Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-01-12
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.

kanawha Company has, for the present ceased-hsving
resulted IN the following conclusions:-lsi the suspea-
SION by the Company, OF the use oi the guaranteed State
bonds; 2ndly, the unanimous admission Of the liability of
the State as The endorser Of the Company, for the pune.
tnal payment Of the interest, and the ultimate rcdenp-
ton Of the inclpalof its debt contracted in conformity To
the law OF 1867; and 3dly the appointment of commit
tee to investigate the management, and To ascertain tho
present condition OF the Conpa ny. The adoption. by
a unanimous vote. of Mr.. Parks's restitution. admitting
The obligation Of the State to provide for the punc,ual
payment Of the interest and Tor the redemption Of the
principal Of the Company's debt. authorized by the law
of 1889, whether the evidence of tina, deb, be in lfo
shape of scrip or Of guaraniecd bonds. ought to reIieyr
whatever apprehensons may have been entertained by
its holders OF its insecurity; and do not perceive ans
good reason why it should not rise in value 10 the level
of other State bonds. During the brief debate on this
.intt Rep"diating resotuiion-if that may be calleda
DEBATE which was all On one side observed, in the
lobbies, a stranger, with a foreign air, apparently deeply
interested in the subject; and my first surmisc was, that
1t was a partner Of the house of Morrison < Go. of |. ~
don, or the agent OF some other European creditor of the
Company, whose Iecuniary interest was involved in its
decision. But subsequently learned that it was no
less a parsonage than DIR. Naoan, the editor Of a leading
paper in '~lckstug, Mississippi, and the originator and
most efficient champion in that Stale Of that ''new way
To pay State debts by the infamous process Of repudi-
alton. The circumstance deserves to be classed, perhaps
among lie singular Condolences which frequently
seem 10 be broGsh about by a more intelligent principle
than that which we call Chance. / have no doub, that
he felt most kecnly the rehuke of the unanimous vote Of
Il Virginia Legislature, in condemnation Of the dishonest,
conduct OF Slissssippi-and he must have WINGED und.r
dc Indignant and scorniul tone and languages in which
/ fAal pra canpoeitinnt that Iirripi could ."r r.. ;,1..ol
10 ,%oiiow 81 infamous 90 example. w"s repealed and
secuted. The next day was introduced to the Missis-
s;2pi Repudiator-who, by the way, is JUS, on hi. return
home, after an absence of about a year in Europe and
that doctrine became almost Immediately the topic VI
conversation. lie yindicated its %propric'y ofcoursr, and
expressed The belief that, ii WAS unpopular in Virginia
only because we had no, yet sufficiently felt the pres
sure ofoar State debt, and because there was no man VI
'norve and moral courage %enongh' to raise the Repaid
alton %lag-which he declared, ifl,c were re sidentof Viz
GINA, he would at once do, travelling from county to
county, and not doubling ,la, he would he trumrIan,
over every obs acle-dcfying the combined power of the
4, auirer and Wing, with all the allies they could sum-
mon l.. IN, r aid. or course, this decla ration sYned M
lille vanity in the gentleman, though did not deem il
necessary to tell hi,. so. did, however, assure him
that his opinion grew out OF = tol4' Ignorance OF the 'ir-
GHhi cihalaclcr-iil inc causes 10 :" ~
unpoputarity OF Reputation in Virginia '"erc not 'e
true ones, that there are men of as much nerve IA mo'-
al courage in Virginia as elsewhere, who would daro to
champion any measure. however unpopular, which they
believed to rest on the basis of truth and justiee-bu,
that THIS doctrine, even if it could find such an advocate,
could never carry in It's favor i majority in any one coun-
ty ofthe State. He seemed incrcdulous, however,
particularly il he were that advocate,-and as | felt no
n a rnlar IN yiatv a., Jc,,c, H., ,,,a:., C,x,t.r ~
conversation was somewhat abruptly closed, and We
ported.
To-day, the time of the House after hearing the elab-
crate and able reply of Judge John Scott, To the char =
preferred against him by M,rin P. Brooke, of rauquier
county, which is i'll some portions exceedingly bitter,
was exclusively occupied in discussing various PROPOSE
lions, as to the proper mode Of proceeding. in order to do
termine whether the charges are If such a character,
and whether they come from such ii source. aud are sus-
Iaired by such prinio tacic evidences of,ru,h, as to jus,i-
" the laborious and expensive process of impeachment;
and at last 1t adjourned without coming to any decision.
The charges grow out Of a private icud between the
Judge and his accnser, (who is the Judges ~ncphew,)
and Is ofsome years standing. Some ofthem are If
grave character; but the Judge. in his reply. denies their
truth, and by a narration of facts and circumstances.
seems to sustain generally his denial. The testimony.
therefore. must decide between them. Yot, it an i'm
parchment should be ordered. from the intricacy Of some
OF the subjects ON which the charges are founded, aud
from the number ol witnesses who will probably be eI-
am'ncd, there is no telling at wha, time the trial will
end.
Our new Governor, James Mcdowell. Esq. has ar
rived and has entered upon the discharge of his Execu-
i've dulles. II IS understood that almost cotemporaue-
o''siy, with his arrival, a letter was received ho,a Gov.
Davis OF Massachusetts, stating the reason Of his refa-
sal 10 deliver up tie slave Latimcr-who il will be re-
me'nbercd, has been demanded by the Exeentive Of this
S'a'e, not as an Ascending slave, which he has ceased
to be by the voluntary act Of his master, bat as a Jugt-
Tire from Justice, charged with theft. The ground As.
slmed by Gov. Davis, | learn. is that the affidavit, on
Which the demand is founded, does not, in his opinion,
contain sufficient evidence of the larceny to convict
Ialimer-a most ridiculous and untenable position. in
deed; and which could never have been ASSUMED BY I"
able 4 man as Gov. Davis, were it not for the ~predomi-
nance tihat spirit of ianaticis,n which seems equally
TO obscure the intellect and the moral perceptions OF those
who are under its binding influence The proceedings
OF the Norfolk meeting in reference to this cssa. q may
in C, injection with this subject beiray less Of
passion than | had appre,ended, from the naturally ex-
asperated state Of the public mind, in that borUugH, on
The first occurrence o:tho outrage. They Teconssasse"o'