Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-11-27
,yyCHBURG, NOV. 27, 1894.
,ucsIssIpp1 NOMINATIONS.

W." - - Noyember numerously attended by del
ava s,, various counties Of that State, for th
es' fo,ganizng their forces and concentrating
.,,s,,th in the approaching elections both 0
We' 80 AMI Fceral officers. Gen. Thomas
,n'a ,vos aorontei President, +. D graiTenreid
To Il ,ro,,o Ruanes, Vice Presidents, and JOIN
n Mallory Secretary.
o.. tho ,hird day Of their session, R. J. Walker
no tss lately made himself conspicuous as an
-, soeech.m iker, was nominal d by the Con
IT 5, Senator, in lieu of Mr.. Pond K.
'."'' n,niel w Wigh, AMI John f. II. Claiborne,
~ .n,bers of the other branch of Congress, IN
',... Of Harry Cage and the promising young
Fa,Lsrn Franklin Z. Plummer and Hiram G.
ns.,oIs for re ee lion as Governor of the State
,Ua arc not surprised at the ostrac m of Mcssrs
ponlextcr and Cage; but Why Is the " promising
..,,,, m sn,ber' to be banshcd from the national
..o,oc,ls 7 Surely no man gave moro unequvocal
,,denccs of his subsection 10 party dri mot one
mad to the right or the left as he was comman-
lsa with more readiness and alacrity 1t remains
:. Ia coo, whether he will consent 10 be " pushed
f,,m bis soonby the fiat Of Convention of Die
ta,ors Time was when the system of election
bye,ncus was unknown 10 Us of the South when
avery man who chose 10 aspire to Off ial Distinction
regularly proclaimed his intention, and foug hi cup
on his own hook" relying upon his own pop
clarity and eleciiJnecfing tact TO accomplish his
o,irc, Bat as New York men are coming in
vogue an, )Gestus 50 are New York MEASURES. Ii
will mo- be long, we presume before il will be trco
ssn to party f lelity for any man TO present his
name 10 his fellow citizens for their ffrages, un
less he flst procure the endorsement Of county
district caucus-And, although some of our frierds,
in some sections Of Virginia. are adopting IN"
zane system OF nominations, jushfying themselves
by the old adage that we must fight the devil with
fire. VIC enter our protest. agaiast H. as having
direct tendency restrict the range o. scloc ION,
and TO transfer the elective franchise from the great
belly Of the people to few individuals. There
would be less force in this objection il the njividu-
W, who compose The nomn ,ting bodies we're them
selves the agents of tha people at lorse but hls is
not the case. Every one who knows my ding OF
the name in winch they are appointed, is well a
ware that nothing more IS necessary than The rs
Semblasc of some half doz. pers,ns-cf'ou4h 10
furnish Chairman Secretary md ComnIncc-to
appoint the m ,m)ers Of thes, eau And al
though the Formally of an eicc.ion may be fer
wards submitted tbs evident that the people havc
nothing to do with the matter bit TO ra,iy their de-
SONS. Give US the old Vm. mia plan of stump
supported by sunp spec hes, forever,
in preference 10 this borrowed PRACTICE of caucus
dctaton, sustained by hlgh wrought eulogies of
their chosen instrument! We like none of your sub
res, Movements regulated By psrty m chinery,the
dt,c effect Of which, no matter what the professed
object may be, is 10 throw the Off es and honors
Of the country into TIE han Is Of &c i've politicians
themselves generally aspirants, or if not devoted
friends of those who are.
Eu, the Mississippi Convention, not ro:,icn: With
aomina,ine Siatc egice's, proceeded also to MONT
nate a President and Wee President OF the Unitcd
States. And who may the reader suppose are the
fortunate nominees OF a Convention styled Demo.
era:ic,' par ercel,cace? Martin Van Buren, o
New York as President, and Ttcmas II Benton of
Missouri as Vice President, hjec, to decision
Of National Convention ofihc democracy Of the
Union 10 be held n, Bal imore, TO which boly
they appointed Delegates, and recommend tina,
it shall convene on the lh ofJuly next
1t has been lon, forcsecn b. those who have
paid any attention 10 political history that Mr., Van
Buren, would be the candidate for The Presidency
OF the party in power because II has long
been evident that the present incumbent has decI
led that it shall be 50. Bu, VIC cont.s that We
lad hoped tina, no Southern Stat. would render it.
slf conspicuous, ny voluntarily and prccipitney
on him a nomInatIon 10 that Office. W.
'ad hoped, that if Ultimately airy one Of them gave
W. Van Ruren its vp'c for the Presidency, II
you'd b: because i, could not obtain better man
hat they would take hin AS an alternative, and
not asa choice. Gut, Mississippi h1s disappointed
his hope & we may add that in so dong, she has
Destroyed the ender possibility that remained TO
II, 1t we must have for our n xt PraSlient II
nan MAINTAINING the views aud principles
etcd upon by the prosen lsiraton, OF select
ns one free from the well grounded objections
which attach to Mr. Van Buren,. That he is he
ayorile of The Northern fIeni Is of the President
las long been aicer aimed, beyond the shade" OF ii
loubt: and the only reason that they have not pres
ed his claims, is because they dreaded the effect OF
10 doing upon The people OF he South, until the pro-
posed Baltimore Convention had decided that II
should be dane. But now. they may throw OFF the
gna,k, AMI boldly unfurl their flag, since the dom
nant party in Southern Stale has signihed not on.
~ ther willingness to vote for him as n necessity
but their anxiety to elect him as preference.
Well may it excite special wonder" that high
minded Southern men, passing ny the galaxy OF Ia
lent and virtue which adorns their own sky, should
60 to the banks Of the Hudson to select President
land that, travelling thus far, they should make
choice ola man who is more celebrated tor Inc cum
ming Of diplomatist than The sbIlies OF states
nan-whosc "dcst,uton of principle" is provetb
Of rcproach--& whose sycophancy to men IN pow
er is as notorious his proscrptve intolerance OF
minorities And then, where are his public servl-
ces recorded? What has he done, to ent'tle HIM
TO the high honor proposed to be conferred upon
hint Where are the monuments OF his tame
Echo answers " whcre7" His Mississippi friends
acted wisely in contcn,ing themselves with bare
and naked nomination for, II would have surely
puzzled them to find one argument in favor OF tina
nomination. which would have found responsive
echo in the hearts Of the people AT least we kno"