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

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The Portland Advertiser takes us uniustIy Ia t,sL e.
accepting the nomination of Mr.. Van Buren, and decI;n.
ing that OF Col. Johnson. He contends. that ,Lcv ~
but acts ofthe same dramu; and that consistcncy c1 "s
of us TO take or reject both together. We hayo tanJis
answered this obJcctioI-but it is so clearly and forc;
ply exposed IN the following article from the Petersburo
constellation OF Saturday last, that we beg leave to lnyy
IL before the Advertiser for his dispassionate cons;d.ra.
ton:
(Ffom tie Constellation
"WHIGGEnY.-To secure the votes of the Rep,l,I;c.,.
hercabouts, for Judge White, the Who's ire ,r,;n re
with their tricks, stratagcms and wiles.' The cunniny
Efforts OF our opponents, we arc informed. are poyvd roc,.si
TO the persuasion of the friends of Mr.. Van Uur.n TIA,
II they support him, they must of Necessity support mi
So"hs0n also he being upon the same ticket. This ia
oy no means true, how plausible - vcr il IN app,nr q,
the uninformrd upon the subject. The Whigs ar. bn,
seeking to defeat the election of Mr.. Van BuTcn Ly
mignfnlng the t'nid with the scarecrow ofthe objections
which justly exist against Col. Johnson. They are at
tempting to obscure the talents and virtues of the steru
Statesman OF New York with u mantle formed of The
iraiitIes and impcricctions of the old soldier of Kentncky
Before any nomination for either office wns ,u,de in H..
National Convention, the Virginia Delegation uave q
tice TO That body Though the following resolution read
oy " Richard q. Mason, that they could not support
any individual for the Vice Presidency, who did moi agree
politically with them:
" Rcsofrcd, That b. -
tee To announce to Me GcneTaI Co,r,nto, b.co~. a." =
ton ~ Pice PTcsideht is 6r0ugkt M, Mat this D,jsoa,aa
can an no wtse recommend to tie Peapie of yirgiaio Tar
Ftcc PTeStdeHt, any indiriduni, 1rhO docs moi ,,o;,;,;,
ara curry out nc principles Virginia has cry bcd linn
e IL was understood that the nomination of Oh ~
. a hTeiy 10 DC efectcd, and the above resolution
was offered and adopted in caucus by the VIRGINIA Dir
Cation, to meet the emergency. They WISHED IN roro
warn their brethren of the consequences which vnnid
ensue rom such . result and pave the way for a dccla-
ration mat they could neither support nor recommend for
support, the nomination to the people Of virgin;, A.
yer the nomination Of Col. Johnson was announced Il,
Tue Convention, the following resolution. drcl,rato,v nr
this purpose, also adopted in caucus by the yirg;n;s Del
CATION, was read by Mr.. IioIlcman:
+" RcSoired, Thu shoafd me National Conre,,o, non;
mite X. ~. johnson. If Kcnfucky. Mrn
os appointed o." tic part IF This dergation. 10 ouyouues u,
ee COhcenno", u0t zee cpnHot sHppOst Mo nomination, or
trom prgin'a do mt feel satisfied nat M. J. ,oaT snSpo,t
and earTy out he ~priHcipies md dOcrines ,rbich Sbt ey,y
maintained and h0ids deor."
Thus IT viii be seen that the people of Viruini, were
IN no respect committed 10 the snnpnrt of OF Irh,sn,
for the Vice Presidency by their Delcpasrs in The N,,;,n.
al Convention. So far fOin it, they expressly declared
they would not even recoinme nd him 10 their constituent
u IS as idsc, therefore, as IL is deceptive for the yybigs ~
pretend that the Republicans if they vote for Mir V,n
bnIen, are compelled alsot to vote for Col. johnson. Who
VIII he eventually supported 10y tire Democracy of the
State for the Vice Pfrsidencytyge pretend moi 10 sn,crs,
The Members Of The party in the Legislature. accordinp
TO established usage, will make ont an Electoral ,r;cLny
with the name of Marlin Van Buren, for p,es;dcn, -, -.
head. For Ptce Presidcnf. the name Of eomc disting,isbcd
Individual may be placed with bis; OF the electors nav
DC vested WITH power by the people at the polls. of cast.
ing the vote OF Virginia on whomsoe yer they NAV decn,
most expcdient--and it is not improbable that ihis viii
DC inc course adoptcd.. While the Wings arc 10 zcal-
ousy engaged 81 Tightening the people with Colonel
johnson, why, wc ask, do they not condcsccnd 20 inform,
Us who ihey intend To place on their Ticket with I,doc
Whitc1 Why not ut once tell the people tl,st II y,il be
HNH8 OoiN itan ~ ~ ANlilltf. judge Man
gum, John Tyler, or some other political friend and asso.
cate OF Henry Clay, John &. Calhoun, and Gcorec
fnlndextcrf Upon this point, our opponents keep sy-
nihcantly dark; well knowing, tbati IL they adhere to il,c5;r
principles with half the fidelity Of The Republicans, thew
arc obliged to select a Vice President from some me mlcyr
% Their party, who, politically compared 10 Richard NJ.
johnson. with MI his sins on his head, would be IN. ,na.
city Of Ebony beside the transparency Of Topaz"
The Whigsarc pIay ing an %insidious game uoon us-bnt
all their efforts TO scatter division in our ranks aro rcaJiiy
seen through and will be surely defeated. What. though
they no'o %cclumniat, Richard NJ johnson, and nm sf.
'ect to lay bcfofe the public the means Of Defending his
reputation; WHAT uioughthcy now speak ofbis ".
ever as an admirable composition, and then abuse
him witiout qualification Whist, though AZ one time
they rcProbatc the whole Br.s..aese Coryentiop-and
a. another, insist upon u, fhat we are bound 10 adopt
both IFS nominations, wfttout advegfino 10 all Tho
circumstances Of the cayc? What, tbor4h thry play
OF every engine upon Us, 10 distract our Parry and
70 promote their own pufposcs<--Wc shall bafle all
their calculations. Onr Party viii not hermit
themselves 70 be divided, for tie benefit Of the
Whigs They viii practise TIC utmost fortcaIarce to.