Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-01-19


be intended to enact perpetual bill Of injunction, and
under preicncc Of psponng the collection OF debts nm
BILE those who owe. to apply the sponge 10 them The
analoglca argumehn favor of the power Of tho legish
'ure pass Stay laws, deduced from the fact that. under
an existing statute. executions already stayed INV
weeks by the debtor giving forthcoming hend. is de-
cepse II Is not opposite this. that all contracts now
existing Were made with perfect knowledge by tho
creditor. oil the existence of that statute. and consequent
k that should he he compelled to 10 legal process
10 enforce the collection OF his debt his debtors might
vail himself gifts provisions Bu, it very different,
thing, when the Legislature cnacis law enabling a
debtor TO hold his creditor at arms length for two five
or twenty yearsior the right stay the collection Of
debts twenty years JUS, perfect the right
pend them for two-and to make that law applicable
erisimg. instead Of restricting future
In the case. tho is made under the lawn
the other the Jaw after the which it viz
ually annus The distnt.o canno, but be obvious to
the dnllest OF the most prcjudiced mind.
To- day the affair of the James River and kanawhS
Company have again been under discussion On propo
sitlon, emanatng from the investigating committee,
(Which one member being absent. unanimously in
favor OF IL to rescnd the resolution passed the lh
inst by the House requesting the President of that
Company 10 desst, Tor the present from any farther
Of the guaranteed bonds Of the State gaiiy in lis
possesson but which happen be in fac, in the Treasu
rer's office. The members of the committee had satisfied
themselves that there justice expcdency in long
Withholding these bonds from the Company, but that
they should be Immediately returned for the purpose of
enabling II TO exchange them for It's outstanding scrip
as their issue creates debt liability Of any
the part oil the State but merely chan ges the firm Of
existing aud an acknowledged obligalion-while
cry motive both of propicy and interest urged their
prompt transfer TO the company. Not the slightest oh
lection, indeed Anticipated But il is fashionable
Just NOW 10 assal the Companyit has ''bad name,
aud. like The poor deg that stoned death because
a mschicyous way shouted mad dog lie passed
every feels al liberty 10 give II a kick. Conse-
quently the proposition at once warmly assaed, -
the Speak even leaving the chair on the assault
an event which has occurred heretofore within my
memory, however important the theme, or exciting the
tImesand at last. it laid upon the table cannot
doubt, however. that whcn il is taken up will be
passed-so obyiousy is it the duty of thu Legislature
redeem its pahed faith to the holders OF the Company :
scrip. and 50 manifest is il that the interest OF the Com
monwealth itself requires that the scrip outstanding
should be rapidly possible exchanged for these
an, in order to enable tho Company receive lis tolls
in eas, ID thereby meeting all It's engagements pre-
vent ,ene, III n, in July and January next. of addition
a calls upon the site treasury for the payment Of the
semi annual ,cr,st M the Company 5 debt amount
ing about 900 per a''nun' and ior The punctual
payment Of nI,Orh the State is +. 'eed.
observe thai my old and highly e,t 'nmed friend, Maj
Richard Polar is the candidate of the Lofo'oco party
in the Amherst Senatorial district. If eo.d desire
success to member of that party in his political ana
tons, the Major should have my cordial good wishes.
But differing from him widely in oplnon-ior
letter he tobc ultra in
but ''deprocste his election Mr. Richie once said
OF Gen. Jackson-though certainly not because | be
lieve that result unless it should contribute asten up
the rnous policy If which the MAJOR is the advo
cate would be "a curse upon the country From
what hear from the District feel doubt that Capt
John Thompson, the Wing candidate. will run ahead.
Old Amherst must not be caught mapping, however, as
she last Sprng-and to the end that she may not
be. would respectfully suggest to the Wings Of that
county that they cannot too begin To Organiss, IS
well for the county as the senatorial struggle
Mr.. Register Parker is again out in reply to Mr.
Smith, late frs, clerk in the Registers office He ad
mlis most of the facts charged but denies tho motives
imputed to him. His last article placed him in a much
better attitude before the public than his first.
The "reacton' in favor OF the Wings has already
begun. Georgia is again Wing State .ocofocoism
swept that S,atc last year and this but few days
ago an election to supply vacancy in Congress took
place, and George w. Crawford Esq. tho Wing can
dldate, beat his opponent about 5000 votes~showing
Wing gain Of about 5000 since October last when
tho locooco Congressional ticket elected! Virgin
ia may do likewise ''nert Spring" if the Wings will
shake off their apathy and be determined Ia stand mn In
their principles in sunshine Storm as long as there
is the faintes hope of their ultimate triumph 1t will
be time enough TO ground when 1t becomes
manifest that all farther effort must be fruillcss
Besides, our opponents longer present tina, solid
and compact front which they did in days gone by.
They have no longer leader of such towering pre- emf
nence, either from services, talents, popularity posi-
ton, to throw all others in the shade Rival chief
alns rising up in their camp, each disposed to as
the priority of his claims, and to resist the su-
premacy of his ad versares. And though the sus
plcon fear andhate necessarily engendcred by this rivalry
are snohered, they gathering intensity aud fierce
hess, and will burst out with volcanic fury whenever
the voice of the stronger party shall indicate its fayoc
and consgn his rivals another four years prob alton of
hope deferred" by which the hearts of some of them
have already been made sick. You have seen the pro-
ceedngs Of the late meeting in Philadelphia for the
nomination of Mr.. Van Buren, which letters from va
r5us leading politicians, from GEN jackson down to
Il,,il De- p,ED Hill