Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-12-16
FROM fhe Ndshrine Ban.er, Dee T.
PROGRESS OF THE FACTIONlSTS

The factionists and desuucuves IN our [, ecisl,
ture su persist IN their unhaow ed work OF ,iisor
ganIIiuon. Yesterday, as tho day previous. tho
| WE'VE iesructves IN the Senate declined meeting
ue Honse OF Representatives in Convention IN
elect Senator to Congress, in conformity win
Mr. Speaker Turrey's resolution, which had pass
ed both branches of the General Assembly. The
Twelve wing Senators; however, obeyed the resou-
ton as they had done on the DAY previous and met
the House Of Representatives. But wh,r, was
Mr. Speaker Gurney, the author az the resolution
the presiding Officer OF the Convention on Thu,s'
day, and who then adjourned the Convention to
facet again Yesterday Where was he Yesterday
the Convention metz We regret to say he was
missing! Inc resolution of his own framing which
passed both Houses, he obeycd Oh Thursday bul
Jailed To obey on FrIday2 BE the settlement OF
that act of dIsobedience TO a Legislative mlrdate,
set on loot by his own hand, acting un lcs the 50.
lemniiy of an oath, between him and his conSlitu.
ent>. Lot hin explain his course satisfactorily 10
them, and make them believe thai, at CT tho nassnge
ct his resolution by both Houses, 1t was then 6,s
Guiy to 90, with twelve other Senators mo IA.
Convention, IN can ! Let the other i,r,Ip. a,
SIR eirs also satisfy their constituents If .iu can
Yesterday, alter the twelve Wing Senator'S has
repaired TO the Hall OF the House OF Representatives
and II had been moved that tho Sneaker az tbs
house should act as President OF the Convention
scene bordering on riot, uproor and confusion
prevailed until the adjournment noon. IL the at
ternoon, when the Convention re-asscmbed, like
..ene ensued.-Several Van Buren, members OF the
utsrOlTtEOls =
marks towards the presiding officer and the mem
oers OF the Senate present They provoked ore
or two wings 10 reply tn them with some severity
and to warn them OF the consequences they might
expect, at the hands of their tuents for their
csorsan'zlng and revolutionary conduci.
IL was at length moved that a rul. OF the Con-
'entIon should be called-whereupon aboul twen-
ty-Une Van Buren, members Jeff the Hall ngain-
ne roll was called and the absent members sent
for. Twenty-Five OF them sent back written state.
ment that they were ready tn return tn do business
IN the House OF Representatives bat could moi re-
cosnise the body present in the REPRESENTATIVES,
Hall as a Convection Of the two houses Of the [ e.
gIslature. Several Of the Van Burer me mbers re-
NAMED IN the Hall, most OF whom renamed "mum"
when their names were cal ed, though three OF those
who dit not bolt, Messrs. Hembree, Oglesby and
Dane TO their p-ate be It spoken, answered to their
names IKE men, Ike iTeemen, aud the representa-
uves OF ireemen, and voted boldly against the pro
positions of the Whiss. They were neither f,r holt
ing, lodging nor skulking but for meeting their ON.
ponsns fairly and above boa d. when they re. !
turn home and ask Tor reelection at the HANDS OF
Their constituents, they will find opponents To rise
up and say, you on the Sd day OF December 1871.
lodged, boitcd, and skulked from the Whiss in or.
der 10 defeat by unfair and dIrcpuiable means what
you could not accomplish, as Democracy should nc. |
conpI''h all her undertakings by fair means and in |
the face OF day." No, they will find no opponents |
oil either party, that can talk thus To them, But
now Will It be with the twenty two who bo.ted and
The few who were "mum ?" Time will show
Inc convention, hnuinS that nothing could be |
done as matters stood, adjourned until o'clock this
morning, when it will re-assemble ir the Represen.
!atiyes' Hall.
Is II not time for sober. minded rejecting men TO
consider what ought TO be done in the D. esent pos
turs OF aitairsl We hear it conjectured that the
course of the Wings will bo-and we cordially ap-
prove OF the p'an--lo wait few days, wlthou, al.
tempting to do business in either house by Itself
adJourning the Convention from time TO time and
sending for absent members at proper intervals, in
order 10 ascertain II II is the full and fixed determi
ate TO prevent election of Senators to Congre,s.
unless they can have such men elected as they may
please to deslsnne-and that ii they find this TO he
the determination fixed upon 10y those twelve mem
bers OF the Senate, and co-opera,ed in by portion
of he Van Buren, members of the House-not ono
OF whom, as we have heard has refused to act in
Z INVENTION, If quorum Of the Senate should be
nresent-then 10 adjourn sine de- and appeal to the
People for a full Justification OF the step.