Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-06-12
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JUDGE BARBOUR AND THE CLAY PARTY
The Globe of yesterday contains the following
letter, which is supposed TO have been written in
Orange, Va.
Il cannot forbcar To say word to YOU before
L conclude, ON the subject of the opposition to the
regular or Baltimore nomination, of the Vice Pres
dcncy. AT our last Quarterly Court, aprecablv
TO previous notice, there mcctn. for the pur.
pose of clec;ng delegates to the charlottesville
Convention, TO be held on the 18th inst TO nomi
nate Judge Barbour. And do not be surprised
SIR, when L assure you, that out of about eighty
persons who assembled in the room, there
were about seventy of the warmcst Clay men that
belong to our county, including of the same
cast from the adjoining counties of Madison and
Louisa. Aud two of the gentlemen who were
delegated, have until no,o!! looked upon as
hostile to Gen. Jackson and his administration
The whole of the opposition party here are zeal
ously anxious that we-the friends 10 the admins.
tration-should run Judge Barbour for Vice Prcs-
dent. Hoping by this means to defeat an election
by the people, and TO throw it before the Senate,
where there is chance for any one but Mr. Ser
geant. Indeed, Sir, some of the party have gone
SO lar as to acknowledge that this was the reason
of their anxiety for to Judge Barbour.
81 have anxiously anticipated communication
from Judge Barbour TO some of the public journals,
Withdrawing from the canvass. still expect it.,
although Sir, believe that you know was one
of the first TO prefer the claims of Judge Barbour.
Il admire him-I esteem him to the highest de-
gree; but cannot consent, or acquIesce in his be-
This letter fully developers the game which is
playing by Ritchc and his Van Buren, friends
They have in their pleasure nominated Il man for
Vice President for whom the people do not really
care straw-a man VIGOROUSLY & confcsscdly, op.
posed TO Virginia principles and their otcn--a man
who if he had not dcxterously ticlled Rtchc's per-
sonal vanity 81 become Presidents favoritc, would
never have been advocated by any party in this
nnp milf lI,n Eret ,Il,.,o Al,
What has followed? Al who have been accus-
toned 10 follow his lead, have not chosen to OK
tend their complaisancc so far as TO obligc Mr. r,
and Gen. J. by surrender of their principles
opposition extensive and determined, has been
manifested. To are this party and those who
may be disposed to side with ito whip his re,
fractory children, whom he has so long govern.
cd, into obedience--Ritchc pretcnds that this
rising of Barbour's supporters is all the dongs OF
Clay's fricnds-that the genuine Jackson men
have nothing TO do with t-that the CLAY men
originated, fomented, and now urge on, the op-
position to Van Buren,. 1t is unnecessary to con
tradct so idle tale. None can believe it, but the
exclusive readers of the Enquirer, who will be-
lieve any thing. With the schism in the Jackson
party in Virginia, the Clay party have had nothing
to do. 1t tho inevitable consequence of
the attempt to force man upon Virginia, possess
ing no claims upon her gratitude, and connected
with her by no ties of sympathy--n truth who
owes his present position to popular impulse
whatever but exclusively to the favoritism of Jack
son and Ritchic two characters whom he has sue
ceedcd in fascinating and claiming to his fortunes
1t is tatse-Pcrc mptorily ialse-tha the Clay party
in Virginia intrigued to produce, did produce,
the split. Where is Barbour most popular and
Van Buren, most disked? In Mecklenburg Hall
fax, CupcPcr, &c.-prcciseIy where there arc few
est Clay men.
The facts which the author of this letter states
as such, may be facts--the Clay men in Orange
may have attended the meeting--we shall not pre-
sumo to question tho truth of the statemcnt-but il
so, it is an exception, and does not dsprovo what
VIC above assert.