The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-08
KING WILLIAM COUNTY.

COUNTY Co&vESTIoN-THE MoZARTE 8
: :. BOLT PA UNANIMOUS DOMINATION
JUDGE ROGER GREGoRY THE NOMINEE
PREPARING FOR WORK--A PREDICTION, &C.
!. correspondence Of the Richmond Dlspatch.J q,
>. WEST POINT, VA, September 6, 1879.
a. Our County Convention met yesterday at
the. Courthouse for the purpose OF nonli-
mating q Conservative. candidate for the
Legislature. Almost all the delegates were
in attendance. A permanent organization
was effected by the election OF DR.. Tomlin
Braxton chairman, and William b. Hart,
ESQ.,, secretary. AS had been before M
derstood, the Mune chick district had sent
solid anti-McCulloch delegation, and as
soon as a resolution was offered binding
the members OF the Convention to support
the nominee the chairman OF that delegation
announced that they would not be bound
by the decision, and that therefore they
would formally withdraw. Efforts were
made to induce them to. put their reasons
for withdrawing in writing, but they re-
fused to do So, and they withdrew, declar-
ing us their only reason that they would not
support under any circumstances Funder.
THUS they made themselves clearly boilers
from the Conservative party, and as such
must stand or fall After their withdrawal
the Convention proceeded toadopt the reso-
luton above referred to, and to nominate
Judge Roger Gregory as their candidate
with a unanimity never surpassed. Colonel
a Il. iTomlin. Dr.. B. Richards, and Thomas
P.o Bagby,! Esq, were then appointed
Committee to notify Judge Gregory OF his
nomination and invite him to address the
Convention. The Judge was received with
great applause, and made an admirable
speech; defining clearly his position and
giving his reasons for such position. He
Stands Squarely upon the Conservative plat
form; supports" earnestly the McCulloch
bill; and, satisfied that this bill will relieve
the State of all necessity for such action, is
opposed to an increase Of taxa
ton At the conclusion or the Judges
speech arrangements were made for athor-
ough chnrass Of the county, and the Con-
yention adjourned sine die, -
NOTWITHSTANDING the much-regrettea
withdrawal OF the Mangohick delegation we
are satisfied that it was good days Work
for the Conservatives. Judge Gregory Is
gentleman in every way worthy OF the hl Sh
trust to be imposed upon him. IL elected
to The Legislature no county will have rea-
son to be prouder Of her representative, and,
being fully convinced of this, the people will
see that. be is elected. - The delegations
composing the Convention were, unanl-
in favor OF bis nomination, and 60
into the canvass heartily, c0urageously, and
with, unsurpassed unanimity, and with q
strong determination that their standard
bearer shall be victorious. We are satisfied,
too, that The people OF Mangohick, and even
the intelligent members OF their delegation,
when they come to. reflect upon the neces-
sary consequence OF. their unfortunate and,
we believe, basty action, will return to the
ranks and see to it that our staudard-bearer
achieves such a victory in November as was
never equalled in this county. = i
; we doi.pot hesitate, MesSrs. Editors, to
predict that you may count upon King
William as true to the, Conservative party.
Having never failed before when duty
called, when the real test comes she will not
finch now. ,-a9G IT,. WEST POINT.