10 receive
our support. We doubt not for one moment,
the course that will be pursued by the Wings
Of Fauquicr.
The blast that recently called up the
Wing party from the very dust itself, had
scarcely died away upon the breeze, ere one
thousand clansmen of the Gallant Harry
answered To its thrilling tones. They met
in Richmond. nominated n full State ticket
of able, talented, and excellent men, and
then appealed To our patriotism to rally eve
rywhcre 10 its support. They recommended
Whig candidates for other Offices throughout
the State. and demanded Il cordial union for
success.
In this District, our candidate is popular,
talented, and worthy of our support. while
both Smith and Shackelford are decided enc
mics of our principles. Both have fought
long and hard for our defeat, and when the
Wing party lowered its flag and disbanded
lis battallons, none reIolced more than the
TWO Locoioco candidates. now in the held
seeking your support. Gov. Smith during
the last canvass was recognized by his party
as an old line Democrat, and claims now
that he was never any thing else. For
these reasons, we ask the Wings Of the Dis
trict. to unite cordially for Thomas, and let
them bv their votes condemn the course OF
both Smith aud Shackelford by consigning
them both to political defeat orrenton
Wing.
MEssRS. IIoRp AND AsHBr, OF FAUQCIyR.
The nomination Of these gentlemen has
been rcceivedby the Wing party of Fauquier
with entire u%nanimity. So far as we can
learn, not one single Wing will withhold his
vote from them, and that they will be elected
most triumphantly, no man will doubt, who
knows any thing about the present state OF
feeling in this county. Let them have two
hundred and fifty majority, and not one vote
less.-W dyremton why.
4 STATENENT.-The Warrenton Flag says,
and we have been requested to copy the
paragraph The statement made in q COM
munication to the Gazette, copied into the
Republican, that Gov. Smith had assallsd
Mr.. Barbour for the last apportionment OF
the Districts, we ARE authorized to say is en-
tirely erroneous. Mr.. Thomas, in his
speech NJ Fairfax C.. H.. said that his party
had been wronged by that enactment, aud
tina, it was certainly entitled 10 one district,
which he was now seeking 10 recover, ana
Gov. Smith replied that one wrong could not
Justify another, that any how, he was not re-
sponsible for the former; and that, besides,
the Wings il 80 professed 10 regard him as
the ''aveng!ng angel Of the alleged injus-
tice. and it was extraordinary that an NJ
tempt should be made ~ yictimise him On
that account