Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-03-17
Richmond, Saturday, March M.

1he Caucus took vote upon the Vice Presidency on
Thursday night-aud determined nearly 3 to l. against
making any specific nomination of " President II will
now dcvolvc upon the Electors throw their votes "a tho
nights OF the time may best direct, TO preserve the
weight oil Virginia. TO act in with the
Party In our sister States and TO keep the Election out of
the Senate of the U. s. In the meantime the neo,I ~
will send Delegates to the Baltimore Convention with
wise instructions for the govennen of their DELEGATES
IN the selection they may make-We observe that the
Cuzens oil Washington, and RUSSELL and Jefferson coun
hes, are already moving in this measure
The Caucus, we think, has decided most wisely They
declined all specific nomination. Not even the high cha
racter the uniform principles of r. p Barbour nor the
attachment OF the members TO this dsng uished Citizen
gould sweve them from the they had laid do,yn
or themselves. They went for their country, the harno-
ny oil their Party the securing election by the Peo-
pie, and the keeping it back from the Senatc-Tbis
course is recommended by the son ges
1 ne country viii appreciate and approve it.
The unanimity with which this Meeting In, rallied
around General Jackson is of the strongest evi
dences OF his strength with the People Virania viii
support him-she will lend the moral force her charac
ter To his Administration. She will stand by bim-and
she trusts he will stand by her
We have but word TO say to the Proceedings of the
Caucus The Debate was animated, often eloquent-,oo
sharp and warm the FIRST night-but on Thursday nght
When mich oil The steam was let off, moderate; and
TWO OF thrce oil the speeches were OF commanding eo-
quence--Mr. Van Buren, sharply attacked "a was
expected. Gentlemen of high character assailed him
often very inaccuraely as we presume 10 tb;nko
ing as facts what they may have the Tele graph
and other similar papers, edited by men, whom we re.
specially think entitled TO of the confidence which
ed
from such sources had been contradced and reed i'm
her paper-bui these had not met the eye the Orators
nose VINO know Mr. v BIS life will be astonshed when
they hear that ne has been charged with being associa
| ed with the Peace Party in New York and being con-
cerned in getting up the Missouri controversy Men of
the highest honor have yc.'ed these statements be-
cause 'ney nave not seen the other side of the story
They will yet do justice toa illuminated and persec,-
ted man.
One word more:-Grcat mistakes prevailed about the
results oil the former caucas-gross misre
nave oeeh GeSgnedy proPagatcd Wehad expected bet
ter things from the Boston Commercial Gazette than
such an article as the following which reached in that
paper last evening:-"The Legislative Caucus which
Mr. - and few other Van Buren, men recently sci
III motion at Richmond, has terminated its sittings unfa.
veurably TO the Magician The object of Mr.. -
and his friends, in getting up procure
nomination of Mr. Van Buren, for the Vice Presidency
Now, what gross mistakes there in this paragraph
Every man here knows that il ialseI There was NJ
getting up of the Caucus. 1t is matter of course
Every fourth year since the adoption of the Genera
Ticket law, This Legislative Caucus has been held. 9
mere was no attempt, no desire, TO procure nomination
OF If van buren, we were opposed TO any nomination
| OF Pice Presdeut-Barbour, Van Buren, we care not
whom But il is equally certain, that several of those
who most warmly supported Mr.. b., warmly con-
demned or denounced V. b.