Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1840-10-29
TnE VAS BuREN CANDIDATE FoR


others no Gag a, all The delegates TO the late
Charlottesville Convention FROM Western Viz
GINA, went generally uHder instructions 10 pro-
cure AZ possible the nomination Of johnson by
That body; but Richie blocked the game, by
promptly telling them that he could not aud
would not supper, the favori,e OF Western Viz.
sioia-and thus did these delegates End them
selves there with their thumbs in Their mouths.
All were obliged TO yield to has dici1m; and
hence no nomination for this important Office
Was II ever known Before, Casks the Lynehbufg
Nnginian,) that party, pretending to be Of the
true faith, asserting their ability to elect their
candidates. and protesting to be republicans in
principle and practice, could not, 10 the veiy
day Of the election, agree upon a candidate for
the Vice Presidency. when IL is recollected
that in certain contingencies that officer may be
the Chief Executive or ,his great nation, IT can
not he matter or indifference who is TO be
elected 10 the office; and yet now. within few
days Of The election. no man in Virginia can
tell who is the Van Buren, candidate for the Vice
Presidency II the party manager. know, ihey
will not proclaim who IL is. and this makes the
matter, Il possible, still worse II NAV turn out
TO be Johnson, or Benton, or Polk. or Duncan,
or TheoPhiius Fisk, and yet it is all a profound
secret 10 those vino have a right to know
Whom will the Van Buren, Electors vote for, II
elected to al the Office Of Vice Presideni2--a and
echo answers. Really don't Know"
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e. FRAUDS UPON THE VAN buren,
PARTf.-The Van Buren, presses told their
friends to bet their money on Ohio. MARYLAND.
and indeed upon nearly all the States whose
elections have taken place since the nomination
Of Harrison; aud The resul, Is, or will be, loss
81 their money in every instance. S.il these
presses are attempting to keep up the deception
BY advising their party TO stake their money
upon other States, and on tho general resuli-lhe
effect Of which will be an additional loss
They are publishing tables Of the popular vote
at The late election "a Pennsylvania, showing a
Van Buren, majority Of upEa.ds If 10000 -
when this majority IS made mp IN art By claim.
ihg 6 $50 IN Berks county, where there was no
opposition. and where The average vote was
only i,033-'hus claiming a majority Of 2.7l7
more than the whole number OF votes given IN
the county. la ;hrce counties which casually
came under our investigation We discovered an
error of as many thousands against the whi,s.
Ia this Uay these presses could as easily have
made nP a majority OF $4,000 as 10000
Sometime before the Ohio election (say, the
last Wheeling GazctIe) some Of the " n. narty
were 50 much deceived hy the representations OF
Shannon, Allen, and others, iha, they risked
small sums "eyen up" As the day approach
et, however, they became alarmed, aud bet that
CofwIn's majority would not exceed 5000,
thinking they had sue thing and II they lost
The frat bets hey would certainly win the Sc
eond. When the returns began to come in, they
got frightened about the last. and made other
bets on -, 500 and Is 900; bu, 10 they have
lost the whole OF them. And now many of them
are eking out their spite upon the heads OF their
deo'iTers-and the way they are cursed is net
slow"
The legitimate province Of the Press, all will
admit (says the Chambersburg Whig-and So
say we) IS to sprea d information before the pub
lie In conducting a political contest, It is
equally clear that the object o: the editor Of
public journal ought to be TO elicit the truth 10
aid the public judgment to arrive a, nigh, con.
ciusionsi and whatever may he said to the con-
irary b. those who speak from a consciousness
Of their own moral frailty, the Editor Of this
paper claims for hrs sheet, entire exemption
from The stain Of Intentional Calsskood. Error,
Of fact or OF opinion may find their way into IL.
but the Editor always has, and always will
hold himself bound TO either maintain, in ra-
iioHsl and reasonable way, any thing 10 which
he has given publicity, or, being convinced that
It IS noi sustained By ruth, feIraci or contradict
Il. That we have not adhered TO tbs, rule, we
challenge our opponents to show.
In regard to Erection Results, we have aiway,
pursued, and shall continue 10 pursue the same
eourse-'atshed. as We are, that honesty IS the
be'i policy in ihis as well az in every other
case. All advantages gained hy a different,
course, a-e dearly bought ANY present good
~.li be dearly paid for b. The ultimate eg.l.
sueh, however. we are convinced, Is not he
course Of many Of the Van Buren, papers atihis
time Rendered desperate by the desperate
state into which their party has fallen, .heir
whole reliance seems 20 be placed upon mi,re-
presentation Their ruling passion seems .'s,ronR
IN DEATH" and they 10 net now hesitate. in the
face Of an intelligent community, TO scatter their
brazea faisehood, through The county As lhick
almost as auiumoai leaves. BY such a course
they may lead sslray the "anknowins" Of their
party. bat at TIC same time cannot Gail 10 dis
gust and lose The respect Of the more intelligent
Of iheif friends
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