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FISHES the names of the Delegates in attendance
from Virginia, at the Van Buren, Convention. AS
the document may one day, be of some utility,
we transfer 1t to our columns for future reference,
as well as present amuscmcnt-amuscmcnt dcrlva-
bic from two sourccs-the contrast between the
t"fe sentiments of many Of the individuals whose
names appear below, and their present sentiments
as denoted by their agency in this deed of nomina
ting Mr.. Van Buren,, of whom, unless he too has
changed, 1t may be asserted that man in the
.hlon has ever been more counter to Virginia
rrinciPies. We do not mean to be personal or in
Vidi"us; modcration however we may have
elected IFS wise dictates in former tines is virtue
which we shall study in future; but when we see
many of these names, the names of gentlemen
ciamorous for State Rights and Nirpina Doctrines,
at one and the same moment engaged in socmnly
assevcrating these to be their principles and adj
vancing the interests Of Mr.. Van Buren, whom no
informed and homes, man among them, Will DENY
to have connIitc cd those same sins which have CON
signed other unblcsscd with the favor of An
drew Jackson, TO vehement obloGuv ard long abuse;
when We sec this, is it not difficult TO resist the
justice of that conclusion which aedgcs that there
is no principle in Politics, and that il is a game
played merely for power and interest? These same
gentlemen. WHO in the person of Presidents ia
vorte reconcile all cont radio tionG and even
bolt tho Tariff, the Mis- souri, Restrictions and H.
ternal Improvements, will abuse YOU Henry Clay,
by ths hour, demonstrate you the tyranny of the
Tariff and the corruptons Of the System of Internal
| Improvements, & dcscant most cloquenty, upon Il
broken Covenant and violated Constitution. Nay,
they, Virginia State Right men, had the hardihood
to speak Of P'imcpies Of thcr principles and those
| of Virginia, even in that Convention where they
had met to rcnouncc them and to ley them bound
for sacrifice, at the feet Of Jackson and his favori,e
Witness the following Speech Of Mr.. Norbornc
Nicholas, irom ti:is City:
"Mr. Nicholas, Of Virginia, objected TO The APP
pontmcnt OF Committee for tho purpose propo
| Sod, as Il work which he deemed entirely unnccos-
sary. He had come to the Convention, he said,
with the ~sh that they should unite in recommend
ing to the People Candidate of the Party, for the
Vice Presidency. This had been accomplished,
and he Ind thought it all that was desirable
There was no individual who DESTROYS of OBJ
tanning the office, unless it the wish of the
people that he should receive il; and it was the
wish of the members of the Convention, and the
people whom they represent, to 20 for men, but
| for principles. The Delegation from Virginia was
satisfied that III the nomination which had been
! agreed upon, principle had been consulted, and
: II.
WINGED that the People of the State would view it
in the same light, and that 10 address was ncccasa-
ry TO acnd it to their support. 1t could not
DO supposed that they would be disposed TO give
up Their principles, or that they could be prevailed
upon to dcviatc from The straight line which their
Judgment pointed cut proper for them TO pursue.
All were convinced Ill their Judgments, and their
minds were made up. The resolution had been
adopted, for recommending particular individual
as the candidate fthc party, and that this suf-
hcIcnt to show the propricty of giving Jealous
and actiE1 support to the nomination. We have
united upon the man, and it was unnecessary to
employ arguments TO prove the propricty of doing
that which every already convinced was
proper, and were resolved TO perform"
"Prmciplc had been consulted" in The nomna-
ton Of Mr.. Van Buren,! 1t would puzzle the
worthy gentleman, wccn, to make good this
assertion. Not otherwise can he do it, but in one
Of two why's, either by disproving the records OF
the Government, or admitting that tile principles
of Virginia have changed, and now those OF
New York and Pennsylvania; that State Rights and
Rigid Construction have been aba ndoncd, and that
| opposition 10 the Tariff has been rcnonnced, Or
PERHAPS he means, that the principles thought 10
he only worth consulting now adays, are conforrn-
ty to the wishes Of Andrew Jackson, and those
measures whatsoever they may hc, which will Sc
cure asccndancy TO a sctt Of men who will use pow.
or as he and his friends may fnd personally
advantageous. Tie WORTHY gentleman know,
would he extremely agitatcd if he did not fall into
| actual syucore, did lie imaei that the Public
suspected him TO be auglt but Il State Right man of
the tightcst cut. lie Will declare by tie names OF
his ancestors, that lie is Jctiosonian Democratic,
State Right Republican, of the most orthodox pa
tent; that he holds the Tariff in due abonination.
that Inc would have you put your finger on the very
:! letter, before he would permit the exercise of any
power whatsoever; and that Mr. jefferson never pro
claimed doctrine of Federal politics, and never
could have proclaimed on, in which he did not
and would not, most heartily and entirely concur.
| He vii! discourse You at most learned length on
the danger of Cluy's elevation, ard the prospect
of having The "Bl of denominations" fixed upch
| us in pcrpctuity, in that event. Yet none knows
better than the Delegate from Richmond that
| Van Buren, voted for toll gates on the Cumbcr-
| land Road, the Plus nlfra Of constitutional ~
surpation the very Gadcs Of Federal ercroach f,cnt
bow shot beyond hat Clay has c4cr ronc; that
Ivy his individual agency, and personal treachcry
TO his ;Eord, the Tariff of 1923 was passed: that
he courtcnanccd the Missouri Re .rictions, at
least by earnest support of Rufus King, their great
patrons and that there has not been sin against
/ the Constitution in which Van Buren, has not par.
/ ticPatcd, or an aggression upon supposed South.
crp interests, which hr has not aided by his vote
or Iris infuenc. The archives Of the Senate, and
/ Of the Assembly at Albany, hear us out in all VIC
have said. 1t will not be comtrUvcrtcd. We chai.
! lengc it to he coutrovcrtcd,
Aud yet principle WIS consulted" in Mr. Van
| Burcn's nomination! Most abused word We do
not find fault with SIR. Van Burcn's nomination