Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1851-03-25

WIN Lucas, in cur State Convention, as pub
lished in our last paper. The Editor not having
read the proof sheet, the speech was copied en-
tire as it appeared in the q Supplement" The
f" corrected copy to which reference is made
never reached US, though friend had "Eatten
that one would be forwarded:
TO TEE EDITOR.
Mr. BELLER have just received the last
number of your pa per, in which you nave done
me the honor 10 publish the speech made BY me
in the Convention, upon the basis question: and
upon examination, perceive that yen have
transferred it almost literally from the supplement,
and of course, with the errors in grammar spell
ing punctuation, &c, with which that pnbLica-
lion nboupds Knowing the space il Tonld &C.
cupy, dad not intend to ask place for it in any
newspaper or to notice any OF the mistakes above
alluded 10, otherwise than TO correct them in
| t the Register Of Debates, but being informed
by friend, "a member Of the ConVentlonO that
he designed to transmit a copy of the Supple
ment," containing the speech, 10 the esprit
for insertion, stated 10 him the tact that there
were many errors in it, and that would run
over copy that evening and correct the most
! material ones with my pencil, and did so. He
however did not call for this corrected sheet and
I handed it over 10 another friend who also des'r-
ed TO send you copy, and he mailed the same 10
you, but presume it did notreach IN time. This
imposes upon me the necessity OF addressing you
this note with the allenda, and of asking that
they may be published in your next number. In
the speeches as published in the Supplement
will be found many mistakes in the most of them,
and such especially was the case with those of
"' '' WIN. LUCAS.
lst column, 9Th lire from the top-the comma
after in" should precede it.
I'd column, 6Sth line from bOttom-the word
I" side'' is omitted after the word opposite.
I'd column, 9th line from bottom-there should
be quotation marks from the wcrd I" GH' TO the
word =" suffrage"
Sd column, Both line from top-there should
! be full stop between prize" and Old FT-
ginia."
Sd column, 44th line from .op-after the word
frightened should be inserted '' at that shadow"
and semicolon after word shadow
Sd column, 18th line-the word not" before
oppressively should be " nor"
Sd column, 23d line from bottom-the word
their is omitted after crown"
Sd column, 18th line from bottom-the word
| +" the before predecessors should be their"
4th column, 5Ih line from top-the word
So old" before counties should be omitted.
4th column, 10th line from top-the word
rretp" before counties shOnId be " DID, and the
word Of, should be inserted before the" in the
6lst line, and :" governments" for government in
the 9lst line.
4th column, Josh lne-the words '' upon the
debt" are improperly inserted, and word =" me-
vcr' is omitted before the word cease in 18Th
! line.
9TH column, 18th from top-ISG6 is put for
1928 and the full stop pnt in 46h line after word
g house" shonld not be there, in 9th line word
" as" should be at and the word Is a" few
! lines below il omitted before the word" general,
and in line 1919 there should not be full stop
after the word Legislature a piial in the,
and in line lao the word predecessors" should
be predecessor.
9th column, 3 It'll line from top-the word I" be.
| cause" should not be there, and 49th line the
word " constitutions" should be " constitution,
and the words Brevarian" should be 8 Brarean,"
| so the word practicable still lower down,
should be " PRACTICAL and there should not be
full stop after the word power still lower down,
and the word is' Sill further down should be
are nor full stop after the word IS basis =
! and the word " forever lower down should fol-
| low the word /" power" and be stricken from the
place from where it is in the limo and in tie line
next to the last at the bottom the word the
! before " rights should be" their
7th column, in 5lh line from top there should
be full stop after the word g US, aud IN the
38h the word = pillows" should be pillars" and
word Is tending" in 5Ist line is put instead Of
rendering" and temples" for tempe" in 6oih
line, and 6 irresistible" tor inevitable" in the
! 9Th and word garry for carries" in l3Sth
line and % limitation for g limitations in I79h
! line, and the word g shock" u few lines lower
! for "shOCks."
Srh column, 54lh line from top "sym'om' is
| printed for system aud in 56,h line the words
| 80 and grinding" before "taXItinn' are Omitted
! and from word that" in LIST TO 9lstline shOnld
he in quotation, and in l5lSt line word L" that is
! put for = the. "
9;h column, sd line from top the 's OF print
ed for to- before word majority and in line I23
word &" shall'' for sbould,'' and in line rs the
word " pillows" is again printed instead of " pill
lars and just below rock OF ge" for Z" ages,"
and in line l78 the word meR'' is improperly
interpolatcd.
A WORKING LEGISLATURE mentioning
the adjournment sine die, on the Sd inst of the
Legislature of Missouri, the 81. Louis Republic
can pays the following compliment to the indus.
| try Of its members:
No Legislature has ever worked as faithfully,
whatever may be the judgment upon the result
of their deliberations. They usually assembled
at7A NJ sat until IL, adjourned for dinner, sat
in the afternoon, and again after tea.
Ono SENATOR ELsCrED.-We learnby teIe.
graphic dispatch from Columbus, Ohio, that the
contest in The Legislature of that State for a U.
| s. Senator was terminated on Saturday last BY
the election of Benjamin F. Wade, a Wing, who
was chosen on the .twenty-ninIh ballot This
gentleman is elected for the full term of six years,
dating from The 4th instant and will fill the seat
vacated by the expiration of the term for which
Mr.. Corwin was originally elected, and which
was lately occupied under executive appointment
| by Mr.. Ewing. Mr.. Wade is said to be a free.
| soiler, and from Giddings' district; though ex.
Pected to take rational course.
ARREST ron MURDER.-A man named Jsmes
! Anderson, and his family, consisting of his wife
and two daughters, who have resided in the
neighborhood of Fincastle, Botetourt county,
Va. were arrested on the 18th inst. on susni.
clon OF being guilty Of a murder which occurred