Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-02-10


OF The mai! having reached u. after II had
gone to preserve could bs,e announced none
more d.sgrsceiul to the character OIL The IL. Of
Represent stives
The commiItse OF Mannfsctu have thrown
a firebrand into the House 10 the shape of a
bill TO rtpsd! the act passed at the las, session
oi Congress, reducing the duty on sall, aud
reinslatng at 10 cents per ID. |, has not
yet IN en- disposed of. The debate on il Is ex
ceedinsiy warm, aud points directly 10 an
event which We once fondl, hnped was far dis.
tant in the womb OF luIurity. but which we are
now compelled, against our will 10 believe is
higher at hand than most men dream-we
Inran, tie dissolution Of he Uaion Mr.
/ Spe GIT, Of n. &. denounced the Vengeance
Of The South on the maj 'rity of tho House,
| If they persisted ia course of measures like
those pursued for sumo years past" This is
all nonsense; because the South can by no
possibility lnlict any vengeance" which the
majority Of the House would have any reason
to dread. There are no pi1toriau Guards nor
LictoIs TO Drive members from their seals, nor
coerce Them 10 the adoption OF 20 icy which
their judgments DO not approve All that The
| south can do, is TO secede from tho Union aud
we doubt " neither the " veng aance" OF that
act would not tall more heavily on the heads
! OF the threateners than the threa ENID. " The
day was coming Contained Mr.. SpelghD when
the South woIld be heard. The oppressive
] Iii I,s In In ha
| pealed--it will lie done-and shalt be done.
| The South was Oh the eve OF a he belien, y
! &c. 1his IS ridiculous aud contemplate Ian
! guage TO be used on the floor of Cougress-io
be heraded across the Atunlic--and TO be quo
ted in The palaces OF Kings, AMI among the ad-
vocates of Mouarchies as another fatal evi-
dence o. the instability of free representa- i've
| goyernmen,s.-lf It had proceeded from some
| drunken brawer on a court house green, or in
IA bar room, We should not have wondered at IL
IN calm debate, Dug ht TO ensure its author the
condemnation of public opinion, IN the absence
81 all legal punishment Coming from IA North
Carolina member, ioo,--the Legislature OF
which State recently voted down the Disun,on-
| lists in the most Indignant aud emphatic mnn'
ner, It is calculated to ehcite an astonishnent &
reg rot neither Of which would have been fell ii
| il had proceeded from Il SJuth Caro- ,inlau. We
are no, at oil aston,sned that Gen. BLAIR of 8.
{. said, "ifMis proposition shoutd succeed, the
lime for Augment pH have passed at0dy !" he
cause this is uui the ccDo OF the voice whlcl
1--we have heard from South Carolina any lim'
these three years Blu Mi. Speight must hmsel
| have felt rebukeG aud ahashed, when "A Soatl
Carolina member avowed his regret i" that Ih'
gen tle,nan from North Carolina had expressed
himseFa5 hs had done" No man believe
tiat abe bill reported by the Committee OF Man
ufactWes WI pass-not even MIR. Speighi
| Indeed, he tnot0S that 1t wW not pass; and Thu
| know ledge renders his language still more re.
pcehepsibIe. Tine was when he who though
| of the dissolution OF tbs Unipn ms possible
tLing, which might happen, some ten OF hlIeen
centuries hence, breathed it not even III a
whisper TO hImsrlf.--lf he had trusted ii 10 the
winds, he would have been overwhelmed with
a storm of popular Indignation bur now. thu
idea is as familiar rs a " household word '--anc
it only requires a lntlr more courage in TIN
malcontens 10 apply the torch to the magazine
We pray that our eyes may not beAod the dis
astrous event
Tie debate on the motion of Mr.. Stabberry
ofOhio, to strike from the Appropriation Bal 81
much as relates TO to the salary OF the Minister
=. Nh m,
drd the precious question, az soon as the subject
was called up, whiCh,as our readers are aware
pre- les debate The object oil the motion
was TO protect poor Nh. Cambreleng from ,b'
castigalion which he provoked Mr.. Burgess &c
infici upou him, by his gross and uncalIed foI
personal abuse OF that gentleman when iht
subject Was previously under discussion. we
are glad, however, to say that the motion OF
Mr.. Polk failed and Mr.. Chiffon, who was en-
tilted to the luor. having waived his right. alr.
Burgess rose, and in speech OF an hour and
three quarters ia length, yinlicated the views
! formerly expressed by him, and we learn, de ,
moshed the little gentleman from New
York" The speech is not yet reported. A.
soon as it is, We shalIla II before our readers
AS well as what may he said in reply.
The Foreign Nec,.-We make copious selec-
lions Of the interesting + oreign News brought
by the last arrival from England.-Ihe insur-
rection in Poland will, we fear. terminate in no
good u the long oppressed people OF that coun.
try. It cannot, ii they are left to struggle
sing Ie-hauded against the immense power oil
Russia. The partition OF Poland in 1892 by
/ tie three powers which now compose the Holy
/ Alliance was most hagrant outrage on nation
! al sovereignty, although We do not agree with
Campbell the port in styling i, " The bloodlesi
IL.