Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-14

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WINS the champion Of their dearest interests he became
the faithful recipient Of their warmest confidence
He was at that time appointed Attorney General tor
the State In 1917, when De Witt Clinton was nom''
mated for Governor of New YORK, Mr. van buren, oP
posed his nomination, und the small satisfaction winch
his administration gave the purity that elected MN,
nroyes the wisdom of MIR. Van buren, s oPPosition.-
The effect however, as he well knew, OF ms oPPos'-
ton. was his removal from Office: but once had no
charms for him, if to be purchased OF retained ~ he
sacr;fce If principe In 1890, the opponents of Mr.
Clinton though they failed to prevent ms re-eiectoh
vet they carried both branches of the Legislature and
thercupon restoration to ONCE was 'enaefea " w
Van Buren, who respectfully declined TO accept II:
r, 1aoI NJ Van Buren, elected TO the Senate OF
a. n and then and there his talents and his learn
inn and his devotion the great Democratic Prncl-
nIea of our Government began to draw on him the
notice and admiration Of the people OF the Y. SAT-
this ;uncure Mr. Van Buren, foresaw from the neutrai
,sa &c Mr. Monroe's Administration, the eftaceInent
&c he outlines of Republican doctrine and one OF ms
c., er,s was 10 revive the distinctive principles OF
Tho Marty in which he had been bred All must now
denore that his efforts were not more successful of, 10
tha, fatal neutrality must be ascrsped al te parry con"
f,s.,n which has since occurred.
whon IN 1924 Mr. Van Buren, had given his unaba-
,;no and disinerested support to WIN. II. Crawford;
and when by management or m'smanagement fres'-
dent had been chosen for the people, president, tey
noyer wonted0 vet the election had been MADE ac-
ord;,a IN the forms of the Constitution Mr. Van Bu-
| n m
modern patriots are, by manhared, avowed ms deter
m;na,;on 10 give to Mr.. Adams administration TAR
trial and TO Judge it by its measures: but soon iorcea
10 resist the Federal doctrines and measures OF that
administrations he brought on hmse tne coipiea De
t,y and united attack Of the whole cabinet In 1877
Mr. Van Buren, was reelected TO the Senate; IN the
coprsa Of this year. he delivered at Albany public
speech in which he fully exposed his views OF, ana
onpos;tion to protective Tariff; and was IN consc-
thereof instructed to vote for the Tariff OF le,
Il IA Of he
ment hut in obedience the halowcd principle OF IN.
struction which modern herecs have endeavorcd
to immediate.
Yielding 10 the pressing demands Of the Republican
marty. Mr. Van Buren, was elected Governor OF New
York In lS29, nc was appointed Secretary OF State,
which important office he filled, with great credit TO
himself and advantage TO his country TIL June 1851
when under feelings which showed the elevation OF
his morality and the purity OF his PATRIOTISM ne Ier
ed from that high trust, preferrng the good OF his
country to his ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. "When the mlsts
of prejudice, which hang over the pages Of modern
history shall have been cleared away, this act wall
stand out in the ustre of personal magnanimity ana
public virtue" In 1881, Mr. Van Buren, landed in
ENGLAND as Minister TO the Court of St James; but
that undynr hatred which the Federal party have ever
entertained for him from his boyhood, and that unholy
alliance which for season prevailed IN the senate,
combined to produce the rejection OF his nomination on
the Goth day of January, lS32-nnd from that moment
the people of the United States regarded Mr. Van Blu
rem as the man who had been bruised in their service
who had been prescribed for his Republican opinions,
and prosecuted by the malisny of designing ambl-
ton; and with enthusiasm, as unlimited as gene
rous in ITSELF the people of the United States, in spite
of the politicians elected him President. And your
Committee boldly affirms, that people ever had
better cause be proud Of their choice for like Wash
ington forgetting all geographic lines; like Jefferson,
adhering the strict letter and true meaning OF the
Constitutions and like Jackson, stalking the success Of
his Administration on those measures which he consl-
10 Ia rutr ~
the virtue and intelligence of the people the piano.
py of his protection he smiled at the drawn dagger OF
defamation, and dehed It's point.
