Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-08-11
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THURSDAY, AUGUST IL, 1886.


05-The plan adopted by the Wings of Virgi-
ginia, Of running but one ticket for White and
Harrison seems to give the Van Buren, party
throughout the State great deal Of uneasiness,
SO much indeed, that the whole burden Of their
song is made up Of anathemas against the " dou-
Bile shotted ticket" as they are pleasedto term it,
The cause OF all this uneasiness on the part Of
the Vanites, arises, we think, from the certain
ty with which they are enabled 10 predict the
fate OF their own candidate al the approaching e.
lection. Van Buren, denuded of the popularity
OF Gen. Jackson. they well know, could never,
under present circumstances, obtain the support
Of Virginia. lie is too intimately connected with
that class Of men at the North, whose doings
have OF late occasioned SO much fear and anxiety
in the South, 10 be trusted by Southern men
with the direction Of the government. His non.
committal policy, too, could never be tolerated
by the Souiherners, whose boast and glory con-
sists in their open hearted and independent
course upon all subjects of Importance, whether
OF a public or private nature. His friends, know
upon his own merits, or capacities, but have at
tempted to thrust him upon the people, merely
because he has supported Gen. Jackson's admin
istration and promises TO carry out its measures
and perfect its policy. This being the only
ground upon which they could hope to gain him
support in Virginia, their only prospect of sue
cess was in the expectation that the supporters
OF White and Harrison, would choose each sc.
parate ticket, and thus enable them to get the
vote of the State. The adoption of the same
ticket by the friends Of White and Harrison has
destroyed that prospect, and caused them to give
vent to their disappointed feelings by heaping
their ISLANDERS upon the destroyers oftheir hopes.
If the Wings have consented 10 run the same
ticket OF Electors for White and Harrison, the
Van Burenites in Virginia should be the last in
the world, from whom the voice Of disapproba-
tion should be heard. What has been their
course? Let them look upon it and keep silent
before the session OF the famous Baltimore Con-
vention last spring, the expectation of the adj
ministration party in Virginia, was that Will
liam c. Rives, would be the person chosen by
that body as their Candidate for the Vice Presi.
dency. Fate and Doctor Rucher decreed it 9th.
crwise, and the patriarch of the grea, Crossings
was selected its candidate for the second Office
in the Nation. This nomination was kicked az
by those from Virginia who formed part of this
grand assembly, party bound as they we're
They seeded from the nomination Of the Wee
President, and sought out candidate for them
selves, but in SO doing took great care to select
one whom they well knew, could never be cleo
ted What caused them TO adopt such a course
can easily be seen. They were anxious that
V. Buren should be elected at all events, even if
Csl. johnson should thereby succeed ia getting
INTO the Vice Presidency; but knowing that the
fame OF the Colonel would kill the cause, and be
the ruin OF the party in this State, they dropped
his name from the ticket and placed in its stead
that of Judge Smith Of Alabama man whom
they knew would not be nominated by any 9th
er state in. the Union BY this move, they bo-
ped in case the two divisions of the Wing party
continued disunied, to give the old domiaiou to
the Magician. But disappointment, as at the
Humbug Convention, is again their lot The
Wings Of both divisions will support the same
ticket, and if we mistake not the signs of the
times, will at the fall elections, free the old Do
minlon from the thraldom and shackles of the
Albany Regency.