Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-06-01
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]ha Van Bmcn Convention has beca held, an /
It's nominations have been made, IS we announced
Yesterday, ard as vii be seen in the report Pub
lish"d to-da5. We propose 10 take q brief, hui
calm review Of IL ps4cec liNgs, and a. h. 3ald an
opinion respecting IL consequences. Eypcctn1
he Convention I, be composed wholly ofrreel,
o'lcc hplitg aat rNpectants, When il clnc ioge.h-
er, we .ltii. dradnt that there woua be s. ma II
tritc, pickering, III feeling and management there
dis i'ayod, Is what W. Witnessed III C3inaa-
toa was composed oi men. actin, - cNelt on
might see, upon opposite in.ere,ls. The Virginia
delegation were az the bead oil one intete,,, and
the New \ orb delegation it}he head OF ,hc OH T.
The former, thoueh Van Enrea men. VT. sill
NirGnians rrncmhcrjn, tn 'ir principles, aud de-
slring 10 present To the couany ticket " ucl the
pplc of tia South could support. without openly
.ompromlttifg thcir principles, or sacrificing their
own seli-icspcet. On the other hand, the New
York delegation cared nothing for principles To
them, popularity, and the man who would secure
for the ticket and ior Martin Fan Buren, the i" har-
rdh boys was every thing Virginia, through
Dir. Mason, declared she went no, for II iHiam {.
R'rcs she went for those priaoip piles which she
dearly cherished, aa1 would not he separated irorr
She would 90 for any man who was known 10 he
respectable, and disciple OF her doctrines. New
York, through Mr.. Hoh, of Ky, and r. T. Lyllc.
upon Old Tecumsch--his scars--.hs Sunday aail
report-his efforts to procure pensions for old SOL
dierN and annuties for Widow>--hs opposition 10
Imprisonment for dcht--;hc love Ia. " rs,crn Pc
pie have tor him, and all that Kind of thing.
DR.. Mason, rs the representative :. fhr ir,inia
delegation, approved all tlec thing, in Col. John
son. But he said his party in Virginia could not
support him, upon principle. They had not da,ca
even To meet the Opposition on tie qaaStioa of
MIR. Van Buren, alone, bccaaSt a the uncertainty
This principles. They had fought witt, all their
strength against of Nirginia's most talented
sons, BENJAMIN WATKINS Lricu, because they
feared nc might, IN some peculiar contingency, be
bank man. They had conquered in their recent
struggle. They had sacrificed Mr. Leigh-.and
how would they now appear 10 so back to their
constituents and ask them to support Richard NJ.
johnson, bank man, an internal Improvement
man, and tariff man They could not, and they
would not do il.
The Nirgmians were laughed at, drrided and
insultcd. The New York delegation found til,
New jersey, Massachusetts, and Maine Jackson
ISM so pable that it could be moulded as New
York pleased, and they snapped their fingers to the
entire South, If it chose to desert them.
One OF the delegations from PENNSYLVANIA. too,
the Welhtcs, received a most contcuptuous insa,;
at the bands of the New Iork dclcga.ioa--lor il
was thai delegation, under the direction Of Mr.. ST.
LAS RIGHT, Jr. that managed every movement.
The resolution calling upon PennsS lvania to nomi-
nate now electoral ticket, was opposed honorl
bly, fairly, and to the very last, by the Wolf dele
gates; and Yet it was PASSED, by order of Mr..
Wright, 10 rcbukc them for suffering five ftheir
number 10 dare to prefer RiNes in open Conven-
ton. The Muhlcnburg delegates were about
equally divided, out Of the Convention, between
hlves and johnson, but getting their cue from Mr..
wright they gave their entire vote for johnson,
ano as a consequence, procuscd the passage Of the
resolution 10 form a new electoral ticket ia Penn
Sy'ania. This widens the breach between the tp O
parties IN that Sta,e--nakes it totally impa,s,ble
causes two Van Buren, electoral tickets to be
rnn-and secures the ucte Of Pennsylvania. as
ota George hrensr openly declared Tor the oppo-
sition
The management in regard 70 tie Missouri; Dell
egatos also displayed is cloven foot, Both dele
gates, some lte time previous 10 the baotnr, de-
cared 10 the friends e ii"-s t',q- he was their