Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-05-11
"GROANS OF TIE BRITONe i"

"GROANS OF TIE BRrrONe"
The last R'Publcan CONTAINS a list Vi u Nhr dele
gates 10 the Legislature elected b, aggregate mann
Ot about e VOTES, OF an average oi about 32 votes zach
iof the purpose oi satisfying its ad,rs thai the L.
mocracy might luse ihe Lsgislaur. u Virginia Will ,
clear oPnlar majory in iIeir favor Of Than I'm
thousand" Suppose his assumption be correct l.,
the momentwha becun,es u, the s,tnnlly lhrurei,ra
y attached In the Legislature Right # instruction l.,
tie party 10 which the Rel ublcan lelungsl VIII fla,
paper neid lla = bc,nd 10 ,Ieu in.ttoc
tons given by Legislature, majority of I'll, member,
of which. Owing 10 The system If county election. p,
Ing 10 naj5rlty OF one III county the same wei,,
eNeried by maturity Of 1000 another may epe,en,
a very considtrabl, minority Of the ptppe.-or ,b,
rei,s NC oohy he must resign his seaY II dies n
so CONTEND then II coheedes that the custom of instruct,
ing Senators does not rest upon the right Of the Ieoi,
ture and though entitled 10 great deer'nce AMI ,nc
the part OF Senators The mandates Of the eu,ato,,
are moi obligatory upon them. II does So contend
then II transfers sne Of the highest attributes of .o>.
reigniy from he People 10 the Legislature. and s,ll
WORSE, by So doing, invests the rprcs natives Of mi
norliy Ut the VOTERS because constituting ihens, IL, =,
accidental majority OF the Legislature, with tn,
power and the right to misrepIrsent and 10 lei..,
the viii "t the popular maturity, which happens,
To constitute minority IN the Legislative ball, =,
We have incidentally adyered 10 this subject lc
cause the illustration the Republican furnishes 50 D.
'er"helmlng an aenn cnt against doctrine which has
always seemed To 10 be hostile to- rather than in ar,
cordance with The tue theory vi popular so,ergny We
90 as far as any man in favor Of the RICH OF the consu
ent body TO control the action Of lis public agents. bu:
We have yet 10 learn the reasons b, Which he ,yn
lausllly maintained that L. :. Senators ,he r.pn-
seniailvos Of State Legislatures but. alluslun To
this subject was only we repeat, mridentu because
the occasion seemed 10 invite nol Tor the purpos. IF
argument.
The object Of the Republican. presume, in fnr-
nslng lis readers with This catalogue OF dimlnufi,r
Wing majurns was to break the iorce of the recent
/ WIG VICTORY IN Nirgina--or 81, unl, all the
circumstances, rgardl,. Last Winter at the Loco
foco Convention IN Richmond. the numerous orataGs
who entertained that body, with scarcely piion,
proclaimed that the Wing Party had been annhllaed;
and therefore thai they had nothing 10 do but 10 firm
solid column, and sraighMay TO i.ie tie road 10 By
zantlnm, the gates OF which had been ,peued by the
traitor hands /" whch the Wings had confdinsly DE-
posted the keys "i the citadel. And the strains
OF eAna'lon have been with equal unanimty INDUCED
by the locoioco presses IN and out III the State Tho
Wings themselves, indeed at one time, despon-
dent as their opponents were bosterou; much SO,
deed thai some OF their leaders, whose courage ran,
qualls, aud whose hopes generally buoy ant dscoI
aged the idea OF general struggle this Spring until il
became manifest by tdnes from various sections OF tho
Common" ealth, that the people wond vol brook delay
and thai that same oid Conn., WIN Sc imaginary death
groans had infused much JOY uto the adversary ranks
had been III truth on asleep. and that he shaking
oil The iurpor Which had deceived ,t defeated party If
$40, aud eated Them nth JOY al the hope Of again
graspng the spoll,. Commencing the Spring campaign
under such circunstances-al eNullaron and loas,ny
On side, on the other determination aud silence
With full knowledge thai the Congressional districts
had been arranged that only district Ger
tam sr the Wings, while II believed by some, and
feared by others, that oil Tie others Were lust certain
paed the glorious result Of the gallant ,flr Vi the
Wings. in many OF the counties aud dsirics-in snue
OF which, though defeated yet defeated under circum-
stances which deprive even victory Of lis moral lnu-
ence, and will tend 10 nerve the dlscomed party To ad
ditional efforts in future struggles! We need be
more special and distinct IN illusions, they Will
readily occur to all, but especially Iut
pse i'll these remarks, is 10 give the X, publican
Rowland for It's Oliver" by showing that locstoco del
egaies have been elected by small najorili,s well
Wings. Look, for example al the following list:
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