Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-05-16


fdencc in him. (Mr. Van Burcn) aud thought him
ADLER aud better man, than most of those who
sonpt To rise ON In, downfall" " lie attached mol
the slightest importance to all the idle gossip ailoat
respecting the agency of Mr. Van Buren, in the
dissolution Of the late Cabinet. Ac."
challenge the proof OF my having ever SAID M
done, IN public 81 IN private any thug ncompati-
hlo with the Opinions here expressed OF Mr. Van
Buren,, as man and of his rel, clon bv the Sc
nate. But that | entertained, even al that day,
- entire confidence" IN his poi,ticai crr'd is PLAIN
" disproycd by the same speech, IN winch men
toned that he was i" IN favor of the Tarll', and Tor
that he WAS certainly objectionable To virginia.
sind +" he came ntdrer the standard OF Virginia
politics than any other candidate VIII" could On
would h. succc>sGl"-that " be- agreed mare n,d,-
IN with Virginia. than Nj. Sergeant, Mr.. " llklns
or Col. Johnson" and tia, as between Mr. Van
Buren, and those gentlemen, there ought to hr M
hesitation in choosing, &c."-cNp,"sSions Which
place, beyond doob, thai contemplated the e
lection of Mr.. Y. Buren, choice ot..lls, and
rendered csprdicni by the pressure of cIrcnn>ta"-
crs W la, an absuiditv would IT have been lar
mr., claiming To be II politician of the virginia
school IN one breath To profess "cn,'ro comb
dence" III him, and in the next, 10 represent HIM
onl, coming nearer the standar --aS ariee-
inr j" more nearly win Virginia" than Mr.. SCI
rcani, Of whom had just SAID that he was not onl,
ior the Tariff, "bui in favor Of Internal Improve
mcnt, the Bank broad constructions, and hc knew
mol VIA, other here>ic>," How could dcclara-
ton of "enlirr confidence" IN Mr. Van Bnrn's
principles, be- rrconccd with tho profession that
| preferred Mr. Barbour "to any other person,
(inclndng ofcoursr V. b. who was spoken of for
the Vice Presidency ON account OF his Wmei-
pies 7"
The consideration, which operated on mr. will
he further disclosed hv the following extracts FROM
the sam. speech, and may add, that II | came
with any alacrilv INTO the support of Mr. Van
Buren, il was, as avowcd At the time, from u CON
yIction that he wa, the candidate most hkrv 10
defeat the election of Mr.. Sergeant. |, was not
because loved the lesser evil, bur because tear
ed the greater, and wa, willing 10 employ the mr.
cessary means of ayrrlnrit:
!" II had been sad, however, that Virginia ought
10 sustain her principle, without gard to men =
party, and vote for one whose opinions concnir
with these winch she cnlcr,ainS, IN opposition Ia
ll,c Bank the Tariff, Internal Improvement b,
the General government, ana a laliudiuons con-
struct,on Mr.. u. sad, he freely admitted that
these were paramount considerations, and l''wcre
possible To elect an iudv du,l who was orthodox
IN these subjects, IT uu!hi to be dnnr. Bu, WAS
there the remolr> probability OF >uc,rsSi 1h.
effort, rs he had already stated, would carry the
,lcc,on into the Senate; and whs, chance would
here be in that body, for thorough .oing State
RIGHTS man
When Col. Johnson was supported by the
West, Judge Smith bv the SOUTH Mr. Van Buren,
NV New York aud other States, Mr.. Wilkins by
Pennsylvania, and Mr.. Srreean, by the National
Repnblicans--to say nothing ol Other aSpirants--
what prospect would tl"rc be of a choice bv the
4 Al, y L,,,,
or Candidate into the field
" lie fully convinced, the election should
devolve the Senate, that no one who VIZ. either
u State Rights man, or Jackson man, would suc-
coed but that II . second officer Of the Govern
men,, would be a man (mcaning Mr. Sergeant
possessing not one feeling or opinion IN common
with the Republican party OF Virginia.
Notwithstanding these contcmp"rancouS cXPla-
nations, when some one represented me as hav-
lng stated IN nm address to my constituents last
Spring, 'ha, had supported Mr.. Van Buren, as II
choice Of evils, IN order 10 prevent the election
from drvolving on tho Senate and resulting in
the success OF Nj. Sergeant, YOU pronounced ii
IN the Enquirer of April lOth, 1888, all cant
and SAID " Nh John Thompson Brown ofPeters-
burg, must indeed be hard run bc'or" he amy
OF his friends would venture such paragraph
Yet this MAS the prcvacn, argument Of the da,
and freely urged by yourselves. Ia the Enquirer
OF MAY llth, 1882, you say:
The question is, how are to secure = man
Who comes nearest to our principles. Can MIR.
Barbour be elected ~
What then may he the effect Of running Sc
paralc ticket for hint (P. p. b. That Mr.. Van
Buren, and Sergeant will go To the Senate and Mr..
p. himself tells rs, that in this case, Sergeant
will beat Van Buren,. j. Mr.. p. anxious for this
event 7 Would he prefer Sergeant TO Mr.. Van
Buren, II h, does, we for one differ from inn.
And it because we believe such will be the IN
cyitablc result of want Of concert among the
friends ofJackson, that We go for tho Baltimore
Convention"
In the Enquirer Of the 18th Of the same month,
YOU sav:
Unless the nomination at Baltimore be
spccted, must make up our minds to have
Sergeant and Van Buren, sent TO the Scna'r-and
Sergeant of course saddled upon us as the Vice
President"
And again, in the Enquirer, Of Ito 18Th OF the
same month, YOU labor to show that spill, ticket
in Virginia, that is the Jackson party voting for
two SETS of electors. account OF the Vice Pr,si-
dencv, may give the vote Of the State to Clay in
stead of Jackson.
Such were your views at that day, and doubtless
YOU were sincere in avowng thcm-ccrtainly
slider i, "can,' for me or my friends to represent
me as having been Influenced by such oonsidera-
iions in supporting Mr. Van Buren,
In the next place you ha'" treated II as an mex
picablc mystery. mplyino the grosscst inconsis-
icncy. thai | should have supported Mr.. Van Blu
rem in 1882 for the Vice Presidency, aud "ppos-
= ,,, In tta Al.