Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-06-23

pcated aud uncqui,oeal testimony, occupies the first
place IN the cabinct-her Senators, standing upon the
impregnatle ground of the Constitution, have vindicat-
ed the President and his measures from the malign eff.
forts ofthe Bank aud the associated Oppostion-and the
people, rejecting the candidates of Notification, have re-
turned u full delegation of the friends of the Admins
tration to the House of Representatives The vote of
Georgia may be counted upon now, as heretofore, for the
DO nocratic candidates.
VIRcisIA.-Upon the question of the candidate for
President, the vote of Virginia will be given undoubted.
ly, with great strength, for MIR. VAS BuRys. The late
election was made TO turn by the express acts aud avow.
ais OF his opponents, upon that issue; aud the result, il
was conceded, was decidedly in his favor. Identified
as ms nline and pretensions arc, with the cardinal dec
trines OF the Jeaersonan faith, and particularly with
the great right of instruction, 80 sirnally indicated
by that result. it would indeed be remarkable il he were
not strong in the partiality of the people of that Com
nionwealus. For the last six years he has been the ob.
Ject OF a marked and prosecuting obloquy by the advcr-
Sarics, IN that State, of the constitutional principles
which were asserted in %, and which have been main
y re-asserted in the practice of the present Administra-
ton. These assaults, which have returned. with n ~.
criul recoil, 'to pcrplex their authors have led to expo
sitions OF his character and principles that have added.
at every step, to the stability of his position before
The people OF Virginia; and il is idle To believe that
The attempts OF the opponents of the Administration TO
transfer their strength from candidates protesting the
modern " wing principles (such us federalism, nullif.
cation and bankism) TO their more recent candidate.
Judge White, who prctends to cschcw their principles
whilst he covcts their alliance, CANDY possibility aid their
cause, or reverse the present indications of the popular
will.-ln relation to the Vice Presidency, we regret TO
see expressions of dissatisfaction, that may deprive the de-
uiocratic party of the cooperation of Virginia in the cleo
ton of Col. Johnson. This state of the public feeling
mas arisen from a conviction that the views of the demo.
cratic candidate, upon material constitutional grounds.
were not IN accordance with those people of Virginia;
but we still indulge the hope that these symptoms of op.
PuEgnation may give place, under more full cxpositions
OF The views OF Col. j. to n more favorable state Of things
AZ all events, we are happy to perceive that the cues
uons are discussed ON both sides, in n frank and liberal
spirit, and without aspcrity.
ALABAMA.-Wc are aware that i'm this State JrJcc
White was nominated for the Presidency by a majority
OF the members of the Legislatures; but the circums,an.
ccs under which that nomination was made. as well ns
subsequent events, preclude the idea that the vote OF
the State will be given to that gentleman, aqainst the -
Communications of the National Convention. The no.
mlnation was made with reference to some general mode
OF concentrating the efforts and uniting The STRENGTH of
the democracy of the Union, and was undoubtedly dc.
signed as an auxiliary movement. The nominee had no,
at that time assumed the open ground of hostility 10 tho
Administration aud TO the usagcs of the Republican mar.
~; nor had he become identified, in feeling and notion
WIN !he violent and uniform opponents of that Admin.
istration. Alabama is undoubtedly attached TO the Ad-
Ininistration. The last election, in which the Opposition
were literally annihilatcd, the triumphant reelection of
Col. King, the able representative OF her Interests and
the decided opponent Of the combined factions. miscaued
wings, in the Senate of the U. s., and the uneoui-
vocal rebukc of Senator Moore, abundantly establish this
ment will be manifested in 1886, by a vote as prepon.
derat,ng as any by which she has, in past times, sustained
the principles and candidates of the Democracy.
III. THE WEST
kESruckY-Thc residence of the Democratic Candi-
date Tor the Vice Presidency. 1t will be recollcc,ed.
that at q recent election, the Republicans were partially
successful; and 1t is to be ascribed 10 the great efforts in
behalfo of a distinguished citizen, and the local power of
the Bank, that the State has been found in a hostile at.
crude TO the National administration AT this time, with
a cltzen oil great and deserved popularity upon the
ticket, and with a returning feeling in ia vor ofthe ADM.
nistration, we have good reason to count upon its vote
for Mcssrs. Van Buren, and Johnson. A letter before II 8
from u well-informed resident of the State. assures MS Of
this result, in confident terms. We nevertheless place
kentucky among the doubtful States.
