Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-05-13

.Nsisss, May 5iA, isai. .
nuemen; have thoughtn due to the whis,
IT,, 70 make known the real causes Of our de
a', "nen II was well known in this county w,
souiu give majority OF one hundred and seventy OF
Ssay Tor tho Wing cause. know il has beer
Vognt Dad management. This is uue-but IN,
w,2 ny OF Tue party are not responsible for il.
or .o".ent myself with giving concise statemen
o, facts, without comment, when the public will b,
failure. nv JN''' 'Nf'' to' 'h'
nhas been the practice, for several years, in ,hi.
49,. ~ our February Court, for the party tC
ana confer together, that they might be able e
'ee' the most available candidate. To effect this
| snsoe OBJECT, a committee of centle men, selected
r.,n 'n'eiiisence and supposed knowledge of the
e"ss OF the people in the dferent precincts Of the
| Iy,. were generally constituted committee,
no tetired and conferred together, and reported TO
@ meeting the result Of their deliberations, which
meeting. ~ '"e
ns well ascertained fact that for months pre-
yeulng TINS meeting Col. Fitzpatrick had canvassed
eouny' urging his claims, and expressing his anx.
'e'g 20 get the nomination, as he termed il.
meeting wss organized as usual, and a com.
''ee OF twenty gentlemen were appointed, Il pass
o,er ths attorneys enrolled list OF friends,) and
'ew moments after they had retired, it was announc.
gu ,nat much dissatisfaction had arisen, and some
au oeoiareu they would not support the nominee of
'he committee. This was understood to have otisi-
mated with the Colonel's isroied as it was his
o,other law who made known the fact and COM
paned that the Colonies neishborhood had not been
represented IN the committee. A proposition was
maze 10 enlarge the committee. This was resisted
On the ground that the committee had no power to
enlarge itself. Other propositions were made and
s- Dufng this confusion. several of the Colonel's
ehos let the room, and introduced sersa persons:
ana when the committee voted, il was claimed tina,
they also should vote-all of whom voted for the
So'one', which gave him siority OF one, not of
we eSmmtiee, but of those who in the room at
'ne Time This was reported and partially explain
co 10 the meeting, when a motion was made 10 take
'he vote upon the report Of the committee. After
some difficulty and confusion, a division was had,
anu wnen It was perfectly apparent that there was
decided ajority against the Colonel he rose and
modestly stated that he had got the nomination
Ja"9y, and should keep it, and that he was candi-
uate. Much dissatisfaction was manifested. The
people met the next day, and the manner in which
ne mad liked himselfupon them, was e 4 o ained-and
so strong was the excitement rgainst him. that he
puolIey withdrew himself. OF these things several
communications were made to the public which
were OF such garbled character that those who
were familiar with the facts would never have re-
eosnizeu them as county incidents but for names
AT the next Court, there was much conversation
on the subject, and many different views to recon-
cue. FINALLY, alter the day being nearly spent the
'o,'o"lns proposition was made by Col. FItzp,-
tIick-thatif Mr. Vim. Masse, Gen. Brown or MIR
raber, would either of them become candidates h.
would withdraw, and support them. This was
communicated to MIR Faber, lit icing previously as
certaned that neither OF the other gentlemen would
pressed
whist he was celebrating upon the proposition.
'he Colonel came up and repeated the proposition !
mat he had private reasons for deciding i'm
favor oil these three men, which could not be given
gu. ma. ne would we TO no other persons and re-
9"ireu Mr. Faber TO decide what he would do MIR |
raber consented TO become a candidate and was
puolcly declared. This thought at the tine 10 |
nave terminated all our differences. In a few days
e'eI there appeared IN your paper a communication
from the Colonel, addressed to his dspoisd but in
n, m
ana informing the people that MIR Faber was their T,
candidate by his permission, and it elected would
o"el 10 his (assumsdl hberality. This was bad
enough, out the worst yet TO come. MIR Faber
oeihs modest and unassumng gentleman nut
himself IN the hands Of his friends and was canvass
ing the county IN the usual manner when IL wa,
soon discovered that the Colone was rather before
% snueaForins 10 excite the prejudices of the peo-
PIE, and IN speech TO the people, stated thai he
(raber) had been brought out by a coalition AMONG
me rteh, and that he (Fitzpatrick) the poor mans
friend and candidate had been showed off the board
70 he room Tor Mr. Faber the rich mans candidate
Out that he, the Colonel had all the honor as he
was the peoples iavorte. In this manner vulgar
excitement was produced, among hls derolcd nsans,
Mr. Faoer. During the time he was thus engaged
W producing TINS excitement against Mr. Faber he |
was, win what sincerity the public must Judge |
constantly declaring that under no eiretim stance
po'Hd he be candidate, and that he wished his
inendS TO support MIR Faber, which was perfectly
apparent they would not do. Under these circum !
stances MIR F"ber determined to Withdraw, not be-
ing wiling TO take the responsibility of split IN the
party upon hImself-and believing the Colonel sim
eere IN his declarations, that he would not be A
eanuidate under any circumstances; believing his
"ithdra~alwoud afford an opportunity 10 the par
" TO bring out some other individual who would
maintain the integrity of the party But no sooner
than the Colonel was informed Of MIR Faber,s with
arawal. he announced himself candidate, and was
in'eiatisaoe IN his eXertions procure his election
on are IN possession of the prominant facts which
nave resulted IN the temporary overthrow of the whg
party IN this county. TYE RIVER
Ihese private reasons 10 be his
scanndate. ' III W oe