Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-01-12

" nat are 1ve 90 TANK OF the Proposition il; Inc
Convention OF Kentucky TO nominate Mr. Craw-
lord as wee President, to be run along with the
Adams ticket; and, the argument of Mr. Talbot
who submitted the Resolutions itself condemns the
propriety OF the expedient.--" He made q long
Speech which he commenced hy a sketch of th.,
pablo life of Mr.. Crawford, in which he gave him
the most exalted character tor talents patriotism
and public services rcudercd TO the country, all of
which was veil nerited have no doubt. lie said
,hat he had thought long and deeply on the sub
lJec' oil nominating a Vice President and had
come To the conclusion that the Convention
should make the nomination. He then advcrted
TO iiepoucy ofselectng Mr.. c. as being the favor
lie OF Georgia, Virginia s N. Carolina; rs having
great strength In New Jersey, Maryland and De-
iaware; and that his nomination by Adams men,
would add to their strength i'm those States: that il
would ne calculated 10 weakea Jackson strength
by making a diversion in his very strong hold the
Sou,nerh States MIR. Talbot then endeayored to
! convince the convention that Mr. Crawford was
friendly TO Mr. Adams reelection by various de-
sili'ory proofs, naming particularly his tost tina.
inc administration ought TO he tested By its acts
which he said Mr.. Crawford had given AT y public
dinner shortly after the las: election Here his
strong hope. were more relied on than any DO i
tive assurancc."-'' Mr.. WicSlifti of Fayette NJ
tackled Mr.. I resolution. In the iirs. place. lie
denied That there was sufficient evidence Of Sfr
Crawiords friendly feelings 20 Mr. Adams He
mentioned the refusal 10 accept seat in his cabi
net, although pressed by the friends of MIR. Adams
to do so and also that the leading friends Of Mr.
General Jackson In thc second place, lie though,
1t premature and impolitic He alluded to the con-
yenticnS which were shortly 20 he held in Virginia
PennSylVania and Ohio, where very probably no.
ninatlons o: other persons would be made. which
would bring the nomination ofthis convention into
collision with their friends with whom said he il
Is not safe 10 be II all at variance He alluded in
strong terms, TO the prop;iety OF acting in concert
with Ohio, sc. and rather following than giving the
lead The proposition was finally lost, and the
cause OF MIR. y. will certainly suffer more by its
being brought forward, than by its not being a
doptcd.
the Adams Convention at Harrisburg to run His
Excellcncy j. Andrew Shulzc, Governor of
Pennsylvania rs V. President of the u. S.-or a
ali events g at the head of the Electoral Tick
et.-Ihe reason OF the request is plainly unmask-
cd by the movers-viz that they may have the
use G which is identified with the cause of
Internal Improvement and American Nlanufac-
tures.-The :" use IF q admei'-and is il right TO
attempt TO take in n free people by the mere "use
| % name'" fire Dasn to be led By nGmeS?-Is it
proper TO lay such bats for Observation-Disclosures
the authors of the notable invention thought that
! II even Mr.. ShuZe would not consent to serve in
either capacity, still that this might draw
from nm some compliment 10 their Cand-
date, which might avail his friends in the time Of
need-idr =, however, adroitly evaded both modes
oil committing hmself-pleading off by aledgine-
the duty (Which he felt as far as il is in (s5
power, to soOthe and dlloy, rather than GgeTapafe
the asperities, which necessarily will appertain to
! inc approaching Presidential canvas reason.
which the movers OF the scheme ought TO have
been the first TO appreciate-But even If John A.
ShuiIe had consented 10 lend the ltse of his
nn"1e' to their political purposes, it would not
have answered.-There is no such tasmanic
power IN 1T, nor in any other name, to arrest the
current which runs for jackson in Pennsylvania
And let the National Inelli,encer raise as iaany
triumphant PGans as il can about the prospects OF
Pennsyivana-let il boast as much as il pieases of
the revolutions in that powerful State-let il study
effect, and try the benefit of such manifestoes las
1t put iorth on Wednesday, for the purpose of ope-
raunS on contemporary conventions, TO animate the
friends OF Mr.. Adams and damp the eXertions of
the friends of General Jackson the pistol will
miss fre'-Pennsylvania viii 60 on in the course
she has marked out for herself-and 80 win Virgi-
MIA: As one evidence, we have the following ex-
| tracto letter from member OF her Legislature
| 10 member of the House of Delegates of Virgil
MIA, dated one day after the Harrisburg Adams
Convention of the 4th. assembled
Extract OF letter from n member OF the PennsvI-
wanna Legislature 10 his friend now IN Richmond
I dated ffarris5prg Ian Z 1903
! " he parties in our Legislature stand about as
1--we 10 one. From the best information which
can obtain from all sections o:oir State have nc
hesitation in saying, that Pennsylvania viii rive
JACKSON an overwhelming majority There are two
or three counties in which the federali,;s have
lnaJority-but all the other counties VIII give Gen
jackson about the same vote thev rave TO Cen
Shuize at his last election. ShuZes majority was
upwards of - 00a''
The Jackson Convention OF PENNSYLVANIA was
10 meet on tho Sth.