Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-03-24

for another trial, v hen there is no Doubt OF sue
cess. So il viii be, sooner Ut later IN Roanoke
soel an array Of facts as was spfead before
the eiizens Of that County by it, aJvocsles on
Monday, ond which they are now. and have
been racciving weekly, from the time The or
der was made, through the editorial columns
of the Beacon" their county paper, cannot
be circulated with out producing the desired
effect, at a day nor distant.
Tng UNITED STATES SENATE Is doing it.
sell hni little credit In its executive session.
Instead of confing itself TO The special business
for which II was convoked; against usage and
proPflety, 1t IS abandoning Itself to the most
unJlgnfied aud profless w-apgling and dem
agoguism. II could never have been design
cd hut the Senate, when called together speci.
hcally TO act upon such matters as should be
laid before it by The PRECEDENT, should ind uge
itself In unresrain. d debate aud partisan Grim
nation for the Amusement Of Ioungers about the
doors and oilers in The gallery. What
spectacle, says The New York Express. was
preseHied on Wednesday Last, in TINT chamber
A renewed scene of personal recrimination
occurred between TWO or three Senators, with
regard TO treaty long ago ratlfedby large
majority of the Senate and with the terms and
provisions Of which nobody that We ever heard
of Is Mt ali Discontinued Uncle Toms Cabin
The Little Giant" The Name Liauor
Law, : Dung Americn," and all sorts OF
claI,-tfap were introduced mo tins so, dsanf
debae which was m IRE like a bar room wran
gle, aud was followed (says lhr rcpnrt)
by tremendous applause in The gallery, aud
cri's Of good T. renewed applause" aud
"laus liter"
We hope this discredilaIia state of things
may moi be in any wise connected with the
change of Administration which has nst raken
place at Washington, and yet it is difficult To
reject the conclusion that the riotous radical
Ism and the demoralizing influenced of E." Young
1mertca' and "Fdtbustering' doctrines and
department is working mortiiy ing and pregnant
change IN the tone of public feelings and the
temper of our dehberatlve assemblies. Sena.
tors who have ceased To respect the counscls
IF Washington can have but lilrle care for their
own reputation or the dignity Of their Body.
We agree with The Republic, when ii says
! Demagoguism lmpcrs the Senate, and threat
ems 10 destroy lis influence over the judgment
of the country and he world.
We are unwilling to believe that body
which from the earliest period Of our national
history until now has been regarded as a mod
el oil decoum. manly dignity, courtesy, and
dspasslona,e dclibeaLion, will now permit lis
character to be damaged by any zeal in behalf
OF progressive Democracy. And Yet. unless
the officers Of the Senate do their duty, he
misehei-Wo will say the Calamity--is newt
able. The "cheers, "laughrrr. aud applause"
which the reporters have cf late chromceJ as
coming "irom The cutlery must be stopped.
or lhey viii prove fatal to every thing like
Sena.oral caImness and Yrtpect. Ii Is bad e.
nOugh that chamber which has resuunded
with the tioqucnce aud argument of the plo-
founded statesman known 10 modern history,
should now be male 10 ring with transparent
clapIrap and vulgar appeals To national anip
athes. II is bad enough that men who strug.
gled To build their eonntry's greatness on II
foundation Of integrity, honor, and patriotism.
should have given place To others " no would
|jeoparJze peace for the sake of witty fling,
and sacrifice every thing AT the shrine of fill
clustering destiny. These things, We say, are
sufficient to awaken regret aud apprehension
and should be sufficient to stimulate the people
who control the votes, to undertake the work
of Congressional purgatIon. But that crowds
of Democratic office seekers stationed in the
galleries the Senate, should be permitted with
IMMUNITY to echo Senatorial buucombc. and 10
o,erolaugh Senatorial reasoning with their
shnuis,ls an outrage upon Senatorial character
aud public prop,iety which ought to be dealt
with summarily and at once
The last session achieved what was heliev.
cd TO be the lowest depth Of Congress sional
notoriety. Let Us hope tina, the scenes which
: have taken place on the occasion of two of
/ judge Douglass orations during the present
specia' session. are not to he accepted as fore
turner's of that yet lover depthw hichis under
stood TO he aitainablc.
We learn from Mondays Enquirer that on