Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-11-08

pic having bsclli III hliety-tihc fhSfS OIL " tFfA
hundred, definitely made up his sface'tss mai re-
Iluciant request 10 &c Withdrawn vii N, pro5abr
eharge The direction often Yates IN the STATE b.
I this retreat affords loop ON whleiio ham dad.;
Il will now bes sid tina, ar f. would aase leeeis.
ed the vote OF the State, but for his mgnani'ooas
i withdrawal. Bn,it,s great mistake. IL aceer
asas eeteasipeis popular. HUNDREDS Of people,
how ever, we believe, who might at one thno have
been induced To support HIM, d,ssHSica nt the
course of bis 81 friends and himself had determined
| to drop him. lie need not have given himself any
uneaslness about dividing tho Jackson ranks. II
thu, behalf, he had done all hthad powerto effect
II lac had intended to Withdraw for that reason, he
ought TO have done some good To the party by IL
But his retreat nj this time otday, can only lose
him the confidence Of the 81. 1t cannot re-csiab-
/ lish llm IN the confidence OF, the people OF Virsi.
/ MA"
The Petersburg Chronicle another of the liege
servants of King Caucus and the Richmond Juoto.
thus speaks Of Judge Barbour letter OF wl.hdrsv-
/ al
:. If this letter bore the date of the 2lth Septeni-
/ Der, Of August, its coatents might be ialy nc
credited with ineontcstib,e AND plenury signs OF
salt-mmolaton on the ALTAR OF his p'uty-~ani we
say MS party, because VT believe /. r Barbour 10
he an Incorporating Republican of,bn Jeiierso
MAN mould aud stamp. But these elcyenth-houf
Withdrawals, and deatl-bed conversions toe, tho
sometimes better late tIan not at ALL SAVIOUR must
deectably Of Neet-scented policy" or are sea.
soncd with slight sprinkIing of pcnunlary adj
vancerrcn, or with some other less delicate condi-
meni or more pquaut eaure, to whet the appetite
.tnd ds,eud The stomach ofthc ,caith tribe o. mean
+ er sensriions"
Lido n.,r frnp, thaUap yff rs he
effect OF his 3" mngnaniiaous Withdrawal upon the
Van Bureu fracton Of" he grca, Republican par
y.' They tell linn plainly, that he " never was
extensively popular" --,hat he los, much Of his
,on--and ha, he has not and uover cum regain it,
What, on the dther hand. say those friends who
! made and sns,aiued the Charlottesville nomination,
up to the period Of judge Rarbons Withdrawal
Could he Judge wi,ne$a ,heir modification and
chasrin, and heal their comments Oh tia, scl re
would regr ct the hour when he penncd that Letter
as sample, he may take the following from
correspondent of,le Alexandria Gazette
"Marion, of Fairfax County, pres cn,s his com
plillcnts 10 toe Eu.tsr Of tic Richmond Enquirer
! for the sttg1l uotce o.hs eeElmua,eauon taken in
that paper, and bees leave to assure h'm that no
now renaunccs and retracts sl and every thing thai
! he ever said in favor OF Mr.. p. T. Barbour, whose
con4uc, has both surprzed eud mortified him ex
eeediusly. Marion, however, will not be dr.
ven into the soppori al an Bultn, aud Will not AT
tend the polls. MIR. Barbour shall not have Ma
rous' aappor, or good word hereat.ern my politi
cal contest thai n,sy arise, IN Which be may be CON
eefned.h
The Norfolk Hcrad--a paper always calm in
its tone aud not a violent partiza- thus speaks OF
| Judge Bulbours letter.
"Ihe Letter of the Hon p. p BARBOUR which
we published in our last, has asu'unicd his friends
aod surprised all parties. Judge Barbour was
nominated a candidate for the Vice Presidency,
! 10y the Jackson State OF Alabama, while MI VAS
! BuptS was or his mission 10 England and while
! the Richmond Enquirer was leading tho public TO
believe that the latter gentleman had no wish, mud
indeed no idea Of being run for thol ohee.-Why
he was subsequently nominated, no reason has yet
been given. save that il was due to Gen. Jackson,
whose chief t,,var,c he WIS, TO punish the Senate
for thar coutnmacy in pe'oin. MS appointment; as
minister To Great Britain, by sendng 70 preside q
yer their deliberations the man whom that body had
! refused to trust with iorci en- mission Ael romi-
mated he was 1t Is needless to recapituiHle the e
vents connected with that nomination. Suffice ii
10 sry, that those ftlcnds of General 5ocAsan III
Virginia who coul! MOI svalIo'r Van Brrsn (sN"p
anu aiD perscverei in their resolution IL support
Jad &c Diroolr for the Vice Presidency the Doui-
nation Of the Baltimore Convention 10 the contrary
notwithstanding. The support not dtettRad
but coantehaH1ed by Judge B. uni,l the very eve Of
the election when he suddenly rccoocts that itbc
Is ma it may operate To tie disadvantage of the
caucus candidate and possibly throw the election
INTO the Senao.--lie therefore recommends his
friends to vote for the Legislative <Canrus} Con
venton Ticiet--a recommendation which II IS Ger
tain they will Fay no regard To.
ali the objcc, of his friends va honorable and
na.riotic Why desert them III impo,i,c and rash
why give i, bis sanction, even ill the hour oftiai
Why not DECLINE at irst the protfcred honor
Honor ptcls nc on-Bu, how If honor prick me
OFF, Alas the dread Of beng III n mlnority--'of
falling into nough is sometimes too powerful
even for ambition itself.
"The Ant. Jackson party have never nai,crsd
themselves that they could gain the vote Of Vmg
ma by the divisions of their opponents they knew
too well the efficacy Of party discipline 20 believe
tina, the breach could be nude wide enough for
,:lcm TO enter And for ourselves, We no, dis.
appointed in any other respect than in our cscnla-
tons on Judge Rarbours frmness and consistency,
and reasonable belief we had entertained that he
would remain true 10 his friends But such traits
OF character rarely found IN the full bred pon-
clah sink who may, he viii take care to float down
the stream Of popularity with his heai above wa
ter"
Such are the sentiments universally expressed q
Judge Barbours Withdrawal, while, on the other
hand there is scarcely voice raised in defence OF
that act The reason is obvious. The Van Bu-
rem party know that, so far as Virginia was con-