Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-01-28

Inc sen,imontscontained in it arc Just and liberal
ana w,thal so gratifying to the pride of Penn.
syi'aula, that am anxious te it in the Globe
particularly as it cVmpromits ONE. Very respect,
iuiiy, L am Sir, your obedient servant,
PENNsrLvANIAN
ITHdcf OF letter firm gentleman IF Virginia, 10
his fried in Washington,
"Sinco the reccir of yours of the 4th. inst. !
have had an opportunity of hearing more Of pub.
lie sentiment i'll this section of country, in rcla
ton to the Vice Presidency, and can assure Won
that no 'prcjudiccs' exist III the Old Dominion
against a PENNSYLVANIA candidate A. is ,rue a.. ~
An-Tarif, and would prefer whose opinions harmo
ME wiih our own, on the question:; but under
stood to be conceded by party that the Vice Pesen,
Is TO be taken north OF the Potomac, no
20 Judge wilkins that do not Obtain agams, the other
distinguished gentlemen nan,c1 for that Office We I'm
uets'and he is gentleman OF fine talents, and an un
waverng friend Of the Old Chief and although he i.
iaT'a man, we are pleased to learn that he think,
WIN US on some other Constitutional ponts--,ha, he
sustains the Veto Message in relation to Internal I'm
provements, &c. You contend ..,hat Peunsyvana ba,
pecular claims on our pariy--,hat she frs, took
up General Jackson and, by her ZEAL and perseverance
IN TWO severe conflicts, secured his eeco tina. she SUM-
ported in TWO successive elections Southern Candidate
Tor the Wee Presidency, although she knew he was oppe
sed 70 he' iavofte system" and ask if the South will
NOT oI once, Ieciprocae such of beraly aud mag
nanini'y! To which reply, tina, the South has neye,
been outcome IN bealiy an generosi,y-and if Penn,
syvaHa presents judge Wilkins should say the friends
:" the iesident, III this quarter, ought object
Many mere, however. are DESTROYS that this question
SHOULD be decided by The Baltimore Convention. VIVA,
lion
am not advised We look to Richmond for the frs,
move Asto the President, he is i,nnove bile in this
STATE Before closing repeat it, that If Pennsylvania
should offer Judge Wilkins for the Vice Presidency 4
Tor one, under my present impressions of his aua6ca
lions, should most chceuliy aequesce the selection"
1t Is no business of ours-we have no claim to
intermediate ia the concerns of the Republican
Party-having opposed Jackson Grst. and propo
sing to oppose Van Buren, last, we havo of course,
forfeited all claim TO belong to tho great Democrat
ic family-but we should like to know, from what
part OF Virginia this letter written-in what
part OF the State there exists this willingness to
accept Judge Wilkins Wee President of the
y. States! That he is a man of talents, his pre-
sont station offers some, though not a decisive
guarantee; but how many people of Virginia know
any thing about him7 How many of tho tobacco
growers and corn planters of this Commonwealth.
have ever heard of him until within months, and
then certainly not as prs-eminent though entirely
respectable? And who are they that it is expect
cd will support Judge Wilkins for the second office
IN the Government? Those who agree with him
IN opinion! Those whose constitutional tenets
ana IDEAS OF policy are coincident with his? The
larin interest of the Valley and the West? No
but the people OF Eastern Virgnia-the foes of the
Tariff-those who hold no one osinion that Mr.
Wilkins holds, but opposed to him in all things
and SO much opposed, that no man among them.
Selves holding Judge Wilkins opinions would
have the least chance of receiving their support
for any office. Now is it not little unreasonable
to expect this of Eastern virginia9 When she is
struggling hard 70 strike off the Tariffs it rem
sonable to expect of her, not only to vote for a
Tariff President in the person of Gen. Jackson,
but a Tariff Vice President also?
we ohor a.
the publication of this letter 1t is desired gently
TO woo Virginia into the support of Wilkins, the
Van Buren, Candidate for Vice President, by ex.
hlbtng the idea that the world expects this ma q.
nanmity from Virginia. The temper manifested
at the late Caucus, alarmed tho Irregular nomina.
ton system" gentlemen, who were quietly work.
ing that system to promote tho ulterior designs of
Mr.. Van Buren,. That temper was refractory-it
was insubordinate--it was ominous for Van Bu-
renIsm, and as the final Caucus may be supposed
near at hand, the Globe condescen din civ furnish.
es the cue for the regulation of its selection of
candidate. Virginia, ut this moment, thanks
Pennsylvania, little, if at ALL for her aid in elect
ing Jackson; she, by no means. feels under such
obligations for the favor in gratitude for it, to
surrender her principles, & mako the very term ri.
dicuous-as it would be. were she to be found vo.
ting for the President of the Tariff Convention at
New York, Vice President of the u. States
From all the indications Of the time, Virginia will
take neither Van Buren, himself nor any of his
elepes for tho Vice-Pre,idency. She to bring
out citizen of her own, whose opinions being
identical with hers, she may, in that. find some
little consolation, some slight alienation of tho
nausea produced by having to swallow the Hero.