Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-06-08
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rIonday. June 8, 1895.
cor IouNSON'S NOMINATION..

!, ,,,crtains treat respect" however for Col j.
and earnestly admonslies its friends not to cfili-
cizr his character and pretensions too larslly-
be,rs them not to widen the dissenons which now
distract :" the treat Democratic Republican party,
by violent structures upon the antagonist DIVISION
and recommends, in the last resort, should the
members Of the State Legislature not be iortu-
nate enough to devise some mode for producing
cancellation and concert" that an Electoral ticket
be formed with instructions to vote for ' an Buren,
as President, and with discretionary power as 10
the Vice Presidency
The Petersburg Constellation, too, whose senior
editor was member of the Baltimore Convention,
in an inflated address d" to the Democracy Of tu-
oiaio." declares that Col Johnson's nomination is
'rcpusive to their sense of moral propricty, OPP
posed their political views and beneath Their es-
innate of that qaanum ofintcllectnal ability which
should distinguish the second officer of this great
and cnlightcncd government '-and advises the
prompt rejection of the poisoned and bitter cup
But Ike the Enquirer, calls upon the 50 dcmocra
cy' to adhere to Van Burcu, and to leave the ques
ton Of the ice Presidency to the decision OF time
and chance.
These uneqaivocal symptoms of oppugnation
from the two leading administration presses in Viz
ginia added TO what We understand to be the unan-
imous sentiment OF the Virginia delegation, 10
of the nominations Of the Baltimore Convention,
renders i, certain, we presume, that the vote OF
/ Virginia Will not be given Ton Col. Johnson. But,
if the statement OF Mr.. Voolfolk, one Of the dele
gates to that Convention nom Orange. and
member OF the next Virginia Legislature, to Wit
thai tLc nomination Of Col shnso9 is the result
of bargain between that 81 ,.t,ln and Mr.. Van
Buren,, be We'll iuGn1,'i, ~ a those who STUN
bic at Col. johnson, support Mr.. Van Buren,
Read the following article, furnished by CORES
pom lent ofthe Fredericksburg Arena
" ORANGE c. H., goth MAY.
" Col WooLrorK, one Of the Delegates from
this county to the Baltimore Convention, made a
Speech to the people here yesterday, in which he
denounced the doings of that assembly, as tic result
of bargaining and corruption, TO the full as afro
cious as the memorable affair between Mr. Clay
and Mr.. Adams, in 1925 and no man, Col. ".
said, who blamed that could consistently tolerate
this The main point of the intrigue seems to
have lain in the insisting, by the Western members
OF the Caucus, that Colonel Tecunsch Johnson
should be named as Vice President, as the sole
condition Of their adherence to the Van Buren
cause. And the sine qt0 non is said to have been
communicated, months ago, TO the arch ugglcr ".
81 himself, who has ever since been working his
wires, and drilling his subaltcrn5 to produce the re-
suit, which has aroused the disgust and Indignation
of some, il not all of the pure and generous spirits
from Virginia. who had been invciglcd into this
Baltimore moss. They thought Simple souls that
they were to sit down to a fair game for a great
4 ts,l- t,l
fo-known, that the cards were stocked upon them
FUty ciecforai roteS, it was threatened would be
lost to Mr.. Van Buren,, unless Col Tccumsch were
united with linn
We repeat, ii this statement be true, should i,
not render MIR. Van Buren, as odo,,s to those who
were previously disposed to support him, as Col.
Johnson himself evidently is 2 If there be 4 bar
gain in the case, are not bot, of the parties to it
equally criminal Does it not show too, that Mr.
Van Buren, cared nothing for moral character po-
litica principles, exalted TALENT in his associate
nominee, provided that nominee could bring rotes
to his aid And if this be so, should not all the
with redoublcd force upon ' an Burcn's own head
II Mr. Van Buren,, aware, as he must have been,
of Col. Johnson character and standing did never
thclcss favor his nomination, that he did so is
evident, from the fact that he received the IL votes
OF New ork, which no doubts could have
been disposed ofby Mr.. Van Buren, as he listed
docs IT not demonstrate, clearly and uncquivocalv,
thathc totally regardless ofthe mental moral &
political qualifications of his associate in the nomi-
nation, provided that nomination would bring more
votes to his ticket than would have been secured
by the nomination of a less objectionable and more
worthy man The conclusion is irresistible; and.
being SOFT seems to that the same honorable mo-
tive which has elected such spontaneous and de-
termined spirit OF resistance to the Vice Prcsiden-
tlal nomination, should inspire an equal degree of
hostility to the Presidential nomination likewise
We respectfully submit this, ii seems to us, candid
view OF the question, to the calm consideration of
the administration INDEPENDENTLY to that por-
ton of them who have settled aversion to every
thing like bargain and intrigue
Another suggestion. Docs not the result of this
famous assemblagc at Baltimore, demonstrate, if
not the mischevousness, al least the inutility of
such bodies 1t has shown that the nominations
OF such Conventions are only regarded as binding,
when they happen to accord with the prc-determ-
ned course Of those who Participate in them. II
they are not obligatory, then, they cannot prevent