Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-01-30
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
RICHMOND. Jan. %, 1910.


thelrway towards the Capitol IN anxious expecia-
ton Of that event. which, for more Than twelve
months PAST, ha. been the subject OF much and
such animated dlscusson-the election OF u. ).
Senator. Every vacant foot of space was occupied,
both IN the galleries and on the floor, many ladies'
attracted by The anticipation of excited debate,
constituting large portion Of our auditory. But.
as anticipated. they we're doomed to disappoint-
G,ent, which was regretted, many persons
had arrived from the country behold 'Me specta-
Gle"
As soon as the order Of tie day was announce cd,
Mr.. Cfutchfeld rose and moved It's postpone me mt,
at first to Tuesday, the 90 inst, on the ground Of
the necessary absence OF Mr.. Anderson Of Bot. who
had been called home by the illness of member Of
hls family, under such assurances as justified the
presumption that the election would not come on
until the eth, by which day he had determined to
return ; but, being informed that two other mem
beis tLoco Focos) would be necessarily absent on
that day, Mr.. Crurchfelj modified his motion so as
TO designate Wednesday, the 29lh. Mr.. Cruch-
field briefly sustained tie propriey OF the postpone
ment for which lie asked, and was followed by Mr.
Chapman, OF Monroe who opposed il in a speech
distinguished as that genemans speeches usually
"'ei "o'S io' 'hc az cdptdHauW Oh It's
euments and The uniairness of its POSITIONS $50 uu-
fair as not even to be specious Than for any other
quality. AS specimen OF his arilhmeiical 'cufeness
he oontendcd, that, Gen Bayly was absent as
well as Mr. Anderson, (caed away likewise by the
severe ludispo,io of member Of his family,) the
result Of The vote could not be effected by post
ponemcni Of the election, Mr.. Anderson being in
favor, and Gen. BayIy against Mr.. Rpes but he
omitted to add, lao doubt from sheer forgetfulness)
that, although Mr.. Anderson's absence would lake
one vote from tie poll Of Mr.. Rivcs, Gen. Bayly's
absence would not take one from the poll of Judge
Mason ! The effect of the absence of two mem
bers, likewise would have been diminish the mum
Der of votes necessary make an election 64 being
necessary in full House, and SO in the absence of
one or two members. Ifboh gentlemen had been
SO votes, he would not have been elected whereas
one or both being absent, had he received 80 votes
he would have been elected These things, how
ever, Of cou'se, did not occur TO the .'centlemap
irom Monroe"-or, he would have stated even if
he had not been influenced by them. His argument
WIS as unfair as his arithmetic was absurd For ex-
ample-Alr. Ctutchfeld had stated, and stated tru-
y, that few days delay in the election of Sena-
tor could make material difference inasmuch as
ii was not important that the State should at this
moment be fully represented in the Senate: 10 re-
! ply, MIR. Chapman chose assume, that as the
Sub Treasury bill is now before the Senate, this re-
mark of Mr.. Crulchfeld was equivalent 10 a con-
iesson that that question no longer doomed an
| important one Mr.. Cfutcbfed very properly re-
pied, that, however important the measure mig Int
be- ono vote was oil very ule importance, the Ad-
m'nisiralion already having in that body majority
large enough TO carry that any other measure
which mIgh deslre-and he might have replied
that the very fact Of its Importance required The
postponement oithe election, that the Sub-Treasu-
ry men here might not be enabled to send one of
that party to the Senate by forcing an election in the
absence Of a gentleman opposed 10 IL Mr.. Chap.
man was replied to, very effectively by Messrs
VERIFY and Southal!, aud thought seemed TO f,l
The awkwardness Of his position under the eloquent
but good-humored castigaon, Of the latter gentle
man. and really had hope Ia yer, feeble one.
aam'i') that he would have relinqushed his oppo
sItIon But he still persisted in urging the election
as II there would have been any honor in victory
achieved under such circumstances or as If Judee
'n"soh' even haa he been elected by majority OF one
WHICH, out Tor The accidental absence Of the gentle.
man referred to, he could probably have secured,
would have disgraced himself by the acceptance OF
station so obtained =! Again the gentleman
from Monroe" assumed the office of lecturer to
some members Of the House, who, he assumed
would, by voting for Mr.. Riycs, run counter TO the
VIII OF Their constituents-which he seemed to
think sin Of the first magnitude, as doubtless it
would be. But is the assumption true / know
oil no such case, and the gentleman did not conde-
scend 10 be specific in his allies cations. But he for
got to add, that there were some others, such az
senator Dyer, who represents decided Wing dis
trict but who nevertheless intends to vote for Judpe
Mason-and Mr.. Lipscombe, of Louisa, who, il he
be not much misrepresented, night before last ad
mtted that lie was instructed to vote for Mr.. Riyes
aud declared tha, he should vote for him j; but who
now, it is said, under the operation Of certain new
influences which seem to have been brought to bear
upon him, intends 10 those instructions with
contempt, by voting for Judge Mason But these
things were Of course forgotten by the gentleman
from Monroe and it is not right TO visit lapse ri
, memory with too much severity ! The House f.
nally decided, by vote of 20 to Co. to postpone the
order OF the day which was concurred in by the
Senate, after brief and desultory debate in which
the posponement was advocated by Messrs. Smith
OF Cu'peper, Cooke, Tod and Thompson, and op-
posed by Messrs. Atkinson, Bouldn and NJ Mullen
by vote Of l6 ID. The other business of the d,x
was unmportant.
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