OHIo.-ldentltied in political and social fceling with
the Democracy of New York; the first to present the
name OF MT. Van Buren, as a candidate for the favorable
consideration of the National Convention; the first TO
sustain nm under the rancorous assaults of Senatorial
malice; and warmly attached also to the associate candi-
date, Col. johnson, 80 well known and highly appreciat.
Cd III that State; we see every thing 10 confirm the conf
dent predictions of our friends, that Ohio will be found
now, as at the two last Presidential elections, a powerful
auxiliary OF the Administration ticket. The election of
GoV. Lucas, IN October last-nn issue claimed during all
the contest to be Distinctly cyan Buren, and anti Van
Bo1en, by 4 majority of upwards of 5000 votes. is of
itself E sufficient indication of the course of the State:
Lat since that event, Judge Mclean has fallen. bv tacit
Those who at that time obtruded him upon the country
as such, and who in New Jersey and elsewhere printed
his name upon their defeated Congress tickets, have cyi-
IDENTIFY discarded him-and we can scarcely believe that
his friends will contribute with as much zeal and unani.
NIFTY as at the previous election to diminish the Repub.
ican majorities-reverse them they certainly cannot, be
their efforts what they may.
ISDIAsA, ILLisois and Missouri, NAV be coun,ed for
the nomination of the Nat. Convention, with as much
certainty as New York. Judge White will discover
so we Judge from all the indications and from informa-
ton derived from responsible sources-that his chances
'h t"cSe states are no more hatterlng than those of any
other of the candidates of the Opposition.
LOUISIANA, although less certain, NAV be reasonably
Claimed Tor the Republican candidates. ''Cominr events
cast their shadows before: The choice of a u. Z. Sena.
tor, friendly to the Administration by the last legislature
of this State, is Indicative of n determination to carry
out the principles of the Administration of the yencra.
bic Patriot; of whose valor and patriotism the soil and
history of Louisiana afford not the least endurinq me-.
MORALS.
MIssIssIPPI.-This patriotic State. misrcprcsentcd in
the councils of the nation by recrcant Senators. and the
VIII OF her intelligent nopulation ''palsied" by the fac
tious majority of a State Senate, will nevertheless sup
port the candidates of tie National Convention. by a
vote as decisive as the majority in her own House of
Representatives, 'ircsI from the pcople"-two or three
90 one.
aspect of the political condition of this State. is adverse
to the Democratic cause. 1t the election were an i'm
mediate event, we could scarcely hope for a favorable
result. The designs of Apostacy and its association
with the friends OF the Bank and the opponents of Gen.
Jackson and his Administration, are not yet sufficiently
obvious to the people. But such admirable cxp,sI.
tons as the address of Col. Polk to his constituents. the
movements Of the numerous friends of the Administrn.
tration in the State, and the able publications through
the Republican presses, will soon place the matter i'm is
true light before the People, will rescue the National
Convention from the culumnies and misre prcsc nations
OF its enemies, and will expose the sinister and personal
designs of Alcssrs. Bell, White 81 Co. There are stronq
names already on the side of The President and the De.
nocracy in Tcnncsscc--Mcssrs Carroll, Blount. Polk.
Grundy, Eaton, Cave Johnson, and their tried Republi.
can associates. The contest between Gov. Carroll. the
avowcd friend of a National Convention and It's nomina.
tons, and his anti Administration competitor. will be
severe but we cannot doubt the success of the former
In the estimate below, however, we place the State ON
the doubtful list.
III. II MIDDLE STATES.
may be the local divisions
in this Commonwealth, (rcgrcticd as they certainly
arc the popularity of the democratic candidates is mi.
ku,,u,t.I Noflnuv ro, xcr.J tt. --.-. 800