Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-10-20
Editors Of The NeU8:.

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ton attempted at our last COUNTY
Court. met here on Saturday last, com
posed Of vulgar fractions" OF the
Delegates appointed in tJUO Townships,
Abingdon aud Glade Spring, and aitef
a short time spent in deiibeIatiOn, re-
solved, as ] am informed, not to take
any action in the matter of nOmIna-
items.
They could do nothing else as senai-
BILE men. The people bad acted, or az
I suggested in one of my former COM
municatiUns, and by mastery in
activity " settled the question. The Sc
lection is to be made out of the five now
in the field. The views of the RePub-
!ican candidate, Mr.. Pipp,n, have been
published gratuitOusly in the Ahing-
don TryiniuR, although that paper
refused to admit, into its columns an
article from the NClrS, doing only sim
nIe Justice to one of the Conservative
Candidates. Bat, lei IL have peace"
The people in the proportion OF about
fifteen to one, have said =" we are not
in favor of a Convention this fail. y
I'VE are going TO choose two Of those
now before US.p Then I becomes nee
essary 70 look sharply about Us, and
see which too Of the four "COnserva-
lives" will most ably, most faithfully
and most efficiently represent us. One
gentleman said in my presence, not
long ago, that we should choose the
two that will do us the least harm.n
He was "a Convention man, and if
lie had been a delegate would no doubt
have acted on that idea i'll selecting
his men. l do not think the people of
Washington will act from any such
motive in the selection they viii make
on the 18th prOXimo. On the contrary,
| think with the exception of a linz
tied number in the Townships before
mentiOned) the people will vote for
Those who will do Us the most good
instead of Those who will do us the
least HARM" Which two comes the
nearest UP to the good" standard D.?
All, there is the rub. AS to Col. Full
kcTsOn, all admit that he y a cautious
prudent, able and reliable man, fully
up to the requirements demanded in
this critical juncture of our public af-
falTS-that he is committed in his let
ter of acceptance and by numerous
public declarations, i'm favor of - re-
trenchment aEh reform, as Gov. Me
Mullin would state it, Is the friend and
supporter of all works of Internal I'M
pTUvememt calculated TO benefit the
people of this county and the State;
is in iavo. of enforcing the COnstitu-
ton of the State in spirit and in let
ter, until altered or amended in the
manner prescribed hy the instrument
itself and will WELD an influence i'm
the House of Delegates, if elected, sec
Ond To tut few men composing that
body. Being a self-made man, having
by sheer industry and talent made his
way from an humble position up to
respectable one III a profession that
contains such men as the Prestons,
the Campbells. CUMMINGS, Baxter,
Shelly, &c, of Virginia-and Nelson,
Deadericll, Logan. Maxwell, &C., of
Tennessee, Col. FulkersOn does feel
in his own person all the ills under
which our people labor, besides having
the ability to perceive and the honesty
TO aid in the enactment of laws under
which our oppressed people may pros
per 10 thv fullest extent they are capa-
bIe of prospecting in our subiugatCd
condition. From the fist n has bCe3
willing 10 be governed by the will OF
the majority fairly expressed, and il
no doubt at this time the choice of
large majority of the Conservative vo-
tiers of the county rs the particular
friends, of two at least OF the other
candidates, take him as their second
man.
Or Col. n. 4. T. Campbell I can
speak also ~ OF enc faithful in the past !
10 The extent Of his ability; identified |
with the " bone aud sinew" OF our |
land; Icy no means a fawning syco- |
phant at the heels If men of intlu- !
ence, unwilling to sell his biith- |
right for a mess. Of lpOlitical) pot /
tagG, " who has =" a head Of his own, A."
and is not afraid to claim the rights of |
his constituents in any place and on |
any forum. and if elected Will make q .
good Representative.
Mr.. Kelly is better known to the |
people of the upper end " than of
the lower Those WHO know him, {
know that he is honest, upright,
straightforward short ian Israel
lite indeed in whom there is no guile"
lie would speak his mind if in 4 mi
nority of one. aHyWhere-is open and
above board in the Declaration that he
viii not aid in any way in fastening
upon the backs Of the people of ViT-
gimia. a load under which they must
sink il if not releived-and should he
he the choice of the people, he will
serve them faithfully to the end.
And. lastly, a 10 Col. Hopkins, he
IL 50 fond of cards" and needs so
many To pat himself fright" before
the public. issuch a consistent Demo
cTst, - cOusuits 80 much with "gentle-
men of the opposite persuasion" when
IN town, that he is puzzle. lie is n
of fair abilities, and had he
not tried ito hold to the hare and run
with the hounds, 4" lac might have
come out second best. But as things
look now, he may die of &" the Conven-
ton grips" on the 9TH Of next month.
But he is young man, and viii come
in all right some future day, after cut
ting his "eye-tceth."
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