Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-10-20

We have heard OF the shsmeless manner IN Wn'c'
the yard had been crammed with partisans O.
: .ths boat-bulders son." who are paid out OF tbs
treasury for doing nothing but electioneering, We
OWE that the rcl ty far exceeded our anticipation
We saw = vast swarm Of persons. so thick thai
they were in each others way. great many 81
whom were standing about and sitting about ie's
urely, having no other anxiety thanto k'li time
We saw 80 men. two of them having crow-bars
engaged in turning over piece OF timber about
80 feet long. The same work could have been
done by tho two men who had the crowbars.
We saw 10 men dragging al pair of timber
wheels from which were slung xix inch-and-a
half planks The 10 were doing what two men
and one horse could have accomplished,
We saw great numbers Of men engaged in the
interesting occupation Of removing timber from a
pile and placingt in nnother pile few feet of,
there being no apparent necessity for the removal,
and the whole operation being useless one in
dulged in to pass away the time until the next
day, when il was very probable that the timber
would be placed in its original position.
| We saw six men engaged in loading one cart
with shavings and chips, which were 10 be taken
out Of the yard, probably to supply fuel to some
Of the friends of the "Widows Friend, Florence
Four other were carrying the chins to the
pile from which the cart was loaded. Thus ten
men were employed in this operation. which be-
ing for private advantage, should have been done
at the expense of parties Interested. There were
several carts thus engaged. and probably 60 men
were assisting in this highly interesting descrp-
ton of Government work"
We saw numbers ofmen pulling Mt ropes which
were too slight to accomplish any material ser
vice, and we thought Of the long pull and the
strong pull which the Government was thus lend
ing to the friend Of the revival of the slave trade
We saw. in short. that there were something
like twenty-five hundred men, as near as we could
estimate. employed To do tho work of five hundred
and that the Government was paying from three
thousand 10 four thousand dollars day to corrupt
the elective franchise in the First District, to
bear the free expression of the opinion Of voters.
and TO buy tho reelection Of the Hon. Thomas b.
Florence.
We saw in front of the entrance to the navy
yard, suspended across the street n large banner
intended to keen the paid myrmidons 1t the Gov,
eminent in mind of what their duty was. 1t
bore this inscription
''roR CONGRESS.
HON. THOMAS II. rLoREN
THE BoAT-BuiLDkR's son.
When n man raes himself by honest industry,
His very original lowness sheds lustre on his
elevation"
The contest on next Tuesday is, we think, the
most important that has transpircd within the
present generation. 1t will decide whether mem
bcrs Of Congress can contempiuously slight and
defy their constituents and then insult them by
demanding n reelection. II will decide whether
centralzntion--ol Federalism of the worst kind
--cnn be allowed TO menace the people, and whcth-
er wholesale bribery can he unhlushnply rcsored
to by the Government for the purpose of "verpow-
cring the sentiment of the public. and rewnrding
unfuithfu servants with new trusts rs n guerdon
for seryility. injustice, aud dishonor. Good save
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