Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-02-21
THE VICE PRESIDENT.


Mr.. Niles well remarks, that q most unusua al
anxiety is betrayed by tho various fragments Of
tho Jackson party, as to the Vice Presidency, and
ascribes it to the true cause. The managers do
not expect Gen. Jackson to Ape-and the Vice Pre-.
sidcnt will become President under the Con stitu-
ton, and will moreover, by tho advantages which
that will give him., secure II great number of
chances for succeeding at the next election over
all competitors. WELDING so immense n patron
age gives the possessor n superiority in tho contest
which in ordinary times is invincible.
This is tho true explanation of the novel anx-
overruling, that it has completely defeated party
organization.
The three great States, will probably each have
a Jackson candidate of its own-New York, Van
Burcn-Pennsylvania, Buchanan, Dallas or Will
Western States have nominated Col. johnson,
(Iecumseh) The prospect which tho probable
demise of Gen. Jackson in a short time has opened.
will indues every candidate, his friends and his
State, to refuse to listen TO any compromise. The
Presidency de Jacto, with the opportunities of bo.
coming President de jure which it presents, con-
stit"ra an expectation not to be resigned to party
discipline. We may confidently predict, that ere
- "N"N "ho q VI Hlo 10 pluCOu
before tho country, will remain one, tempt
ed by the seductive considerations to which we
have adverted. The consequence will be that no
election will be made by the People, and that the
Senate must choose-(probabIy from among Scr
geant, Van Buren, and Barbour.)
That Virginia cannot be coaxed to take up Van
Buron-that the approaching Caucus will over
rule his nomination, if attempted-that if nomi-
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minority of tho whole Legislature, that a second
Jackson ticket will be formed with the name of
Mr.. Barbour as v. p. and that it ,oiH succeed-we
deem probable from all the indications.
Pennsylvania is yet moro unequivocal. Mr.. Van
Buren, has little strength in that State. The CO.
verning party is against him-the Jackson and
Wolf-those who evidently controul the politics
of tho State. The American Sentinel at Phila-
dclPhia, the principal organ Of this party. in reply
to a suggestion that Mr.. Dalla, or Mr.. wilkins, if
nominated, would dcclins in favor OF Mr.. Van Bu-
rem, says:
But the assertion that either Mr.. Dallas or
Mr.. wilkins will abandon the nomination of The
state, is gratuitous and without the shadow of
foundation in truth or authority. We have said
this before; we assert it again, and we invite the
Inquirer or any of it's friends here or at Washing
ton, to contradict us if they can. High-minded
h"S W ~ IL Dhtlho dli "
Wilkins, can have no concealmcnts on such n
subject. Insinuations of this kind arc part Of n
system OF machinery now in motion in order to
manage" Pennsylvania into an abandonment of
tho ground she has heretofore taken on the subject
ofthe Vice Presidency. With this plot, its authors
and actors, we are and have been long familiar.
1t may become necessary we should unmask them;
and, ftho occasion should arise, we shall not hes
tate in giving the whole truth, let its consequen-
ces fall where they may. If The state is to he
made rldlCU ,Oug In the ewes OF the union bV the
course she may tako as to tho Baltimore Convcn -
ton, we pledge ourselves that neither Mr.. Dallas,
nor Judge Wilkins, will DO responsible for such
establishment. If the state is true to herself,
the distinguished men who it is plain divide her
good opinions, will neither be unjust TO themselves
nor her. We have, however, as little doubt as TO
the course of the state, as that of her candidates.
Although our shrewd neighbours may calculate
on our dizziness, we assure them we have wit
enough to appreciate tho mummery they have been,
and arc preparing TO play off upon US, and to
know 'ahawk from a hcrnshaw."
Mr.. Van Buren, can calculate on neither Virgi.
MIA nor Pcnnsylvania-nor wo presume any State,
but Georgia, in tho South, Tennessee in the West
New York, in the Centre, and New Hampshire, in
the North. Judge Barbour would receive Virri.
MIA, North Carolina, South Carolinn, Alabama
and Mississippi. The other jackson States in thu
West, Of there arc such, or may be in tho fall,
Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, have minated q
preference for a western Vice President to wit.
Col. Johuson-who as a military man, the Here
Of the Thames, and tho oxtermiuator Of Tecum.
seh-bcsidcs a family reese mblanco Of various mo.
raj roints-scoms to us, the natural and proper
inhcritor Of Jackson's popularity.
HOUSE OE DELEGATES.
On Saturday, tho House of Delegates was prin