Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-10-25

Of personal and State preference.
! Let us suppose Mr.. Sergeant and Mr. Bar
bour brought in collision tefore the Senate;
Jacksonism retaining its Ascendancy in the
country. The one Is fof. the other against
Jackson: This would ir such state OF things
have been decisive. The Senate must almost
Of necessity, have elecled at last. the man
whose opinions accorded with the majority
Mr.. Barbour would have certainly received
The vote OF 10 States, viz: New York. Penn
sylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia. Alabama, Mississippi,
Tennessee, Missouri. Illinois, and Indiana
wanting one only to be a majority of the
whole. Mr. Sergeant could set in such case,
but Maine, Massachusetts,, Rhode Island.
Connecticut, Vermont. Delaware, Louisiana.
and Ohio leaving New Hampshire. New Jer
sey, Maryland and kentucky dirided. II is
obvious, that in such state Of things, Mr.
Barbour must be elected, or there must be no
election So
The argument against Mr.. Barbour being
chosen by the Senate, therefore, falls 10 the
ground. II is untenabie. No man knows bet
ter than Richie uhe Editors OF the Advocate
are young) that in a contest before the Sc
nate, Mr. Barbour would as certainly van.
quish either Sergeant or Van Buren,, as that
the contest was carried there. Richie we
say. knows it soeH.
Is any man at loss to know why MIR Ser
geant should be represented as so terribly for
midable before the Senate? We presume no
observing man can be ignorant OF the reason.
1t is an argument IN terrorem the hickory
with which the people are hosged into the
Caucus traces You must vote for Van; you
must give him the vote Of Virginia, or Ser
geant will get to the Senate, and then The
Republican Party (alias van) is gone.
Mr.. Sergeant is the great "raw head and
Bloody bones," most ostentatiously showed
off by Richie and the trained bands. 10 alarm
the people Of Virginia into the abandonment
of Barbour. and the support Of man, whom
we verify believe, they most cordially dislike
and disIrust, at bottom These tricks ought
to have been exposed by Judge Barbour's
friends in the Public Prints and from the
Hastings. Had we, or any of our political
friends attempted il, we should presently
have heard great outcry of an insidiois at
tempt to divide The Republican Party and
such foolery.
We have refuted the dicta-ae cannot call
II reasonns-of the Charlottesville Advocate.
No Senator OF the United States viii speak
candidy, and contradict the assertion, that
before that body, Judge Barbour would east
" aud assuredly. have triumphed over either
Mr. Sergeant or MIR Van Buren,. This we
repeat, cannot be unknown to Richie, from
whom the Charlo tlesyille Advocate has bor-
rowed all its notions. When the Advocate
says che cannot, will not be elected" it may
he right, bat is not right as it deserves to be
understood. 1t speaks altogether against pro-
liabilities, and without warranty.
/ II is not improbable that the Vice Presi-
dental struggle will take a turn, unforeseen
BY all, and that instead OF Sergeant and Van
Buren,. or Barbour and Sergeant, Etl,aaker
and Sergeant. will be the two between whom
the Senate will be reduced TO choose. We
do not believe, that even with the vote OF
Virginia, MIR. Van Buren, can get before the
Senate He will lose his own State. 1t is
scarcely doubted in New York. Spit up as
Vice Presidential vote will be, between Ser
eeant, Ellmaker, Barbour and Van Biren
il is evident that the vote Of Virginia in favor
of MIR. Barbour, would eertainly-wilh n
Carolina, S Carolina, Georgia and Alabama
to help-and in the changed condition cl
things presented by Mr.. EIlmaker's unex
prcted prospects-carry Mr.. Barbour before
the Senate. II is more than doubtful, whe.
ther il evil or CAM carry MIR Van Buren,
The friends of the former, may retort the ar
gument. upon those of the latter
But. Richie will scare them into voting fol
the pettilogger of Undertook "sseeet'
little fellow Mr.. Sergeant--cne of the mos
amiable of men-bas been, and will be, sue
cessfally held up as memeato mort. to shak'
the nerves of the Republican Party. We 81
not believe it makes any difference, how Wiz
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