Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-11-13
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Inc election of Mr. Tnrney 10 The L. S. Senate nv
The Legislature OF Iennessee seems to be bitter nil Il,
'he i'ocolocos, notwithstanding his jealous support ri
'hat party heretofore IN all its measures and Doiwtb
standing they themselves thought him worthy If The
same oice two years ago, when he received the Leois.
Ialve CAUCUS nomination. How is thi. SINGULAR f, r.,
he accounted for Why If he was worthy of the s,,.
ton IN 1913, Is he unworthy of i, in 1915 Whv did
they Nominate him whea they wera too weak l., elec,
hIm, and as as soon as they obtained majority in the
Legislature, pass him by and bsoy the no,n,, on IN
another II can be accounted for only on the cronnd
assumed in debate BY Mr. rurn7y,, ftienls ,h,, a.
prominent Locoioco opponent, Mr. Nicholson, was pr.s
dent Folks lavorlte candidate. and that the slee,io,
to be made in conformity with his wishes u,yio,. ma
preference ourselves between Aessrs. Nichols and Tur
nty we are nevertheless grarited at the eecnn -, ,I
''e'' o" ms account alone. The Interference, direct,
" or indirectly, OF the Federal Executive with State
e'ecil"nS' Is alike impairment and daneerous-and ",
are glad to see II thus decisvely rebuked
Neare aware that the Iocos pretend to think tia,
There was corrupt understanding bew een Mr. Tnrney
and the Wing members in the Tennessee I.eosl,,or,
Indeed. this coalition" as they are pleased IN farm i
was onenly charged by more than one n,ember -, ,h
1'or But II was as openly s fatty denied by Mr. Msn,y
and other W hg speakers, who declared thu, they hI
received no pledges" from Mr. Turnev wb,,ev.,
thai they voted for him with reluctance. and ,n,v 40
ch lice fesils-and Qoqnoe from Mr. Manry,s sn,sc
that he Is ms free The wind of aven I, take ma.
such course IN the Senate may best accord with The
dictates of his own judgmenlv
we would ask. however. what corruption il would
nave IMPLIED, upon The parl Of the WHO panv
even 1t were true that Mr. Turney ntmaed To them
a' MS Opinions on one or two important subjects wer.
"e nearly IN accordance with their own than th,se If
MS competitor IT, for example, Mr. Turney had said
10 them he should vote 10 sustain the Tariff If 1919
or tha he was in favor of the dlslrbp,in of In
OF The Public Lands. concurrnr in sepum.u, win
Gen. Jackson, that ait is time ,ha, the p,,l. D,;
shall cease 10 be source of public reyenue , :,
uina RAJ that the Wings should prcr, him =, h,s ,.
pelilor would their suppor of hi, II h.. a.,
make such pledges, (Which d. not however belev,
that lie did, furnish The slightest preex, for an ossso,
upon linen integrity unqupsiipuably not. IT, mex,
WINTER (insnrp1se case. which we do moi, dee,, Ike
y o"ccnr,) some prominent, member Of the Io,,,f,c,
pay :" '"9'nia snail declare. that notwithstanding
his general support Of Mr.. Polk's administration be i
oploseu 10 disturbing the tariff, will il be strange if III.
hlgs IN The Legislature unable TO elect one If ,.o;
s"a give hun their support if thereby they
can secure MS election Wond it be any evidence Of
corruption on thelf part The snppo.ion is prep,st
'o"s. II Mr. Inrney gave snch pledges. il mav be ~
'e"ee 'hueeo' that he was willing barter his prpc
PIES 'of ONCE but even that viii depend rpon whether
Tue feuse5 were Inconsistent with hrs previou.lv know,
sentiments II may be. notwithstanding his sn,n,r .,
MI Folk that he has always been in favor of p,ooc
1--WE iarii and OF Dslbution-as is the case with lie,
cameron, The new Senator from PENNSYLVANIA. and viii,
vast numbers of men, wha neither hold Office NOR ,sn,.
II. IN that event, the charge Of corruption, even
against him, would Ia II to to the pronnd.
we see IN the last Nashville papers, by the wax.
card from Mr. Turney himself, asking the public to sue
pend e'r opinion IN relation the charges made against
''im, until he returns 10 Nashville from his residence
WHITTIER he has been called by important, Business On
MS return he pnnses to present his vndica,ion and
defence" 10 the world