Year: 1876

certainly nota score, who would raise
their voices in behalf of Gov. McMul-
lin.


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Pridemore's time came, and with all
of our personal and political prefer
ence for him we think we can Impair
TALLY look upon his effort. He was
calm and composed, and with his
usual clearness, humor and wit, he
made one of the best efforts of his
life his style was better than usual,
and with an emphasis and earnestness
peculiarly his own, he made manly
and sympathetic appeal for his party,
in good humor and in good taste, he
did certainly, most completely and
ettectually demolish and vanquish his
foe.


regard the nomination as most for
tunate for the party in the District.


Capt, f. S. Blair, of Wythe.


will show Gen. Pridemore that I
am now as L have heretofore been, his
firm and fast friend.


Judge John A. Campbell.


Pulaski will give him larger vote
as to population, than any other coun-
ty in the Ninth District.


Gen. J. A. Walker.
We call upon the good people of Pu-
laski to rally to his support. After a
protracted contest he was fairly chosen
and then by acclamation chosen the
nominee of the party Va. People.


Let no one have any fears as to the
East end of the Ninth District. 1t
will pole its usual strength for the COLI
servative candidate, Gen. Pridemore.
This part of the district never goes
back on the nominee because of fall
ure to get one of it's own men as the
| standard-bearer of the party. Old in
| dependent need look for no comfort in
this quarter.-Wytheville Enterprise.


Gen. PridemOre is a man who comes
from the people, one OF decided abii-
ty, and of unquestionAble high char
acter, We shall cordially support
! him,-Marion Patriot.


The nomination of Gen. Pridemore
| puts All end to Fayette McMullin's
candidacy as an Independent we sup
pose. AT any rate he will be defeated
by an immense majority. Pridemore
| lives in the section which Fayette
usually humbugs.- Rich. Dispatch.


Mr.. II, B. Norman, the eloquent
leader of the Roanoke delegation says {:


The Convention, knowing that Gen.
! Pridemore was good man, and of
much natural ability that he could
unite the whole Conservative strength
of our party, and finally believing
that az he had given a written pledge
not to be candidate for reelection
| that he was the most available of any
candidate in nomination, we all agreed
To be 20 unanimous unit" in his favor,
and also agreed to send him to Con-
gress by the largest popular vote ever
polled in this District.


Roanoke county must help us to full
fill this pledge.


From the farewell vidette.


We give our hearty endorsement
and support to our nominee and
whilst we do not consider that he will
have any, or il any but a very weak
opposition, yet we desire to see his
name, together with the other names
on the Democratic ticket, receive such
a rousing majority as shall forever set
tie the political status Of the 9th Con-
gressional District.


The canvass has opened well in
Tazewell, and a significant feature OF
Thursdays proceedings was the hear
ty and unanimous ratification of the
. Abingdon Convention by the large
meeting then present. We predict the
biggest square democratic vote for No
vember that squarely democratic
Tazewell has ever rolled up. So mote
it be.


From C. B. @. OF ChrIstiAnsburg.


But the interest Of the day culmina.
ted when Gen. A. l.. Pridemoro, OF
Lee, was announced as the standard
bearer Of the party in the 9th district
The General was stranger to most ol
his audience when he rose to speak
but must have been gratified at the
warmth of his reception. The whole
crowd seemed to take him at once into
their hearts, and as the enthusiasm in.
creased and cheer after cheer arose
from that immense assembly, we be.
gan to see how twas that Lee, Scott
, Wise and Buchanan was such 6
"unanimous unit" for Pridemore, and
why the old WAGNER Is leaving the
/ track.


No stranger has ever made as many
friends here in one day, and oul
, friends of the western counties can bC
assured that the Congressional ticke
will receive the full conservative vot'
here in the east, not only because wt
, do that always for the nominee, bu
e because we like your man and Will pu
him through with hearty good will