The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-04-27

requested 10 BIZ particular IN Gc,i,
'ii"H letters, asrerabiy To law as ,,,s
wise, postage Is always necessarily cb,rr.1
10 Correspondents The length =.
Phtio Btdiord,' IN reply to Col G
gins Address, sampels US 10 exclude - -
day. II saaIlappear next week. "
We have had On haod some w.pks :.
communication If "A CtrlzFS ar
nEhTy, Il shall take the earIlcs, on,,r,.,
nity oi giving II an insertion. At prp,rnf NO.
are ~ pr essed for room by matter, If NV
immediate interest that we are co,nnaII.,
to lay it over. 0
"TYRo" is inadmissible. His .,i.
is duh onr, and unless it ia skilfnlIv ,,,.,
ed, absolutely iniolerable. Thp ,ii,o.,...
h- has adopted could MT have been befts,
app'ird. '''''
| Cot Goggfn.-Although IL il M, ,oo..
sary TO insert tho letter of Col. Gopn,, g..
our own satisfaction, since we are nsrf..%.
convinced that he intended nothiup ID
serious impntation against us, vet Gr -.
own qualification, we will do so. W.v,,.
Only make single remark in r.latio, >,
the subject. and that is, that we never N.
tended to give currency to tn. idr, th,,
| Cot. Goggln had voted for the Co,,.a
ton Bill at the session of 1924 S ana
galnst II at the succeeding Session. ~ :.
eOmmodate himself To the change Of o,;a-
ion IN the Senate. The fact that this wa,
the case with other members, was 80 DE-.
tached from that which related to tn. Co.
lonePs political opinions, that we had M
expectation they would have been minvI.a
together. Differences of opinion on pr.,,
subjects of state policy are not oniv L,,uraI
but unavoidable s; and unless Their. h. n,l
pable evidence of dishonesty and corrun.
ton, we should be careful how we ur,l.,
such charges. We never did intend 70
charge the majority on the Convention
blIi, at the last session, with corruption or
! dishonesty III then votes, Bntwedidin.
tend to say, that we were at a loss to kn,w
and we still are, how any man, protesting
to be guided by republican principles, could
refuse TO give his assent to a Bill, the sole
OBJECT OF winch was 10 throw til. powerof
the state into the possession Of those to
whom II properly belonged viz: the ma.
JOrity. Others, however,may see ddprrn,-
Iy; and if tnry do, we cannot help it. Wa
shall endeayor, however. 10 guard the ppo-
pie, agan-t what we consider IA iost glar.
ing obilqulty of perception.
Mr.. Calhoun'S Speech. Or readers are
aware that Mr.. Randolph, some time since.
gave 'tlce at his int ntion to offer resol,,-
mons going To deprive tht presiding officer
| of the Senate of the power If appointing
members of the different standing Com.
mIttees, and of the right to supervise tho
| journal, and In restore them 10 those 10
whom they legitimaltly belong these res
oluhons have passed, the first with unl,
one dissenting voice, ADD the second WIN
only two.-lt WAS anticipated that tina
course would give offence TO the Presdtn.
OF the Senate. as these powers had been 50
long exercised by his predecessors, AID ST.
lently acqultsced in, aud were now, 10
soon rs he had entered upon his Official du,
ties, aud in the midst of loud cIamurs thai
he had acted in the organization Of Conn
tnIttees with view TO rmharrass the al.
mnistratlon, endeayored to be- Nrested
from him But contrary 70 these expce~
tauOns, Mr.. Calhoun takes il all in good
part, and snrrenders the powers spoken If
most gracefully into the hands Of the Sen
ate aud lis Secretary. We had not expec.
ted TO SEE the lrader of the anti-adminls-
tratlon party snccumbing go tamrIy to SO
evident confirmation of what was befule
only rnmor. This dilemma was foresren
by his friends, who tried to avert the con-
sequences by forestaIiing public opiuion IS
much as possible. 1t was argued, that no
evidence was afforded by the Senatorial
vote, that Mr.. Calhoun had acted inpro-
perry, IN the appointment of Committees,
from the fact, that the motion itself pro-
ceeded from one of his "personai friends"
But, scarcely had this assertion been made,
when the mover Of the resolution uttered
an indignant disclaimer. Mr.. Randolph
denied that he stood in auy relation Of
friendship, politically or personally tO"ards
Mr.. Calhoun; aud so leaves the matter 10
be decided by other tests. II is true, that
Mr.. RandoIph's disclaimer is not proof pc
sitiyr that Mr.. Calhoun, in bis Sc.
lection of the members of the Committee
OF Foreign Affairs, did act with view
to the embarrassment Of the admnstra-
t"n; but the nearly unanimous voe Of the
Senate, connected with the general impres"
SION which had gone abroad, leaves very
Ilftie room for doubt, as to the fact.-bnt,
as he has ceased to have any control over
this matter in future, W. are willing TO 'es
him ENJOY the fruits of his cunning in pea:'
during the remainder of the session.
How long has it been, we should like 70
know, since Mr. Calhoun ahjured his Ia'-
fudlnarian principles? Or does he mean
nothing when he says, "the nation will DE-
serve that its liberty shall be immortal.
which lays the foundation of its system Of
government on the great principle, that no
PoWer ought 10 be delegated, uhich can os
fairly trerciSed by the constituent bOdy?p-.
And again, when he says that his "ano'-