Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-11-13
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The Dany,llc Reporter cofrects fuh''. lion
liz eave circulation few weeks ago, o, 's =, s.s,yn
of Col WIN. r. Johnson, ofCncs'efhe", "a. - II
!. nov said that he viii no, resign, nor ','pvt,
pagers as Instructions, which have been Helms
hon, for signatures" We have no means OF J'us
fny whether this latter rumor have any oe"e' 'ol"
Ja,iou than the former. Col. Johnson IS OF cou'so
better able to form opinion oil the we'S"''o ~,
he instruciions go, up in Chesterfield are cnieo,
than we ase-and il lie has determined to disregard
them he has doubtless come to that cetefm'ha',o"
from a conviction that they have been ooaa'neu ~
unfair means and that they do not express 'ne ~
pinions Of majority Of his constituents we soa'
however, SOON sec.
The Reporter also informs US tina, Mr. Booker
of Amelia, had demanded of the persons "ho hao
procured signatures to instructions III ina county
copy of the names ofthc sisners, that ne might ca'
on them in person, for the purpose Of asce'a'"'s
| ghe,hef their names had been unders'anoipBp al
Sxed TO them, avowing his detefm'nalioil, II I've
should find that msjority had done this, eiihci 20
obey the instructions or resign hts seat-o~ Ma1 ("
Gnu ,eas refused Why1 We can conceive no
reason for the REFUSAL unless the procufers OF inc
signatures were conscious that they had been OBJ
tanned by fraudulent and deceptive neans-and u
they were thus Obtained no man will contend thaI
/ .
Booker of Amelia, is the last man in the Siue OF
Virginia, who would be inauen ,edb by them
The Winchester Vrginian state. thai IN Fred
erick county the instructions 10 Messrs. Barton
and Smith have been signed by 100 voters, there
being about 1900 in tho county. The delegates
will of course obey if they satisfied that 10 de-
ceptive means have been used to procure the sig
natures.
Are not tho wishes Of the people equally oblisao
ry upon their representatives, whether they formal
~ instruct or not 7 Aud il this be so, we hope tie
friends o this administration will not hesitate TO vi
sit with portion OF their anger such ofther own
party as shall VIGOROUSLY disregard those WISHES
in the next Senatorial election. Should Senators
| Dyer Flood, and Mccoy whose constituents spoke
a voice a, the last April elections not 10 be misnn-
derstood by those who do not choose w'liuiy 10
misinterpret it, vote against Mr.. Leigh next wh-
ter, will the administration men pour out upon
them u modcum of that wrath, their full vials of
which they are already uncorking over the heads
OF the opposition members whose recnsancy tncy
apprehend1 We demand Of them tina, they shal
in this matter, administer impartial justice, aud that
they shall measure every man by the same stan
darJ II will be no excuse 10 say that A. was for
may instructed, and that q. was nat. An honest
representative, kn,winy the wishes Of thos, whose
agent he is, needs no instructions. lie will repre-
sent fairly the people Of whose will lie the organ
RESIGNATION OF SENATOR'S.
If it be true that Messrs. Southland AMI Frelin,-
huysen Of New Jersey should resign their seats III
the U. s. Senate, in consequence of the result of
the late elections in that State, is equally ncum-
ben, on Mr.. Morris of Ohio, as we have before CD.
served, to do likewise. 1t would also follow should
Mr.. Leigh be defeated next winter, that Mr.. Ty
Ter oush; forthwith TO resign his seat in that body
and, if the Wigs should have succeeded in the
late New York elections, Mcssrs Tullmadsc and
WIish should bow to the force OF the precedent.
: This one doubt And il this be the true doc
rine, is not the tenure Of the Senatorial ofica fix
cd by the constitution, virtually abolished, AMI a
shorter term, TO all intcnis and purposes subt,u-
ted in lieu Of il 7
1t is wise, before we introduce new principles
IN the practical Interpretation Of the constitution
and in the operations Of the government, to look
not only TO The consequences that may result from
them, but also 10 the design Of the trainers of our
Institutions. What was their object in designating
six years as the tenn ofSena'o,ial appointments :
1t seemG to US that members Of that BABY, by this
! prolonsation Of their official pc much beyond
f th't OF any ohsr officers were intended to be el9-
waited, were beyond tee each of those popular
, ebuliions of feeling which so often nnislead the
> public Judgment agitate the public counsels an
. precpale them into unwss and dangerous legis-
h la'lon The contrary doctrine, however, seems to
the popular faacy OF the dsy--an is SO plau.
. sibc, on superficial examination of the question,
!, and chimes IN so completely with the feelings of
q the crowd, that it is almost impossible for those
who doubt It's ruth or expedency, TO obtain fair
. hearing, much less an unprecedented decision IT.,
. whenever change is effected in the political char
acer OF the State Legislatures, Senators are to re-
sign their offices, the Senate, instead Of being more
stable than the House of Reprcsen' atiycs, a. il,
was designed TO be- will be less 50; and the evils
incident TO hasty and immature legislation, instead
OF being ayerted, will be increased & pcrpctuaied
Senators, instead of holding their offices by hrmcr
tenure, woudev be placed in more prccarous
posi- ION than Reprcsentatlves,-for while the latter
are almost always certain of reteining their seat,
tor the terms for which they elected on account
OF the difficulty of ascertanns with precision The
sentiments OF their constituents, scattered over an
extensive district of country, the latter, 6nns no
d'tculty IN learning the sentiments of the body IL,
whom they are immediately responsible, may be
compelled to resign even before they take their
seats For example; should Mr. Riyes, or soma
gentleman of similar sentiments, be elected 5v the
next Legislature Of Virginia, in lieu of Mr. Is;ob
the people, next Spring, may express their disan.
probation OF that appointment, BY larye maior;,v
and the consequence Of this new doctrine would
be that the Senator elect must forthwith resio, .
ven before he presents his credentials at Washino.
ION Does not every one see, that, by the oncra.
ton OF this rule, the constitutional character nf ,h
Senate is changed, and that new impress ia s,am.
ped upon IT ! that 1t -, 10 all practical ends M
completely popular body as the House of Repre.
| sen atives 'Nf
But II may be asked, shall Senator hold b;s Of |
nee, when he knows that he misre nresen,s mo a..