Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-09-27

SrRiN6rnIn, H., Sept. 4, 1899.
1noma ALitN, I.sq.-Sif-l have Tor some
time past intended TO address you on the subject of
the recent elections in tins State, but have deferred
doing 50 until the result WIS certainly known. That
Information has At length been obtained, and now
hasten 10 communicate H..
Notwithstanding the clamorous boasling Of The 10
co loco presses ia this State aud elsewhere. assert
positively, that tins State IL decidedly opposed 10
Van Buren,. aud there IS every reason 10 believe
that opposition VIII be increased rather than dimin-
isled hereafter. We have, II is ttur, lost oui Gov
ernof, but when the Disadvantages under which
the Wings and Conservatives had 10 contend are con
sidered, 1t will be admitted tllaI a more splendid vic
tory has never been achieved thln that which
has been won at our late elections. In tins State
there are now employed along the lIno Of our canal
and upon our various rail roads, al least six thousand
foreign labnrcrs, who are neither citizens of this
State nor of the United States but who, according
TO our State Constitution. have been permitted 10 ex-
eiclse the night Of suffrage IN our elections, al
though owing allegiance To another Governments. Our
State Constitution provides that " every free white
male Inhabitant who has resided within the limits of
the State Tor SIX months immediately preceding the
election, shall be entitled 10 VOTE &c. Now II Is
evident to my mind that the tiameis of Thai insiru-
ment never intended 10 confer Tins important pfiyi
lcge upon any other dian citizens of the UnItcd
Statcs but our Judges ol elections have decided diff
lerenlly, and by that decision SIX thousand foreign
crs owing allegiance TO Queen Nleloila, aud only re-
naming temporarily 10 get employment upon our
public woihs, have elected our Governor and Leu
lcna.i Governor, aud many oi the members OF our
General Assembly.
Thus it is that the citizens Of Illinois have been
defeated in clccting the officers to preside ovei ihein,
and thus has this dearest OF all rights, to an Atnefi-
can citizen, (lIe light OF suilrage) been tranpled
upon aud abused, Bur, Notwithstanding we had TO
meet the office holders, eXpectants of oiice, trained
bands oil the administration, aud llleir Itiucrants, the
Whigs and Conservatives have nobly triumphcd.-
Tins the loco iocos know and feel, aud y eli eXces-
sve boastlHg is only intended 10 conceal the moiiifl-
cation of deieat.-Our House OF Assembly Is com
posed OF 81 members. Oh tins number, assert posi-
lively 10 Wings aud 9 Conservatives are elected. Our
Senate Is composed OF forty members, and oi tins
number - are Wings and , are Conservatives so
you see that even without the aid Of the Conserva-
tIvcs, there IS a majority on JOINT ballot against tile
Sub-Ifeasufy, but with their aid, (aud they arc
sure to vote with the Wings on this as well as ON
most other important mcasures,) the majority viii
be Iaree. Let not the President lay the nattering
JUNCTION to his soul that Illinois is still buckled 10
his political carve !laFe cast Gown our collars aud
dlse1cumbercd ourselves of the harness which we
have heretofore worn SO willingly, never, never again
to be put on. Our rccrcant Senators will, as sure
as The sun is destined To rise tomorrow, be instruct
ed to vote against the Sub Treasury, the further Is,
sue of Treasury notes, ard IN all human probability
for the re-oLnr or Of a National Bank.
Casey, you are aware, is an open Conservatt'e, and
is reelected in the first Congressional Distllci-
none of his Loco-loco opponents daring TO take the
field against him. In the second congressional
District, Reynolds, it is true, is elected by a large
majority, but there existed in The MINDS oil tue pto-
pie a decided aversion TO the election OF his oppo-
nrui. because he was "A Minister of the Gospel
This contest, therefore, WIS not one OF asitiety party
characters; and mark my por7S, Notwithstanding ali
that has been sand concerning the poliiical senti-
ments OF REYNOLDS. lie Will prove himself TO DC no
Loco. ioeo, and the friends OF the Administration will
] t,i lnur have ncclsIOu 10 gXQlt al his success. In the