Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-01-28
ELECTION OF MR.. RIurs

throughout the present session. Mr.. Rivss ava.
eieced on the fret vote, having received IS yo,..
on joint ballot-i6 ia the Senate. and GO /, !.
iiouse-one loco foco absent and one vacancy
The vote follows:-
William C. Rivss, as
! John Y Mason, as
James Mcdowell, 80
/ John Robertson,
/ James c. Bruce
The majority Of AIR. Riyes, over the o,b.r ca,
didates, it will be seen. is six, and two NOR. ~.
half The entire Legislature.
A motion has been made and e.rr.a :, a,
House of Delegate. to 60 into an election Of g..
tor to supply the place Of Mr.. Roane. on ibs TO-,
February next The resolution came up in the So.
nate on FRIDAY last, and lost by a vote Of Is ;.
Is
Since the above was in type, we have reesiy.5
the following:
Extract from letter from a friend in Richmond
JAsuARr 90, 1871.
The long fought battle has at length ,ermio..a
and, as undertook to predict to you in nv LA,
letter, our friend, Mr.. RIyEs, was elected wi,bon,
difficulty on tie first ballot That such ,co,1d 4.
the result of the contest, from the ascer,ained
strength of parties, was we'll known to every mem.
Der Of the General Assembly since the commence.
ment of the session. and yet SO Difficult, did the Al
mnstraton members find j, to reconcile theuselve.
TO the result--so bitter and unrelening was their
opposition TO the Man, that they have not scrubbed
TO use their power in the Senate to deprive Viz.
GINA of her just representation in the National
Council until nearly two-thrds of the session of
the present Congress has expired.
We were told as apology for this in the early
part OF the session, that it was no, important that
Virginia should be represented-that there gas no
measures likely to be brough, before tina, body in
which our State would'fee any special or peculiar
interest. And yet what have we witnessed since
that dayi
| lsn Aprorostion gravely submitted to that bod,
claiming power in the Federal Governmen, to tax
the cursncy Of the States. and by consequence tho
power OF crushing the banking institute ons at il,
PLEASURES measure of The most fearful and ultra
| hgh.toned federal character.
I'd. proposition to subjec, the Banking in,,i.
u,ons Of the States to the operation of the Bank.
rupt law, and thus vest almost the entire property
of the nation in the officers and agents Of the Fede.
ral'Execu,ive.
| 3D.. proposition to give away near two hundred
millions Of acres of the public domain.
And yet whilst these propositions have day after
day been bioached and advocated before Congress,
no voice has been heard rom Virginia to donouncs
and expose this series of Wild visionary and uncon.
s,i,utionai measures. Happily this state of things
will not long continue. In few days Mr.. Riyes
will take bis seat in the Senate, and the voice Of
the Old Dominion, like the harp of freedom which
had
Hung silently on Tara's walls
As il its soul were fed,
will again be hoard TO swell oui the recoIlecons
OF her ancient fame, and to vbrate to the principles
of her ancient Republican policy.
Mr.. Ri,es will be with us ON Tuesday evening,
and after spending day two here, will proceed
on to Washington.
The resolution introduced by Mr.. Chopper in.
strucling Senators in Congress to re.cind or 70.
peal the e1Punging resolution, passed the House
of Deegaes, but has been rejected in the Senate
by vote OF 20 to 10. 1t carried in the House
by strictly party vote, and in the Senate arrested
by the Administration vote, aided By the three Con.
controlled the votes Of the three latter gentlemen,
were no doubt satisfactory to themselves and will
be so to their constituents. For my own part, al
though did not much like the spirit in which |
thought the movement originated, nor the time
lected for its agitation, yet it being before with
out any agency OF mine, had but one course pur.
sue, and that was to support it. / will, d.
! MI r.-.- Il.
straci whatever may do in the concrete, give to
the expungng act (the darkest deed in my humble
judgment in our party annals) any countenance or
quarter whatsoever and if Mr.. Rives is not Wing
enough in obedience to Legislative instruciionst TO
undo that foul and hagitious deed, he is not Wing
enough for ma. But am happy to be informed that
Mr. Rves would fad difficulty in carrying the
views of Wing Legislature into effect upon that |
subject; and further, believe it would afford him
an opportunity, long desired by him, of placing him
self reetus in e&ria before the American people, "
TO the motives and inducements Of his action in that
shocking constitutional tragedy.
The resolution to proceed on The 18th Of Februa'
ry to elect Senator to supply the vacancy that will
occur by the expiration of Mr.. Roane's term ofser'
vice on the 4th of March next, passed the House
Delegates, but was yesterday rejected in the Sena"
by a vote of IS Is l5-Mrssrs. Scott and Thornton
absent. This proposition will be again renewed 10
the House to-day. Should we go into the election
Of second Senator this winter, il is not possible"
this time TO form any correct opinion Of the Per'0"
I who will be selected by the Wing party. among
the individuals spoken of are Gov. Barbour 20"
| "a e A T. l..
and UPshur. Each of these distinguished mo" "'
hi. friends, and whilst there is not one IN 'ns "''
with whom should not be satisfied my e'O"'
would incline me to Gov. Barbour man ~"'
services sacrifices and devoted fidelity TO inc oa'''