Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-04-21


VINO alone hare the right nominate - and they there
re proclaim that ace cordially approve his noina-
Passing by the sweeping denpnco,iop ot , N,n,
convention of Delegates from all the States of the
Union, thc mode adopted to assert our Independence
ana 10 take the Of the People and establish onr
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT by the assumption that The os
certainng OF the public will through representatives
CHOSEN 1y the People to express it, deprvng the Peo-
PIE vi thelr rightswe come to the main question and
ASK ho'c, ,ehen and aehere, Judge White nomi-
mated by the People, the meeting in Mr. Bells dis
trc, ASSERT How has he become the Peoples candidate
as The Appeal proclaimed him TO be- after assentin 40
inc call OF Messrs Bell Crockett and the rest of the
ieiessee homihors; or in what way has that "ruBIIc
OPINION been expressed to which the Judge himself
modesuy bot repeatedly alludes and bows in acques-
ccnce?
When Judge White gave his assent TO the eleven
members of Congress TO his name and bring him
before the public candidate he had not received
s conngen' nomination of the Alabama Legislature
ms name had never been connected with the Prsden
ey IN any large meeting of the People even in his own
ot2e. 1t was barely spoken of by of the journals
III lehessee IN some few Of the districts OF those mem.
0ers from tennessee who have since held caucns M
washington, TO give color to that call which was
hade under the AMUSEMENT of MIR. Bell He adj
uicSSeu INC caucus IN speech the OCCASION and
.he nomination announced TO the public through
tle notes we have quoted the result If any
heeuhg oil the People in any State of the Union
or any convention Of the Delegates of the Peope autbo
rscd the annunciation of Judge White as the candidate
OF the People, which immediately followed in The Az
Pca on the assent given by Judge White the caucus
oil tennessee members, are ignorant of il; we cali
upon Judge White and his friends and the Journal that
The caucus call of the eleven upon Judge White un-
der which he was first announced n candidate for the
SO lar from being prompted by public opinion
was ehtrely the act OF knot of disappointed and dsaE
iected politicians, aboring defeat Jc opinion bv
producing schism in the triumphant Republican ranks
we shall give the history of il.
About the middle of August during the session rs
the tennessee Convention called for the amendment of
the State Constitution an attempt was made 20 obtain
from meeting OF the members of that body nomina-
ton of Judge White, candidate for tho Rresidency
Gov lllie bioGnt venerable friend Of General Jack
son, as well as OF Judge White, called ufoD to act
as chairman OF the meeting. After. the members had
convened, proposition made to nominate Judoe
Nhte, IN opposition to the candidate of the proposed
General convention of Republican delegates from the
whole Unlon to be assembled at Baltimore il was in
stan.y objected to, by of tho fathers of the Demo
cratic party IN tennessee. The venerable individual call
ed to the chair the Hon Willie Bount alt,ous from Der
sonal and local attachments DESTROYS advance judge
W., srenuousy opposed the ATTEMPT He said recon-
incubation OF Judge White to the National Convention
would be proper, bat that the course proposed which
would undoubtedly divide the Democratic party and
sever Judge White from the great body of Republicans
with whom he had acted through life was calculated to-
do mischief to the which he had hitherto main
talned-and would rum Judge Whites prospects and
reputation ms sentiment prevailed in the meeting and
the effort to bring out Judge White by Tennessee
nomination, in opposition to the contemplated nomination
by the Democracy of the Union, was defeated The
President about this time being at the Sstage visited
Nashville, ON the invitation OF the members Of the Con
Blount informed linn Of tile proceeding which had bccn
attempted in regardt Judge White and OF its failure
~ subseqnent.etfort ofthc kind with tle. members
MIR Ben, the Speaker of the House ct Representa-
uves wndhad been elected by the Opposition at the
