Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1860-09-22
POLITieaIi ISrRLIrGF,IIi'
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n enthusiastic Douglas pren
was held at Roseville, near New5,t Rcd.
ca friday hight Senator Wilson. = :
tQ1is addressed the assembly al SOM I'M.
TAA meeting then adjourned. and
in procession, With torches and mus. 1ssi:ssl
ark whore they were ably address, I issE
Fl SN. johnson candidate Tor Vice p. Nm
aa3J. VI. Harrington. OF New Yo,l .s,,set
wefe between five and six THOUSAND 20
on Ehe ground, aud the crowd did i. ts'sss
tilEong after midnight 'sta
The Montgomery Ala.l s.sIa4f,
that Mr.. Breckenridge is n1der 10 ah
t4chs to answer the questions psopmS SgisA'
MI, Douglas at Norfolk, on the sr,s,,s !, .
candidate should not be held To am M ~
tegEpgatories which ''coutemplatc h;s ~ 2,
fesS Questions to candidates (aads The Ms
generally involve the line of Oifical ~
they viii adopt, not what line Uuyb, r.
adopted IN case they the intesross,e,,, ;, 6 I
belrejected by the people. ''a
Waiter L. Steele, esq. delivered an -.
agig speech TO the Breckenridge and IT. I,a.,
men of Wilmington ~. on TSn, ta'
Wesk. He expressed the conviction H., z
Presidential contest would SION r-...- - x
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to- trial OF strength between Brsrt;;,' lgsa
and Lincoln. He tePudiated the aoe,.:.
'.'fhe Union and the Constitution In, !. y \
for his war-cry ';The Constitution gu =. 'OoS
than the Union" The speech wss l rso:;. aes
with much applause. se'''s'
The Valley Democrat indignantly ,s,,,;
to Home destinations against Gov Ie,e5ts: Is ss
hisreceat course, says while We srs -. u :
ed tthat the most patriotic motives iuiIpss. !
G,!v. Letcher in his determination - 70
port Judge Douglas, yet, what if Cor nv ~
eraoes aspire to a seat in the L. S. SeDns,
Has james NJ. Mason divine rightto n
seat, and is it reasonable for any other r.
ocpt to desire his place? If that be TIES
then let the SecessioniSts make the n,os, :,
it, tor the Democracy oS this section cl;,
the right t" place any Democrat in hono7hi
competition with the ieflY Senator from Wjr
chester.
A bet offered of fifty dollars. that pon,l
w;P not get sixty five votes in Stafford cum
ty and one hundredldollars that Brcckiprid.
wis get three vutes 10 Douglas, one in Il
same county, the Hrelerickburg Record.
says, was taken by the first Douglas man
Fredericksburg whose sight they met.
Lieut.. Gov. Montague, in his stump :
forts. in the present canvass, is high on d
Secession topic, andthiuks 1t is strong p6I
in favor of the Breckenridge Iemocraey..
The doctrine, he will find, is not so favor
bly, received, as he imagines it will be.
1g- In the last report of the Auditor
Public Accounts, is an estimate Of the pop
laticn in the State, which shows an incrsp
of 10000
The Auditor has recently procured fpi
the deputy Marshal returns, showing The q,
tual population from the several count,
named below, which show that his estmi.
approximates qnito nearly the result.
We give IN parallel columns the estimate
and actual returns. 1t appears that the &c
tual reiurys exceed the estimate in the Wes;
and fall below it in the East.
If the present ratio of representation ia
Congress is preserved. the increased roFuh.
etion in the State, when taken in conaez;Cl
with the fractional excess at the last aPFor
tionment, will give three additional member
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