Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-02-20
EDITORS CORRESPONDING,

Metropolis. The Loco Foco Conyenli,, ,,il
sen'ble on Thursday Mr.. Clay is expected M r.
DAY evening, to unite in The celebration oC,bs o,1
and II is understood that he will be accompaned =
several distinguished members of Coneress-,na :.
'he %4th' The wing Convention will meet. had
hored,as MrClay is 10 longera candidate for o0iee
that his reception in Il capital of his native Star,
which he visits after an interval of many wears nd
perhaps for The last tlme would have been d,yeS,s,
en'lrely oil party cbaraotc and that the b,,hd ,
oil Washington al least would have been sienal,zaA
by temporary oblivion OF party divisions. But III.
Loco Focus have determined otherwise. They ba,.
declined uniting with their Wing brethren and
will OF course have festival OF their own Tbi
movement has evidently grown out of Mr. Clars
anticipated presence and probably from an an.
prehenson ofthe consequences of permitting soms
of The patty listen the great Orator Of the IVES,
whom The title OF of The 'lorest-horn Demosbpn,
is applicable as 10 lin upon whom it MAS origin.
ally conferred.
The Legislature, for three or four DAYS past have
had before them sbfect OF great interest An
animated debate arose very suddenly, however day
before yesterday, proposition Of Nj. Ridley.
requesting the Governor of his Commemorative
obtain from the Governor Of New jersey certain d.
cumenls connected with the New Jersey election
IN ord ostcnSibL 10 enable the House 10 arrive at
'corrccl conclusions on the subject upon wlIchit
will be speedily called upon express lis opinion
lave TO the exclusion from their seats of the RENE
senatves of that State in Congress; bur the ,n Fl
Of which, if adopted would have been Of course from
the ii lie which must ssarily have elapsed 10
| pre nj he I
sed al the "flinclng and lodging" which this move.
ment indicates; since it is impossible that Nf.
gnil Legislature sanction the his h-handed OUT.
rage which has been pcrpetrated on the right o
sovereign State while, on the other hand, the mo.
lives. very cogent with "the parry why that out
rage should be passed BY sub stcnHo. The House,
however, by decisive ma oiity, negatyed Mr.. Rid.
ley's resolution, after various eilo,Is had been unsuc-
ecssirlly made, by some OF those who we're con-
strained TO vote against ii, TO rid Of ii by side
w'nd.-by laying il on the table by referring ito
tie select committee, &c. There was not the
slightest necessity for the resolution ofMr Ridley
because The very documents which he proposed 10
proc by direct call upon The Goveruo, of New
Jersey, have already been laid befre, and pinned by
order Of Congress, and are in the possession OF
tie public. The argument that they will not be
officially before the Legislatures decidedly one Of
fmsiest pre,exts ever urged, aud itself betaysa
consciousness that they do sustain .,lhe party"
in excluding from their seats in Congress those who
had the prima ftcie evidence of title to them
which is, indeed, the only and onclusve title un1
ii is shown 10 be fraudulent by other evidence. 1t
is said, indeed, that while the five Wing claimants
carried with them the Governors certificate, the
five Loco Foco received majority flhe votes Of
the people. But suppose this should not be so
suppose that The five Wings dbl receive majority
of the legal votes, well as the certificates. who
then will contend that they have not been unjus,lyl
treated, and that New jersey has not been CROSSE
wronged in being deprived OF the constitutional
Misrepresentation And The Wings assert that this is
The case, with as much confidence as tho Loco
Focos MAINTAIN that il is not. 1t is evident too that
10 assume that the members who carried with them
certificates Of election, did not receive majority OF
votes is TO beg the question: by deciding, before The
iacs are investigated the very point in dispute, and
which is the oh ject of that investigation TO ascer
tain II certificates of election, furnished by the off
GERS de senatedby the law to give those c, rlifcaes
are To be sci aside the informal declarations Of
contesng candidates, backed by the declarations of
officers moi knoen 10 The la,o il is evident that door
is opened for endless confusion and most elanng
frauds. Forit is only necessary, if this principle
be sanctioned, that the night of member carrying
wilh him the legal evidence of his title 10 seat, be
dsP4icd, in order that lie be Sc, aside, until the pur-
poses OF the dominant parry can be effected by his
exclusion In the New Jersey case, no one doubts
mat II parties had not been nearly equally divided
Ill The Administration had been in a decided ma
my or III decided minority, so that the admission
oil Inc New Jersey members could not have affected
Tie result OF the contest for the Speakers chair and
'or fubhc Prntcr,-no one doubts that the Cenih
cate OF the Goveruni Of that State ,co.id have been
received as COM lusve evidence, until the fraud al
eged to have been committed by the Governor had
been enqnifed nto and subsantiated or disproved
he absurdny OF The act is ade palpable indeed, by
NO iacts--lst, that Mr.. Randolph. one ofihe New
Jersey members, was admitted to his seat. although
BE had no higher, indeed no other evidence oil his
ltle TO seat than that which was in The possession
II the five who were excluded-and 2dly. that they
we've excluded by men W no themselves claimed and
led seats upon IdenicaIly the same evidence Of Tile
nd none other Ii may be said. indeed, that the
lam OF Mr.. Randolph, and of the members from
iher States was NOT disputed. But then. the ques-
ION ar'ses-does the mere allegation f fraud De
rive man, having the legal evidence ofutle, OF ms
egal rights under that tile Surely not; for II