Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-11-16
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MOKNI,G, NOV. 10. 1870.
Tue.
THE ORANGE ELEC lIoN.

Fl i"S eIec'on having excited considerable interest
Throughout, the Commonwealth. we are induced to
extract from the Reporter, published at Orange
Court House, the history of several praise worthy Of
fers to compromise It, made by Col Barbours friends
and sanctioned by him
vi the equity of the matter disclosed by these
transactions. the reader is competent to decide for
himself With due Difference to Capt Davis. u gen
teman for whom we have much personal respect, the
rejection OF proposition to leave the adjudication of
the contest to Messrs Johnson, Leigh and Stanard
does look Hnic. fhe distrus,ed the validity of his
clam--as if he preferred to trust his fate with Jack
son Legislature, who may be swuyed by party feelings,
to trusting with three of the enlightened and
upright men IN the u. s. who would carry no party
passion into the investigation, and who are universal
y known to be incapable Of deciding upon any other
principles than those Of law and justice. The argu
ment that ''the People have right to select their
Representatives, and the inference that this arrange
mcnt would defeat that right is a de,lorabe begging
of the question; the obec Of the arrangement being
not TO select for the People but to ascertain by tho
rough and impartial scrutiny, who the People hare
already selected.
The apprehension thus betrayed in rejecting Col.
Barbours propositions, is confirmed by the PROPOSE
ton which Capt. Davis makes to that gentcman-
Col Barbour is required resign his sea-to res ,sn
the Shcriffs ccrfcate-to resign the vantage erounl
which these circumstances give him, and what is he
rendered in return? Why tina which the law gives
every candldate-the privilege ofconteslns the scat
of a member returned! This is really tremendou.
attempt at compromise
We mean nothing dsrespecilul to Capt. Davis
We do not mean to say that he capable of taking
seat which he knew the People had not assigned hun
but lnsensby, invountarily, the scenes at Wash
ngton IN tho contested elections between Washburn
and the Jackson competitor from Name and Newton
and Loyal in which right was almost confessedly
sacrificed TO might, may have influenced his magma
ton. Hence alusion above. A Virginia A.
sembiy has never furnished It's legislative honour;
yer done collectively, that which It's individual MEM
bers would dsdaIn to do sngly and hence in our opn-
ion. the precedents furnished last winter Washing
ton will have no ilf renee this winter at Richmond
THE notes relating to the Compromise, seem {.
DO very naccuratey printed in the Reporter; but We
rePublish them we found thenh)
The Reporter has severely taken the Enquirer in
hand for Its budget of blunders" in regard to the
Orange Election. As il vindcates Capt Burrus the
High Sheriff, from a charge, of Withholding
his decision the Orange Senatorial Election until
he heard from Madison, we feel under n obligation
to duse the conclusive defence of that erentleman
?. conduct.
From the Orange Court House Reporter Nov 10.
i OUR ELECTION.
This affair, the expression of the Richmond Enquirer
4 truly "a budget of bunders! But are the person,
fault III the matter who they, are TO be
sufferers by these biunde The Enquirer would say doubt
from every manifestation during the canvass, whole
amount OF prsJudce and offending, should be upon
Gov barbour an his friends And IN ela''o3 to this matte
wondered at the Enquirer atrbuing Gov Toast which
was given al the Orange Springs on the last celebraton
American
upon H. 10 erange the good VIII Of the people from
Gov g. much possible although the Enquirer denies tha
parry, federal politics has been, any or very few
Of county elections We also at the many bitter
and keeny acrimonious which were published
in that paper against Gov party politics have
been left ohe question: We also wonder how The Enquirer
learnt that the gh sheriff Of Orange deteflnn
ed to vacate the precinct elections, thing suggested MIR
and his friends, had despatched his deputy with tho Orange
polls, 10 Madison u this innocent "bunder caused by
improper information should be looked harmless
III make improper bias or impression upon the public mind
agans, Gov or our exemplary High Sheriff cannot with
bold the remark, that is unjust and bera and deserves
the rebuke anImadyefsion Of the whole Community;
above ALL the and distinguished their
numerous friends who thus wan'ony mpugned and aa
The fact relation to this matter of the re-
turn Of the poll to Madison this the Thursday
election the Deputy for the upper district Of be-
High Sheriff arrived took the statement Of the po 20
Madison, without the knowledge Of the High There
fore leaving blame at his hands Taking all these things
view on 'hs part n TIC Enqu"e' we say that we are constan
ed to wonder at It's course ~ relation to this country
to epuda'e the idea that party lines, party politics
have characterised any pat Of county elections
Party politics aside, aud what Enquirer say inmcal 10
him' And taking into the account party politics all
aud what there that the people of Oranceand Virginia
have to fear from him? Whereas the other hand
every thing, which wisdom and patriotism anticipate
poet from HIN ~ their approaching Legislature
The Reporter seems to understand our contempo
rarys tactics in part ADteceIent to the elections ho
and Gen. Mccoy cndcsvorcd 10 make Jack,onism
the universal test Mr. Leigh being elected and his
election improperly claimed ~ an ",i-Ja-kson VIC
. f,r h,
parently offended At the suppMition that Parte
Politics had any thing TO do with State elections
The Enquirer and the Telegraph ocrimouIousy a..
sailed Gov. Barbour part grounds and len no ut
temp untrod to array the Jackson feeling Of Orange
against bin. When the election displayed that gen.
tem'n's unexpected strength, then hear forsooth