Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-02-03


Senate Of Virginia.
The Republican rencws The charge Of mo partyI>m,',
which i, imputed the Wh'gs"i Virginia, and the 7pp
ooh, itv of which we denied II s thinh siugularly
unf naie in he iustsrcs II alleges 81 tie multitude
,lm,,,,, ,ldly, WI il. within H., list six weeks,
il is able 10 bring iwad the proct'dines'l lu' '"o III
.uppr Of its charge ard :he d, finite accn Of both Of
these is in fact practical rein'aon instead al po' =
First, Of the Halifax meeting in June. We we'll reco.-
lee, the rl,queny written preamble and resolutions a
dop,cd by that meeting They extensively copied
and admired lLer style aid a'sil lllly, and yeih'y
net with no response whsttv.r ir The people whhh
considering iheI qnence I'D "'''y' WIS - hs'''
suisen, yndicali oflhr Whig party tn m the lmpnta
ton of readiness discard all party ss and TO g"
. merely ava ilable candidate. The Wings of the same
county held meeting 24h ult. which, "vgllani'
a. the Republican surp ses us be, escapednr notice
We learn from ncighbor. however that the meet
ing again nominate d Gen Taylor fr the Presidency,
cordially recommending him to the support If every
patriotic citizen rithom distinction party" Noerta
harm in that. surely! We. who support Convention,
can mus, conscieutiousy c,umend Gen Taylor. or Mr.
CLAY, or whoever may be the nominee Of the Wing
Convention the support o all patriotic citizens, be
heyng as we do that the best interests Of the country
dem nd upon his election. But the Republican further
informs US that The meeting renewed srxprtsson
e h, sy az ainst Cony, mi, Of all kinds. In the
present uncnre of ars. regret this coursehut some
thing must e allow ed 10 the lunily Of oar nature and
the meeting in Halifax may be pardohed It's 'Irade
nuaus, caucusts general and special in deIaon OF
the good sense aud 10y ally party manifested in The
appointment If 1, csa,cs To the Wing Convention III
Richu nd We will moi say with the Republican Il at
the Wings Of Halifax "sulufy themselves by such
course-th,uph culess the premises do not Jusll-
fy tho conclusion. Al any rate. tie Halifax meeting
regard berg had I" It's donas and not 10 lis saynes-a-
fulds evidence whatever upon which The Republican
eau rrly 10 sustain charge.
With respect to the II chingham meeting, we think
the Republican equally unfortunate. lie larrsnntmg
R'publican,he " hg organ The tenth l'si,n- quite
Indignantly ercls such change. 1t QUOTE the fllaw
ing paragraph from the Register, the Democratic pa
per:
The Wings. more properly ,he F.dtralis's OF thr
country, (g@d generous, dis Interested s.ls t
known To be y areeAceclney anxious just now tn o,
ltcrar party lines. aud To elect mn party man 10 the
Presidency. They have not the reno wish to gull
and deceive any unsnspeclng honesi Democrat Into the
support Of their mol party MAJ They would not hum
bu. any body for 'he world They corn to think If
that. They actualed by high and elevated motives
"f patrlosm IN desiring parry lines To be sunk. But. 1t
seems 10 us, they make grand mistake. They arr
tina wrong sink the line, which have hitherto
divided parties proposition to sink party lines ought
L. from somebody else Thcy rather too
well known, and the 'cloven iot' rather too
much prominence in their movements to be seen
by any who is n ii utterly daft and blIud.
and proceeds say that article more DIES
tu,r Of truth. 1t thea sets about elatalion Of each
specific charge AMI shIws coueusvely hat there
flllure--lhat the meeting accomplished the object for
which il was cAel-ihai the call was for gathering
of the Wings and that but Wings were in the
iuee,in. aud eads by declaring III is false thai the
Wings of this county anxious to ohtera,e party
lines To elect party man 10 the Presidency"
The II IRIS ,nburg Republican then proceeds -
1t is false that they made any proposition to sink party
lines That Mr.. Chrstman urged such views upon his
own ,nsliy true but that it done.
tempted, desired by the whg meeting to be done,
untrue range that the editors sh uld have penHed
article every sentence Of which, from the pon 10 the
conclusion Of The first paragraph, is false Bu, stranger
still after having made such statement that they should
be 50 simple III lei ou the truth, by indtng another
paragraph whch positively and absolutely gives the lie 1t
the first.
Here is the whole paragraph which speaks 70, itself
We invite attention 10 1t.
Blu, perhaps the amusing of the whole proceeding,
was the cold shoulder which the wings themselves
gave Mr. Chrsmans no party res ln'iuns which a
Mr.. C's rcqncs, have been transferred to umns
leve voted for their passage all Mr.. Chrsnana
old associates in politics voting no - that Nj Chris
hid The satisfaction to know that he had presence
no party resolutions in rsall'y as both parties repudale,
Them
A'snredy the two paragraphs qn'ted from the Regis
ter Incompatible the last certainly stamping witt
falsehood the charges contained in the first
We submit then that our neighbor has taken nolhin
by The examples quoted, and that the evidence produ
crd does not sustain its charge. The Wings of Hall
fax, after entering sr Of protest against Cunven
a'ons. SEMI thirty delegates TO the one called aud 81 IA
from the Wings of Rockingham supp ring The d c rne
Mr. C.s resolutions in favor of no paryisB. they dl
oo--accoding TO the testimony Of the Democratic pape
OF harrsnburg-r receive single vote. The kepnbl
can has been rather unfortunate in its reference to tn
Rockingham Whg met ting.
LEGISLATURE.
The proceedings Of the Senate on Saturday, are NJ
given in the Richmond papers The vote. by which Il