Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-09
THE BALTIMORE coNyFNr,ov

THE BALTIMORE CONVENrIou
caucus OIL me dominant poriy Of the New York
Legislature has been held IN refcre,.a YIN
ven ION which is u MSS rmble in p.l,;n,as.
purpose of nominating Marin Van Enron a. = =,
PRESIDENT of the United States. and such atha.
m'nent member of the party" as Yice p
dent whose fealty it will be found necess,r, >,
cue by that nomination, or who NAV ba all. -
orhg INTO the concern the greatest nn,o,n, of ,,.
aoie capltai-vulgarly called votes. As m,sht b.ve
oeen EXPECTED, the New York Caucus entered yer,
heartily INTO the scheme, and concur decidedly in
'he accommodation OF their New jersey brethren
that the SAID Convention shall be bollen On the
Goth day of May pext
The Richmond Enquirer tells us. too tina,
North Carolina Is MOVING on the subject - md
refers 10 the proceedings of meetings IN several
counties IN that State, convened for the purpose of
appointing delegates to represent Rip Van Wrinkle
IN the great d mocralic Sanhedrm IN, II ,s
strange, that, while the Enquirer chronicles these
movements In North Carolina with such evident de-
isht, It has never yet ventured TO aoptoye of the
Baltimore Convention in direct terns-that II has
hever yet recommended II 10 the countenance of the
people OF Vrginia-and that, although the day of
It's meeting is close at hand II has not vet invited
l's friends IN this State 10 unite with d" the party"
elsewhere, IN the appointment of delegates to par
hclpae IN It's deliberations, that they may have
voice IN the decision which Is 10 bind them, neck
and heels. Why is the Enquirer thus cautious and
reserved Is il afraid to show its flag until the
April elections shall have passed by 7 Does ii in.
tend to keep up the dcIusive idea tha, the questions
before the people of Virginia next Spring, will be,
Leigh or Rves the right of instruction and Bank
or 40 Bank until, its purposes answered by the
blindness OF the people, defeated by their intelli-
gence and frmness, it viii then, like the yelled pro-
phet throw oil us mask and up It's coors TO
The mast head That his is its real though CO.
vert design, we have no question and, we are
wiling 10 be set do Wn cteduous aarmsts, #, as
soon as all danger shall oe over, of Influencing the
vote IN April, the Enquirer do not urge It's friends
to assemble IN the counties of the State for
the purpose of depulzing agents TO this Van Buren,
conclave
We style it n Van Buren, concsve. Why2 Be-
cause the nomination of that gentleman as the sue
cessor OF Gen. Jackson is as certain an event, if
he be alive on the Goth Of May, as the assemblage
Of the Convention There would be some dignity at
achcd to that body, and its nominations would he
entitled to some hide respect, if they should go
lhl'her untrammecd, and for the purpose Of deli
berdiing upon measures for the good of the coun.
try. Bot every man who IS acquainted with It's
oiiSin, and VINO mas watched the various stages OF
lis progress, from Its ncipicncy to It's almost con-
summaring point, knows that this IS not their pur-
pose-all know ,chom rhey will nominate, just
well as they will know inter they shall have gone
through the useless mummery of counting their
la lots because all know that every member of
that body yc, appointed has pat around his neck
collar with the name of his leader engraved upon
it. If such practices as these are to be tolerated
and sustained by the people, the elective franchise,
exollcd and pulled as II IS, Is nothing more than IA
sounding brass and tnklng cymbaI for, we
care not who elects, if they will let US nominate
The sceptre is, in truth, snaehei from the popular
grasp, end is, to all practical mten's and purposes,
held by the dictaleJs who kindly relieve the people
of the trouble of thinking for themselves, and only
require their action, that the empty forms OF the
Constitution may be complied with.