Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-12-11

Congress
Messrs Weller and hangnm had spat IN
the Senatc on Monday. y bei. tie subject Of
the contested Kentucky case was Iakenup, NJ.
MtNGUm saiJ.---
Unless the hight Of resignation 10 take effect
IN future be denied. nothing can be made i
This objection H. tie former case 81 Mr.. Ga,
1t was admitted beyond dou I. There vas
no instance IN the bi.tory 81 lhe Senate ia
which this right has been denied The gentle
man presenting The Jfjad fac5e evidence OF a
lection has Away ben admitted 10 the scaG
and after that. ifany objections we're naJr.
they were inquired INTO. No orc IS here en-
testing his sci Indeed it uouldbe strange
spectacle to see any one here who would cllim
The seat to winch NJ Dixon had been cleo
ted
Mr. MANGuM sad that IL remembered that
the trumpet of 1910, which sourjcd IN Demo
cratic ears then IN tones somewhat SIMILAR Ia
those hrard by the Wings n November last
was heard ust after the New Jersey case was
settled by the Hooee Among the many
charges fpeu hrough, aRdu,t Mr.. Van Buren
WHO was now among the horaonloaSratde
snakes. ~ Is, and pra,je dogs-was The action
Of his panty in TIA, case. and he thought the
people set their Judgment upon these charges
with an unanimity uneqnaIled since $500.
Mr. WELLER sand it uas news. % him thai
the New Jersey case wasin any way part oi
the causes resulting in the overthrow of the
Democratic party N 1910. TWAS, however
never ou late To learn. With respect to the
! Senator's illusions 10 the recent election h
hnd this tosny, that die Senator's panty, by
system Of Iumbugeiog, attempted 10 deceive
the people, ami had hecn most sjgnally de.
lcated. lie tiooaht the Senator ought 10 take
! lie I,attcr in better part. The Senator was
about To 90 Into retirement. In that retire
rnenl he hoped the Senator would have an OPP.
portunty to repent the sins a hs past po'n
ca course. In tho words Of iac Psalmlst:--
For "WiGIe The lamp af life holds ont To burn,
the ,ilest sinner may return Laughter
i Mr.. GWiN offered IA resolution referring the
credentials Of the Hon. Archibald Dixon to II
committee.
Mr.. MANGuM moved an amendment that in
the meantime Mr.. Dixon shaN be admitted 10
the seat and svuir.
In these times oi sudden clGneos and political
revolutions. perhaps nothing would seem eX
r Iuaordinory. We were in strange times From
Y all quarters and sections gentlemen represent
ing paltcs and principles Of every charaetet
and hue were found most tremendously united
Slch scene m'lstbe CRAFTY ing to every phi
lanthropst. lie never heard OF anything
2 quail 10 II. except pc hapa the account given bv
lStansbury IN his report of his reconnaissance in
The valley Of the Salt, Lake, here he descrjb.
les Aae plairie dogs, the owls and the rattle
snakes living together and occopying The same
abode in the most harmorous concord
! Ihougb he was shortly 10 80 into retirement,
ana had no ambition 10 b. . prophet lie would
venture to predict ihat in less than twenty
months the rattlesnal<e OF the South would
strike It's iangs into the prairie dog of the
North, and that the owl Of some region Of the
: West would also receive blow
lie hoped the Senate Were not about to en-
act the odious scenes e the New jersey case
IN the House lie desired that the Senator
from Kentucky should hc sworn, aud then ex
r anime the objections, any were made He
: would then be dispo ed toact Justly towards
the owls, The rattesaakes and the prairie dogs.
without any party bias or prediction.
Mr. WErLEE said that he would vote 10 re.
f,r This matter. Il was sufficient for him that
there was a doubt IN rhacas lie was an
actor in the scenes ftic House in the New
Jersey case, and he had never heard III now
OF the universal condemnation Of thai case
spoken Of by the Senator from North CARROLL.
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