Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-02-02


ipht 10 determ ne at the polls, before the eiec'o
| Of Senator shall he made Whereas, also, oouo's
Exist ~ neither this General Assembly Is sufneien'
" jpor sed of the opinions Of The good Peop'e u
| this Common eslth, 10 justify the hope lha' a"y
election made at the present session, could give SAT-
isfac,ion, or inspire that confidence necessary ="
10 high a ,rus, And whereasno necessity VIVA =
ever could, in any reasonable probability Occur oa
ring the short vacancy in the office, (t being IN INC
rsce., IF the s, nate as the Governor has
the constitutional powsr 10 fill the vacancy un''.
the me citing of the mex: General Assembly, mar
could equal in magnitude the evils whlch m'em
| esult ffom mn election made under circumstances
| of co much doubt and uncertainty, or which eou'u
release this General Assembly iron The high nho
imperative obligations of honor and duty, to ascer'
tain and obey the will of gallan, and Patriol'c
people, when that will may be so readily a"o GER
tainly asceraned, and obeyed at the next session
Of the General Assembly. =,
8" Resolved, therefore by the General Assembly,
That il is not cxpedient or necessary 10 eiec'
Senator Of the U. States to supply The vacancy
which will occur after the expiration Of the present
term Of service of the Hon. Benz. w Leigh until
the next session of the General Assemby-hhd
the Joint resolution Of the two Houses for proceed.
ing 10 such election on the 27th day OF January
| 1885 be and the same is hereby Indefinitely post
poned."
The reuder will no, fail to observe the art, with
which these resolutions drafted How the poo
| ple are caressed Their vanity soothed lheir
rights volunteered to be protected from their own
chosen and immediate representatives 10y these
worthy Van Buren, conservatorsD Their patriot
ism and gallantry gratuitously lauded The In
tcnton TO wrong them, insldlously msinua'cd
These resolutions proceed covcr'ly, though not u
vow eddy, upon the extraordinary, The uncourteous
the insulting assumption that representatives tho
sen by the people, fellow memb-rs OF the mover,
were ignorant of their wishes Nay more-that
expressly instructed as TO what those wishes were,
by the sign manual of the people, their constituents,
they were yet resolved TO treat them with defiance
Il is difficult to imagine as we conceive, case of
more arrogant and officous nermeddng; nor can
any proposition be more suprcmey ridiculous, thnn
tina, this volunteering to judge between members
and their constituents shou have proceeded from
the member from Buckingham, (Mr. Yancey,) HIM
self standing on the mcagrc majority OF hf'ecn or
twenty procured by aGctdent and representing
county which, according TO every probability Is at
this moment decidedly against him. and from which
we imagine he does not himself believe he could be
returned in April.
| But, what is insnuatcd in the resolution, wa
directly affirmed debate and the broad ground as
suned by Mcssrs Watkins and Randolph that
certain gentlemen misrepresented their constituents,
ton should be postponed The outrage upon par
liamentary courtesy, and individual respect, thus
perpetrated, was severely rebukcd by Messrs. Par
ker, Shell, Booker Of Amelia, and Epcs.
| II was not expected that these resolutions should
Npass the House of Delegates II was known well
| beforehand that they could not pass The design
of presenting them there, was two-fold in the first
place, to get before the people the canling and hyp
ocr,ical lamenta,ion that their rights were violated,
in order to at,une them for the April elections; in
the second to masquc the real design Of detecting
an election by tho Van Buren, majority in The Sen
ate II was mere demonstration to offer them in
the House, where, as TIE projectors well knew
what would be the result, they were defeated by
tho following vote, the question being upon post
poning the election as suggested by them, indtf-
nitcly.
Aye,-Nesrs. Banks, (speaker,) Rives, Ran
doph, Layne, Miller, Wilson of Bo,etourt, Nc.
Millan TurnbulI, Booker Of Buckingham, Yancey.
Hampton, Madison, Payne, Steger Holland, Glib
son, Watts Of Giles, Watkins, Avent, Darlington.
Snead, Nixon, Kinchcloe, Hollemnn, Robinson Of
King and Queen, Harris, Todd Garland of Neck
lenburg, Rodgers, Wiley, Morgan, M'Caulcy,
Shcrrard, Leland, Voolfolk, Robertson of Page,
Cackley Nash, Carroll, Shaods, Williams, NJ.
Dowcll, Moorman, Cline, Hopkins, Spear, Bare,
Jones OF Shenandoah, Harley, Goodwin, Cruich-
field, Moncurc, Hafgrave, Wilten, Clarke, Stan
ger-56.
Noes-Messrs D,ummond, Grinalds, Booker, of
Amelia, Garland of Amherst Craig, Brooke,
Mayse, Pate, Holt, Colson, Hunter of Bcrkey
She'll Saunders, Burton, Hord, Christian, Johnson
of Chesterfield, Broadus, Wilson of Cumberland
Scott Servant, Hunter of Essex Ball, Marshall
French Price, Wade, Barton, Smith of Frederick
Smith of Gloucester, Blair Wehcred, Vance, Cur
It's, Mullen. Shinn, Bolts Gravey Gregory, Berry,
Gallaher, Summers Bo'e, Hawcs, Emanuel, Cad
well, II fman, Lawson, Janney Beard McCarty,
May, Waggencr, Alexander, w ebb, Cabel COL
Inns, Watts Of Norfolk County, Parker Epes, Bra
dy, Parriot, Crtz, Jones of Pendleton, Witcher,
Swanson, Duruy, Woodhousc, Boothe, Thornton,
Dorman, Crump, Deashmut Jctt, Pren'iss, Cum
nngham, Brown, Johnson Of Richmond Ctty-7S
The House then resolved to execute the order
of the day. Mr. Johnson nominated Mr.. Leigh.
Mr.. Randolph nominated Mr.. Rivcs. Mr.. w at
kns supported Mr.. Rves, uttering violent phillip
pic against Mr. Leigh, and rejecting upoa those
whom he was pleased to suppose intended to mis-
represent their constituents Mr. Booker of Anne |
liza repealed the charge for himself wittily reored,
and referring 10 Mr.. Watkins attack upon Mr. |
Leigh, alluded to speech in high cammendation of
MI. Leigh, made by MIR. Watkins 2 years ago |
Gen. Parker read this speech of MIR. Watkins, a
midst roar Of laughter. Mr. Werhcred, Mr.
Mcdowell, briefly, and Mr.. Shinn at length ex-
planned the votes they intend to give, Mr. Weth
cred for Mr.. Leigh, the others against him
when the nominations being completed Mr. |
Johnson announced TO the Senate the readiness
on the part Of tho House to 90 into the cleo
ton.
In the Senate, Mr.. a nderson made motion to
postpone the election indefinitely, as Mr. Yancey