Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-08-21

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rye, canvassed a considerable portion O.
the State, until the election was post.
poned by military order and Congress
commenced reconstructing the State.
AS soon as the "Walker movement
was inaugurated General Walker gave il
his sincere and hearty support, and
sembled in Richmond in 1869 to delib.
crate upon the affairs of the State he
sent letter to the Hon. r. T. Daniel
authorizing him to withdraw his (Gen-
eral Walker's) name from the existing
ticket in the event that it was expedi-
ent to do SO. In 1871 his people elected
him to the House of Delegates, and he
became candidate for speaker, but was
defeated for the nomination in caucus
by Hon. Marshall Hanger, by two votes.
General Walkers record is stainless.
He is man of imposing appearance
tall, squarely-built, frank, and bold.
looking.
HON. r. T. DANIEL, CANDIDATE FOR
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
The Hon. Raleigh Travers Daniel,
who has been nominated rs the Con-
servative candidate for Attorney Cen
eral, was born at Falmouth on the 18th
of October, 1905. He lost both his pa
rents in early yonth, and soon after re.
moved to Richmond under the guar
dianship of his uncle, the late Judge P.
V. Daniel, in whose family he was
reared, and under whose direction he
studied law.
He commenced the practice of his
profession in the courts of Richmond,
and has ever since remained here. Be-
fore he had been at the bar more than a
year or two he developed the finest quail
tiles of lawyer, and at once, though
very young, was awarded high place
in his profession, and year by year his
reputation has increased, until now he
is universally recognized as one of the
foremost legal minds in the State He
first entered public life as Common
wealth's attorney for the county of Hen
rico under the old county court system
of magistrates. This office he retained
as long as that system lasted. When
the late Joseph Mayo became Mayor of
Richmond Mr.. Daniel was elected Com
monwealth's attorney to succeed him,
and this latter office he held until mill
itary order removed him.
A FOLLOWER OF CLAY.
Educated in the old Virginia school
of republican politics, Mr.. Daniel was
of that numerous class of Southern men
who thought they saw in the preten-
sions set up and powers claimed for the
General Government in the memorable
era of the South Crrolina troubles a
foreshadowing of those monstrous usur-
pations which have since. attempted to
sweep away the sovereignty of the
States, and he became associated with
what was then known as the Southern
wing of the Whig party. He was Clay
elector in 1874, and took an active part
in the popular debates of that period,
He was in successive political cam
paigns the chairmen of the Whig State
Committee and was Whig elector in
1860.
In the Spring of 1S41-'42 Mr.. Daniel
came into the Legislature as the only
representative of the city of Richmond;
the city, under the then freehold sys-
tenn, being entitled to but one delegate.
He continusd to serve in that capacity
until the session of 1845-'46, when, in
9 close division Of parties in the Legis-
lature, he was elected into the Council
of the State to succeed John Rutherford,
whose term then expired. The contest
between them was memorable among
the party struggles of the day, and its
spirit survived in successive elections for
UhO SehAhO OlICO WI NIL. OdulSl
was successful until the session of '49 to
80, when he was at last defeated.
THE WAR AND AFTER THAT.
When the late war became inevitable
Mr.. Daniel went where his allegiance
called him-to the support of his native
State, and was the ardent friend of the
Confederacy Of which she became a
member. He was of the college which
cast her vote for Davis and Stephens as
President and Vice President of the
Confederacy. The war over, the white
people of the State met by the delegates
in Convention in Richmond, December,
1867, and organized the Conservative
party, with Mr.. Daniel at the head of
it. He served with conspicuous ability
in that position for several years. In
1871 he was elected a member Of the
House. In 1878 he was made Attorney
General. The heads of all the depart.
ments of the State government, the
judges of all the courts, the voice Of all
the people, and the unanimous decision
of the Convention last night testify how
well he has discharged his arduons du-
ties in the office to which he is soon to
be rc-elected.-Lynch5awg Virgiaaian of
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