Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-07-21
TIE STANTON CONNr\rInx

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we Lay before our readers, this ,narn,,, ,l
.'''.Ss oi TIC Staunton Convention To the Peo-
PIE OF Irg'nia-whch fully and ably yina;cates
a''Ae the eSPcdlency and unobjcciionabie cbarac.
Ter OF the course which they have recommended
ana winch is the only one that can show ,Le veal
ness OF Van Buren, in virginia. by con.oli,I,,;,,
the opposition 10 him. and at the same Time oi,o
10 eaeh OF tie rfdf but not hosfitc clements of
winch that opposition is composed the Influence
TO winch lis relative strength entities il. If ,bc,,
he any Wings who do not approve of this COURSE
-ahd the Enquirer tells u.s. for the second tirnc
that tnre are " scveral' in the plzzling nred;r,-
meni OF Aquinas's ass between the two bundle, Of
"'y' WHO VIII vote neither for White nor Harrison
because their friends support the same ticket for
the purpose OF making their votes count tbouch
they would cheeriully vote for one of them if ;;
separate ticket we're run for each, whereby their
strength would be so scattered a, to render !, ,r ,o
consequence whether they voted at live say.
II there be, as the Enquirer repeats, " several"
hgs IN this ass-like position, why let them, like
the ass, stand mute in their obStnacy. or if they
prefer IT, let them 20 over to the Van Bu-
rem standard. They will be democrats" and
all that sor. of thing us soon as they learn 70 rc
pcnt the Shbboielh Of the party 1t is ason, hinc
indeed, TO see the facility with which very dcccn,
Wings are sometimes metamorphoscd, in the
'"lnklIng OF an eye, as ii were, into good Office
seeking Tories, and how, instautsr the doctrines
OF the Spoil party become ingraned into their
very heart Of hearts Let all such, whether one
or several depart and the double hot,cd
ticket will furnish them with preteu for their
apostacy, they need any other than that their
interest to desert their principles.
The Van Buren, presses, too are disclmrpinp
whole broadsdcs of wit and humor at the Staunton
Convention. in consequence of the pauci,y of its
numbers. Their little "paprr pellets of the BRAIN
are ii>ing about, in all directions, as if a great
weight OF apprehension had been suddenly rcmo-
we'd from their minds-lhough, after all there is
something very mourniul in their mirh, and very
! dlrge-lIkc III their re ocings. They know, how
ever ignorant they may pretend to be- that the cir
cnmsiances, under which the Staunton Convention
assembled were uniayorablc to numerous attend.
ancc-and, what is of still more consequence, that
II will not diminish the number of the Anti-N an
Buren, voters in November next. But, after all,
il the Stanton Convention had followed the e1-
ample OF its illustrious namcsakc of Baltimore,
by sending runners out into the streets Ia kidnap
stsdm-doetors, and compel them to vote, a la mode
Rucker, they might have swclled their numbers to
an indefinite extent, just as the Baltimore Convcn-
ton did Bat they preferred to act honestly,
and TO permit no man to assume u character to
which he was not properly entitled choosing
rather To run the hazard of the ridicule of such
eaden wits as the Enquirer ID its humble imita-
tors thano seize upon the stranger in their Streets
and make delegate OF him by the steammg pro-
cess.