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The Daily Dispatch: January 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], To J. M. Estes. W. M. Caldwell, J. B. Ferguson, and others. (search)
unite as one man in the common cause of the South. This had been evidenced by the state of things now existing relative to the candidates for the Convention. Albemarle, long known to have been an old Whig county, now presents two candidates — the one, Mr. V. W. Southall, an old Whig, and Prof. James P. Holcombe, a late inveterate Democrat--who run with no opposition, the county being entitled to two members. These gentlemen met to-day, for the first time, in public discussion, at Charlottesville, and though the weather was extremely inclement, the Court-House, where they spoke, was full. The students of the University were present in large numbers to witness, with pride and satisfaction, the political debut of their Law Professor. It may not be known that when the citizens of Albemarle, without respect of party, had signed a petition requesting Prof. Holcombe to become their representative in the Convention, both his Law Classes met and unanimously passed resolutions urging h