Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-03-14

e0"e'Ny, ana VIC suppose nnSer-
sa"'' 'eoee"ed their pledges. by voting Tor Mr..
H"e'' as soon US they found tina, il was necessary
~ ~ 10 IN o'de' to defeat MIR. Mason. We have no
"ouo'' "a' the conservatives with perhaps three OF
'o"' exceptions preferred Vastly the election of a wing
10 that OF Mr.. Mason, but vet they would have voted
LOT The latter. under a high sense oil representative
ooisa''on, had they been commpelled to choose be-
tween them.
. anu 4. 10 the third and fourth queries We reply,
'aat the wings, never did believe, after the ballot up
on which Mr.. Johnson received 7s votes, lMr.
'"e having been twice Withdrawn iiom the
nomination ut the urgent solicitation Of the wings by
"ham he had been supported, for the purpose of,es-
hns That iac',) that 1t was possible to cleo, that gen.
aeman. And they did not "vote for Mr.. johnson
on every succeeding ballot" because they iorcsa~,
lro'n indications not TO be mistaken, that, If they
DID, the Conservatives, becoming disheartened,
would go even to Mason, aud elect hun. 10 any
man %s'mple,on enough to believe that Messr.. Wat.
1'ns' voolfolk and Co. would have voted for John
son. II h''cs had been out OF the question, and the
contest mad been between Johnson aud Masonr IL
'here be one so destitute of the reasoning faculty.
we ask HIM Why these gentlemen did not redeem
Their pledge. and give their votes for Johnson. when
Hives was Withdrawn expressly and aroutalv for the
purpose of testing the truth Of the proclamation.
that. II Rives were so Withdrawn, johnson could be
elected 1t was because this was precisely the
lime when, anticipating themselves aid from the
CONSERVATIVES sufficient to elect Mason. they had no
'dea oil gong Tor Johnson! But afterwards, ,ehen
mey fnen dhaisomc fifteen or twenty Wings dec lar
ed mat they would no longer be fooled" by these
= 'rredeemablc promises" and tina, they would
heneeforward stick 10 Rives unless a ,eritttn pledge
could be obtained from these Democratic friends
OF Mr.. Johnson to vote 70, him on a named baitot, tia,
three OF these gentlemen got up aud SAID they would
vote for Mr.. johnson, if he Wings unite upon hun
a ridiculous and absurd pledge, because the Tact
sould not be ascerta'ned, whether they would so unite
or not, until after these gentlemen had roied That
Is, they pledged themselves to do an act upon a GER
tam condition, which could not be ascertain I'd until it
was too late TO do that act! Again Col. McClin-
tick desired TO change his vote from Mason to John
son upon the ballot which gave the latte, II votes,
but some opposition being made to it, he with
drew the application, declaring at the Same time
that he should vote for Mr.. johnson on every
succeeding ballot. And yet Col. McClinlic did no
such thing Why! Those who were present are
NJ no loss for the reason. As soon as he made the
declaration he was surrounded by his political friends
and the nature Of then counsel TO him may be easily
inferred from The fact, that he did not vote for Mr..
johnson again ! 1t is said he failed to do so, be
cause the Wings at this point deserted Mr.. johnson.
This is not true ; for in the next ballot Mr.. J. recciv-
ed 20 votes and the next 81; but if they had deserted
him, Col. McClintic could not have known it when
his name was called, because it is the tenth name on
liz Ii, ,rI,.,., oC Ia .,-L, Nvl... .I... ua..
~precedes his voted for Johnson. So that this sub
terfuge to escape the argument deducible from this
openly violated pledge is struck from under those
who disingenuously resort to il! Once more: it is
a remarkable fact that on the ballot which gave Mr..
Johnson II votes, every Wing who lad previously
voted Tor Mr.. Rlvcs, except Mr.. Wood of Amelia. vo.
ted for him. and that two Of The Impracticables, who
are now accusing them Of ~duplicity and insincerity
because he was not elected, roted against him. And
it is not less remarkable, that when Col. Watkins
aud Mr.. Woollolk voted for Mr.. Johnson, they,
though leaders Of their party, had no followers! 1t
was not intended that they should have any for
when did the blast Of their bugle fail to rally the
clan, when they uished them to follow II was
never intended that they should do so. It was a
deep fnesse, which some politicians think they may
do innocen,ly, while as men we are willing to admit
that they would not stoop to a dishonorable act.
S. II was evident, therefore, from the beginning, that
y Wing had no chance, and that, il any election
were made, Rives or Mason would be the man.
This being tho true issue, The Wings acted like
men of sense, and chose him whose opinions came
nearest TO their own, and who. il is now admitted by
the Enquirer, is entirely with them in the groat OBJ
ject of ejcc,ing from Office the present Administra-
ton.
G. We have no objection that our correspondent
shall extend his "sympatbies' and give his "yote'
10 whomsoever he pIeases. And others. who have
- made the same (wise) resoIve'' that he has done,
are entirely welcome, so far as ,c are concerned, to
do the same thing. We hope, however, we shall
not see "a Wing from principle voting, in the
Spring, for Expungers, ct cetera, from policy"
But we suspect, like his brother lmpractcables, in
the Legislature, it will not be long, before they will
be seen - pisging ogether in the same truckle-bed'
with those whom they have heretofore so bitterly
demonstrating Rives in Que breath, for sus-
tanning certain measures, and in the next voting for
men to sustain the authors Of the same measures
And all in the name Of "pr,nciple and consistency"
terms which, as they are now used, are the "coun-
tiers of wise men and the money oftools."
NEW CENSUS.-Congress passed at its last
Session, an act TO take the sixth census or enuinera-
ton of the inhabitants Of The u. States. In 1880
was the last census taken.-The provisions of the
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