Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-04-27
MR. VAN BUREN, AND JUDGE WHITE

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p.l P's"'oh 10 support Judge White for the ne,
'-s'nehey' BUTT is not So MANY of tbose u,b
- SO Hae'd particularly IN Virginia shout
o'"se'' 'ha' 1t II were true the same chnrg, voui
ave eeeh applicable 10 themselves in their a5voc,
VI inc election of Gen. Jackson. win, w,s ca,
.'seaYi not the man of their choice bnt nm nl,er
' taken as the least OF evils Even nj IN,
IN h'omen', many Of the individuals who tvi
s. WIN abandoning their principles. nj the
no,,i,.,.N. IN" intention Of supporting the
domination of the Baltimore Conyc,t,,, wrL -,
iuIl Knowledge that il will be conferred ON ~ W
nuren, While they candiJry confess ,bo, he 10 ~,
''e'f caotce, but that the force of circumstance
.o',lei them to rally under his standard Arc M,
o " biSs equally AT liberty TO avail Themselves or
o"'l'c' vi events as 1t is untoded Seeing that
~ N"''no' cIecl the man Of their cholce-acknow-
% 80 ''"'' us party, they are IN u minority
' ~ "o' CHOOSE oet"e rival candidates pre-
'e"en rom the antagonist ranks without suL;cc,
s '''', OF themselves 10 the imputation of nposta
from their principles Ii seems to us that
80 10 ho'hihs more natural than such n course
''s WHICH, when seen in its true light unwarp
Gu oy party commentaries can subject either Tho
e"'u'aae whom they my chance u pr.fer ar
themselves, TO the suspicion of impure motives or
covert designs, The Wings acknowledge ,bn, ,hov
10 'o' concur IN all of Judge Whitc's p,incnles
WV "at .hey do not approve Of all his votes Some
VI 'nem oiHer with hun IN relation 10 the pocLn-
"'"oh ana Bloody Bill but they can see no mare
inconsistency, notwithstanding that difference in
'uPP"'"ng nm, than they see IN the support
""'on some OF their old coaborers in opposition to
1,oSo measures now seem willing to give ID Mr.
van bufen, who, os well as Judge White, advised
advocated and sustained both the Proclamation and
VIC io'ce bll Some OF them differ with him IN
relation TO the Protest, the Cabne, Manifesto, Sc.
hiatt bot, i
ours with them IN sentiment touching the ding erous
doctrines OF those papers, they may. with entire
consistency and proprcty agree To select the lens,
objectionable OF two men, both of whom supported
nose doctrines. Especially may they do this,
"noh, III other points of view personal and politi-
car 'hey regard one OF the candidates rs infinitely
"Giefao'e 10 the other r. in Campbell county,
polling upwards Of 900 votes for example there
were only some fifty a hundred Wings. mus,
those Wings abstain from ing to the polls IN
contest between rival Jackson candidates Might
not moral character, or intellectual superiority or
certain local interests ind1ce these Wings having
no candidate of tteir own in the fold. 10 sun.
port a, who, in all these particulars, was unex-
ceptlonahlr, rather than b, who was exactly
the reverse, whou, subjecuns them to the charge OF
compromising their prime plies, or bringing their in
tegriiy into question The enquiry carries its nm
swcr on is face aud sufficiently vindicutcs the pu
rlty of purpose Of the Wing patty in selecting
Judge White, whist II shows thu, it is bot tbor
intention either to demand OF him surrender ofhis
principles, as the price of that support nor To sur
render their own, as It's consequence.
The Wings know that Judge Whit ia friend
of the admnistraton-hu knowing thls, they sup
port him first, BECAUSE as before observed, they
believe il would be hopeless task. to attempt to
elect one of their own party, secondly, because
he is fresh from the people, and, If he be elected,
will be the President of the Nation and not the
mere tool of party thirdly, because IT will at
once check the elfor, which is being made to
transfer the elective power from the body of the
people into the hands of irresponsible conventions
and caucuses, which, under the pretcn;c of merely
aosSinatiag officers, absolutely controls elections
fonrthly because 1t will be decided rc-
pulse of an attempt on the part OF the President 10
transfer his popularity to his iavorI'c, whereby
succeeding Presidents, If It he Epw acquesaed IN,
may exercise powerful fnJt declsiveiniaence III
he choice of his SUCCESSOR htlly, because Judge
Whites character, as man and Il politician, 10
pure and unspottod, giving promise OF reiofhia-
ton in the morals of the government, which we
could not hope from the cle2on OF Mr. Van pu-
rem sixthly, because he ncger was htsSoH'
ri RestrielioniSt and, il his administration OF the
government will be especially ngmdiul OF mo
DrInClUlpS when nave ever ulailIlE "''''-'
Southern politicians, aud Of those peculiar interests
! which can never be touched without kIndllng tho
most inlammable passions and cndnngerlng the
IJn;on itself. seveftply, because the election OF
| In,,e White would have decided tendency, rs
wc have heretofore remarked, to pour OIL upon the
| v;olcnt waves Of party excitement, which no" SO
! foorrlliv agltatc mems minds and when, 'hs'c"d
If bcior allaycd would be lashed INTO still greater
G,,,hv ihe election of MI Van Buren " elshlhly,
hccnosa were judge White evca more oolegtohshe
than he is he would still vastly meo'ooI. 10 MAJ "
Van B.rln. Who himself cPcn 10 every argument
which we. as Wings, might urge against J1<Se
| vvbi,o 10 more repusnant to them, for many fea
cons anol,cable exclusively 10 himself. Not inc
lens, of these re asons is his un1nestionaoIf
salon & dupcity, eversnce he has pceh an ",'o' D
the nolitica st,gc. Every thing, by turns ana no
inp lono y his cSreer may be thus summary p''
piously described lie was Tor anu "se'"o' "" -,
,or 81 1879. for and aga,ns, Dewitt Clinton, at
a' 14,ro,, nerio1s during the lite-limc Of thai
Is,;nonsbcd citizen, he was for and against Dan
;ol n Ton,pkins at one time the most PROMISING
man !, America prai1turcly cut oil in INC "'"'
If his d.-s and as il were IN tie m'hehec'"e"
If ,,;s ,,icndidcarccr by his own Imprudenee o'
! l ooninst the exercise of the power Oh 'h'e''"
;o,,,ovomcot by the general government lo' "'''
aoaiDs, John Quincy Adams, requiring NOUNS
have hound him FIRMLY IN irehdshlP WV" W. 80.
bu, the mission to England which, RAJ II pto,'
cS,.oI a, Van instead Of Rufus, kIas, the Mag
c;on would not, at this day, have oaeN 'hc
AZ Jackson. for and against the eN'th''o' u -
r,;vo n,,ronagc and power, as ms '''
,o,cnts hanncncd 10 have the oIs" '"'.'o' ~ a.,
.roils for and against the be'h u W. -.
states "a il suited his interests i'' '"1 T.
40 loal n his votes, and against IT, II M -
md , by his professions IN short a. II has be-,
lJ""N., - ~ o. h,nleclf and RsaInst eRsIy nI'