Wilmington journal., 1869-08-06
Radical Discussion at LeeSburg.

|. Dear J0urm0i:-Last Saturday the quaint
little town of Leesburg was honored by o
visit from six or seven of your toWnsmen
who repaired hither for the purpose of
setting forth the claims of their respective
favorites in the approaching election. AS
we we're somewhat infected by a thirst to
quaff at the fountain of political enlightcn-
ment We made our advent in time to wit
ness the theatrical scenes and performan-
ces enacted, in comparison to which the
dramatic scenes of the great Roman En-
pire would be considered no contest. The
order Of the day was as follows: In the
Chair, II. W. Iarris, Esq. The first
speaker Mr.. Joseph A. Dupong, gentle
man from the State of Maine, aid of de-
ciled carrct-bag proclivities who welded
a vigorous tongue and fist III favor OF
Eagles His gesticulations, 'nanipulations,
No, succeeded admirably-in Cpsetting q
! pitcher of cold water on our friend Rete
who manifesteJ h0rrid disapprobaLio n
OF so nnceremOnious Il baptism. Aft or Mr..
ID. 8 part of the performance was ended,
the Hon. Mr.. Price, Mr.. Larkin's better
half camn from behind tho scenes and lit
teraiiy demolished his antagonist with
tones of stcntoran thunder. Next came
MADISON, ''Tall and Slender Straight and
thin, presenting the gLOstly appearance
OF the sage philosopher and statesman and
with n voice of solemn admonition pro-
. .1>,t IL, IL 4
This feeble iftciUiduui of favored Africa,
made terrific efforts 20 overthrow the
arguments of lsia opponent Price
He Was responded to by Wingate,
a qeDemlen of similar He scent, who
came forward with sparkling animation
bnOyed up by sense OF right together
with a due amount Of yOt-ytu, technically Y
speaking. He exposed qnite an amount
Of rOttenness in Denmark" TO the eX-
| treme disgust of his enemies and the as
tonishment Of his colored hearers, who
never imagined that there could be so
much corruption in the q. A. II. During
his oratorical demonstration he was inter
rupted by MADISON, who gave him the ben
eft Of his opinions to the effect that he
| lied. Some confusion reigned-tWo or
three speakers on the floor at once will
| COu1uSo huJ h1ClcuCC' ANCAI ClulS ALAOIA
the invincible the lion of the tribes Of
the atnhnoWn. He it was who expatiated
with warmth equal to the July sun, dwell
ling chiefly on his own merits and abusing
that of others, he ranted and raved until
he made the blood boil in tho veins of
those he tigmatized-moro confusion
moro hard names spectators look for a
window whereby to escape the rising
wrath. MADISON, Price, Wingate, Gallo
way, and others on the floor at once, all
speaking at tho top of their voices, which
was fortunate, as each one was unable to
hear the vile imprecations hurled at the
other. They SO confused the thinking ap-
paratus of Commissioner Garris that we
thought he would bolt from the scene
The few whites present electrified pctri-
fed, and we thought satisfied to let " dog
eat dog" but at length the scene arrive d
at that eminence that the township magis-
/ trate, Dr. Murphy, felt constrained to in
terfere and restore order.
Last but not least came the Senator from
New Hanover, who dwelt muKJdriOusly
on his own exceliencies, and no doubt be-
lieves that he paved the way successfully
to seat in the next General Assembly,
During the discussion all kinds of cpl
thets, abusive language, and " cuss words"
generally were used, and VIC were certainly
of the opinion that it was truly political
contest We hardly think the honest yeo-
many of Union Township will be able to
discriminate between a lark and an eagle,
Yours, &C.,
SPECTATOR.