Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-30


certain measures Of the admin isirofion which con
aemncd, yet that surely tan be no objection win
tlose Who stood by him in The defrnce of those
meeFures rejoice to find that many Of Won prs-
Ter judge White TO Mr.. Van Buren, gvt ire IL.
ders ri the party tell you 10 beware. 10 lie ain ~
the baltimore Caucus, and follow ms lend, f3uf
would any to you,my jackson friends IL ynt ~ (rrs
men--ii You have not abandoned your every tint
INTO the hands Of your eadevs- spesls oss css,puss
The cause VI the msn q yeut choire and dictate 10
lha Baltimore Caucus, instead Of being dictated 10
on the Caucus. Judge White Is Southern man
nes interests and feelings in common with the
south above Nil, he IL mn Aonest man and. sink
OF swim, enroll myself under HE standard.
hey tell you, friends Of Gen. Jackson, that the
ohJeet oi.he Wings is to spill, your ranks. then 10
lrIng out candidate OF ihsir own and that JUDGE
White will be wih'fAwn. This is No, So The
wings will bring forwaf'. no candidate, and Judge
w h''e VIII not he ~'thdrown. Thc "Tennesssc
household troops" told distinguished citizen Or our
osu'o' 10 tell our people hahlhe w hiie Gag pure
ana unspoticd, had been unfurIcd mud that, uroud
and uuterrfcd, II would continue 10 aos, upon tina
ofe' &c, IN defiance OF tho yafked Baltimore Csuoo.
ana the Van Buren, office holders" Blink Tho
question as they may, fellow citizens, the issue 10
be Tried OF your ensuing election is betwean Van
bufen and Whiie--m Prophe, Richie said Of Gen.
yhekson, | ahonld consider tho election of Mr.
van bnreh aeuisc upon the country md in the
language OF great man, indeed, better that war
pesi'lenee and famine should visit Us for a season
ina" 'h"l the desi,nies Of this great and happy coun.
" should ever be confded mo The hands Of thai
corrupt aad intriguing taclician VI New York. 10,
oil, them who prefer Judge White 10 Martin Van
Buren, nj once rally TO his sue,our Tfis il tho cri.
s's OF our falc-and whatever car be done. must bs
promptly done
Although, my county men, have already icneth-
ened Out this address more ,han had an,icipa,sd.
oenf with me a little longer, whilst explain tho
eircnmaances Of tho split in the Van Buren, oppo.
''uon, and my agency in the matter. II is useless
10 say any thing about the equal right which every
nee man haa, OF Offering his services 10 the people
for, had foreknown that Mr.. Garland would
have beeo cnnjidatc, will canddly confss.I
should not have opposed him. | was aware that
Tho Van Buren, party, would eagerly svsil them
selves Of spltin tho ranks Of their opponents and
would MT IN cfisis like the present have rashty
risked any thing will NJ oandidly confess, thai,
could !, honestly and consistently withdraw fro n,
Tho contest, would most checffully defer nv
claims to your suppor, TO some future day Blu.
eannot withdrsw--and il the opposition should be
defeated by the split, ard Van Bnrsnite slippsd
IN on the shoulders Of minority, am unwilling
thai lbe. blame shoullIbe laid lom nv overwasnine
These sre tho circumstances II will be recollec-
Ted by numbers IN ,he county, that during the can.
vnss OF las, Sprrg, Mr. Garland, repeatedly pledged
himself 10 the people TINT |, was the LAT time he
should svet offer them his scrvices--thni he would
mol be candidate this prescnt Spring. From
these pfonises II wns gencruiiy buiirved by his
friends, my friends and indeed by the majority Of
tho county, thai he would met be a candidate. In
addition oihcAe pledges, during the sitting Of tho
Legislature, and after il had been announced ia
SOME Of the papers, thu, certain Wing Delegates
would decline n election, Mr.. Garland was
written 10 by various individuals, 10 know no
eoaM be a candidate; and, in order II such was
not his Intention, that tho Wing party might select
n successor, and # possible AVOID split. To those
letters, "a | wts informed, by gentlemen upon
" hon | relied, Mr.. Garland repIied--and, without
expressly saying lie would not invariably left The
impression HE mind thai he did not desire 10 DO
u candidate, and would not, provided any other
Wing candidate Offered. To ono Of his cosros-
pondenls, rs | understood, he distinctly snid he
would mol, unhssthe Waig candidate was person.
ally diSosfefnlfo Inn. In order fully 10 sal.
isfy myself coqnircd Of many ofAis friends, and
they informed me tint members OF Mr.. Or family
had told ,hem e would not lie candidate. also
nseerlnined ha, many Of bis conslftcn, and warm
supporters thought il was time for him 10 retire,
and ~ 4 had beon led to b,Iieye 1t WAS also his
wIeh; presumed, as matter Of course, TINT he
would Under these circumstances announced
myself IN q short time thereafter, Mr.. c. was
also onnounced--as muth 10 my surprise as II was
10 that Of Numbers Of his friends, who yolontarily
expressed TO me their regtc, thai he had done 20,
md their hope, when he sscertainod tho views OF
many OF his old supporters on tho subject that he
would withdraw. The Wing cnuse, Of course, is
il jeopardy but bo II remembered ibid MT split
the renks, nor can cure the split-for, whilst If
not a Candidate my self, and no State Rights csndi-
date WIS in the felJ could consistently with my
State Rights principcssurpor Mr.. G. or any other
man in opposition % Van Buren, yet there is too
wide difference in oil our political principles md
notions (sove opposition 10 Van BuIen) 10 justify
o,o in nbonlonIpg the field to him. Could fhavc
foresecn circumstance, might have svoidrJ hois-
ting the State Rights Republican flag at an unpro-
pitious season bu, il being W, can by no means,
consistently with my views Of principle consent TO
strike il, 10 give precedence 10 that Ct dfcreat
c,oed. Whist ! hope am no, overly anxious for
popular hono's, il il 10 be presumed that huss
wme ambition that way, ani 10 withdrew, would
a, blast all my future prospects in that line, be
they good or bal. lndeed under nll the circum-
stances, can any disnerescd man hnk lam cal
led on to withdraw That should be made tho
scape goat, to be socrfced to tho ynccila'iny
" hms Of Mr. Garland Mr. G. il he thinks pre-
per- can withdraw, without injury to himself. lr-
decd, it would only be complying with promises.
deliberately and soIemnly made the people lat
Spring. Many Of his friends, since his announc. :
mcnt have repeated those promises to me, and ais
a, a loss 10 know the reasons which should h., .
induced him TO forfeit them In addition to this,
Mr. G.. isge,ins old. Like Gen. Jackson, in tho
natural course Of things eai, il nothing else, must
long trip up his heels, and clap an extnguis :
er to hspoiitlcal aspirations.-iieh has served the
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