Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-02-03
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us has been business day in Tho uo,.
Among other bills which were ordered tn H..
grossment is the long Revenue Bill. com,f., 4,
the First Auditor in compliance with law or,,o
last session, aud since amended in several ,mpor,au,
features. IN the House.
Tomorrow is the day fixed for the Senatorial,
e'ee''eni nnd shall not be much surptized II
nave IN my power TO communicate tie result TO-
morrow night. My present impression is tina, there
will be but lte speaking, aud that the contest will
be decided in less than half dozen ballots If. as
believe there will be, election be effected at ALL
Judge Mason will probably be the successful can
didaie This will arise, if at all from the mpract
caotl'ly of certain gentlemen who represen, Wing
Counties who claim 10 be Wings themselves, and
whose constituents would now doubtless prefer the
election OF Mr. Rives, rattle, than his adversary
should be elected or than the election should be
ue'sa'td by Their obs macy. For, Mr.. Rnes IS, TO
all in'en's and purposes, Hhie-a better Wing,
have no doubt, than those WHO set themselves up
loi Simon Pures, while their associates are com
PEELED TO regard them with suspicion aud ds,rust.-
Some Of Them, indeed, say thai Mr. Rves, although
now identified with the Wing party. has no rieh,
to expect forgiveness for his past sns. Indeed
!
the gentlemen who urge this uncharitabe rule of &C
ton, were themselves at time members Of the
Jackson party as it existed when the Hero OF New
Orleans was inaugurated on the 4th March, 1899
Suppose, when driven from that party by the enor-
nifty OF the acts, and the danger OF the principles
avowed by the Admins ration. those who had been
! Wings from the beg inning should have mel them as
they approachedio unite with them brethren, and
instead of embracing them as allies in the holy
cause OF Patriotism, should have repnlscd them
with stern denunciatons Of their previous SINS
what would have been thought Of the wisdom Of
such coursel Would victory ever light upon
the banners of such party II Mr.. Rives is pre-
pared 10 act with the Wings, in exLelling hom
power the party which is welding it TO the most obi
Gus purposes, why shall NC, instead Of availing
selves Of his powerful services. stop TO catechise
him abou, what lie did yesterday or lssl year =
W hen the removal Of The depositcs drove off num-
her ofthe friends ofGcn. Jackson, who stopped 10
reproach them with having sustained The General
in some other stretch oiprerogative and usurpat,on
of power Aud when the Protest fol
lowed, and the Expunge, which disgusted others,
who thought of meeting them with the objection
that they had sustained the Poe am.ion Why,
then, shall we now up new standard, and say
that man is TO be trusted, 10 be received into
the Wing ranks who did not abandon The old Jack
son party until the SubTreasury scheme was re-
commended! The idea is ridculous-the more So
that they who urge it are all old Jack son men, who
themselves once stool in need Of and found, that
charity If charity Beg which they now say must
be withheld from Mr.. Rlves | have heard that
reformed rakes are pioverbiay unloreiying towards
those who fall INTO the same sins which they have
renounced, perhaps because the, longer able
to enjoy them and suppose il is upon such
principle that these converts from Jacksonism have
little liberation Tor those who saw their error AID
renounced it, at later period. But perhaps an,
making remarks which The event may show 10 have
been uncalIed for. hope tmay be so. twill al
fold me great pleasure recant them tomorrow
evening.
The Erquner OF this morning contains the first
part OF an article which is TO appear in the next
No. of tile Southern Literary Messenger, fiom the
pen of Conway Robinson, Esq, oil this place, on the
Slave Controversy between Virginia aud New ork
II Isa lucid, clear and convincing argument, deduced
for the part from The decisie rs OF Northern iu-
d'cal tribunals. and enforced by elaborate quota
tons from the opinions Of the Judges Of those
States. lie shows the entire non conformity of
Gov. Stewards position with those decisions, and
demon srdtes, nresistbly, the constitutional obga-
ton of our Notwithstanding brethren offer every
facility TO the reclamation OF fugitive or kidnapped
slaves. who may find refuge within their borders
We shall not copy this article, because its insertion
here can have no influence upon the sentiments or
conduct Of those upon whom ii is designed prnci-
pally TO operate: We are glad 10 observe that il
vas published in the Boston Law Journal, simuta-
neously with its appearance 10 Richmond and we
hope that the more popular periodicals of the North
TO which the mass Of the peopc have familiar access,
will extend its circulation, by transferring it 10
their columns. Avoiding all abstract reasoning upon
the delencibll'y OF Slavery. it cannot offend the
morbid sensbillties of their readers while 1t sets
forth their constitutional obligations so clearly and
so forcibly, that am persuaded it may convince
many Of them that the morality of Slavery is ques-
ton with which they precluded from informed
ding so long the is the acknowledged
law Of the land.
may observe, " in THU connection" that have
had an opportunity Of perusing several articles in
the forthcoming No. ofthe Messenger, (Which com
mences new volume, y and have hesitation in say
ing that it is an exceedingly rich one. Besides Mr..
c. Robnson's exposition, there is an admirable re
ply TO the structures of Lord Brougham upon The
writings Of DR.. Charming, contained in late No. OF
the Edinburgh Review; an article, highly redolent
Of humor, from the pen Of an accomplished gentle
nm mt yery far distant from n,p,e I