Your committee will not stop to defend the doctrines
of $3.50, which brought the Republican party into
power and which the Republican party brought into
practice-but will confidently AFFIRM that Martin Van
Buren,, throughout his whole life, has been warm,
and steady and onflinching advocate OF those doc
trines; and the Democratic Republican party, formed
principle, is only seeking to carry out ITS pr'nci-
Piles by re-electinr Mr. Van Buren, who has fully
tanned the dignity of the Presidential Office And now
your committee will proceed to show that the faction
which promises TO war 20 the knife for the Harrisburg
nomination, is formed on interest, and fighting Tor
power-To save time, your committee VIII not GO be
hind the Harrisburg Convention. There Gen. Har.
rison was selected as the AVAILABLE candidate.-O.
these grounds:
/. As nonslaveholder, who had avowed his great
anxiety to see the surplus of the u . applied
to tho colonization of the free blacks and the purchase
and emancipation OF the slaves with the consent OF the
States holding the slaves.
=. As tle who had first planted the anti Masonic
standard
3. AS the man who said he would not modify the TIA
riff until grass had overgrown the streets OF the South
ern seaports, words TO that effect
4. As the supporter Of the two Adamses and theil
Federal Administrations.
s. As the friend of Internal Improvement by the Ge
neral Government
g. As the advocate of the T. s. Bank as a isca
I'd al, rs ,bol Ind
If these were the only grounds on which General
William Henry Harrison was nominated, your com
mittee would agree that the nominators were intiu
enced by the honest feelings, and exploded princ
Piles Of the old Federalists but when ne is recon-
ended these grounds by those who travelled North
and East and West from Harrisburg, and by those who
travel South from Harrisburg, as good JeHersoniar
Democrat and warm opponent OF Abolitlonism; ano
when your committee forces itself to the perusal O.
Gen. Harrisons letter to Harmcr Denny, (Which j;
but literal transcript Of Mr. Pehams address to the
voters OF Buyenall) nothing surpass the lndgna
ton Of your committee at the daring and glazing at
tempt TO impose the people of the Z. s. fit ane
proper man for President one, who not only wanting
in talents and information and business habits, but u
worse than al, ingraned Federast, who has no
the manly firmnesS to maintain his principles.
| Your committee will forbear to enlarge on the Fede
raj character Of Gen. Harrison, which well known
but cannot fail to notice the that made of hin
at the last election. The cunning politicians who her
moved heaven and earth TO defeat Mr.. Van Buren,
election, hung two hooks-the one bated with Bank
Tariff, Internal Improvement and non-slaveholdcr-
the other hook bated with State Rights, Senatora
independence and anti-Jacksonism; but the two set
of bait hoated each other to prevent the bit
| ing at either.
One other consideration is believed to have Influenced
| the nomination of Gen. Harrson-it the expecta
ton that Gov. Troup would be voted for in the South
and thereby election by the people be defeated. Blu
this speculation rested the erroneous impression
that the people of the South hated Mr. Van Buren,,
than they loved their country in which, the antiNla
sons, Aboitioniss, and disappointed and rejected poll
ticans will find themselves egregiously misaken for
though the warwiooP of faction may for moment star
tie the unguardcd, and alarm the timd, and confount
those who not mbued with sound Republican prin
cples it will pass by the great body Of the American
people as the idle wind which they regard not VIVA
is The supposed principle which binds this fae"n to
gethcr. Is the strict adherence to the American sys
@ ,G and R0na q gEts or rs It the pF'n'Pie oil Tree
the Factonists in view: Do they design to fight fo
against The Abolition doctrines of the North: Dr.
they intend to oppose or defend Protective Tariff :
DO they stand pledged for strict or liberal con
sfrnrtion If the Federal cnmDact> merely L