Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-01-24

eouras,ns those WHO &ere scal.er;n: this nsio,s
seed thickly through the land in the hope aud be.
lief that j, would speedily grow up into a South.
ern Confederaey of which Virginia would 10 the
corner stone. Now, when the Dragons teeth have
come forth, in the shape OF armed men, Virginia
attempts to the sword from their grasp beiorc
il becomes red with fratcrna blood But, we fear
1t is too late. Men, when they ire ready for bat
tic, their imashatlons ln1amed with ideal visions
OF glory, can hardly be reasoned into peaceahlc
conduct, even by Legislative logic They can
never res, until the smell of blood Is on their gar
n,cnts, and unit, the c.y of anguish follows their
footsteps. Let this quarrel terminate in ciyil war,
and II requires no prophets penetration TO forcscc
that some who are iorcmos, urging on this ca
tastrophe, should they survive the onset, Will be
the frs, TO cover themselves with the saekcloth and
ashes OF bitter repentance. Heaven grant that it
may not come too late for themselves Us well las for
their country
W The bill authorizing Mr.. Benjamin School,
field 10 erect toll bridge across James River near
this place. has passed both bra inches Of the Lcsis-
lature.
e. In the case Of the contested election from the
county OF Amherst, we learn that the House OF Del
cgatcs has decided that neither Mr. Garland nor
Mr.. Camm is entitled to the seat, and has consc-
quertly returned the matter to the hands Of the peo-
pie o: that county.
~ From South Carolina, our news is not Of
material consequence. high state Of excitement,
exists, if we may form judgment from the temper
ofthc resolutions adopted at their public meetings
and from the tone Of their newspaper writer's. But,
as Peter Plndar says;
Most men dash ard vnpor
Less on The field Of battle than Oh paper"
Syntim eBt Of Virginia 1t is impossl be TO find
room, Tor he Proceedings OF the various public n'ec
tinss held in this ,lte N reference To the existing
crisis Nelson and Bcdio."'' speak u language IN
accordance with the intelligence AID p'T'o''sm
in our columns this morning. We must be con-
tent barely TO notice the sentiments Of The people
Of more distant counties.
In Powhatan, resolutions have been adopted, de-
uouncing Notification but affirming The rish. Of Sc
c,ssion by "a vote of % to 39-ln Louioan, 4 ana.
WIN, Scott and Rockingham the resolutions 60 the
whole exten, Of tho Presidents rroc,aination--rc-
probalnE Notification and Observation-Disclosures
tue Ordinance Of tho South Carolina Convention
us unqualified act OF despolism-exprcssing
their sympathy FOR the situation, and admiration
Of the conduct Of the Union party in uat State SC.
The only coupt,rvoce We have ye, heard is Il
feeble note from James City, with its 80 or loo
voters, condcmnng the Presidents proclaim, ton
throughout and sustaining the course Of the Dlso-
nionists. Virginia is sou ID to the core.
sfT Great efforts nre making by those who think
that the term s.ate RigaLs can make any pill poia.
table in Virginia, 10 win converts to tbo acD doc
.rine of P<acesbte Secession, Tor fr.e1dy hos!Iiy)
BY qiotlng Mr Jefferson and Mr.. Madison rs lis
authors. But what is the fact Mr. Madison
expressly dIsavows ii, and, in the debate in tho
Legislature, Mr.. Randolph, the grandson of Mr..
J.hcrson, asserted that his grandfather never did
believe that State had CHI peaceably to sccedc,
but always spoke Of il; MS he did in his cosfespon-
dencc, as a re,oint'ondrV Sscremsnt He also read
two letters which \, had eiyodn few days before,
from MIR. Madison ami VIM. G. R,vcs, both OF
whom had lived on .crms VI the closes, intimacy
with Mr.. Jefferson, and boti .f u HON cay, 10 the
most uncquivocal terms, that they never did bear
him speak Of secession as peaceabe resort The
truth is, it ~ new fang led doctrine invented by
those who IRE .Nu;ijycrs, but who canno, swallow
while the Scccders dcnounce Modification as
monstrous heresy, and the Null,fyers dcnounce Sc
cession as Disunon and Treason, (sce Mr.. Cal
houn's last letter to Gov. Hamilton, yet both Sc
ceders and Nullifyers work together as harmon
ously as lf,hcy bciiered the same oleod as well as
Noted upon the same principles Secession and
Notification arc the same thing IN their results
and if there be an preference to be given to ei-
Their, II Is TO Nuliihcation, as being slower IN IT'S
operation, and Of course less dangerous than Sc
ccssion.
THE MISSIONARIES RELEASED
We are glad to be able to announce that Qucs-
ton which In, long agitatcd the public mind has
been settled The Missionaries who we're confn-
ed in the Georgia Pcntcuuary, and whose ease it
was expected would come up before the Supreme