Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-02-24

MIR. Chapman Johnson, Of the Senate, then
suggested "A doubt as to the proprety Of I'M
dertaking at that time To indicate a candidate
for the Office of Vice President. That oEce,
he said, was so far 5ehind the Presidency IN
brillance and importance, that it had not at
: tracted much of The psblic attention. SO lit
tie had it been thought Of, that he presumed
the meeting could moi ascertain with certain
~ who was the most prominent individual.
Although Albert Ga latin had been nom,nat-
ed within few days AT Washington, yet when
the election takes place, he may not be a.
moUg the prominent persons. 1t was the usu-
al practice for the electors TO give their votes
according 10 the wishes Of those By whom
they had been designated This had always
been expected of them. But suppose an cleo
tor should be designated friendly to Crawford,
but not to Gallaliu. Would he not decline.
acting He thought il most proper under these
circumstances to decline nomina,inn-a and
leave 1t to the discretion of the College of
Electors in whom the meeting would have
confidence, and who, no doubt would act ac-
cording TO circumstances, and choose the
most prominent individual But, if electors
be selected, who stood pledged to support
either A. Gallaiin or Langdon Cheves, they
would do so, and would, perhaps, throw away
the vote of the state, in relation to this i'm
pOrtant Office.
Mr.. Tyler was not able to see any greater
difficulty in nominating a Vice President than
President. Ii is said that great uncertainty
exists as 10 the person who will probably be
elected, and that if person be nominated, the
vote OF the state may be thrown away: Does
not the same uncertainty exist in regard to
the Presidency? Ii appeared to him that the
chances OF eiectiDg particular person To the
Vice Presidency were very great The friends
OF Mr.. Crawford at Washington had desgnat-
ed Albert Gallain, distinguished citizen Of
pennsylvania, for that Office, and an almost
positive certainty exists that the friends Of the
other candidates would unite in his support
The election Of President depended, in the
main, on PeDnsylsania-and we were not 10
believe that they would incur the risque Of
losing the vote of Pennsylvania, by turning
their backs on her most distinguished and ia
v0red citizen. He did not mean to say, that
the caucus at Washington bad nominated
Blf. Galatin with view to court PenDsylya-
MIA. What he meant to say was, that they
had led, and the friends of the other candi-
dates were bound to follow suit Mr.. Gala
Tin stood upon his own merits.- He was
bright ornament TO the country, and lad been
considered 10 difficult times, one of the strong
est pillars of epubIieanIsm.-In sagacty and
political consistency he yielded TO none Of the
candidates for the Presidency. Mr. Tyler
was prepared to express his unqualified pre-
ference for him.
MIR. Johnson regretted that his difficulties
had not been removed The meeting had
convened TO do what became them in relation
10 the election Of President: and its object
was not so much the indication Of Vice Pre-
sident as Of President This, he said, was
its abimatiug principle, and il should do moth
ing to thwart the main object, or TO trammel
the election Of Mr.. Crawford. The Presiden-
cy had been long held up and discussed lhro'-
out the country, and the meeting had met
charged with the sentiments and wishes Of
their constituents. But no man there, knew
any more Of what his constituents thought Of
the successor Of the present Vice President,
than what they thought Of the successor of
the Emperor Alexander. The subjecthad not
at all been discussed. Scarcely passing pa
FagraPh had appeared in newspaper on the
subJect~-and there must be great difficulty iu
selecting person who would be the choice
OF the people.
We are told that althoughihe meeting AT
Washington had not selected A. Gallaiin for
the purpose Of counting Pennsylvania, yet the
N'rnts OF the ether candidates would court