Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-01-26
RICaM OND, JAM. se.
PENNsYLyAN1A-" he torio,l zone y

MS OF the honor Of nomination OF Vice Presi-
DENT as was once designed, and have transferred
It to Pennsylvania. They have raised the cry OF
Joy a, the alleged revolutions of public sentiment in
that State, exactly as they had done about Yir-
glnia. They even affect 10 clam her their own.
L his Is their policy. They can lose nothing by
the assertion, and may possibly succeed in duping
Other States by show OF strength III Pennsyiya
But, with what plausibility they are raising this
10 Poean will appear from the following sta einents
OF citizens OF the State distinguished alike by their
intimate knowledge of the sentiments Of the pco-
yle, and the integrity of their own character
&c following is brief and lucid history OF the
Two Conventions at Harrisburg:
ErtTdct 81 u letter from Pennsylvania.
4he recent nomination of an Administration G.
ieeoral ticket, the 18th ofJanuary at Harrisburg,
- mere matter OF parade, not seriously believed
by the leaders OF the Con IGNITION likely TO effect
any good purpose to their cause in the state. 1t
Is to operate elsewhere. And with the view Of
showing how the question stands in Pennsylvania,
Will call your attention TO a few facts
1t should be kept in mind that Mr.. Binns has
always made the most oil the little influence he may
have at command. At the last Presidential cleo
ton we therefore found him assembling at Harris
burg, with all due tormality, the friends of his
candidate for President, and solennly naming an
electoral ticket Soon after the ticket was an
nounced, his paper teemed with letters on the
bright and fatterng prospects of the Individual he
supported. Every body knew that he could not re-
ceive, as TO numbers, even respectable vote.
But still Bnns persisted in his determination Of
making at least ga demonstration ~ 1 have not
the least doubt, that MIR. Adams will find him
maidstone about his nect, not only in Pennsylvania
but throughout the Union.
The nomination of an electoral ticket, by those
who have been so completely defeated on former
occasion, only proves that they willing again
10 appear 10 have strength, when in reality they
6noi0 that they must be outyoted by very large
majority. The trick is now, however, seen thrO' ,
and will not pass current any longer
About the time the Legislature Of Pennsylvania
adjourned last spring, the Democratic members Of
the Assembly convened in the State Capitol, and
fixed upon the Sth OF January tor the meeting OF
the Convention to nominate electors for President
and Vice President. The same body OF Repre-
sentatives agreed upon Harrisburg the proper
place. The campaign now opened-And the Adj
IniniStraton caught 1T any and every thing TO make
it appear that they were gaining ground They
said the Governors former message indicated his
leGrlitgS for the Administration. They even went
so far in Philadelphia city and Chester county, and
perhaps other place, to resolve that they APP
proved of the General and State Administration,
because the Governor had, as they said, in his
message looked at least that way. The Woollens
Conventions, about this time, were started. They
were both 10 meet at Harrisburg. Pennsylvania
was now to be the seat Of lCGr Tor q few months.
Every thing was 10 be done TO draw her from her
first love, jackson. Mr.. Clay commenced his
Journey TO the lest, and took Washington, Fay
cite and Allegheny in his route. He dined in the
different towns of those counties. In Pittsburg he
was loudly in favor OF manufactures, and told them
that he had voted for Mr.. Adams merely 10 obge
them. The Chesapeake and Chic Canal was not
overlooked in Washington ana Fayette. His clio
quence was made TO bear directly upon III the to-
pies that interested that section OF the country A.
bout this time, the Secretary OF Mar found his
way TO the Bedford Springs, and Joined with the
Democrats of Bedford in celebrating the 18th Of Ju-
". He also addressed the meeting, nothing omit
ting to show how anxious the Government was 10
please Pennsylvania. Mr. WrighPs circular was
now in our newspapers, in which he claimed the
highest functionaries of the State as belonging
TO his side OF she question. The PENNSYLVANIA
Inteigencer, well-established democratic paper
edited by Messr5 Cameron and krOuSc, who had
received the Public Printing, came out for The ad-
ministration They joined in the general sentiment
published and circulated by the administration ey-
cry where, that Mr.. Adams was growing into pop
ularity with the people OF our State Il was aaid
that Binns's Six Militia Mems Pamphlet, with
Harriss forged letter, published III Dutch ana En-
glish, and scattered throughout the State, do
ing very efficient service to the cause of Adams
Thus, full of zeal and delighted with IMAGd-
NARY prospects of success, which they took for
real, they promised themselves at the election of
members to the State Legislature, many changes
in iavot of their cause. But they were ignorant
Of the tue character Of our Democracy They
mistook their own noise and clamor for change Ia
the minds Of the people; and they never discover
"a their delusion till they heard from the 81 coun-
ties Of Pennsylvania, and found that they had car
Iied only out OF that number; and in . counties
both parties had succeeded in clccng portion of
their members. Thus, the jackson men have the
whole representation from 40 counties out of So
With such state Of things, what possible chance
can the administration electoral ticket have Of
success?
Such, indeed, was the disastrous overthrow Of
the Adams-mcn, that Immediately after the elec-
lion, the Editors 81 the " Pennsylvania intelligen-
Ger" finding they had been jostIcd out of the par
~ sold their establishment at Harrisburg, which
IS now conducted by Mr.. Stambaugh, under the
name Of the - Pennsylvania Reporter" and is
Dow ably advocating the cause Of Jackson. Ii is a
curious fact, and worthy Of notice here, that in all
the counties through which Messr5. Clay and Bar
bour passed, the people, in every instance, select
cd Jackson representatives by overwhelming ma
IOrities
In Pittsburg. wherc Mr.. Clay it was said, dincd
with 600, the Administration Senator did not re-
ceye that number of votes, taciVdiag the tChyic
county Of dllegha1y, which belongs 70 the same
Senatorial District.
In Bedford, where Mr.. Barbour dincd, some
doubts were entertained as 10 Mr.. Tutwiler's dis
position (the former member Of assembly, to sup
port the Hero Of New Orleans; and before he
could be re-nominatcd, he was compelled to come
out and pledge himseifor Jackson.
I'm tie town of Harrisburg, where the woOllens
conventions met, and where the intcliigcnccr had
done its best in support of the Administration,
c1ndlddtss dlthOuGh regularly taken up, was re-
iected by the people, because he was JrOm .1cD
England, and therefore doubted
AT all the election polls, remember but one
man, in running as a volunteer, avowcd himself
for Adams and he lost: while in many instances,
al the candidates running on both sides were for
the Hero Of New Orleans, and recommended as
such by both parties. Binn5 attacks upon Con.
jackson and his amiablc oOnsort, his support Of
Mr. Adams, after having traduccd and abused him
IN style at once vulgar and contemplate, awakcd
the people into belief that all was not fair. They