South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-30


Mason, declared she went not for Vim.
C. Rivesi she went for those pwaci
, pies which she dearly cherished, and
would not be separated from. She
would 90 for any man who was known
to be respectable, and disciple OF her
doctrines. New York. through Mr..
Holt, Of KY, and R. T. Lyle, a fat
office.holder Of Ohio, rang out the
changes upon Old Tecumseh-his
1 scars-his Sunday mail report-his
efforts to procure pensions for old sol.
diers, aed annuilies fer widows-his
opposition to Imprisonment for debt
the love the Western People have for
him, and all that kind of thing.
DR.. Mason, as the representative of
the Virginia delegation, approved all
these things in Colonel Johnson. Blu,
he said bis party in Virginia could not
support him, upon principle. They
had not dared even to meet the Oppo.
siton on the question Of Mr.. Van Blu.
rem alone, because Of the uncertainty
Of his principles. They had fought
with all their strength against one Of
Virginia's most talented sons, BEN5A.
MIN WATKINS LEIGH, because they
feared he might, in some peculiar con-
.ingency, be bank man. They had
conquered in their recent struggle
They had sacrificed Mr.. Leigh-and
how would they now appear, to 60
back to their constituents and ask them
to support Richard M. Johnson, a
bank man, an internal Improvement
man, and a tariff mani They could
not, and they wouldnot do it.
The Eirginians we're laughed at. de-
rided, and insulted. The New York
delegation found the New Jersey, Mas.
sachusetts, and Maine Jacksonism SO
( pliable thatit could be moulded as New
York pleased, and they snapped their
fingers to the entire South, If itehese 10
desert them.
| One of the delegations from Pennsyl-
wanna, too, the WoIiites, received a most
contemptuous insult at the hands ofthe
New York deleg ation-for it was that
delegation, under the direction of MI.
S1LAs WRIeHT, Jr., that managed eg.
cry movement. The resolution caaing
upon Pennsylvania to nominate a new
electoral ticket, ives opposed honora.
bly,, fairly, and 10 the very last, by the
Wolf delegates; and yet it was passed,
by order Of Mr.. Wright, to rebuke
them for suffering FIVE of their number
to dareto prefer Rives in open Conven-
tion. The Muhlenburg delegates were
about equally divided, out of the Con.
vention, between Rives and johnson,
bat getting their cue from MIR. Wright,
they gave their entire vote for johnson,
and as consequence, procured the
passage ofthe resolution to form new
electoral ticket in Pennsylvania. This
widens the breach between the two
parties in that Stste-makes it totally
passable-causes two Van Buren, e.
IectoraI tickets to be seen-and secures
the vote Of Pennsylvania, as cid George
-Kremsr openly declared, for the oppO.
sstioa.
The management in regard TO the
Missouri delegates also displayed its
cloven foot. Both delegates, some lit
tie time previous to the balloting declar-
ed to the friends Of Rives that he was
their man, and that they could not sup
port JohnsoRl But they were brought
over.
The Whole proceedings Of the Con-
vention have been management--man'
agement-management They have
proved anything but "labor Of love-
to the Virginia delegates, or to the del
egates from the Wolf party, ia Penn.
syIvania. The former have been deri.
ded and laughed at, for their -"nice.
fine.spun notions Of principles" aud the
latter insulted and defied! The Vol
delegates were denied hearing-cut
off from all explanation, by continual
calls for the "previous question:"
i We believe the proceedings of the
Van Buren, Convention viii result 10
this Virginia will net attempt to in
struct Mr.. Leigh out of the Senate ;
MIR. Philip P. Barbour will be placed
upon the ticket with Judge White,
| which will secure for it the support Of
all the South and the Southwest
Pennsy lvania will have two electoral
tickets in the field, and If auy members
/ decline upon the present ticket, their
places will be Immediately supplied by
other WsoLf mes, and the opposition
| will carry the State.
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