Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-06-23
It is just and prudent, do

datc; out tor the sake of all that is just and prudent, do
not let US abuse each other
IL VIII be remarked, that the Boston print emphasizes
.ns word "sow, when it speaks of the union between
/" the Bhigs Of The North and South" at is not expect
ed that the Wings of the North and the South will no,o
nnite on one candidate When, where, and how, this
union is to be effected between them, any one may rea-
Oily perceive, who will read the following extracts from
the Bank papers, and rccollccts that Judge White is the
candidate brought out by the Banks Speaker, to whom
he gave a written authority to withdraw him, Whence yer
ne ana Divy Crockett, and the rest of his little junto
The National Bank Gazette, it will be seen from the
following, looks upon MIR. Webster as the available can
didatr:
w believe Mr.. Webster TO be IA very available, as
well as the preferable, candidate. Let the Whigs north
ofthe Potomac, and of some ofthc Western States where
thvy are strong, cling to him universally, and his success
viii be more likely than that of any other candidate -
The ant! kitchen party in the South, though they may
hrsi lsnd their aid To Judge White, tciIi not hesitate 10 elect
NJ VsCsfcr, IN oaseMc choice should ultimately be restricted
TO the t~o northern candidates. The Whips cannot adopt
Judge White without renouncing all pretensions to con-
sistency, and, indeed, without losing their identity
Their whole political creed, distinct merit, and vital pow
er, are at stake. Mr.. Webstcr not only represents their
principles and has been one of their special master cham
pi"ps but inwers far above the other candidates, in general
qualifications and services. If they carry him, their tri-
unph whl DC noble IN proportion to HE merits and re-
nown, ind the good they will have achieved for their
country lfthcy fail, the consciousness and the honor
VIII remain to them of having been siedfastly true to
their own creed and cause, and having attempted The best
Tor the national veal"
Where Mr.. Walsh expects to make Webstcr's claims
available, will be seen in this ereerpt from his Gazette
cherish the main consideration that he possesses
the highest positive qualifications for the office of Prcsi-
dent-that he is most widely and deeply seated in the es-
teen ande@Nfdence of the People. A patriotic conscience
and sound Judgment are fully satisfied in the adoption of
such d candidate. TO carry him toMe House of Represen-
nttres-8 Ais be practieabc-seea to as a poTy, as IL as
a CONSTITUTIONAL. right"
The New York American, which is the leading repre-
sentative OF MIR. Webster S intcrest. in New York, in the
same confidence, presses for a decision in the House, and
reposcs all its hopes there
=" l he result, then, will be, that there soiu be three can
atdafcs, and, as a consequence, Mot there ,ciu be no election
by ne Feopie. Hhat MenP The Constitution has point
ed ont the mode of settling the difficulty, and il is about
as SIMPLE and ctcotuat a one as could toeu be dcriscd. The
1f""Se V representatives, uoting by States, choose the
Prcsldent-th thus carrying out the double principle of our
system, which rests equally upon the People, and upon
the States as limited sovcrcigntics."
The views OF these leading journals are adopted uni
vcrsaliy by the Bank press throughout the Union, and
MIR. Bell, tine Bank Speaker, hopes, in occupying the
same position Mr.. Clay once occupied, to accomplish for
hts party 4 more permanent success in the person of MIR.
Webster, then his predecessor did in that OF John Quin-
cY Adams.