The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-06-21
The Caroline Elections

For the
REEDy CHURCH TowNsHIr,2
CAROLINE COUNTY. VA, June 20, 1870. }
Editors Of the Dispatch: ,.,..... ........
The Correction Corrected" Of the eX-
cessiyely rational gentleman who signs him
self Reedy Church has just been handed
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Into what n labyrinth of nonsense does he
involve himself in the effort to cover mis-
statements with a species of would-be ar
gumentl
/ should take no notice whatever OF the
communication in question were it not
sought to do ME serious and gross injustice
in the face of facts, the knowledge of which
will deprive Reedy Church Of al power
to do mischief. -..,.,
In answer to his first inquiry will here
inform him that M. 1rds in the nominating
meeting held ut Reedy Church, and dis
tiuctly remembers that no motion was sub
mitted to test the sense of the meeting in re-
gard to party nominations" rs Recdy
Church phrases 1t, but that the venerable
gentleman who presided over its dchbcra-
tions on taking the chair emphatically
stated that it was an assemblage Of the peo-
pie, without reference to party affiliations.
He was followed by a gentleman Edistin-
guished alike for his personal and profess
sonal intercourse for honesty and ability,
who in diselaiming party purposes for the
meeting, of which he was then q constitu-
emf part, went so far as to declare that there
were no organized political parties in the
county. - -. y" e. 49,.
This gentleman was followed by another,
who, while he evinced n purpose to draw
distinct party lines, avowcd his Willingness
lican who might be qualified for. otfice.'
These are facts which / defy kecdy
Church Tor churehes) to successfully con-
troyert. so y f.t..rr rf.,.sT:
The Radical party did hold a meeting five
days before the election, and Reedy Church
is aware of the fact, if he is aware of any
thing at all, that M. and another gentleman
cmphhtically and publicly declared that
their names appeared upon the ticket no.
minated by, that meeting in face Ct positive
refusais to accept any party nominations for
township offices, and that M. repeatedly
stated that his name appeared there with
out his knowledge or consent. - = y =
The public can now judge of what OBJ
tains in the estimation of Reedy Church us
L faithful record of facts,'' and will duly
appreciate his sub terfuses to distract public
attention from his misStatements.
The whole vote of the township, as APP
pears from the books of registration, is 593,
and the whole vote polled at the recent
election is 1888 and at one precinct not q
single Republican ticket was found in the
ballot-box. Is. rs, 49, 80, r
Your readers can form some idea what
Reedy Church means when he says that
- the vote was pretty full one, and fairly
arrayed."' 49, In " ,E,.. 49,. INV z
Ifitwas Conservative meeting that nonii-
mated the successful ticket why was it that
the offspring failed to bear the name to which
its paternity would entitle it? This is a
question the answer to which win probably
decide the nationality of the gentleman who
is so evidently solicitous Of wearing reporto-
rial donors in the sphere to which the last
paragraph of my former letter directed his
attention, and Reedy Church will hereafter
he the synonyme for ridiculous misstate-
ments and baseless fbrications.; now bid
adieu to Reedy Church with the assurance
that shall not notice any further cOmmu-
nication from him, which is based solely
upon his unsupported assertion, rr-,rG
The distinction between doing wrong and
avoiding to do right belongs TO- Reedy
Church val aHfl %S7fts S8ff@'>l
The public cam readily decide as to- who
is afflicted with ,cdc0ethes sor2be,sds When
one party studiously ignores facts and
draws upoal his. fancy Cor material for &
suspicion that modification ut defeat .
was the aetuating motive with me, like
everything else eIlanating from his distem
pered brain, bears the nnmistakablo impress
Of ineipient iunacy; for it is not at all pro
bable that any man would feel wounded
after having repeatedly declared that he
would not serve If elected. 81 - o..f NJ.
I'VE hope 10 hear no more Of this contro
versy, The public feel no interest in it
We have sincerely regretted that we ever
published any account Of the township
elections alluded toll ~ = e -! ~