Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-06-16


FuE NoMiSArioNs. -Tic Republican papers Of Viz.
gnia are taklng ground with great unannitv in supper,
oi'tne nomination of MIR: Van Buren, Coz the Presidency
aud IN opposition Gel Johnson elev 10 the Vice
Presidency. We pnbsh to-day an article from the
RICHMOND Eaqurer aud one from the Petersburg Con.
s'eHauon ~ which II will be tia, neither o! those
papers Will sustain COL Jo.ason,s nomination ana we
sha IA our next give the opinions of several other De-
mocratc papers all going shew that our party will be
united IN support OF The principles which they have al.
ways advocated. We consider IL ms f, settled o,es
tion that no ticket of electors favorable the cleo
uoh Oh Soionel Johnson will be in this State
The Republican Party have always sustained the
electoral ticket formed by Legislative Convention and
IN Tue present case 1T is reasonable calculate that the
ticket which shall be made out by our Democratic Dele
gates TO the next Legislature will be favorable TO MIR Van
S, ana ener unpedged as TO the Vice Presidency,
P.uReu " support some individual whose political
opinions coincide with those entertained by the Peope
oi virginia. In all this, we justification for the
complaint which has been made against the people of
Nirgnia-that, because they were disappointed in the
nomination OF Mr.. Rves. tlcy determined TO oppose
tue claims OF any other person who may have ntrrfcrcd
with his prospects. We believe this CHARGE entire
iy unsupported by the facts of the case; for IL we
are correctly informed the Delegation from Vro;nia
10 the National Convention required only that their
principles should he respected in the nomination of
candidate for the Vice Presidency, and they would
checriuly lend their aid to the election of the no
Ininees In this feeling they most truly represented
their constituents The majority of the Convention
nave seen proper Ia nominate individual for the Vice
Iresoency VINO differs from us iii several opinions of
great political Importance, and if refuse to give him
our support, II Is because we go for principlcs
men for Col Johnson, personally, entertain
high regard; we believe him honest and patriotic but
we cannot, unless find have been mistaken in orr
opinion oil his political creed give him our support for
the high and responsible office which he is now in fair
way OF obtaining The crowded state of our columns
prevents pursuing this subject further M nrcsn
we snail resume 1T Observation-Disclosures Virginiaa
CoMMEYrs.-The Opposition Editors are bu,lv ON.
ployed in commenting upon the letter of Mr. Van Buren
IN which he accepts of the nomination te ndered TO him
by the National Convention as n candidate f,r Tho p
sdency but the style in which they speak is SO very
different that 1T is very obvious they write at random
anu are not actIated by any common feeling, any
gard Tor principle or popriety The Patriot this civ
denounces in the strongest terms as an open avowa
OF the most odous sentiments and such as should excite
the most active opposition his election and the mos,
decided hostility to his principles 1t says:
we deem Que of the most extraordinary of the nge
which ought feel WILL arouse the American pee"
@ liberty tho ES tic wS
ae So INTERIOR Ts yS aHSn Mint Is to be esaoishs
in the compass great Union. - '' ~ 0' win
The Chronicle, on the contrary declares that il ;s
non-committa letter. and affords criterion from which
to judge of his sentiments of the course he would be
likely to pursue in of his election 1t alleges
missing onS .o ,eo @ ~ Is INC non commta style,
MY bsd H., IN inc Of President Jack
nu had dictated A.. the prominent acts OF this
The Richmond Wing take ground entirely d;faren,
from them both and alleges that the letter tselrs per-
fecy proper and the expressed in il enrelv
correct and places its opposition to his election upon the
ground OF objections to the man, and any thing
contained in the letter, any inference which can b..
drawn from any sentiment opinion which is xpresed
in IT. On the contrary, it says
The letter. must be eonfessed truly production
Taken by disconnected yrc,
soeded to be true and candida It's calculated
The National Inteigencer takes still n diferen, yo,
OF the matter and places its opposition him upon
very different foundation The editors of that paper ie
~. s ol they huVe no oolecu0n to the man, alleging that
they personally respect him. but will oppose election
because, IN of his success he will maintain the pr
cipes, and carry out the of present A.im
nistration. ~
How, then, is the matter to be decided when doctors
SO decided disagree p BeifimOre Republican.
w. :, from ne tho s osr, GeoIsi.n;l
of the People of Virginia. people, who though led
away for moment by the panic cry of the Arsoc ratio
coalli'onare too patriotic, too Republican in their
TONS to discard the principles of their JErFERsoN so
beautifully illustrated in the political course of his
pupil whose name heads this arcle,--we say of VIM
g Kvcs, the faithful Republican Representative we
feel we cannot too often pronounce our Appreciation
We detest idolatry much any one,-but il to adj
mire genuine Republican of the Old virginia School
and happy to say of the regeneraed School of
IS35-s IN the eyes of the Opposition TO be onillv
of idoiatry-we guilty of sach idoiatru We ad
nire the who stood up for his country in the
dark period of 1899 and So and defed with Tirginan
frnness, the autocrat of South Carolina. We admire
the Vlrginan who the Union threatened with de-
structlon-who stood FORTH therefore, among the cham
plons OF his country unityhs countrys strength In
1854 called upon by an accidental majority of his
state Legislature TO act against his political credible
could not without violation of his conscience obev
the mandate. We then the Office confded TO him
noby resigned into the hands of his constituents that
they might select another whose conscience was more
piiable lie was bound-and instead of RIvEs firm as
rock, which the stormy wrath of a Clay or a Calhoun
could not shake from It's bed, we find IEIcH The Re-
preventative of Old Virginia falling gracefully into The
Of the pebald coalition. VirGinians bowcvar
have their The principles of Jefferson as
illustrated by William c. Rives were too deeply i'm
planted IN the bosoms of the countrymen of Washino
ton, Jefferson and Madison, to be forgotten =
MT Leigh has been judged, though yet sentenced
when the sentence has been Pronounced upon this for
manifestation the Government of the Sovereign
State of South Carolina William c. Rives will be AGAIN
elevated TO that distinguished seatdsgraced since his
resignation, by the vacllatng Tving-Leigh
Mr. Riyes is required in the Senate. Forsyth a host
-Rives, and Others who. in the gloomy period of az
denounced Notification, and with their eoduence aided
IN driving 1T from the position whch it occupied have
retired-may we not hope that Virginia may soon have
State Representative who takes his ctie from the
smiles of disappointed coaon-may we not cherish
the hope that William G.. Bives may soon be found in
the Senate, that the Republicans Of other States may
behold him, and excain-" this is ViGginan !"
VTRcISIA.-Every indication in this democratic Com,
monweah, assures us of her firm adherence TO rcpub.
principles, and of her determination TO support and
eject the democratic an Buren, ticket for President
~ :, [Raieigh Standard
"The Prospect THE Wing nulifcrs are now ulav.
ing the same game the panic banktes did year about
this timc-that is, the game OF agi They then asserted
and reasserted that The State was anti Jackson thai
TO the Administration, and that Mr. Manpnm would he
sustained, &c How entirely destitute these assertions
were, oil both truth and honesty the whole State knows
from the result Of last winter session Of the legislature
IL Is now confidently asserted the RcgSer that
Mr. IdH Burcp cannot any contingency get the vote
of North Carolina. Now information from all parts
OF the State, is SUCH that il is firm conviction the
vote OF ~ Carolina tcU be given Mr. " Buren, at the
next Presidential Election.--B