Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-02-17

| - -''0' o Ill youi ioo"O - 49,
uary 9th, 1860, certain card appeared,
purporting to be from ''Long Glade and
Messy Creek" calling on the several gen
tleman (who were then announced as can
didates for the Sherifalty Of Augusta Co..
to answer certain specific interrogatories
therein propounded; at which time | had
not announced myself as such, and conse-
quently was not one Of the gentlemen inter-
rogated in the aforesaid card And in your
last issue, Of date February 10th, 1860,
since announced myself candidate fof
said office, perceived card over the sigma
ture of "Conservator ;" asking me, or rath-
er suggesting the propriety Of my answer
ing the aforesaid interrogatories, PROFOUND
ed through said card, SIGNED Long Glade
and Messy Creek ;" also requesting me to
answer two additional questions propounded
by 'Conservator +" Now in the first place,
| beg leave most respectfully to demur to
his (Conseryators) implied convictions as
to the authorship Of the aforesaid card signed
"Long Glade and Messy Creek" that tie
manuscript Of the Long Glade and Messy
Greek card, was ever written, or even seen,
(before its publication by any of the citi-
zens of either section Of the county from
which (to casual observero it might seem
to have emanated, is, in my humble ,judg-
ment, largely dou5table. But perhaps you
will wonder who wrote the card, or ask
"where did it come from % kh! there
lies the rub-that's the question! Yet it
was evidently written, and for a specific
purpose; not by me, however-that we're
impossible. Perhaps CoaserUotor's first ad
} ditional question to ne, may yet point to-
ward the neghborhood of it's authorship
yet it cant point to me, saying ''thou art
the man. I was really surprised at Con
SENATORS propounding that question to me
alone, as though no one else was running for
the Sheriffalty. If he had known me, and
the daily passing. events in these wherca-
bouts, he might, by very slight exercise
of his perceptiye faculties, have learned
where the sympath;es Of the present incum-
bent and his deputies were, in the coming
election, and thereby obviated the necessity
} of asking only me- that alfred question ;
yet, as Mr.. "Conservator" thinks it proper
that should answer the questions put to
other gentlemen in the so-caUed ''Long
Glade and Messy Creek card, will with
out further prefpce, proceed to do SO,
and also file answers to Conservatory s.
two Traditional questions" after which
} will say few words to my fcllow-county-
) men generally.
! Ansmer list, to 'sLong Gzaae ca.d 1Noss5
Cseeh. -There is no arrangement between
myself and any man living, that viii make
him partner in the office of Sheriff, if | am
elected, and will add, what is not asked
in this question, viz: ''that there neye1
1ciN, at eng future time, be such an orranqe-
n,eut uits ne.
Ans. I'D have not agreed with, or G.
zen spoken to, any man, as yet, to appoint
him deputy if ain elected, nor do expect
to do SO, until know Of my election, which
will give me more than seven months in
which to make that arrangement
/ Ans 3d. am free to select a,n7 person
| please, as deputies, after my election
4 Ans. 4th.-There is no combination com
| pact, agreement, or contract of any kind
whatever, Between myself and any other
person, IN regard to the deputyship.
The foregoing answers to the interrog-
atories propoanded by Long Glade and
Messy Greek, = are made without eyaston or
mental reservatto,, whatever in me; and I
now proceed to answer Mr. Conservator s
two additional Questions, il like manner,
viz:
Ans 1st.-I had never dreamed Of, much
less purposed, Gin the event Of ny election
to apply to the present incumbent, or either
Of his deputies, to act as deputy for me
Believing, as Go, that all OF the gentle
men connected with the present SherifaltY
are rathsr opposed to my election than otG.
erwise, it would look aoonsfrous funny IN
me to apply for assistance in that quarter
Don't you think SO, Mr.. Conseryator Ha
ha ! ha! What an age Of wonders We are
living in!
Ans. 2d.-To those who know me ,oeN, il
will hardly be necessary for me to say that
in the event of my election, will pay over
all monles coming into my hands as Sheriff
to the parties entitled thereto. 'wihout
equivocation Or delay" And to those who
may not know me SO ,ce7S. [ hereby make the
unqualified promise to do SO at5o7s all occa-
sions. Thus, Mr.. Conservator, haze
complied with your wishes; ard now bea
lGdFC w Say VIVA u JFfO w my lGllOW'
countymen generally.
FelLoao Countymen 81 have announced
myself candidate for yoar suffrages in the
coming election for Sheriff of our county
and [ hope to be excused for saying that
did it reluctantly, at the solicitation o
friends. ! did it reluctantly, first, for the
reason that was not wholly unconscious O
the almost invulnerable fortress that las fol-
gears past, been thrown around the occu
pants Of said office and their ESPECIAL friends
! And fot tie further reason that am fully
conscious of rot possessing that peculiar
suavity of manners, SO essential to fit one
!, for what, Gin common parlance, is called 6
good electioneerer; yet am before you, mo-
as an electioneerer, but as a candidate fol-
tie office. Ifyou may, by your votes, Sc
lect me as fit person to discharge the du
ties incumbent on that important office, ther
it will be my s,vorn duty to prove to yor
thereafter, that [ was not wholly unworthy
Of so aatteriug an intimation upon your part
In the event Of such manifestation of kind
ness and confidence reposed, I will first lool
about me, with the purpose Of selecting s;tct
assistants. or deputies as may think mos
capable and honest, and who, [ may be sat
!, ;sHad will hn moet aUreoahla f., tho citizans