The North-Carolina standard., 1836-01-14
VOL. M....NO6 60.
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
THREE DOLLARS PER ANNi1Ik

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
| The nomination Of Gen. Harrison has
posed many Of the wbigs. and distracted
their ranks Some oft6e most Intelligent
OF them in Maryland, say that the gdtne's
lupE4apd that .Harrison's nomination ens
lsures Van Buren',s Election. A friend
writes to us from Baltiimore-a We Shall
beat the Opposition in Maryland as sure
as the election comes.
In Pennsylvania. it operates as. the
torch of discord in their ranks. Il has
Iarrayed many of The Wings of Philadel.
lphia, and the 7nii-il1dsons Of the West.
against Hafrison: MIR. Walsh gave an
account of I'D crowded meeting oi ibe
Democratic Anti -Masons of the citv Of
Pntsbutg and its vicinity, which washeld
lat Pittsburg on the 24th December. fol.
the purpose ct passing sentence on the
proceedings of the Convention ar Harris
burg. The resolutions are very severe
lagainst the nomination of General Harti-
son, and the manner in which it wak
brought about:
Harrison was to Be notninhted, with
1.-THE hope of pushing him, wrestling the
election from the People themselves,
and throwing. it into the Housel Can
any fnaa believe that such is not the
lcalcnlation and the course of the friends
lof Judge White in the South Will the
People Of Virginia acuuiesce in the game aS
Never. Will they corsent to transfer the
election from themselves to their repre-
lsentatiyes-and these representatives have
only the same vote with the single meiti-
Der from Delaware NeverAnesef.
The name of John Tyler carries no such
lmagic with il, as to induce the VirginianS
Ito sacrifice all their interests for his sake.
They will not risk another election be-
fore the House Of Representatives, even ;
if it were to make Phil. Barbour him.
self the President.
In the mean time, lhe Republican pnr-
lty are united to q MANI on the Presiden-
'Itial question. They protest against any
Election by the House Of Representatives,
as they have uniformly done TO pre-
vent such an awful alternative, they have
consulted each others Wishes-4ard thew
present but one candidate, fairly and
above board, to the, choice of the People.
They submit as their candidate citizen.
who has raised himself, by the force of
i his own merits and talents, from an hum.
Bile situation, to the highest honors and
Idistinction, Who canfead Professor Hoi-
lands Life Of Van Bufep. without admit.
L|ting, that he was from his earliest wears.
a Little Magician ardenr. ef,te erprisiffp.
eminently gifted with The taleo,s which
lare adapted to Republican Goyefnrnentf
Among the first Of the baK--afnonr the
strongest writer's afsf the most ponnlar
Ispeakers of the times coping with Dewitt
Clinton in pohsics and finally passing him
/ in his own Statelone of the first Meme
bers in the Senate of the United States
la Governor OF the largest State in the
UnionAthen Secretary of State, in which
capacity he conducted some of the most
difficult negotiations, made several VAL
liable commercial treaties adjusted claims
which had long defied the skill Of his pre-.
Idecessots-next d Minister 70 England.
from which he was recalled By factious
lSenate--and finally rewarded by gene
rous and indignant people with the office of
presiding over the very body which had
attempted to disgrace him. This man.
blessed, with good sense and good tenn
lpef, which constitute the great secret of
his magician's power, d Republican In
principle friend Of strict construction of
the Constitutions devoted State Rights
man; and fast friend of the South on the
Abolition question:, is the candidate Of the
great Republican Party There is no
trick about their movemenis-no division
lin their ranks---no attempt to baff1e the
wishes of the Peopfe-no effort to West
the election from their hands, and trausfer
lit to the House OF Representatives /! Such
are his claims -Zsuch are their designs.
| RicAmond Engasrsr.
The d. s. Telegraph thinks that Il tie
Wings in Virginia will take tip Mr.. TYLER
on their ticket, they willsecute his election
as Vice President "Running upon the
White ticket in the South, and Harrison
ticket in the North and West, he will re.
lceive more than twoahirds of the Electo.
raj votes!" -
Where North In Pennsylvania Gran
lger is to be run with Harrison. In Massa-
chusettsq There will be no White ticket at
all. 10 Georgiaa TREY run Barbour
with White. What a chaos. and no
little like the contkrs necessary to secure.
l2-3ds ofthe votes for Mr. Tyler. s.
RickMond Enc.
The proprietor Of new paper IN this
leounty, promises to take s.stand for the
iCons,itution as expountIed bT CLAY. Cal
Ehoun; Webster and Me- Duf3ie i,,s Innav