Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-01-20

RICHMOND, JANUARY 90, 1894.
FOR THE ENQUIRER.

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and The other hoeire Proiesting Representa-
fires from the State Of Pennsylvania.
GENrLEMEN-l have read your Circular
with the most respectful consideration. Per-
| init me tn state my exceptions TO il in the
words OF soberness," aud trust, uf truth /"
will "speak right ON - for these are times
which require all republicans To commune To-
getber with the utmost frankness and plain
dealing
Whence your circular, gentlemen Who is
its author and promoter? ~ il countensnc-
ed by candidate, who is in favor of ann s.rt
81 nomination ola Caucus, or of Conven
tion9 Or is II got up, by a candidate who tho
once himself an active member of Caucus,
is now as actively opposed to it-by one, who
spares no means whatever to promote his pre-
tenslons-has friends who would wok every
WIRE for his nterest-and would oppose every
SPECIES of preliminary nomination, because he
Is aware that every species would be against
him and would trust all his chaacrs to IA
scnfile before The II. of r. ?*-Why affect any
false delicacy Is not John G.. Calhoun the
first mover in this notable scheme? Did not
he. or one fhis convenient friends, ply one
of your RepreseH tatves-until by gradually
playing upon the honest feelings Of majority
OF your worthy Representative s, he has CON
trved to cast this bomb shell into the camp
of" good old Pennsylvania ?"-Coniusion i,
has order.-Mr. Calhoun would defeat every
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES his old mode of eau
Gus, or your modern mode of Convention !;
FOR, It IS by distraction, and not by union, that
he expects To mount the chair of the govern
ment.
Will Pennsylvania fall into this snare ? Will
you, her worthy representatives, suffer your
selves To be brgniled into a scheme which is
Ia strip her of her influence, break up her
councils, and send her g shorn of her beams,
into an election before the II. of r.?
What is your objection To Caucus at
Washington? You say il will be partial
one-that II will consist '' of "A small minori-
w "f the Republican party. How do YOU
prove this position Do you wish, like some
other prnpheis, to verify your own predic-
tinns? Do you complain of the very evil
whi"h you wish 10 create? The twenty Rep
resen,atives of Pennsylvania Withdraw from
the Caucus-and then with true Irish sagaci
| ~ they declare it is partial meeting, and
therefore they must Withdraw from it. This
is jadecd most extraordinary logic! Are
you sure that a ma jOI y of the Republicans
| are unwilling Ia combine their efforts for The.
| sake of saving the party from disunion, and
the country from distraction Count them up,
gentlemen, and please also To count Yourselves
among the number. Maine a-New Hamp-
shire 2-Vermont Massachusetts l-R
Island 2-Connectcut S-N. York ON Jer-
sly 9-Pennsylvania 9O-AIaryl land 4-Virgi-
MA l5-N Carolina Il-South Carolina s.
Georgia lone absent) Tennessee Ohio
mississippi Indiana ILLINOIS l.
Here, Sirs, we have lO3 Republicans, without
counting one from Alabama or Missouri.
Count up the FederalIsts in both Houses
count up also the republicans in both Houses.
who are in favor of the man that would be-
nominated by the Caucus, but are restrained
from attending it By long standing scruples,
and do you believe that the facts will bear out
the assertions? Can you be con, ihced that
It IS small minority only of the Republicans
who would attend 1t? Nay,I soIemnIy ask
you, whether those who would assist AZ IN.
meeting with those who would support its no
mination, ould not compose Il decided raaiori-
~ OF the Republican, party.-ADd yet by with
drawing, you may create the partial meeting
OF which you would com plain. You defeat a
nomination, which Concentrates the vote of
the Republican party, and gives 10 Pennsyl-
wanna her due ascendancy in the election of
Chief Magistrate, aud in the subsequent ooun-
ellis of the nation
But you would adopt asubstiule." Wha,
is il ? national Convention at Washington
perhaps Have you duly considered this mat
ter, Gentlemen ? You speak Of" the general
consent o. The rePnbhcaa party throughout The
notion And do you expect To obtain this
!
Who do you think will inin in i, ? Will the
irlends ofIJ. c. Calhoun Never!
VIII The friends of A. Jackson? Npver-the
resolutions of Tennessee speak language
which cannot be- mistaken
WIZ Mr.. Clay and his friends Far from
IT. Mr. Clay does not rely upon votes of the
electors, but of the statrs-He does not stand
upon The strength of the people, bot of the
unequal masses called States. So that he
cai, come an a. the third coursrr on the turf,
ana Ten. jackson is left ont, Mr.. Clay counts
upon gong upon the Washington course, back
ca 6y ms eight estern states. He trusts TO the
fortune of the day for fire more states TO carry
his eieotion.-He then will not co into yoGr
COW entiOn.
Taking the question in another point of
vlfw-H we shift the consideration from can
diadts, to states, how many oftbP small suites
WIZ waive their reUersionGry right, and go into
your national Convention =
But alter all, gentlemen, recoect that il is
me part OF wise politicians, to, suit your nea-
snres to the state Of public opinion. Ona M
HonM question, you cannot expect to make
your state machinery acceptable 10 all the
staies.-YOU nominate by Conventional
I5a familiar mode in your stale elections bn,
utterly unknown to many Of the states. II
VIII IN all probability fail The want of lime
to mature lt-one district being AT n loss IN
know whether another will adopt 1.-THE diff
Guilty OF calling the people together in such
- Extract of - letter from gentleman OF lie first
respeciahy, nov ~ w 'sIington City. 10 his friend
~ Raleigh, dated 31st OF December "a IL IS the IL.
rided % inion OF lie members favorable ~ Mr. Ca
houn, iha the election should eventually eo ~ the
House OF Representatives, hat he would sand the
best chance Oi success. There e an overwbeIn,i,,
number ut STATES against Crawfnrd: and in the o.
vent of The local candidates being Withdrawn MIR
Calhoun, who Is SECOND choice every where (shere
/ In - fret r,pfd To-. - l.