Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-19
Fairf;lx County Conservatives.

\ meeting OF the Conservative voters OF
Fairfax county WAS held at the Court House,
yesterday, for the purpose Of nominating 4 can
didatc to the House of Delegates, Sheriff,
delegates to the Senatorial Conyen-
ton and for other business, which was presided
over by Thomas Moore II. W. Thomas having
initiated the proceedings. After Il lucid cx-
PLANTATION of the call and the objects OF the
meeting by Judge Thomas, the delegates from
the various townships retired for the purpose
of presenting the names OF Il candidate for the
House of Delegates and Sheriff, and delegates
to the Senatorial Convention, and during their
absence the meeting, which was Il very large
and intelligent one, was addressed by W. {.
Balch, Of Prince William, in an eloquent and
torciablc speech. Mr. i. was followed by
Edgar Snowden, jr., of Alexandria. who, in
turn, was succeeded by Thos. Taylor, of Lou:
doun, in some remarks rep lcte with sound
sense and good advice, and NJ. ID. Ball, Of
Alexandria, in humorous vein, concluding,
however, with an earnest appeal in behalf OF
the Conservative cause, and H. W. Thomas.
Judge IT,, in one of his most tcicitlous moods,
showed the perfect tallacy of the argument at
tempted by certain Radical leaders to create
luminosity between genuine Northern settlers
in Virginia, and the scalawag and carpet bag
ger, who he said prowled about all the time,
instilling poison into the minds OF the colored
people. whom they used only for their own
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
The meeting then took i recess until the rep
resentatiyes from the townships should have
completed their nominations and be ready to
report -
Upon the rcasscmbling of the mecting.J. =.
Machen chairman OF the County Convention,
reported that James Sangstcr had been noml,
mated Tor the House Of Delegates and Richard
+. Broadwatcr for Sheriff, and the nOmlna-
tons were unanimously endorsed: whereupon,
after calls, NlcSsrs. SangStcr and Broadwater
appeared, and III very appropriate speeches re,
turneC! their thanks for the honor conferred and
promised their utmost cXcrtlOnS to secure the
success of the party IN the county.
r.. j. hewitt pledged his undivided efforts to
secure the success Of the ticket, and made an
earnest and eloquent appeal in behalf OF the
cause.
Mr.. Macheu then submitted the following
report. which. after some debate. was adopted ::
Prah~d, That this convention Of delegates
do hereby ratify and confirm the action Of the
townships in the appointment OF the delegates
to the Senatorial Convention. and lnaslnuch n;
the proposition for the appointment ol sad
delegates was made prior TO the plan adopted
by the Virginia Convention, and some depar-
lures theretrOm have occurred III the appoint
mcnt of said delegates this convention does
recommend the appointment OF five delegates
from each township, the vote thereof to he oil
yidcd between the delegates from each town.
shin in attendance The following arc the
names:
Centrevlle: j. Y. Worthington, Thr:. VIII
hanson, j. p. Machcn, Jas Sang$ter, and Jos.
Hutchinson.
Lee: P. p. Goodng. ". NJ Eizhngh, IT,
D. Rice. ". u. Wilcoxcr, H. Claggct
Mt Vernon: K. l.. Nevilt. Il. Il. l'owle.
\. G. LaulStreet, j. o. Kcrby. Il. ". Gail
lard
Falls Church: b. c. Watkins, G. +. lace, J..
G. McVcigl, J. +. Bird, Roy Bailey.
Providence: :. Simpson, Il;l Williams, t..
r. Far, +. \. 'I'crrctt, Nj. ~ Ball.
Dranesvillc: J. Powell Thos. II. Carpcr, H..
G.. Newman, j. f. Swink. J. 7. JAG kS"n.
Judge Thomas again urged upon the t"n>cr-
natives the importance nr earnest and 2;'a"l:;
worh..
Upon motion of j. NJ. Love. the President
of the meeting WAS added to the list I'll dele
gates to the Senatorial CunvcntloII.altc which
the meeting adjourned.
A contribution WAS taken up for the purpose
Of lciraying incidental expenses when col
ored man who had been Il spectator oil the pro-
cccdings came forward, put fifty cent m"tc in
the hat, and declared that he INTENDED I" vote
the Conservative ticket.
(The principal candidates inr the House "I
DELEGATES before the convention were llrSSr$.
Sanestcr, d. McC. Chchester,O. Iluutt, Ri.
hewitt and Newman Burke. and upon the fifth
ballot Mr.. SangSer received the nomination.. }
TIE NANCE CAsE.--Thc has Judge rendered
his decision in the case OF ]. II. Nance i'll
bankruptcy:
The Court decided that the Crcui! Court Of
Bedford had no jurisdiction in the sui brought
in said Court to subject the lamlS "t Nance.
and others rs his securities, :" lar rs Nance
was concerned; and that SAID suit could not be
prosecuted rs to the lands OF Nance. and there
fore directed the necessary IccoiIntS t. be tax
en- in this Court But the Court expressed The
opinion that the claim set up by Nance IN his
pctition would not be allowed. and that the
proceeds Of the lands belonged entirely to the
lien creditors until their liens were discharged );
nor could Nance claim on any ground any en-
cmption out of said land under the State Con,
stitution, the same being nowhere recognized
III the bankrupt law OF Ill tHt I'l'iClI|C vi HS
bankrupt court The court. would therefore
appoint Il new assignee, require Of him Il bond
and have the land sold, free Of liens, and the
money paid to lien creditors according to their
priorities -Lyuch. Try.
STATESMEN. The denomination Of Mr.: John
Quincy Adams for Governor of Massachusetts,
by the Democrats, has elected Il new serles: OF
culoges from the press on that able and IRE
proachablc gentleman. At the present time
there stand out before the American pubic Oh
the Conservative and Democratic side of nation
al politics, several men who would have been
worthy of the days when there were giants
in mental force and men as distinguishes, j., tor
their high honor as they were for their ability
as statesmen. We may mention Mr.. Adams:
Senator Thurman, Of Ohio: Mr. Groesbeck, Of
Ohio; Mr.. Voorhees,, Of lndlam'; Black Of
Pennsylvania; Doolittlc, of Iowa, and Others.
There are, too liberal Republicans who rise
very much Sill perior to the associates whose
company, politically; they have been forced wv We
,tnr Shury stand ot thc head of these liberals.