Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-08-31
Our District.

Our District.
It is gratifying to the Democracy Of this
DISTRICT bhst they are represented on ths
State Electoral Ticket by two young men o
such fine saeent. plack snd energy as jacob
N. asggett, ESQ.,, Of Rocking ham, the Elec.
tor, aad Col. 3. B. Dermaa, Of Rockbridgc,
the assistant Electer. Mr.. Ligget, here
tefore, has refused to occupy any official po
si1aen in political contests, yet always &C
tive and efficient in the private ranks. HI
rs a gentleman ofliberal education, high or
der OF talent. is both just and fearless, and
will make most efficient canvasser- AS .
writer he has no superior in the State in
grasp of ideas, grace Of dietion and force oil
comparison; whiic his powers ofsareasm and
ridicule approximate the style Of yunias
more nearly than any one we know ia the
State. We anticipate from him q successful
snd telling campaign-a clear, convincing
and triumphant presentation and discussion
Of the issues in the contest. He is q lawyer
by profession, but devotes most of his time
to farming we understand he has already
opened the bali, in an able speech at Page
Court, last Monday.
Col. Dorn,an is better known &c the De.
mocracy Of Virginia, having served in the
Legislature and occupied other positions o.
prominence in the politics Of the State. He
is one of the most fluent and cogent speak
ers in Virginia, and will hold aloft with tri.
umphant ability the banner Of the true and
tried Democracy in the present important
crisis We pity the unlucky disciple of the
Yaneey and Rhett faction who may mea-
sure swords with him in this District. His
line address, flow Of language and ideas,
and familiarity with the political history az
veil as the current politics Of the country,
vail prove him an unsafe instrument to be
handled by unskilful hands.
In this County we also have forcibie
representation on the Electoral Ticket. The
Senatorial Eleetor, Capt. Koiner is forci-
BILE and logical debater, and perfectly CONVEX
SAINT with the political events Of the day, al
though like Mr.. Liggett, he devotes himself
almost exclusively to his farm.
Our County Electors, Col. Geo. BAYLOR,
Col. I. M. Durboraw and G. NJ. Cochran
jr-, are men of sterling character and worth
Col. Baylor is one of the oldest democrats
(not men) in the county, and has always
been ready to buckle on his armor. leave bis
profession, and pitch into the contest ia time
of need. His Democracy, like the hills a.
round us, has always been uushaken, with
out variableness or shadow Of turning. From
him we expect to hear some hard licks in
this canvass, for he always talks to the point
and with force.
Col. Durboraw has never taken any &C
tive part heretofore as speaker He is
one of the hard-fsted yeomanry, who has
always been contented to work silently, but
his devotion to the cause in this emergency
and his admiration for Judge Douglas (Which
has abatcd, but always increasing have
induced him to take tho field. We know
from the Col. 8 zeal and interest in the pres
ent contest that we shall hear good account
from him.
Mr.: Cochran is young lawyer who has
participated heretofore to limited extent 10
the politics of the country, and won for
himselfa fine reputation as forcible reason
er and close. methodical thinker. His an
alytical mind will be serviccable in compar-
ing facts and figures with some of the more
fanciful and superficial ofthe opposition who
sometimes jump at conclusions and assume
them to be verities.
The other counties of the District are also
provided with talented Electors, and with
this array of debators and leaders we expect
the old Tenth Legion District to thunder for
Douglas and johnson until the snakes come
out of their holes, on the 9Th of November