Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-01-20
Division of the Campbell Delegation IN the
legislature


Divi.ion of the Campbell Delegation In the
Legislature
rha P,nubiicdn Of yesterday. referring TO our
o,,,sure Of that brilliant party manonvre OF the
democrats. to separate the county OF eampoeh
from the CITY of Lynehburg, says: what, nut a
a;s,ostion to perpctuate petty party trick and
perpetuate petty party advantage eou'a in'uo'
the Virginion TO oppose separation, ana 'ha'' 700
for the admitted reason. that It the seiara''o.
takes place the democrats will carry the county
II will be observed that the RsPHbhcd" does ho'
deny the object of this movement l. 10 seoo'o
Marty adyantage--bui contents Itself win re'oti-
mo the accusation and charging Us with aeslie
10 perpetuate ~ petty party trick. we "hony
asn, that there is or has BEEN any party triekery
.h.,, the nresent arrangement. The represen-
..,;a, q, the county was fixed by the convention
..h;.h ramodeled the constitutional large ma
-, .s ,bom were democrats. They adhered
10 the arrangement of the convention Of iS<9-oo'
except only, that BY a more 81 a dem0erdf'c "en'-
her from this county, the way was LETT open Tor te
change which is now proposed Since theh' no
4.party trick" has been practised, certainly none
NV the whirs-the charge of the Republican, that
,,e sock IN perpetnate it, needs no contradiction.
Secondly. we take occasion to correct the Ne
.,,bI;eop,s impres son that we have admitted that
1.-THE democrats will carry the county II the dl-
x,;san he made We have made NO such admls-
sion nor did our correspondent! The ldea II as
basele IS and imaginary, as that adYered 10 ABOVE
Farther IN. the Republican says 2" mere are
sound and weghty reasons aside from all pafV'
why the city should be separated from the coun-
ty. and we think they are properly stated Ia the
pettion itself which we present below As inc
Republicnp declined to state what the sound ana
weiehty reasons" were, and referred TO the peti-
t;on-we looked below " with no small interest
to ascertain what they were but "beiow they
were not--nor was the petition that bore so rleh
a freightage there-norw they,norl IT. on eithef
side. or above or any where to be seen III the ne
pubiican We hope the omission Will be sup
piled in the next ISSUE for we are curious 10
know what those sound and weighty reasons are
having, at this time. no better conception OF
.bem. than we have when the combined fleets will
enter the Black Sea- OF why the Republican and
John Van Buren, unite in support OF the same adj
ministration.
We. moreover. learn from the Republican, that
'the proposition is favored hya large number
of wings, in both town and country Soft seems
the matter has been privately agitated long
enough to make this discovery Why has 1T
been held from public scrutiny and remark nn''l
this time. when the Republican refers to it 'be-
low" and don't put il there We dare say,ifnny
wings have assented 10 the movement, they did 1t
without consideration, and without suspectng
the motive. As body, they are not accustomed
TO setting party traps, nor quick to discover Them
when set by their adversares. II some of them
have been caught it is not too late to release
themselves and advise them To do so with all
possible haste.
The proposition itself is too weak tn deserve
serious notice. Campbell and Lynchburg have
common interest in all things. 1t is next to
impossible to imagine case in which they would
have conflicting interests II any such case were,
by possibility, to arise the of the delegation
could be divided easily as after formal
separaton--so that no advantage will be secured
by such separation. But it may concern the
county to have hold upon the city delegate, and
the power TO command, in respect to matters
which would otherwise not, interest him, and SO,
to the city, of the county delegate. In any such
event, the advantage of the joint and reciprocal
representation is apparent, and might be impor-
thant. II is utterly impossible that either can
be injured by the present arrangement-it is al
together possible that both may be benefited.
The circumstances under which this movement
has come before the public are themselves worthy
OF attention, as indicating the object of those en-
gagedin it. 1t seems that the Republican has
been appraised of it, long enough to have discover
ed that "a large number of wings" favor it, and
yet, although it was a matter of considerable in
terest to the people of the city and county, not
one whisper has escaped that astute journal in
regard to it. The Republican has its ''local hab-
itation'' in region where wings do very much
abound. Note that The first information we
have is from a friend residing in the neghbor-
hood of Hat Creek-tbe strong hold of demoera-
scy. Nete tlat too If such movement were
desirable for any other than party reasons surely
the city, and not the county, is the party most apt
TO desire it, and most apt to take the first step
towards it. But, being only desirable on party
grounds-naturally enough, we first hear of it in
the county and still more naturally first, in the
delectable region Of Hat Creek. We may have
occasion still farther 10 speak of this matter.