Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-03

LYNCuBURG. JAN. 3, 1881.
CONGRESS

CONGRESS.
The Proceedings OF Congress are devoid Of
general interest. with the exceptions of one or
two incidents. Ihese we notice below.
Mr.. Nc Du6ie. from the Select Committee to
W HON had been referred that portion of The
Presidents Message relating 10 the election of
President All Vice President. reported the fol
lowing resn Intion:
" Resoired, &c. That the following amend
mPnt The Constitution Of the United States
be proposed TO the several States To be valid
to oil inients and purposes, ms part OF SAID Con
stItution, when ratified by the Legislatures oil
three fuurths OF the said States, viz
" No person shall hereafter be eligible TO the
office OF President of the United States, who
shall have been previously elected TO the said
office, and who shall have accepted the same,
OF exercised The powers thereof
No disposition has of course, yet been made
OF this resolution ;uor, indeed, is Improbable
that il will be discussed during the present
session of Congress. As General Jackson is
bound, as an honest man and d patriot, TO act
in accordance with The suggestion on this sub
ect contained in his Message, aud will there
fore feel il TO be his duty II decline n reelection
the delay in considering il IS. not nnpor'
tant. We are aware the Presidents friends
will not admit that he is not again a candidate
but, if they will for moment consider in what
dsreputable light he must necessarily appear
before the public II he should again consen, TO
serve, we arr persuaded they will Mt once see
thai he ought 10 retire al the expiration Of his
term, and that he consequently 1oW do so.
Surely, he will not do a thing which he EN-
phatically asserts TO be wrong, merely because
the law allows il or if he do, his best friends
must have but poor opinion of his morality.
Mr.. Yanceg, Of Kentucky, introduced into
the II. of X. a resolution, auihorising an en-
qniry into the expediency Of reducing the pay
and mileage of members from cight to Slr dol
lars per diem-which the House promptly re
fused TO consider. A similar motion in the
House Of Delegates of This State has met with
fate somewhat similsr.) Regarding such
motions generally as emanating from the pitt
ful motive ofgaining popularity, we are always
disguised when they are made. The authors
of them know vel that their efforts will al
ways prove aboriive for, if they thought they
would he successful, they would never make
III em, and they chuckle exceedingly, no doubt
W hen they pocket their eight dollars per day
in Washington. and four in Richmond, at the
failure of their motion TO reduce the weight OF
their purses, while IT adds SO much To Their
popularity among their deceived constituents
These retrenching gentlemen, if they think
their pay is too high, ought TO take as much
as they think their valuable legislative la
bors are worth. M make a donation of tho
remainder to the public treasury. We dare say
il will always be the case that they are more
than remunerated for what they do, even at
tneir own estimate Of the value of their services
At any rates, ifthey were sincere. they would
take no more than, by their resolutions, they
declare they ought to have.
The Senate is still engaged with the trial Of
Judge Peck and the Ii. Of Representatives, in
the qualification of taudubie curiosity nd
;ourns every day to listen to tive have
glanced over Mr.. McDl1ie', opening speech
as counsel for the prosecution and, "hnc II
contains many valuable sentiments, it appears 10
us to be on he whole a most incorporate and
undignifed phiIippc-frequenlly applying to
Judge Peck the har.hes and most unseemly
epilhets-such as The petty judicial ty-
rant " His Majesty Peck &c. &c. We
copy to-day, from the N. Z Age, letter from
Washington on this subject, TO which We refer
the reader-though II rather aa,ters MIR. Nc
Duilie.