Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-07-15
LYNCHBuRG, JULY IS, isa3.

MAJ. NOAU-rHF NEXT PRESIDENCY
Our rcsle,s are al adv app,zedt'u be veteran
pol zeal pariizan, Maj. Noah, WHOSE tact gnaril
IL Warfare Is ahoq'Islod, has openly aSo~ed his
OPPOSITION TO Marln Van Buren,, AS the successor
OF Gen Jackson. We VOW learn that he IL about
York, for the purpose IF making this opposition eff
tectu,l. 1t Is not apparent whom IL Intends 10
support-some say Judge Mclean cthtrs Glen.
Cass lnasnuch as MnJ Noah was formerly ia"
mouth piece OF HE " BacAtails' IN New York, who,
10y means Of their cilictent organization, operaIlns
Though the Tanmony Society IN the city, AMI It's
affiliated clubs through I tia state, have almosl
uniformly controlled and directed the suil'ogcs Of
that people, we take tbs declaration to be II mesl
pregnant sign of the nrs Il as surely indicates
the defeat of Nh VIII bufeu, even ia his own
STATE, Us did the hand writing on The walt Of Bel
shazzars palace porlend the downfall of dat i'm.
pious monarch, AMIDST his loitiost dreams. Ma
Noah, too, strongly resembles MIR. Ruehle IN his
love of maJoraes, and has quite us keen scent IN
finding on, the path which lends 10 that paradise
/
he uniu,ls his flag, be has well calculated thu
chances of victory indeed, we are much mistaken
If ir Van Buren, himself has not clearly perceived
thatthe heretofore propltlons Foes begin To hown
upon him and that he can ascend no higher IL,
round of young Ambitions ladder toworls
whose tempting summit he has so often directed hls
longing hopes. Ills leading friends say that be-
MT a caadidate: aud hey call for another BIZ.
hmo,e Conreation," TO inslrurttha great Rcpub
,can party for whom taey snail vote whereby
hangs a,ail. They evidently perceive that the on
~ hope OF Mr. Van Buren, rests on the nom,na
ton OF such II Concentrating we very much
question whether even such AN event can AID hin,
materially.
These nominating Conventions like their rrcdc-
cossor, King Caucus, have had heir day, and are
now justly regarded, by all rejecting people, an
impairment attempt to dictate TO the community
whom they shall cleo, 10 the first Offices il the Re
public attempt based upon the assumption
tnal the people TOO gnolant to act with propel
Judgment in reference to this matter an that they
kno" nothing OF the eh 4roelcr and qualifications Of
i the canlldles Tor their salfiges, Until CDnyon.
ton of am,sl selfeppolnlei Delegates, wildly IL
responsible and composed for the most art Of syoo
nhans and office hunters shall send forth It's chosen
eader with the proper cndorsnton and reconmen.
J,t,o~S such as DR. Rolfr or Swain would attach
10 ,be, patent nldIcncs Against all such at
TENNIS nj dctatlonio the oeopc, we have uniform.
~ sci Our faces as Hint from the first NOM nj
that we entered into political III; the contest be-
tween Adams, Crawford, &c. until the present
time Until we c1n be made TO believe ihet such
body 10 better qualified to choose President Than
the people themselves, We shall continue 10 Oppose
th-m Aud when we Ghluga our opinion IN his
particular, We stall then be spascd u ssl IN a
Convention OF Caucus tie right of final selection,
to thecntro exclusion Of the people We have 40
ida, however, Of the sembiance of popular cleo
ton, while IN truth the whole matter 10 wrcsted
from the hands of the people by an irresponsible
body of oilice-scchers.