Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-01-15

but there some ;hou a.l6s / n aid sa,. r,i,s
re devo Cd on The side OF heir country in the
last war, and above the intlu, of the Bitte
light who, have mo Doubt, will be Tor Jackson
very unpleasant state Of things exists at IIar-
tisburg-a degree OF Intolerance between ln, con.
tending parties, which. we iervcn.ly trust, VII,
never bS Introduced ino the Old Doninion--lt
seems. that resolution was adopted by The Late
Adams Convention at Harrisburg, in which they
recommends ! TO the friends of the Administration
IN every district in the State, to nominate persons
iIo:n ;nuong thems lives, for every Office elective
by Tie people. THIS resolution was accompanied
" remarks from luinc OF the members, Nhcis
were not calculated 20 rem Ter il palatabic
10 the friends Of INSTRUMENTATION il equal TO re-
action philosophers Na: aud in contrary direction
ne friends oil Jackson yi.d al ~ In, ir resen;Inents
and rcsortcd 10 retaliation. III election of State
treasurer was going on--ant so,i.c suspicion Law
ing been created about the political partisli.ics of
Mr.. Clark, the Incumbent an'l the frien ly Of III.
Administrator having abSGrdly challenged the
Jackson party to eject him oln Office, letter
was addressed TO Mr.. Clark staring that a line
If distinction drawn by the Adams Convex
ton, which male il eceSsary for him 10 answer
TWO questions: iirSt, whether lie had, or had not,
IN 1874 voted for General Jackson; and, secondly,
whether he would, would not, vote for Generai
'a' fson at the coming electoral election. Mi.
Clark replied promptly to the enqutiies Of tao
Committee: " To the enquiry, whether he voted
Tor General j. cfson in 1924 he replied tbat he
was n member OF the Central Committee, and IA. ri
voted for Gen. Jackson. To the enquiry whether
he would vote for the General at the next election
he replied that he should think himself ds;ri ace,
to give any answer, during the tendency Of ~,
Election 70 Office TO which salary is attached
! The consequence of this excitement was that
when the election came ON, on the Sh, Alexander
! Alahon, Speaker of the Senate, received rs votes
and was elected; MIR. Clark had 4S, and II. NJ
Grain had votes. Twcu;y-o one jackson men voted
for Clark.
MEETINGS OF TIE PEOPLE
meeting of the citizens of .af0nonca7ic com.
ty favorable to the election of Gen. JIckson was
held at the Courthouse in Morg4itown ON the 25t,
| ult, (Aaron Barker, Esq in the chair, and Mr. y
| H. MADEIRA Sec'ry )-Thcy Inferred into some ve.v
strong resolutions and appointed Maj. &. s. 1Iol-
gan, Col X. Watts and f. Billingsley, ESD their
delegates to unite with the Delegates from tf
other counties OF the State the I4th instant 70
| tranca Jackson Electoral Ticket---A meeting WA.
held OF the ,itizens of Fauquer, friendly 10 Gen
JackSons election, at Orlcarl, the 9Th ut. MAJ
! James Payne III the chair. and DR.. Geo heel;
| Secry) \ preamble and resolutions were unani
niously adopted-s5 voting for them Of which %
| were ireehoiders. They approve of the formation
I OF an electoral ticket hy the Legislature of .l.>
STATE, and requestther Representative to support
! the Jackson Ticket.
! Eighth IF JaaH0ry-Ihe celebrations beof,,
to pour III upon US. Those nj Baltino ore and Phirt.
deiphia were very interesting in spite of the wen
iher We publish the Proceedings 1T New s.-ts-s
! the toasts are pungcnt-thosc OF general cha
| racter are admirable. We rocomtnard ,i,.,, g. -.