Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-10-20
.rxNs,,yAsIA ELECTIONS.

tanning election returns oi inc ,a,e> for |
the city Of Philadelphia, the WING 't..,.a bv
Congress, Ingerso and Harper, arc ' ,,,hs,anJ |
T:Jsn.o,, j, reelected, and Ash tJac6sonl y.
,,.cc Of Wnmough, (Whig) We are sony !.
IA ,bo, the election wss murked by me e'',:
or,,,oes. Several persons were shot, 10 % 10,
,nd il is feared that more Than one VIC a. |
| t,ye three. story bri k buildings were o"'n' W
ground, and otter ou,rsges eon"h..o .'or.d nj
| That tho SC dsgraceiul scenes should oe c"'.. |
!, csn he done. j, ough, TO be done-if II ca""o,'
,bc RIGHT of voting is practically denied 10 INC
The infrm and the timid, who are de'e'rco "o."
going TO the polls by the apprehcns on OF ,"e Son
| sequences. Such, we are assured was WV
IN Philadelphia county and TO THIS cause W.
peel, is the dcfea, Of Col. Wa'moush a'"'ou'"
CONNECTICUT.-T election ofthrec mem
hers Of ,le presen, Congress from, Connecticut. 10
supply the vacancies Of Messrs Foot elected 20
werner Of tha, State, Ellsworth appointed Jug
and Huntington, resigned has resulted IN 'ne
choice Of Messrs. Trumbn Miner and JACKSON,
all wings. by ma or ties not yet ascer'aiheo' a"'
yariously stated al from $50 TO 700.
GEORGIA.-rhe election for members o Con
! gress has Just taken place III Georela-wh'ch
votes by general ticket. We have yet heard only
from 81 counties, which give the highest eaou'-
date on the Modification iicke, l156o ano me n.S"'
est on the Union ticket li9i7-iho lowest Nu''ihcu
tonl45GO, the loves, Union liG69-lt is thought
the Union ticke, will succeed, aud that majority
of the State Legislature, (Which has 10 eee'
Senator,) will be Of the same politics.
POST OFFICE INVESTIGATIONS
We Law before our readers the letter Of Maj Bar-
~ spoken Of in our last, detailing his reasons Tor re
fasng 10 lay before the SENATOR. committee, up
POINTED to examine into the condition and manage
ment Of the Post Office DEPARTMENT, certain ra-
pers bearing upon the objects OF Ihelr enquiry. We
suboin II few words of comment.
Mai. Barry's letter is a series Of sophistcal ar
gumen,s, forced analogics and false deductions
from acknowledge principles. No onr, Tor IN
stance denies, what Maj Barry wadcs through
column or two TO prove, that the three departments
Of government, legislative, executive and jndicia,
were desie ned by the trainers Of the constitution
TO be distinct and independent ofeach other, IN the
main-but all know that there exceptions TO this
general rule, as, in the nature of things there must
be Indeed, Maj. Barry admits that there are ex,
ceptons but contends that the under discussion
is not ono Of them. And he attempts to prove this,
as mentiened in our last, by quotations from the
Journal Of the Senate in the session Of lS3O-3l re-
strcting the inquiries Of is comm ,ee OF lnvcstisa
lion, and declaring that that committee should not
look into the of the Pos ister General for
he removal OF pos,msstcIs Luckily, he quotes tho
yeas and nays, by which it will be seen that the
vote on those resolutions was complete party ro'n,
designed to shield purity fapJrte, and that consc-
'qnen,ly those resolutions never can be regard q
IS the settlement Of a principle. And even u they
could be- SO regarded, will Maj. Barry pretend TO
! say that n committee appointed by the Senate in
,tnn l.ol-
ou,on adopted years before The idea is too IL
I-licu.ously absurd to merit moments notice, Az
vel might he refc, TO the vote Of Congress in 1916,
charterlnS a Bank, settling the constitutional
power Of the general government to charter that in
sti,ution and deny TO the present or any tu nre
Congress the right 10 reverse that decision
| II will be seen. too, that Maj. Barry, With tina,
deceptive cunning which marks so many Of the
State Papers Of this administration, admits hi
responsibility TO the people," while he virtually
denies i! to the peoples representatives. VIII that
gentleman or his friends tell us hoW this RESPONSE
blny is to be enforced if he has the ri ht TO With
hold from investigation the reasons OF his official
conduct, which he expressly claims tho right do
" do not deny that am responsible for my dcis,
(snys the Poslmas CT G,neral,) =" ia, Go deny the
right to enquire into my reasons for them In
deed Then is" responsibility" word Of no mean
ing Every man admits Maj. Barry, right to
remove and TO appoint Posmns,ers, wherever anl
whenever he plcases. His power under the law is
unlimited. But will any one say that he Shall be
at liberty 10 exercise il for corrupt purposes, anu
that he shall not he punished for thus exercising il
No one will assert this proposition, in so many
words yet such is the result TO which Mai Bar
rvs reasoning inevitably leads. To illus rate
The Postmaster ut Lynchburg, against whom nc
complaint Is alleged is removed, in despite Of the
Inconsistencies OF the entire community among
whom he resides, and man is appointed of known
bad character and incompetency--w viii suppose,
too, thai! there is strong reason 10 believe that he
mas obtained his office by bribcry-shall the Post
master General be permitted to evade enquiry in.
to his conduct, by saying to those who only can
make It, am not responsible to you, gentlemen
OF the Senate, bu. to the people-you have only a
rshlio inquire into my acts and boldly avow
them, but deny your right 10 look mo my reasons,
and therefore withhold the papers which you de-
mand T. Would such conduct sustained by such
reasoning os tolerated Aud ye, the course Of the
Postmaster General is entirely analogous to this
supposed case. This Is not the first time, however
that We have had occ sion to nllude to the strong
disposition manifested by Maj. Garry to elevate
MS little Department into separate and distinct
government, wholly irresponsible to the represen.
laiives of the people. He certninly SO regarded
1t when he borrowed money in defiance of the con
s'''u'ion, and when be deliberately defended tina,
ae', us power belonging lestimately to him, in
Inc teeth OF an unanimous vote Of the Senate con-
demnlnst as an illegal and demonstrations as,
sumption But not more monstrous was tina, claim
OF power, then that now Sc, up, which amounts, in
fact, TO this-lhat Postmaster General NAV h.
guilty Of tho mos, unequiyocal corrup,ion INV
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