The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-14
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thursday EVENING, SEPT. IA, 1871.
Letter from Culpeper.
CULPEPER, VA, Sept. ., 1871.


TO the Editor Of the State Journal:
SIR-The Republicans of Culpeper held
their county convention to-day at three
O'Clock.
The county was well represented.
On motion, Mr.. VIM. IL. Eggborn was
called to the chair temporarily and was
finally made permanent chairman of the
convention, and Mr.. j. p. Wiggn was
chosen secretary.
The business of the convention having
been stated by the chairman to be for the
purpose of selecting one delegate and one
alternate to represent the county in the con-
vention which is to meet in Richmond on
the 9th inst, it was resolved to go into the
nominations for that purpose; whereupon
Mr.. w. II. Eggborn was the unanimous
choice of the convention as delegate to said
convention and Mr.. l.. L. Lewis in like
manner was chosen as alternate.
The next business in order was the APP
pointment of county central committee of
ten. On motion, committee of five was
chosen, whose duty should be to retire and
report county committee. The said COM
mittee having been duly selected by the
convention, retired in the performance of
duties whereupon the convention took
recess, during which Mr.. J.P. Wiggin read
from late dispatches the news from Califor-
mia, and said in few days Maine would be
heard from in a like manner, the announce
ment of which created a good deal of en-
thusiasm. The committee having returned,
the convention was called to order, when
the committee reported the following named
gentlemen as q county committee:
VIM. B. Nails, chairman I; George w.
Jameson, j. M. M. Allan, Judge e. L..
TAYLOR, A. A. Hopkins, II. L. Amiss, j.
N. Shalt, white Alexander Jackson, Maj.
Bolts, Richard Coleman, colored.
The motion of Mr.. Z. r. Taylor to adj
iourn the convention until O'Clock in the
evening and then go into nomination for a
candidate to represent the county in the
House of Delegates, was voted down, it
being deemed inexpedient to make the
nomination until after the adjournment OF
the convention on the 9th.
The convention then, on motion, adj
journed sine die.
Mr.. L. L. Lewis being loudly called fol-
came forward and addressed the meeting,
making, as was conceded by all present,
one of the most eloquent and stirring
speeches that has been made in this sec
ton of Virginia. 1t was not the good for
tune of your correspondent to hear the
speech of Mr.. Lewis, but am told it was
replete with telling hits on the Democracy.
Everybody seemed delighted with it. Mr.
Lewis was not in very good health but
managed to extend his remarks sufficiently
to repel all the attacks of the so-callet
Conservative party of Virginia.
Mr.. VIM. II. Eggborn also addressed thu
meeting in short but earnest speech, IL
which as usual he assailed the dilapidatec
carcass of the Democracy much to the sat
isfaction of all, and closed by announcing
that there would be a Republican barbecue
at Gaines spring, in Salem township, OF
the 18th instant, and invited all to be pre-
sent, as he said, sit is hard old Demo
cratic place, and we want to show them oul
colors." The meeting then adjourned
amid much cheering and enthusiasm for tn
Republican party of Culpeper.
The Democrats held their nominating
convention to-day, with closed doors a
usual, and, after quite a stormy time, nom
mated j. r. Strother, the present member
for the House of Delegates. Mr.. Eustac
Gibson was candidate before the conven
ton. The vote stood % for Strother an
Is for Gibson. Mr.. Gibson announced in
speech afterwards that he would be can
didate.
We are active here, and hope that all on
Republican friends throughout the Stat
are doing likewise. We hope to see all on
friends united this fall. in solid columns
ready for the grand charge upon the rank
of the party'which has no defined prime
Piles, but who, like ''Micawber," are wait
ing for something to turn up, so that the
can defeat the ''pesky Radicals !" and tha
something that they are waiting for is Ii
ulipsatapa of the grand thieving sachems (
"Tammany Hail."
o A REPUBLICAN,.