Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-12-18

right Of eonferring that Office belongs. But, on the
other hand, we have no idea Of seeing the voice of
The people, fairly expressed at the polls. upon an
issue boldly made up by our opponents, defeated
ny u system oil secret manGuvering and demonstra.
ted fraud, under a preience, TOR II Is nothing more
that they are bhi exercising the great right of in
struction- = right, which, inappueciably valuable
when properly exercised, becomes dangerous and
cdious when seized upon by demagosucs to gull
the lgnornnt, 10 coerce the necessitous, TO trap the
unwary, or TO bride the vicious.
II The House OF Delegates, on sa urJay
last, eoncufred IN the s,cond amendment Of The Sc
nate, fixing the 9th day Of January next, TO 90 ia
TO the election of a U. s. Senator. Ii IS. however.
in the power of either House 10 refuse to carry into
effect this order, when that day arrives.
MSrueti0ns- correspondent Of Inc Richmond
Wing, from Powhathn, says that the oppon cnls
of Mr.. Leigh IN that county have been beaten at
their own game-2l7 voters having signcd instruc-
lions to Mr.. Nash 10 vote for, and 2Il 10 Mr.. Old,
TO vote against Mr.. Leigh. Neither of the pa
pers, however, it is said, has been signed by a
majority Of the voters of the County.
In Chesterfield, also, il is stated by another COR
Respondent of that paper, the scheme has failed.
There are, 1t is said, upwards of 1900 voters IN
that county, of which number more then 500 are
reeholders-abou 300 freeholders and $50 non.
freeholdcrs have signed the instructions, leaving 500
freeholders and ITO non-:reeholdcrs against them.
HEADS UP r'-This is a ,,euo phrase with
the Richmond Enquirer-that is, ii is not more than
six months old, and has not been used, We sus-
pcc,, more than $50 timos-so that it has yet hard
service TO perform. Wcll-under this waggon.boy
exclamation, Mr.. Richie gives his party a word
of encouragement every now and then. TO cheer
their drooping spirits, under actual defeat. lie
sravcly informs them, In his last paper, that " the
Spring elections IN Congress will go against the
Opposiuon'-which may be so, should there be
any :" Spring elections II Congress-" seeing that a
majority of that body are ir favor of the ad ninis-
traitor, But # he meant, what the subsequent part
of his paragraph imports, to wit, that the spring
elections fer members of the next Congress g will
20 against the opposItion"-tho they fthc opposl-
tion) will no, be able 10 carry one of their candi-
Gates against U.s." Che administralon)-" that
Mess S, Allen, Archer, Claiborne, Davenport,
Gholson, Gordon, Moore and Taylor" will be su-
pcrsedej, and that Messrs. Chinn and Loyal
will be re- elccted'-if he means this, then VI join
issue with hun, and deny that he is either 6 a
prophet or the son of Il prophet May, farther
we assert that he is a false prophet, by design,
and with m4ltcc prepcnsc. If he be not, let him
les, the sincerity OF his belief, by accepting The fol-
lowing proposition, ten Tered 10 htm, throu gh the
medium ofrhe Wing, ty Il responsible man: "
will bel the EJror of the Enquirer, or any body
els $4,000, or any amount under that sum, not less
than $500, against half tho sum staked On his pant,
which shall be staked by me, that is, 40 = up
on the result IN one Congressional District alone,
in the districts enumerated in The Enquirer, and
will name Nathaniel II. Claiborne's district.
XVi., -, ,.,, NJ N,,;ta San, pa,r Z Do y,n
take me up or nor2 Come, don't be bashtul. |
know you urc not principIcd aga'ns, betting" We
shall see what " Heads up" will say TO this In
the mean while, we assert, that in this District,
the friends of Davenport feel no apprehension
Of his defcat-and that in Amherst district, Gen.
Gofdon's friends are sanguine of SUCCESSIVE 9th
er districts mentioned are distant from us, and OF
course W. know nothing ofthe state of popular sen
timcit in them. Of one thing, however, we fcel
confident, and that is. that Allen, Gholson, Moore
and Taylor will be re-clected-and that Chinn,
Loyal and Lucas will be superseded by opponents
Of the ADMINISTRATION.
n The Richmond Enquirer continues to dose
its readers with lugubrious essays on the loss Of
tho public printing. We would advise Mr., r. to
fall, like the great julius, with dignity. Reiterated
complaints destroy the sympathy and commlsern-
ton they are designed to excite. The mob sa
laughing animal, and Is more easily moved 10 mIrth
than Tears.
II The n. Y, Evening Post. ndverting to the
election of Mr.. Shepherd as public printer of Vr-
GINA, says This man, Shepherd, is connected,
we believe, MS publisher or printer, with 'hc Rich
mond Whis"-This Is on a par with most Of the
facts which appear in that rerdcion5 journal. Mr..
Shepherd has been a partner ot Mr.. Richie, IN
book and job printing office many years.
LAW OF REPRISALS.
Mr.. Clayton, of Geo. gives the President a Sc
we're thrssi, in relation 10 the operation of the law
of reprisals, winch he wishes Congress To arm
him with power to enforce against France in GER
tain contingencies. Mr.. G. contends that the u.
s. Bank is fully justified, by the same principle, in
seizing on the government dividends, to satisfy a
clearly Just debt, which The government refused 10
pay. There is justice in The parallel. 1t - only,
however. Il new illustration OF that universally APP
plicnble fable, of the Judge and the Bull. 1t al
ways make a material difference whose OK is so.
red.
A la mode Richie
We find the following pithy paragraph in the
Richmond Enquirer of December IL:
"FOR THE Enc UIRER.
That part Of the Presidents Message, which
relates to French affairs, breathes the most admIra-
bio American fceIng-but, the change OF the
French Ministry has induced a doubt whether II