Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-04-03

iississlppi,
Tho Webster state. giving yo,c.-ihc eight White
votes ihs calculation To.d o'e Tho election #
RSpresenares rhere is difficult hoO ooud
but most certainly in upon whom
with tho of exciting suspicion against Of the
Hn S'' S ana P'nns his Whole official path with hons
that Mcssrs Van Buren, and White are the onIi 1ra-
Die candidates Some of the other Wings in Virginia
are sporting the same opinion-and wonder they do
so. Their object is diDiSiOn-Their means to accom-
plish this object is, lu the vigilance of the People to
sleep, who are most particularly jealous of election by
the House OF Representatves.-Thc Wings would
persuade them, If they could, that they may safely
choose between White and Van Buren-that the
choice is reduced 10 these two canddaies-tha there
transferred 10 the Housc-and hence there is no
necessity of concentrating the of the Republicans
upon some particular indvidual.-No wonder that Mr.
Brown so readily slides into this idea--for he would
otherwise stand committed, by his own course in 1879
to resort to the exPedicnt of National Convention
Yes, MIR. John Thompson Brown, who is now n violent
denouncer OF Convention being mannuvre of the
system OF tactics and of the Van Buren, School of
Politics, was HIMSELF but three short years no as violent
stickler for National Convcntion in case where 1.-The
consequences of @tctSoH were less threatening andim-
pOrtant than they at this time and more morveous
s to promote the election of the very N York politi-
elan whose success he earnestly
in 1882, he was warmly IN taror of Convention to Sc
cure the election of Martin Van Buren as Vice Pres
dent-and heis now just as warmly against National
Convention lest might facilitate the promotion of Mar
tin Van Burenlie was then in favor of Mr. Van Buren,
against Mr. T. L. Barbour-and he now TO be for
any man IN the world against Martin Van Buren-On
the 18th of April, IS32. we find Mr.. Brown attend
ing meeting ofthe Republican Citizens of Petersburg
cooperating with them constituting ofa committee
ofTee for the purpose ofdralng resolutions; and adopt
ing the following:
" Res0lrei That of the 10
held at Baltimore 81 Monday
the present administration, calculated
ne Democratic Republican pary
the choice OF Vice President 10y Pey prct
me election ODt deD3irig the T.
unting the the National Republican, candidate
Resored, That - be appointed Delegates represent us in
the said Conventions and be cooperate spirit
concaon aud compromise with the Delegates from
Nu
general. acceptable the Jackson party throughout Union"
This blank filled with the names of Mcssrs
Brown and Branch-he present candidates for the town
OF Petersburg. They both attended the Convention
and If common rumor does not belle MIR. Brown few
men in the Convention found devoted to the
of Mr. Van Buren,, than he loas
We cannot reconcile Mr.. Browns present holy horror
against Convention with his former zeal in Behalf of
one, unless are TO suppose that, in his opinion har-
mOny and cOHcert in the Dfm0eraiic Reyu6ic0n Party
OF less consequence than it Men-and that it
far less important 10 ensure tho choice of President
To the People, than of Vice Prcsidcnt-and that
there is much less danger in rising election oa Pre-
siden by the House If ReproSCHtdtreS-in which body
we have had two melancholy warnngs--than it would
he in risking the election of Vice President by the
Senate where such beacon has erected for our
instruction.