The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-10-13
VIRGINIA SENATOR.

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VIRGINIA SENATOR.
II is known that at The next session Oi
the Virginia Legislature, that body will be
called on to elect Senator, to supply the
vacancy occasioned by the resignation Of
lIr James Barbour, our present Secretary
Of War. Rumor, whose" hundred tongues
are seldom idle, is already busy in emit
meraling names of individuals, who are
supposed to be anxious To obtain the of
fee, or whose talents and experience have
elected public notice. Among the indlsl-
duals who have bern publicly announced
as probable competitors for the stations
are
Mr.. GEoRGE Tucker, recently repre-
sentative in the Congress Of the United
States from this district. aud at present
Professor of Moral Philosophy in the
University of Virginia
Mr.. HUoH NELsoa, for many years a
Representative in Congress from the dis
trict of Amherst, SC, aud more lately
Minister PIenipotentiary from the United
States t, the court of Spain
DIR. JoHN FLOYD, at present representa-
tive in Congress from the Montgomery
district;
Mr.. JAMES PLEAsANTs, ir. formerly
Senator and at present Governor of the
State aud
Mr. JonN TYLER, formerly represents
tive in Congress from the Richmond dis
uict, and now Delegate 10 the Virginia
Legislature from Charles City county
1t is however surlnised by the Richmond
'' Whig," that Mr. Tyler will not be put in
nomination for this important station, but
that he will doubtless be elected, if las is
successor of Gov. peasants.
OF those named, our favorite is deci-
dedly Gov. PLEAsANrs ; and we have We
~ little doubt, if he will consent again To
take the burden on his shoulders, he will
w 'llt IlbiNC VI liiN ioiNA'AN' Al pti
and faithful public servant, he has represen.
ted The state in both Houses of Congress-
with zeal that never Jagged when zeal
was all. impurtant to the interests and safe
~ of the Union, and To the preservation
of those principles for which the peopl.' OF
Virginia have so long contendcd aud
with an ability, which, however its eXer.
tons may have been confined to the pen
aud, however il may have been ecllpsed by
the sprndors of oratory, Will bear faYora.
Bile comparison, in point of lasting useful
tees, With that of the leaders of the part,
10 which he is attdched.---GOv. Pleasant,
has never ranked with that class of ephe.
mera, (y'ciept eloquent drclaimers,l who
more frequently astonlsh by their i'uency
aud captVate by their style, than lns.rnt
By their infurmation.-liis talent il of thai
, mofe solid, aud in legislator more usefu
stamp, which enables him to pcnetrate the
web of sophistry and diapel the mlsts of de.
i, fusion, and consequently to form correc'
and jndieious opinions on the most iotri.
cate subjects. He possesses another quail
lfcation, which, at this crisis, is essentially
necessary to the individual wEo may he
; selected to fill the vacant slippers Of sr
3 Barbour. 1t is expected that subject
: will be submitted to the deliheration of the
next Congress, full of interest to every sec.
ton oil the Union, "a subject not ealy cal,
r culated ts excite sectional feelings, blu;
more importont still, when we reco'lect
that its decision will settle an important
constitutional question. When it is known
. that the national legislature will be agtafpd
; by a subject OF this description,--in which
IA great national interest is involved, and in
the decision of which the feelings az the
STAKEHOLDER and the pon-olayeholdcr, as
r well as the tive great natural divisions ol
the Union, are 10 conflict, we repeat, i, il
, essential that we should be represented by
= men of sound Judgements aud of cool and
r sober passians-~by mca not liable 10 be
, suddenly in1amsd and und"ly swayed by
, temper, bat wh" will appeal to their mature
reason, aud be guided by the dictates III
that ene1rlng monitor Such maR, il we
be not deceived by the whole tenor Of his
. public life, IL Gov. Pleasants. This gem
+, ,leman has, too, ever belonged to that par
= ~ of WHICH the illustrIouS ! alfprsnn IL thu
. head. lie has cspoused Its principles, and
advocated the measures which grew out oi