Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-12-12

,ba, he too would sanction their proceedings, with
ts votr and influence.
NJ John A. King of New York came next, and re-
..d that the choice of his State had not prevailed
: che nomination, but added 'that IN the held Gen
,I-,.ou has displayed equal vaor with Gen. Scott
be VAS certain the latter would respond to the Con-
'an,,ou. God prosper Your dccSion.-God bless you
all !. o..u, Ma. Ma
-, S,ldeu OF y York, and Jonathan Roberts of Penn
iyana-and then Mr. h. Johnson, of Maryland, of.
,Errd the following resolution:
sr,i Convention unanimously recommend 10 the
,,r of the Tinted states Genera, WILLIAM HENRY HAK-
s,S%S III Ohio a candidate for President and JOHN Tl
TER Of Virginia. candidate for Vice President .
Before the question was taken Gov. Owen OF \.
Carolina said the ballong committee were ready to re.
nor, on the subject of the Vice Presidency: That 23l
yo,cs had been cast for Vice Prcsdcnt-the vote OF
yrriua having been cast, and that the 23l votes
had an been cast for JOHN TYLER, of Virginia, who
mas accordingly reported by the committee as the can
fJa;t for the Vice Presidency.
MIR B. W Leigh, of Virginia, then stated that the
; of Virginia had not been cast, because IT was
icrstood that Mr.. Tyler, of the delegation, would,
N all probability, receive the nomination, and decacy
therefore forbade their participation
host of Orators followed i'll rapid successon--all
&c whom paid parting tribute TO the setting sun, and
gracious orison to the rising candldate-Nlessrs.
Srarnt Of Massachusetts,, Chambers of Pennsylvania,
SIMMONS of Rhode Island, Vose of Maine, Burnett OF
Ob;o Livingston of New York, Mctcalf of Kentucky,
f ilabama Merrill of Pennsylvania Tappan OF Miss,
whitehead of y. j., Russell of Missouri, Graham of
ouisana Newton of Va, the last of whom mounted
The prophetic tripod and ''said that the State which
nd the honor be the of the first saviour
~ his country will prove be the birthplace of the
econd saviour of his country He said, the charac-
,rr al Gen. Harrison is much misunderstood, and
wllca better understood will be better appreciated =
STRANGE that il not very well understood after
:II canvass in 1896 y Then came Mcssrs. Bates OF
Illumination of IniIana-whpn MIR. Rcygrly
Lbnsons resolution was unanimously adopted.
resolution was then offered and adopted congratu.
latino what cruel this the constituents oil
tho Convention on the result of its deliberations and
recommending the harmony and enthusiasm
among them that have characterized the proceedings OF
The delegates Gould the Wings of Harrisburg have
seen their brethren in Richmond receiving the in
,cigence they would have thought it to be better
subject of coincidence than congratulations
Mr. Preston, of Kentucky, offered resolution rela-
tive the adoption of address to the people OF the
United States.
Mr. B. W. Leigh opposed the motion, believing no
address necessary. He said he should be in favor OF
leaving the nomination to It's own weight lie was not
70. acting the defensive, but the offensive Tie
was for carrying the into Arca-lor gnng the
spoilers before the bar of the American people for high
crimes and misde meanors-when they will receive the
punishment due them, and the only punishment they
receive under nstitutons-dlsmlssal from office
now and for ever" More ''acar to the knte'O
Of an address. If the voice from the West rolling
down from the mountains and along the valleys of the
Atlantic be not better than all the addresses that ever
were issued, then indeed miracle has been wrought
a much greater miracle would be, that fddrcSS or
anv such nomination could nave any erect on an en-
lightened people }
Mr. Preston's resolution was withdrawn
Mr. Pendcton of Ohio stated, that it was the wish OF
General Harrison, only to serve but ONE TERM, II
elected 10 the Presidency The General will not even
,l,o A. tha Erppc, say ('fSt Ie
gui coute That first step the Hero of North Bend will
never take y
"A resolution was then submitted by r. Johnson of
MARYLAND, and agreed to, recommending the friends OF
correc, principles in the different States, to hold Con-
yen,ions the !2d of February next or such day as
NAV be agreed upon, for the purpose of nominating
Electoral Tickets, and general organization
Ou motion of Gov. Owen, of North Carolina, a
committee of from each delegation was appointed
to inform the nominees of the Convention of their
nomination.
'Mr Homer, of New Jersey, said that in conformity
with the recommendation of the State Convention OF
that State, he offered the following:
Rs,ord That this Convention recommend otc Wing Dung
Men OF the several States assemble in Washington City on
;hr inst Monday Of May Il" the purpose OF advancing the
Of sound principles.
The resolution agreed to after the substitution OF
Baltimore for Washington.
And then the Convention dissolved with Valedc-
tory from the President, and the Humbug dispersed
into thin air
President and v President upon the free People of the
L. S.-a President, who was beaten three years ago,
Vice President, whose influence can scarcely add
any wei ht 10 such cause Ill the O!d D"minoh.-
As friend writes us, "How monStrouS Is 1t to see the
nominee of Thaddeus Stevens Convention made the
candidate of the great Political Arstocracy simply to
gam the fell spirit of AntMasonry and black tanatl
csm 10 its flag. Mr. Clay has now felt the axe, of
that remorseless party, to which he sacrificed SO much
fame, and SO many ancient friends.
Globe reviews the whole and presents the
following strong views in masculine language
ss7he Candidate Of the Federal Party.
denominations by great body of the delegates OF
party from every section of the country usually produce
harmony and concerted action The recent nomination
Of Gen Harrison, at Harrisburg, WILL we predict, prove
exception. 1t will dsband Whiggcry as promptly
the word dismissed, pronounced by stern MASTER
does school of the anxious urchlns around hum weary
Of their tasks-of hard benches-of close atmosphere
signing for sunshine and liberty. The nomination
of Gen. Harrison has set Whiggery free. The whole
South, under common impulse, will turn from hun
they have not one sympathy with him. The DIS
charge of the great leader of he arstocracy of wealth
-Shall we call it an sk0norGbe dSchGrge' at once
dlssoves the powers which cemented the strength OF
the Opposition in the North, and extended il through
the South by the potency of its machinery The
manager of this great modern influence, which kept
alive the lurking principles Of original Federalism
Mr.. Clay. His genius energy, skill, and indefatiga
bic perseverance, together with his unboundcd control
the partisans around him, barely sufficient TO
keep the system up, and give it occasional gmpses of
The sacrifice of the leader seals the fate of
modern Whggcry. Harrison is nothing but the mum
my Of defunct Federalism. His political education
Was in the standing army of the elder Adams, and he
understands Federalism in other mode than that
taught under the symbol of the black cockade. The
attempt of the New York and Boston Fcdcralsts TO
sve his person the old regime like that of the c-
gtlmaes of Europe, when they sought, under Charles
H. TO bring back in France the days before the revolu
ton The surrender Of the Duke of Wellington and
Sir Robert Peel and their conservative system in Eng
land TO make way for supcrannuated subatern ofthe
school Of Lord North, with view to the revival of the
odous principles of George III, would be fit parallel
Tor the late Federal policy at Harrisburg
"ilarrisons impetus in the last Presidential election
was derived altogether from the unprecedented efforts
OF the Bank of the United States in Pennsylvania and
the neighborlng Sates-by the of Mr.. Webster's
Name. instead Of his own, the Massachusetts ticket
by the struggle of Mr. CLAWS friends in the West TO