The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-03-18

nearly circle. within which lies the valley where this
town rs situated But all these advantages eau hardly re
pay for It's difficulty OF access, aud the want o; travelling
facilities between and the rairoadsome thirty mes
hence.
Long before the hour appointed for the guberD,tora can
didates to the discussion which was haifpas
eleven O'Clock the neghborhood of Court House where
the discussion to take place. was literally tnronsed
with persons The cadets and students from the Military
Institute and Washington College ont in large mum
ber and eagerly hronged the various passages TO the
Court House to favorable position as coon AS the
doors thrown open. From the large numbers pre-
sent and the utter iDpossiby Of their being accommo
dated within the Court House. was suggested s ina, tue
fused TO do, a. would be too great strain upon them
When the doors Of the building opened the rush 70
secure timely entrance was such 10 render II difficult
for the candidates. with the aid OF friends enter
Az they assembled the platform alternate shouts went
forth for Ietcher and Goggn and must say that
not little surprised TO witness such enthusiastic re-
cepton Of the wing candidate In this town. the home OF
John Istcher II must be rememnered however, that the
divided In political point of view, and twas therefore,
expected that enthusiasm should be manifested
n behalf Of Goggn. observe that the friends OF Gov
Wise are coming up zealousy TO Iftchey's support
They that Virginia destined to go for him in the
gard triumph by the wings in this election disastrous
10 Wses prospects They are therefore, using their best
efforts avert such consequences. Ishoud have noticed
in connection with my report Of the speeches delivered at
Harrsonburg the 9th instant that Of the candidates
for the Congressional district lately represented by Mr.
Ietcher brief address at the close Of the discussion
between gubernatora candidates. denounced the dec
rine Of squater sovereignty in unmeasured terms The
denunciaon was applauded vociferousy from which ia
fer that Douglas has fallen considerably in the good opinion
Of the people Of the great Tenth Legion, which Is the
chief Of democratic strength In Virginia When
such exhibition OF hostility to this doctrine Is made at
that point there but little chance Of the doctrine finding
favor in Eastern Virginia, where the people are far moro
sensitive upon the subject from their large interest in
slave property say, the result of my inquiry
and observ atoms that the exhibitions OF preference
for Gov Wise abroad, the Presidential candidate for
1860 and the indications thus afforded Of his availability,
winning to him many In this section who hereto
fore opposed TO him This feature of availability, ope-
rating upon people with strong inherent Of glory
the best guarantee of support when the crisis
is working well for Wise, you may be assured .
dressing the people, by informing them that according to
arrangement he and his competitor would open the dis
cusson With hour and quarters speech each side
and hak hours speech, each, to close After brief
to his past their representative, he ap
peaed to them to vndicate themselves aud him from the
stigma attempted to be cast upon them by those who
charged him with nfdey TO the institutions Of the South
They partook necessarily OF any stigma which would at
tach to him. nasmuch his had received their
endorsement at different periods within the past eight
years. He entered into detail Of the Agricultural
Colleges bill to justify his vote against il, and then
proceeded to justify his vote for the admission Of
Oregon as State by showing the uniform attach
ment Of the country lying on the Pacific slope Of
this Union to the and interests OF the South He
instanced California, whose Senators and members, with
the exception recently Of Boderck and McKibbn, were
voted for the admission OF Oregon and by her admission
the South strengthened. II, said he the views and
policy Of many OF the Northern should be carried out
he imagined that the South would not remain this Union
for any period OF time unless she should to the
cluson abandon her interests and submit to the contro
OF Northern power. BE stroDga Union any
in this country. He desired to it and main
tanned far he could do thing preserve and
maintain it, 1t will be DONE At the time, he owed
allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia above all aud
whenever the honor and interests of the old State
cerned whenever becomes necessary to defend their
interests; whenever he the flag Of that State with its
motto, Sic Semper 7yrannis attempted to be sulled
dshonoTed, he would not say where he would
be found. While the Union is sustained let 1t be
tanned according to the Constitution but whenever the
constitution and the rights and interests of the States under
it disregarded his voice will be for disunon and IL he
has to raise in any controversy, 1t shall be raised
for Virginia He then proceeded TO the discussion Of the
public expenditures maintaining that the administration
should be held responsible only for the amount Of its es
mates and Congress for whatever they appropriated
and above them He then gave comparative statement
Of the expenses Of the War Department since the year
l846 to the present me closing this branch Of the ad
dress with euogy the Secretary OF War; Gov Floyd,
whom he believed to be entitled the confidence of this
country for the ability and fidelity with which he has dis
charged his duties He justified the expenditures in this
department for 1885, which amounted TO So 643 800 49,
by reference the rebeious conduct of Brigham Young
and the necessity OF compelling him to submit the
and government Of the country He next entered into
comparative statement Of the expenditures the Navy
Department from the year 1918 TO 1873 folio VS.
Expenses Of Construction Mail Service and