South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-06-20
POLITICAL.
From the Washington Globe.
WASHINGTON City. Jan. 1st. 1885

WASHINGTON City, Jan. LIST, 1885.
Dear SIR: Your letter of the Esd
ult. addressed to one of the undersign.
ed, with a request that it might be com.
municated to the other members of the
Tennessee delegation, present at the
meeting held the preceding evening,
has been read by US with great surprise,
and we beg leave to add, with equal
regret.
In casual conversation with two
or three Of the delegation, it was sug.
gested that meeting of the Tennss-
see delegation friendly to the Adj
ministraton, should be held, TO consult
together, and determine whether it
would be proper and expedien,, under
all the circumstances, to support our
fellow citizen Judge White, for the
Presidency, at the next election !; and
the meeting was called without further
concert.
Each OF the undersigned felt that
the question was one of much delicacy,
as we'll as interest, to himself and to
the country, and each was DESTROYS of
having the advice, support, and coun.
tenance. Of the other members of the
delegation, in whatever course he, as
an individual, might pursue. For the
single purpose of mutual consultation
and advice, and with no prior deter.
mination upon the subject of the meet
ing, which was not liable to be infu.
enced, or wholly changed, by a recip.
rocal interchange of views with the
other members of the delegation, the
undersigned attended that meeting.
You, sir, must remember, that as
soon as the subject of the meeting was
taken up, ii was mentioned, as mat
ter Of regret, that, all the mem
bers of the delegation friendly to the
Administration, were not present, as
it was very desirable that the views of
all should be known, and that whatever
course should be resolUed apon, should
be done by the unanimous voice Of the
delegation. To this it was replied
by one of the undersigned, that al.
though part ofthe delegation were not
present, the absent gentlemen had
been consulted upon the subject of the
meeting, and that their views had
been expressed and we're known to
one or more present. Whereupon one
of the undersigned stated that he
had requested Col. Polk to attend the
meeting, and that he said he did not
think he could do so, owing to the
personal relations 10 which he stood,
towards some of the delegation and
asked his the REALTORS advice upon the
subject; but, although he declined at
tending, he stated that he was for
Judge White, in preference TO any 9TH
er man for the Presidency ; that
the People Of his district were for him !;
& that he would go as far as any Of the
delegation, 10 support of his election,
under any circumstances that Judge
White would permit bis name to be
used.
Another one the undersigned stat
ed that he had conversed with Mr..
Grundy upon the subject of Judge
Whites being e candidate, and had re-
quested him to attend this meeting
that Mr.. Grundy said he did not know
that i, would be altogether proper for
him to attend the meeting, but If Judge
White was brought out, he would
show by his actions that he was as
much his friend as any other man, and
would support him in any way in
which he would permit his name 10 be
used. The same member stated thai
he had seen Mr.. Blair, who was out of
the city that evening, and that Mr..
Blair had told him that Judge White
was his choice; that he would be found
as earnes; in his support as any other
man and that he would co-operaps