Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-12-20

with the resi- OF his conduct aad affords fa;,
ponent OF his grovelling nature. He suppor,oa
the Cass letter This is really an odd reasoa
why he should be called calhoun Soptbo..
mar" more especially since the only par, of,La
letter, TO which Mr.. Calhoun subscribed-y;z
the denial Of the tight of Congress TO leeislate mn
on the subject of slavery for the territories,
exactly that 10 which Mr.. Brown does not sub
scribe. THAT power" he says, 81 have never
doubted Congress possessed" Facetous fellow,
are MIR. Browns constituents Then, again -
show how Southern" his principles Ike
Mr. Van Buren," with the lights before him. u b,s
mind is "not clear as to the constitutional nor,a.
to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia -
lie gives thrust at The South, when he allrdo.
to the fact that it supported Van Buren, after Io
had declared in favor OF the power of CONGRESS
But to show his full claim to be considered =
"Calhoun Southern man" we must refer IN H.
last sentence in his letter 10 Mr.. Wimot. wbero
in he says 81 am representative from Goo
State, and have always been opposed TO the ev
tension of slavery, and believe that the Fedora,
Government should be relieved from the resnons
iblity of slavery where they have the constitn,;oo
al power TO abolish H." - lie confesses H.,
in writing the letter he committed an error ,,
We beg leave to differ with him in this on;nion
With his views, he did right. His 'error'' was
in deceiying Southern members by false state
ments of his opinions. The Southern Democrats,
felicitae themselves highly upon the lucky es.
cape they have made. Their qualification is un-
bounded that the exposure took place before ,be
election was contaminated. Their thanks are
publicly rendered 10 those Wings who were in.
srumental in exposing the treachery An this
/ is natural enough. But we would ask these ocn.
tlemen, who are so much Mortified al the idea Of
the election to the SpeakerShip of Mr. Winlbrop
"a gentleman Of the loftiest sense of honor and
purest character-how far Mr.. Potter, who re-
ceived the support of the great body ofthe South
ern Democracy, differs from him on any one
point In relation TO the veXed question We
shall go into no examination of his votes He is
from Ohio, and was acceptable to the Free Soil
ers. In the first part of Mr.. Browns card, he
says "Ile"-Mr. Wilmot-"informcd me that
they 0he Free Soilers) were satisfied with the
position of Mr. Potter, Of Ohio and had been
ready to vote for him, if the time had arrived
when their votes would have made a choice" =
Would the Free Sellers ever have voted for Mr..
Winthrop And, as to Mr. Richardson, who
was supported by many Southern Democrats, did
he not vote, in committee of the whole, for the
Bill for the Territorial organization of California
which Bill contained the famous Proviso ?
In the proceedings of Thursday, in the House
of Delegates, Mr. Watson offered the following
resolution, which was adopted:
Resoiped. That the Board of Public Works be reqnes-
ted 10 furnish this House with statement giving the fol.
| wing inf rmalon:
|. The actual debt of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
mating between such part thereof is due to corporations
under the control Of and in fact belonging the State
and that which is owned by others, and showing when
the same is redepmabe.
2. The of the commonwealth for paying in
crest on its debt and Of ultimately redeeming the prln-
Icpal. independent of lis revenue derived from taxation
> The amount Of the States Liabilities for appropha-
tons authorized BY law, though YET called for but
which will certainly probably be required dscrimi-
mating between the two classes, and specifying nearly
as he done, when the will be needed.
A. The amount for which the State is collateray
bound on guaranteed bonds otherwise, when the sums
guaranteed payable, and the resources Of the pin
cpa debtor in each case, for protecting The
wealth from loss account of such collateral liability
And that said Board also report the annual income from
bank and internal Improvement stocks from the year 1912
to the present time.'
We shall await, with impatience the answer
of the Board ofPublc Works TO these well timed
resolutions. Information of reliable character,
as TO the true condition of the finances of the
Commonwealth, is much needed. There is diff
ficulty in setting forth the Indebtedness of the
State, which is rather remarkable. AT least the
most widely different results are obtained by diff
lerent persons, on investigation. The message of
, the Governor, for instance, gives the most glow.
ing account of the finances, and leaves the i'm
preston that the debt OF Virginia is mere bag
atelle; in fact, almost nominal debt These
views are held also by Mr.. Segar, as appears from
his recent speech upon the Internal Improvement
question. The States outstanding debt is de-
clarcd 10 be no more than S7,541 294-whiIst
her productive property is estimated at 81 49,
200-and that The small difference between these
sums is the extent Of her actual debt These
views are assailcd with great vigor by the Rich
mond Examiner, which thinks the State debt
far more serious matter. Mr. Stovall also dssents
from the Governor and Mr.. Segar. We must
await further disclosures. Really anxious to come
TO definite opinion upon the subject we confess
our inability.
o. The Union chuckles over the idea that the
Presidents Message, not having been forthcom-
ing when expected by the people, will excite lit
tie attention when It's published. We doubt not
Its intrinsic importance will invest il with deep
interest, even though it should not be transmitted
for month 1t may be nearer at hand than the
+ Union thinks. On Saturday,
Mr.. BERRIEN offered the following resolution sayng
| have deemed it desirable, in event of the continued
pospo1emen of the organization OF the nthor branch Of
The national legislature, that may occupy ourselves
IN transacng that business which does not require the
operation Of the other body.
Resoired That committee, / consist of three
tors, be appoint wait the President of the United
States, To notify him that the Senate is now organized
and ready to receive any communication which he may