Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-10-08

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| I'm the person of the gentleman now before us
as tue regular republican candidates NV
readers must put these things together for
themselves, as well as they can. Ii is irnpossi-
Die Tor me tn reconcile the parties, on any o.
Their principle than that of some express bargain
on the SUBJECT. But, is it to be believed that
Richmond has yielded the supremacy to Albany,
and abandoned the doctrines of her .sschoo'n
No-no; the very same desire of getting or
keeping power that led Richmond to oppose
Albany IN 1916, now Influences both to u
ute In supporting the caucus; for it is ma
n'fest that no other way is left for either.
TO have weight in the affairs Of the government,
further than fairly belongs to them as in,liy idu-
ATS. That there is some bargain, is TO me very
man,fest,-and it probably is wholesale one :
for heard the great organ of the ssregcncyr i'm
New York, say to one of his friends at Albany
-" on recollect how we worked at Washing
ton dnrlDg the campaign of 1916, ant no,c zoe are
d6ott TO reap Mc. fruits IF it," having reference
to the vote just then taken, that the legislature
would adjourn without doing any thing in rela-
ton to the electoral law. What ''FRUirs,n The
election of Mr. Crawford, on account ofhls supe-
ior talents and known preference for measures
GohiormaDie 10 the wishes of the people of New
York! Certainly not-bCcause, at the time re-
ferred to, that gentleman was not thought of by
inc people OF That state, or any other, as fitted
Tor the presidency, and further for the reason
that he was supported i'm the caucus of 1916,
only TO oppose Virginia or the administration.
10 fruits" for the people could then have been
expected, any more than a person would hone
10 reap gram without sowing of secd-but
'fruits" were expected for BY the s.cabal. - and
the enjoyment OF them was now at hand, i'm the
Acknowledgement of the population oil y. York,
and an investment of their Sc votes in the
hands of that &C cabal,n to play with rs they
pleased, and dispose of as might be most adyan-
tageous to themselves. The fact is, that it has
been frequently limited, if not plainly said in
New York, that the election of electors should
not be given to the people because Mey might
throw away the vote of the state!-The pope
tias condemned the common use of the Bible
lest the people may read it and go to perdition!
See note c.
In thus speaking of the caucus of 316 cam
not go the lengths that hIessrs. Gales and Sea-
ton and their then and present colleagues did.
There were among those who voted for MIR.
Ciawiord at that time, as honorable men and AS
SOUND republicans, as voted for him at the late
meeting; men incapable of using the .shumblent
or dirty means that the whole we're stirmalized
with having resorted TO; but still cannot posi-
Oily discover any difference of principle in the
leaders an either case, to the great object
aimed alto wit, The acquisition Of pomer, NTH
om The consent Of the people, and a design to
force pubic opinion through the authority of a
c"Ucttsj ana II Is worthy Of repetition and part-
cular notice, that the gentlemen who were so
much abused in 1916, for supporting MIR. Craw
ford, were nearly as numerous, and qui . as res
pectable, individually, as those who cancussed
for hun in 1924; and that the pretence cannot
be urged now, any more THANH it could have been
then, that that gentleman is the choice of the
people; else the managers of New York would
have gloried in the opportunity of giving him
tue vote of that state by ncralticket, and the
caucus-editors would not have sanctioned and
approved of the violent refusal of the senate to
pass law for the purpose, any more than of the
stand taken by the Spartan band" of Pennsyl-
vania IN 1900, or the outrage committed in New
jersey in 1879. But whatever we may think
of the opposition to the people in 1916 or 1894,
and ofthose who got it up, we must always re-
collect that among the voters for Mr.. Crawford, |
on either occasion, were some of the best and /
soundest friends Of the republican system, who,
no doubt, meant to do what was right, and ac-
ted on what they thought to be principle, not
then seeing the interest that others had in moy-
ing against the public opinion.
With an insertion of table, showing the To- |
cation of the votes given in the caucus Of 1916,
shall conclude the present number, and in the |
next speak ofthe minority affair of 1924.
CAUCUS OF 1916.