ciose ol tt previous session, by the help of small
Tacon OF the friends of the Administration being sour-
cd with the President and the great body of the friends
OF ihe Administration was strongly suspected of being
at the bottom OF the scheme of bringing forward JUDGE
White, through the Nashville Caucus against the wish
OF the mass OF the Republican party throughout the
Union. lie had himself succeeded bv emnIoov;na ,h;s
species ot eccsin Congress; hut he saw that the On
position claimed him their Speaker-he felt his obi;
CATIONS to them, and dared not deny them. He was
conscious that if he did not Speaker prove himself
the decided friend of the Administration he wond for
lett the support of the few Republican members from,
New York and other States, who had voted for him on
personal considerations, and on the pledges he rave
to that effect and he knew that if he were really
true and Jealous in the cause Of the Administration
he would lose the almost unanimous Opposition surface
winch gave him in the first instance and was IN
dspensable to his reelection 1t was natural then that
Mr. Bell should wish to involve Jpdgc W3;,a :, ,h
same dilemma with himself He perceived if Judoe
White could be drawn into the Presidential canvass
looking to the support OF portion of the Democratic
party the South, in conjunction with the Opposition
that the elections for the House of Representatives dur
ing the present summer would be made to turn in some
degree sectional preferences for Judge White and
that wherever the Opposition succeeded through the d
vision thus produced IN the South il would add TO the
strength OF that party upon which he had thrown him
SELF for his elevation as Speaker Ii was this vcnt
tendency OF the sectional nomination of Judge White
to subscTve the policy which Mr. Bell had embraced to
divide the Republicans and carry "A sufficient number
into the Opposition ranks to make majority i'm the
House, to secure his re-elecon that produced the
suspicion Of the Speakers agency in getting up
the nomination OF Judge White at Nashville The
prevalence of this belief induced Mr. Bell to deny
to one of his personal friends at Nashville that he had
my agency IN getting up the caucus at Nashrie for
Judge White, az opposition TO National COngcnfoa
and to the friend he read letter lust written 10
MIR Campbell +. White of New York, friend of Van
Buren,, and devoted one in which, speaking of The.
next Presidency lac said rs y Tennessee has fakon
no dctirc, decdcd course his question GuttAo sag0cos
potticiGnSdmongst us arc gOiHg in for IAN Buren5
Whether MIR. Bell sent this letter to the Honorable
Campbell p. White we have not inquired but tie cir
cumstence was communicated by Mr.. Bell, to one who
it supposed might have influence maintain his in
terest with the friends Of the Administration and was
given proof that he mad not councnanced the at
tempt TO sever the Democratic party by means Of the
Nashville Caucus.
What will the public think of the cundor and fair
dealing of the Speaker Of the House of Representatives
when informed that, at the time he was making these
disclaimers Of having intenlered to raise opposition
to a nomination through a National Convention,
he had, by letter, under his own hand, appealed
10 Colonel Jobnsonto lend himself to his yony object
We have before Il letter, written az the time
from friend in Kentucky, in which the writer TINS
gives its import MIN Is. WANTS COLeNTL TO
oBJFcr TO 4 NATIoNAL CoNyENTtOS;. ASD TnE ADVICE.
rs rHE WHOLE LETrLR, IS sUcH AS worLD 0UfN ruE
woRsr EsEMY Would GIVE, ASH YEr ruE yRrEsDsnp
Of Mn BELL Con JonEsoE CANNOT RI DOUBTED.
j sPOKE FREELY BEFORE Carr. Fowler OF rmE DAN
CIR ADVICE, AND WAS ADMITTED by norm
ruE e'oL. AND Care. FowrnR."
We safely vouch for the truth oe the statement
contained in this letter but doubt exceedingly the be-
ncvolcnt conclusion Of e writer as 20 the sincerity 0f
the friendship If M Be for COi JobHson" Col john
was one Of those who, confding n Mr. Bells pro.
essons Of fidelity to the party, had contributed mainly
to his election Speaker and here find the Speaker
attempting TO divide Col johnson from the party-tO