Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-01-16
EDITORS CoRREspovnz

ne House OF Delegates was en,, ~ /,
whole OF yesterday and to-day on.,ha hea.l
ton from Marshall county-lt has ~. s'''ss.i
the contesing member (E. II. caia.s.,,7
the state Of the polls, after The g. MS
Caldwell tWhig) 28s, for John S,o,, ~ 0.i
"a'e "e'e' "''nessea severer death. ,,,a.
on tbs occasion. After most eIabo,,,a 9sa''
oithe principles involved in each dsu,,i.
was not too clearly legal or ILLEGAL r.,
The whole question was sought to be 70
resolution, first offered by Mr.. Veo,ll. fs"4
drawn by him, aud again offered BY A..
GreensviIle, declaring the strange .t...
notwithstanding the House had decided W.
well had legal majority of votes ve,
entitled to bis seat The House of.aa vi
down this reductio adj absurauni Ly d.
IJoriiy and afterwards confirmed Cal1we,r...
majority of2l. You will, however. ses,I.a
ings fully reported in the Wig.
The Wing meeting. held ON Wed,o.,
presented a spectacle more gratifying than -.
lar meeting which have ever ATTENDED
every Wing in town was present-cyerv
bad not a legitimate excuse for his absence
indeed, may cxceptnne gentleman. UNI, -
presume, the Editor ofthe Enquirer las h,
one Of the "somc Wig acmbers'' wbose
nent Of The Wing party he has sanguiney anti.
Even that gentleman, however, have goo5.
10 believe, will continue to act with us-no,
! do taoic Of single me who will NOT
them, indeed may tot, and believe VIII
for Mr.. RLyes--butat this point their imp,,.,.
/ ~ will stop. There may be one or two NIL.
will 60 the whole length with Mr.. Calhop, |
tbeir fidelity to STATE Rights by ensting in III.
vice OF The pledged follower ofthe si,,..
Procla alon and Force Bill and the cooGle,..
which the friends OF the Administration ,sso,..,
so, induces me TO apprehend that they do M, :,
without authority; ye' repeat, ! 10 not krou II
this is the fact, and shall continue to bons ,.
not true, until all doubt shall be removed 7,
If them IRISH 10 be of, am sure the Wlos oo..
ly, however reluctant thay NAV be to pa,f u,d
comrades, by whose side they havs Sc long f,o.
will nerposc not eyena ProteSiQndo TO ,be,, !
cession. All they desire is, that il Shall be dana.
~ and quickly. We are about To ENGAGE i,
test, i'll which we wish to be disencnmbered n !
who are not with Us heart and soul. We IVA, :
trembling haueers-on, TO clog our moyemcn,. .,
/ paralyze our eAnfs. In one word, we dcs re rI,, 4
who are MOTOR us shall take open ground against D,
We do not for defeat in fair and manly sim.
gle ~ilh avowed opponents but we deprcca,e IA
idea of being stabbed in the back by prof ssrd l,ie,
But enough Of this, ! repeat, that was never mon
srstifed at any political meeting which | have ,r.
attended. Not only was there perfect harmony
I Dreseutigr in tltis rpsupcf byonI cn,t..,, Il
scenes OF last winter, -but there was evident e0hn
siasm--as was manifest from the applause ELECTED
one t" o beautiful passages in IA verv brief sptec
delivered by Mr.. Lyons, the eloquent Senator lo
this d s'rct and likewise by the reluctance to adjou
even after the business which called US together la
been completed. confess retired from that mer
| ing with revived hopes of success in tie peadl
struggle, even in the Cd Dominion. Nothing
necessary TO ensure this bat Just exposition Oil
respective claims Of Van Buren, and Harrison 10 {.
confidence aud affections Of the people, founded q
on their political principles as well Their person
aud intellectual quail fca,ions
a full meeting is anticipated at the Wing c.
senton to be held in this City on The 24lh Of Feb.
airy. IL is earnestly desired, especially, that t
N''''''''S
that measures will be adopted by those who are 0
posed to the tuinoGs course Of the present Admin
tration, to send in full delegations on that ooeas
| need not, am sure, present TO the Opposition P
~ any consideration 10 urge them 10 unite with
on the Gath OF February, other than that whcl
present to their own minds--a desire to rescue
country from the Incubus that sits, like the mig
} Ill, IL tsf- /
and tenumbing all lis faculties. Butifthey need
additional simulant, they will perhaps find it in
/ TACT, that Henry Clay will probably be in this Ci
that time, and they will have an opportunity, per-
the last one, OF seeing and hearing the Boblest
and most wefful orator OF his age. tits proba
several other distinguished Whig mcubers og {
Gress will accompany him. No longer IN the
himself MI. Clay will now hope, be permitted
VISIT any section Of the country to which business
inclination may lead him, without suhiecting him
to those harsh, ungenerous and unjust imputa
which wclc so freely Iavished upon him by his
dictive enemies whenever he has heretofore dare
leave his own threshhod
Gen. Jackson had left Nashville. at our last "a
from that city, properly escorted, to attend the an
yersary Of The Battle of New Orleans, on the field
on which twas fought; and ] am glad to add Il
The Wings OF Lonlsiana, uniunuenced by nan
party spirit, united with his political friends in L
invitation, and of course in The commentator
that brilliant and fortunate event; which, howev
as have always thought, tand say so without Wis
ing to derogate aught from the just fame OF the col
handing General on that occason.) an undue p
.m'nence has been given by his friends, over o'r
battles fought duiing the war of l812,-not bchl
Iortiications, but in the open fcd-not with nm
securely aimed by those who held them against
enemy approaching upon plain and exposed at e'