Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-03-05

res y nc ei c holders remain te same. IL be lfle
as stated by Mr. buchanan. thai the redue.
lion in the wages Of labor and the value Of
produce aud property cannot fleet the interests
Of the laboute,. the producer aud The properry-i,ol-
der, because, with a diminished circulation. the
depreciation OF value must be- universal,-yet
one thing is certain, aud that is. that the
ofiicc-holders' sale,ies, remaining nominally the
same, are virtually increased IN the pre-, Use ratio oil
of the decline in every Thing else /, They are the
only persons, therefore, eScept large capitalists, as
has been before often demonstrated, " no will prYft b,
tho Sub Treasury arheme No wonder they are
IA favor OF it; but ii is marvellous that any Que else
shonldbe, aud particularly they who live b, the sweat
of their brow. This halter class have VET TO besioa
upon tia 'sober second thought" Would ,ha,
they could bring to its con, Liberation minds untram-
melled by party prejudice aud pas sion
From Washington, learn that. on yesterday, the
House OF Representatives ouce more go, nd OF
the New jersey case. A resolution offered by Nj.
Cave Johnson of Tenn. WAS adopted, Il % to 90
insttuctng the committee Of elections to report To
the House such papers aud such Of heir proceedings
as the, may desire TO have printed by order ofthc
House and also To report which five Of the ten ia
yiduals claiming seats from the State of New Jer.
sey received the greatest number OF %.ia,cfut"
votes, h, The election Of 1898, with Ill the evidence
OF that fact in Ihei, possession e.. The word 'lap-
f"t' was not in the resolution, as originally pro.
pressed by MIR. johnson, and was inserted, on motion
Of MI. Fillmore, BY he casting rotc ofhe Speaker. the
yeas being 90, nays 90. This llule word ind ed,
is the pivot upon which The whole controversy tu,ns.
IA Ii --l NJ. -
have ,'sregarded the certificate Of election, The oniy
evidence of a title to a seat which any can exhibit,
and therefore conclusive until il is iegaHy set aside, 10.
ply. by asserting that they are in favor of protecting
the People Of Nec Jersey against the Governor of Neie
Jersey asserting although the Governor gave
the Wings the certificate, The People gave the
Loco Foco a mal'iiiy of votes. The Wings do
not deny, that, including the illegal returns, the
Loco Focos did have a MAJORITY Of votes but we
deny that ,Eey had u majority of legal rotes. 1t
was the object OF Nh. Cave johnson, and the 90 who
voted with him, to procure the recognition of The
Loco Foco members 10 their seats, by inst,uc,ing
The committee To report which five of the ten mem.
bers received the greatest number of votes: In This
they were, however, fooled. by The casting vote Of
the Speaker. in favor OF ascertaining which Of them
'lau y nJofhy oi tie tegdt VOTES. Every one can see
that the Loco Focos, instead Of protecting the people
OF New Jersey, are endeavouing 10 defrand them, by
recog ,izing as the representatives Of ,la, State men
who were elected by the acts ofaiiens and non rtsi-
dtnts, who would thus control aud st,le the voice
of the pc pie
The Senate OF Pennsylvania Inns passed, by a vote
ole 10 II, the blll requiring The banks Of til It State
to resume specie payments Immediately, with some
amendments, however, which require The action of
the other House. Should it be passed, ii is thought
The Governor, who in that State is armed with the
veto power, will probably apply I.
The Wigs Of Mississippi are taking the field with
spirit. s. S. Prentiss, II. Diekerson, Il. J. Word
and 7. J Stewart compose ihier Electoral Ticket,
Letters from Ohio describe the great Wing Cen
yention in that State asa scene Of Unprecedented en-.
thusiasm. 1t is estimated that there we're 90. 600
delegates present. The Globe contains a list OF so
postmaster who II is said were n pall Of the delcga.
ton. l%suppose Kendall has markeA them for fuiuie
prescription. One letter says, You may safely
calculate upon from 10 TO 90, 900 majority f., Haul.
son aud Tyler in Olio." Another says, at is ny
deliberate opinion thar the Wing majority will be
from 20 TO 10000" A letter rom Indiana 10 a gen.
tlemcn in tins place says that that State is complete.
y fired with enthusiasm in layor OF T,ppecanoe
and estimates hls majority Al from 10 10 Is, 600.