Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-03-25
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kIonnoNp, March 10 1870

| hiehNoNp, March l9, 1889.
/ The Southeastern Rail Road Bill is lost-deleat.
ed by the absence from the uouse of II. 6i.,ds
The vote was taken to-day on lis passage. ,t,e,
speech from Mr. Edmunds of Halifax a,,,ns, !,
when was not replied 10, its friends having de,erm,n
Gu 10 consume no more OF the House IN useless de
pate. Ihe vote stood, ayes 50, noes 62 Among
Tue aosen'ees' were Mcssrs Chapman OF Giles, and
richmond oil Lee, two Of the counties most decply
interested IN tho measure. 1.-THE friends Of the bill
had not been thus inacntiye il ouId have ras.eJ
lear virginia is eternally to be cursed with eoun.
sells which have already impoverished her and
which, by preaching up a false system of economy,
are daily acceerating her downward progress, while
other States rapidly mare hing onward to prosper
ny and power. The importance OF the objects con
TEN plated by the friends Of Internal improvement,
whether viewed IN political, commercial or fnan-
cal aspect, will justify. however, another and still an
other effo'i They should never despair OF the sue
cess oil great cause which appeals alike to pride
10 the patriotism and TO the interest of the peoplc-
cause as far transcendng in importance the ephem
erai party srngg which year after year conynlsss
the State TO its centre, poisoning all the .swect char
't'es Of liic." as the monuments Of antiquity are
more durable than the names of their builders.
The Democratic Convention re-assembled this
morning at O'Clock. could not attend so early;
but when | entered the Hall, l found Mr. Riyes, a
Conservative delegate from Prince George, on the
floor, advocating series of resolutions which he had
proposed in which, understand, the doctrines of
Gen Jscksons ADM nstration IN relation TO the FL
rance question, were asserted, and, by implication,
II not in direct terms, the ubTreasury scheme,
" ned INV J,rl
demncd. He spoke in warm aud animated man
ner. and SO far as could Judge by the counenances
of the Democracy they would have preferred
that Mr. Rves had stand at home. After some
harmony and concitidtion' remarks from Mr. Drom-
goole, the resolutions were laid upon the table.
resolution was then offered authorizing the ap.
pontment Of committees to promote the success of
d" the Democratic Republican cause" al tho ensur-
elections Whereupon, Mr.. SERVANT oCEl;.
z'be'h City, one of the WIG unprecedented ,rAo
complained so loudly Of the non election ofa JVhig
Senator, and who, having I'M w higged" himself
is now openly enlisted under the Van Buren, banner,
moved' 10 re-chr'sten - the Party" BY calling i, the
"Democrot'c Republican STATE Rights Pariy" which.
after some debate, in which this interpolation was
advocated by Mr. Smith of Cupeper, Judge p. N.
Powha,an. Rves of p. George and Smith Of Isle of
Wight, was agreed to, almost unanimously. The
object Of this movement--lhis trap TO catch euls
was openly avowed to be TO beat up for recruits
from the Wing ranks--to catch the Nnfvers and
semi an Buren, men, who, having heretofore denied
that the authors OF The Proclamation, aud the Force
Bill and the Protest and the Expunge, were State
Rights men, required some bait of this sort to ius,i-
fy thsir already Predetermined desrrton of their
:" late allies" and their aOiliaticn with their new
friend ltwoull have been very amusing no doubt,
if each of these State Rights had been called
upon to d. Guc the limits Of State power. / was in
hopes that Ills would have been at least partially
the case, when Judge Nicholas, with that guruli-
ty and iondness for ancient history which is of
the infrmltes Of the veil Of years, gave us an
ceeJngy dry sketch of the formation and mutations
OF parties lie said that, lie was, and always ha6
been, State Rights man bnt he denied that Nul.
LITIGATION was of these rights This expected,
would call up Mr.. Servant, who is red hot Multi
fer. So that, now, as ever, the term :. State
Rights" means any thing or nothing. Here sat
together Nullfers and proclamation men-and the
banke, was wide enough to them all, though
the, are the antipodes Of each other And besides
what becomes Of the charges which the Enquirer
is ringing IN the public OF - coalition" between
the Conservatives and the practicable Wings! Is a
=" coalition" between them, supposing one to have
been formed, any than "a coalition between
the Sub-Treasury men and the ,mpracticaJie Whies7
1t is very corrupt in case-but very innocent in
the other! Oh, how this world is given to-hum-
buggery.
The new name Of State Rights Democratic
Republicans is of course equivalent to admission
that heretofore they had claim to that title. But
whether it intended not, assert in DESPITE
OF the denunciation, in advance, by Mr.. Smith of
Cupeper, of all who should question their RICH, 10
the appellation that the jackson Fan Buren, pariu
has no right to that honored but perverted APP
peation. What the party whose chief issued the
Proclamation, State Rights men The party which
trampe upon the independence of the Senate the
embodied representatives of the State sovereignties
State Rights men The party which is laboring to
consolidate all the powers of the government in the
hands of ONE MAN, the friends of State Rights
Fudge Their true title is "he Spoas Party.~
Like the Spanards in Peru, they fight Z" for power
for plumber and extended rule" Their neu allies of
the Calhoun school, affirm that they who deny the
right OF Modification, here,ics and infdels ac-
cordiug to the text Of '9s-99 Surely they will not
object that Mese gentlemen, whom they are attempt
ing to eusnare by this new addition TO their cogno-
men, incompetent Witnesses! II they are not,
then we prove by them that the Jackson Van Buren,