Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-10-06

- 1922
Richmond plan, h;. would submit, but
that he had been co-laborer with DR..
Campbell in an effort to organize the
State, preparatory to the election of
Governor, which plan was similar TO
the Richmond plan, aud that he had
worked more ardenily than lie had
ever done before or since, and he gave
it a. his opinion that il was a matter
of impossibiliiy to mature it in time
for the election of members to the
Legislature, and also expressed great
fears that it never could be do2e. He
also labOred to show the assemblage
that in Thing of this kind. TO be sue
ccssfui, you must commence at the
first and take it step by step, accord
lug To the plan which had not been
proposed to be done. He then called
on the people to know if there had
been any notice OF convention on
that day? Wished TO know by what
authority, under the Richmond plan,
they held that convention; and re-
ceived no response. He spoke III
terms of appreciation, of the plan OF
! the Richmond Convention, and offer
/ ell his aid in the completion of the
said plan, as soon as practicable as a
+ State organization.
The next in order was Col. w. Hop
! king, who heartily acquiesed i'll the
/ action of the convention, upon the
! doctrine that it is easier to get to the
Legislature by the few votes rather
than the many.
The next III order was, Jonas :. kel-
", who positively refused to acquiesce
/ in the action of a convention gotten
up for the purpose Which he believed
that was gotten up for.
4th and lastly, Col. d. a. Campbell
being called upon, said that when
he net one part of the people, they
said, if you go into q convention yoU
will be damned; when he met another
part, they said that if you stay on
YOU will be damned; and if he had Il
be damned, he would be damned If liz
didn't be damned on the 4th Thursday
of Oct, 1871. Unless he be damned
by primary election before tina
time"
Squire Pippin. the Radical Candi
date being present WAS not called upon
After this Col. Joseph L. Campbell
addressed the crowd with his usua
eloquence, INDUCED in fury at the IN
den pendants, as he termed them, III de
lisiOn for not acquiesceiDg in the &c
tiCn of this convention, bat we Srt
sule that his zeal was better than hi.
consistency, for he invoked the ire
and Indignation of the tax payc.s :, anc
ycomanry Of the country 30 come
down upon the heads OF the parties
who would not succuinb to that cor
VentiOn. In the same strain, he ;.ok:
us blindiN, 10 20 into a convention
the very thing that rolls us Of thu
rights to have any influence in an!
matter OF Government. Convention
ISIS take the whole matter into thei
own hands and control it To their Owl
sordid and selfish purposes. They re
fuse TO 90 into primary election
where every citizen and Taxpayer
rich or poor, high or low, has an equa
chance and their full measure of i.!iu
ence. They right in our faces, at
tempting 70 mike us believe the,
maintain our RIGHTS, repudiate them.
The next in ordar OF the day wG
Can't. James l. White, who occUric;
the remainder of ,he day u! Ii t,.t
Hon. Judge Page appeared upon III,
bench to dismiss the court fOI The day
I
He, a. though charged with a sur
plus of thunder, spoke loud and long
but we saw not mingled with storm
the red li5htninSs laird glare For fd
the shock; 10 convince, the Lone ;nC
sincw, the hard fist,d ycomanry o
the county that ali WAS lost II thcy, II
their wisdom did not transfer tneI
franchise over To Il convention, sayin!
must have Convention nOtwlthStan
ding all objections; aTG that he wOul'
vote for the nominee, CcCR II one o
tic l5rCSoRt candidates should be III,
nominee, when ii he il in f3il fellow
ship with the party with whom he az
ted. if +, ports lie tue, had arranged
and rearranged and fixed Upin ii secre
caucus on the Saturday before. Now
Messrs. Editors, there is Il CT invention
on hand greatly desired il oar Opin
ion, and we, at least sOr e If Us, .haNt
been a little suspicious fora good whil
and have watched their actions an'
we believe the convention So much die
sired is not 20 leaf the Radicals, hu
to beat and crowd ont from Office an!
person who has the haTdhOOd TO say
that he belongs to the Old Democratic
party, although thei: cry is still 10 bea
Radicals. As a proof of Tins fact w0Idi
may be as empty bubbles, but actions
speak and we are forced 10 believe.
If ii Is true as reported, that III Mr.
Canlpbell's office on the Saturday pre-
ceding the attempted Convention, SIS
old veteran Wings, with an undyius
hatred to the Democratic party anC
Col. Warren. the moderate, wcr,
cloSctCd in secret caucus, ard they
came on Monday, the chief actors anC
attempt to force upon free and unsus
pecting people u Convention and cal
1t the Richmond plan, is it not enough
to arouse the suspicious OF any one?
! especially when two wears ago, when
! Capt. George Graham and Col. John
! Terry We're cand dates for election
! b tn Old Line Wings, but some littl,
dissatisfaction arising about who
/ brought Terry out and earring that he
had been brought out by some Demo
Crat, some of these veIy same Union
! Loving, Saturday, Caucus, Monday
! ConventiOnists, used their influence
| for the Rev. Moses Ingram the Radi-
cal candidate, aid discarded Col. Ter
| ry, veteran manned, Southern Sol
/ diel of strict integrity.
When we see in the dust the trail Of
the serpent though it be gone, is if not
wisdom to be on the alert lest we be
bitten. MANY VOTERS.
of SaltVille Township.
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