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gr.,na. which will give To him the support

gfe3nds which WIN give u nlaH 'iO SSPP''N
Of all the anti tariff States, II we suppose
that men regard theIrprlncipies or ,he,r iute
rests in voting. Admitting that ne" hampr
shire and Tennessee, lwhIc1 are anu 'arih
States go for Mr.. V b, land this IS by no
means eertain,) il IS fair to presume tnat
Judge y will al least obtain the States OF
Virginia. North and South Carolina, Geor-
gia, Mississippi and Alabama IL = not pro-
babIe. under any state of things, that Judge
Barbour and Judge Smith, who agree SO
nearly IN onioion. will both ran. Then why
should Judge BIS friends be compelled 10
abandon him in his own State!
Bat, concede that the worst state oil
tbings which has been predicted should oc
cur, and that Tr. Barbour with all his re.
publican opinions and habits, really has no
friends either North. South, East, or West,
and that MIR. Van Buren, gith his republican
professions and Federal votes, should be
able 90 drive both Wilkins and Johnson
from the field, and thus become the only
conpetitor Of Sergeant, WIN should we now
abandon our candidate and our principles,
to nominate Mr. Van Buren, Though he IS
acknowledged TO be less Objectionable than
MIR. Sergeant, still in the election OF Vice
President, at least, We may be permitted to
MIA, without binding her as a useless pa
geant TO the triumpbal car OF either OF these
men, whose political tenets are SO much at
war with our own Ii will he time enough
to choose between Sergeant and Van Bbren,
when only they are presented for our choice.
rhere is little doubt that the lrIenGs Of Bar.
bour. Johnson and Wilkins, would prefer V.
b to s., if they should 20 to the Senate. tits
hat 10 f,,nn1a Of tho tiaraa
ed, can control the election if it devolves on
the Senate. and equally so, that either of the
three who mas 20 there, will be preferred
by the friends Of the others, 10 Mr.. Ser
geant. Then why should we abandon our
candidate, the aekrowlt dyed preference OF
our State, when his chance oil success is at
least equal TO that Of any other, when the
election of Mr.. Sergeant, with which we
have been threatened by Van. Buren's
friends, - not within the range of the most
distant PROBABILITIES?
Have we not calculated political chances
and wagered on the hiah trump, long
enough Shall we now bring our State in
to market, aud hawk its principles to the
lowest builder, between such men as Ser
geant and Van Buren,, or shall we rally
once more around tie political standard Of
80 "H~ Sfpit - pbS VI tHt ilOSl utSbit1 hEoD
cd sons Of Virginia. who has been brought
forward by the legislature Of another ata,e2
Shall we sag 10 tie people Of Alabama. aud
the United States, that Judge Barbour is
aot deemed by his own native Virginia,
worthy OF that Confidence which they should
bestOw on hnlp
would appeal to those who stili venerate
the doctrines Of 1913. to make at least ore
effort in behalf Of the Constitution aud the
Union, to abide by their principles, or fer
malIy to renonnce and allure lhcm forever
The tariff policy has already become tho
test Of our Institutions Freed from all anSi
~ as TO Our foreign relations. and absorbed
as We are with schemes of internal govern
ment, 1t is apparent, that the revenue power,
exercised as ii has been. aud must CONTINUE
to be, through Impests, must nfingle with all
the measures or policy which we may
adopt Why then shall we sing hosannas TO
the task master, while we groan under the
burden? Why elevate The authors OF the Ia
iii OF 928 to the first offices, while we de.
nounce their act as Unconstitutional and on.
pressiye?
Let Us then nominate and boldly sustain
judge Barbour If we fail, we SHAH have the
consolation Of having done our duty: Wide
our success Will be the harblnger OF better
days for the republic.