Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-12

; verge of land looking to the old world on
either side--the two oceans clasped together
by heroic and christian hands-and The curtain
ready to rise upon the part which this giant
young republic Is to play in the great drama
ofhuman Moderation and universal eufran-.
chisement.
THE LEGISLATURE was expected to ad journl
yesterday. The session has been the longest.
held in this State since the revolution. Much
has been done for The promotion of the common
veal not a little that was needless and profit.
less. and not little. also, from which evil and
evil only must result. To the first class belong
the appropriations TO the larger lines OF i'm
provemen'--to the second, most Of the local
legislation and the petty tinkering with tho
laws. and to the third the various measures
designed 10 transfer to the democratic party
the control of all the power and patronage Of
the State. We are satisfied that the Legisla.
ture might in half the time, have done its work
more efficiently and acceptably, il its members
had been guided only by zeal for the public
good, and had dsregarded al suggestions of
party or personal promotion.
With an acting majority of something like "A
third, with the control of nearly all tho commit
tees, md with the management of the whole
machinery Of legislation in their hnDds, the dem
ocra6c pa,ry must he held responsible as well
for all the faulty acts ofthe sessi, n las for the
mission of such acts as the public will & interest
demanded. Whatsoever cause Of Complaint tho
malfcasances or mis!easances of the session may
have given, must be accounted for by them. II
the people choose to inquire why they should
be round into the dust with taxes.to NEE. liza
bililics which. might as well be met by the
property Virginia has in the Public Lands, thcy
must go 10 the democratic majority for salts
faction. If they suffer for the want nfa conve
nient, safe and lawful currency, they must lay
their grievance before them. If they object
that a large share OF their fellow citizens.
whose rights, feelings aims Interests and hopes
are identical with their own, should be degra-
ded from all political trusts, and excluded from
the civil rights which appertain TO all the cti
zens of republican government, that objec-
ton must be made to the same body. If they are
dissatisfied that the Public Works are sought
10 be perverted from the purposes Of general
convenience and state advancement for which
they were designed into political machines"
for the benefit of party hacks, and the promo
ton OF party intrigue and aggrandzement-tbis
too must be laid at tho door Of tho locofoco
majority.
Let them also answer for the mis-spent time
the unseemly wrangling-ihe depreciation
+ OF dignity, and the political Generalization,
RI which have attended and resulted from their
management. There was time when the
Virginia Legislature and Executive compared
in the dignity OF their deliberations and wisdom
oitheir acts with any other government, but that
time has been long since passed. The pardon.
err of negro murderer occupies the seat of
Henry and Madison,and rog-shop Solons have
usurped the places of the statesmen, orators
and patriots whose names adorn our earlier
annals. The difference is immense but ira cea :
BILE, all the way, over the descending steps of
ocofoco misrule and deterioration.
The JAPAN ExPEDITIoN.-The Union gives
an emphatic contradiction TO the rumor that
the administration intended to countermand
the Japan expedition. On the contrary it
says TIE administration is making every effort
to give all proper aid in carrying out the i'm.
portant objects of the expedition and in fulfill.
ing the public expectation IN regard TO it
The probability, however, is that the Allcgha-
ny cannot be got r.ady for sea in time, while
it has been deemed necessary to withdraw the
Vermont, for the reason, that if her crew of
500 men could be obtained, they would in.
rea 90 The mum her Of Tie E,rcn n,,u allo.rnl