Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-01-21
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Yesterday, there quite an animated discussion
IN The House. on II resolution offered b, Col w...
dins. 10 proceed. Saturday next. to the election
Of q. ~ Scnaor--which ultimately, as YOU will
have seen, amended, FIX the 18th day Of Feb
ruary rs the day ahd in that shape. agreed TO. The
Senate, today, laid II on the table. The debate en-
bracrd variety Of ,pp'e,, several gentlemen NJ
tempting, M il tie fashion now days, to q define.
their posons"--,lough none Of them succeeded
!" doing so very clearly. At least, they left ma
much j" the darn as | was before they aiienptedh.
Mr.. Veuablc. OF Prince Edward, desired more time,
because he was uncertain, no, to his " posi-
ton Tor lac deter mined, he says, TO slick to the
party, but AS To the position" Of the gentleman
whom he preferred above all others (Mr. Rises,
| presume) AMI therefore desired further de-
velopmcnts !" The resut is involved in as much
uncertainty ms ever. 1t is said that Judge II.
St. q. Tuckc, ofthe Court OF Appeals is now the ia
vori,o candidate Of the Administration party. and
that they have counted 81 votes in his favsr moru
beng necessary to procure his election. Nous Ter
rons. But If be true is it not strange, that the
.fnf,- Internal improvement and The Anh. Bank party
should select their champion gentleman, who, IN
his votes ia Congress those questions has gone
decidedly counter TO thcm, rs any member Of that
body from Virginia, Of the Federal party. has
ever done.
The Enquirer Of this morning thinks that there is
no analogy between the eases of Mcssrs Rivcs and
Roane. advcricd To in my leuer of the 9th. Why
not II may be- and is, true. that the times, tho
parties. the circumstances the design" are not the
same in the one case as in the other Bat is not Tho
principle identical Mr.. Roane was elected by tho
mid "ia portion oi,hc Wings. II Mr. Rves be now
elected, IL will be by the aid OF portion Of tho
party. OF what Importance is II, in Determining
whether the AID OF that party should induce him who
~ elected by iisvo,es, To decline the honor whet
er the number OF those votes be 30, 10 so Ii
rasscth my comprehension TO perceive. IL Mr..
Roanr acted propcl, in accepting Office conferred
upon him by the Md Of 10 orl5 Wings how can il be
wrong IN Mr.. Rives 10 accept the Office, If ir
be conferred upon him by the aid of 80 40 cvcn
more, Wing Votes 1.-the innocence or criminalny
OF the acceptance sto be inferred from tho number
of Whig votes given to III, successful candidate.
how few may be received innoccntly. aud how ma
ny wall il require 10 constitute gull In this view
oi,he subject, /, becomes 'mporau, that this ques
ton should be settled and hope the Enquirer will
do before the election. do not mean 10 be nm.
dcrstooJ however ,hat my position" is be Infer
of the Enquirer. golora IIhs Senator, If il bc
possible to elect one of that school.
This morning. Gov. Tyler from the select com
mi,cc IN the subec, of I ublic Lands, made an e.
labora,e and able Report which, although decisive in
its condemnation Of the Bentonian policy and in
yndicaIion Of Mr.. Clays views, seemed 10 meet the
conc urrence Of parties. motion was made by t,ci.
Watkins tina, 5000 copies be printed for d,,s-min
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en- that as The Report vas vel to be acted upon, md
nigh, undergo some change modification, n
would be more proper TO defer printing so many co
pies until il had received the sanction of the Housr
And so the House determined, ordering 200 copies
to be pine, for the OF members, snd laying the
Report the table until Monday next, at whis
time it is made The Order Of The Day. | rejoice 10
see this unanni,y ON this question. 1t will be f,s
at Washington, and may, Tor at least, stay
the hands Of the plundere,s. | preccive, by thu
GLOBE ofIast, night that the Graduation bill has
passed the Senate, by vote of27 to 22--Buchanan
OF Pennsylvania, Cu'hbe,t and Lumpkin Of Geo.
Hubbard and Pierce Of N. H., Niles and Smith d,
Conn., and Wright Of N. Y. from the OLD States.
voting for it, Mcssrs. Brow and Strange Of N. c.,
who have heretofore been found in the same cat
egory, notwithstanding their late brave SPECIFICS
were "pasied by the will Of their conslituens."r
Tomorrow the election Of Judge Of the Court
Of Appeals takes place. still think Mr.. S,annard'
will be elected, though tia, event is by no means so
probable AS it was a week ago
have heard nothing furiher relative to the back
sommtrseis OF our " late allies at Washington.
The Globe, imagine has not rclinquslied all hope
of Mr. Calhoun, since it compliments his speech, on
the Graduation bill, cable" effort. This 10
stranger TOO as Mr.. Calhoun roted against il. II 10
possible, however. that he spoke in favor ofn
The Globe has discovered manual for ts
party. Every Democrat (tsays.) should study
M, Van Beren's letter TO Sherrod Williams. and
upon it," The Globe should make catechs"r
for Young beginners. 1t nigh, be useful 10 some
Of its disciples.
Among the signs Of the times, it may be noted that
the New Orleans Dec, the Leading Administration
paper in Louisiana for many years has abandoned
Mr.. Van Bu,cn and hosted the Clay flag