Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-06-10
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LETTERS FR0u WAsHyGTON.

WAsnNGroH, MAY 20, 1880.
Deaf Su--lhe honorable. John Randolph
OF Roanoke, has received senatorial pn ssnorf 10
Russln, where, with all his arsiocra,ical no
ions hr !, deemed 10 he worthy and hecom
ing representative OF this tree republic WIZ
the he hopes, IN thai scandinavian cline, 10
recover any al the yRour which he now SO NJ
t"fi0n,lV lacks, II Is impossible ior me 10 con
ieetore. Inc impression is. pretty general innt
the President has gwen h,m THIS mission eriher
because he deems II possible thar it mt sent ont
Of Vi. country, into KIND OF houourahlc g., H.
he might b. troublesome 10 The administration
NJ home, or TINT he hopes. Nv showing tbs al
tcntion 10 the idol Of Virginia. 70 canciliaie
the ancient dominion, Which he knows 10
have been greatly tstfanged from him by ms
proscrpiive policy How far the honor and
interests Of the United States will be promoted
nv thls appointment II IS nol for ne 10 deter
mine. IImo viii sufficiently illustrate
Y. s Gazette.
WA'nIvGr0s. MAY, rs, 1880.
We had pretty sharp debate in the house
20 day, on the reconsideration Of the Maysvile
road blil. II WIS easy Ia perceive hat ,he tone
md mpp'i oil the message had greatly shaken
the fai,h aud allegiance of many OF thnsp
me mbers from the moth md west, who have
he retplore undcviating'y supported the admin.
istration. Mr.. Chiffon stated that the IVES, had
expected better things from General Jackson.
Nhen. 10 sustain his views she had consented
n lay her non hand On BIN who Ind alwa.s
brcn the oUu,,stont Gicnd Of Internal Improve
nent Bnt the speech of Mt Slanherry of Ohio,
WAS the mnst remarkable for its pithy bitterness.
He declared that the message was not wrItru
by the President himself, but was evidently
from the pen of his chlei minister, the great
magician. lie TUNED INTO rijiculr the hst of
appropriations appended 10 the message with
view 10 show that The pr seni Congress had
expended money rxtravagantl, lie asserted
that every thlng which looked like cKtfava-
ganCe, could lac Traced TO the es. cnfive d.
paftmrnt OF The government and ihat II had
been lound necessary lnr Congress To be firm
and vgiant 10 cheek thr cstAyagant course
ol the executive officers He characteristic
the message MS low, electioneering document
int ndrd ior popular effect aud making n.p of
deception ior that purpose. was replied 10
with great fury bv Mr.. Polk OF Tennessee. who
charged MIR 5 nnberry wtb having been ion
sometime, an enemy To the administration, and
with having tsken this occasion 10 show him
sell. lie charged the gentleman with having
teen during the la I congress an anliariti man.
dus,ng the discussion OF the tarf, aud with
having pledged himself torevontionizr ihp state
81 OHIO. Mr. Vance very pointedly adyersed
TO the deception practise on the northern aud
wes'ern frlends of Gen. Jackson, b, his con.
ceamenr OF his real lei ngs IN relation Ia ICfel-
nal Improvements. lie SAID ,ha he had O been
disappointed bat thai they had and thai after
marching with him 10 triumph, they now had
their reward. Mr. Bel was very heated and
incorporate in his language, and went 50 far
ms 10 use the word - black guard tor which
he was rebuked by the chair. lie spoke OF the
false friends who are 10 be found in the ranks
Of The friends Of the administration, and said
there "ere many whohad only waited Tor fair
pretext 10 throw oil their connection with tina
administration, and 10 become its opponents.
Mr.. IsaHcs sad he did not know whether or
not he came within the dpnunciaiion of his col.
league but he considered himself " an older.
not a better soldier" THAI some of those WIN
had so warmly eulogised the adm i.irntIon.
aud who thought Themselves To be 50 FAR ahead
OF HIM. The bill was finally rejected. the vote
being ayes 96 NOES 10 thr constitutional ma
jory OF Two thirds not being IN its favor