Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-12-04
10 As Edlors u "a, R.elmord M.

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. party, and had he consented TO accept would ha,
received the unanimous nomination OF that enIish
tneo Convention. Next TO Mr. ramadse n
LdghwHs the choice Of the Harrisburg Convention
snI nHu hot MS honorable but overstrained Scrupl,
a OF ueicacy intcrposed, MIR Leigh would have bee
unanimously nominated, and would now have bee
resident Ot the United States. BE- TIE tsav ,r
hsre mol yet forgiven Aim fer suffering mere fan
i 'Sy "h'V me pu6te happiness, and 10 impose upc
e ne shea an ABORTION Of PreSi9cn. as JOAN TNlfT.
II we are dealing IN history, not in fiction Al
LtSh nav ng declined for the refined scruple tina
10 accept the nomination from body Of which n
vas member, might be imputed ss procuring hi
o own nomination, Gov. Queen OF North Carolina the
o suggested MIR Tyler, for the sole reason that hi
name had been on the Uhiis ticket in 1885, and haC
mus been heard OF, IN the South and South w est
(, no o'her name was mentioned, and Me Tyler wa,
accepted as an alternative, not a choice. In fact
no body thought about the Office rs Of any import.
! ance, or cared much who filed II. We guess they
VIII be more Petteier another time. In Virginia
"hefe he rs best known, Tyler was entirely OBJ
noHlons from his conduct at the Senatorial election
IN January 1889, that no body Of Wings would
nave trusted him tor any place; and the proof OF the
TACT Is that the Virginia Delegation ut Harrisburg,
refused to vote for him to man, concealins their
motives, however, under the plea OF Gslicaep! We
sad above, that dealing ia Hisiorv no! in
"fetiOn."
From whltevcr source you have derived the in for
nation on which you have founded this statement |
must request you to let your readers know, that
you derived no part Of it from me; and as under
the circumstances Of the publication, my silence
might be regarded confirmation Of the state
ment, must say further, that the information you
have received is erroneous in respect both to MIR
Tyler and to me.
ltismy belief, that after Gen. Harrison was no
minated for the Presidency, MIR Tyler uas the
choice of a majority of the Harrisburg Convention
for the Vice Presidency nd | ~, ,,;,,
was not-as sure as | can be OF any thing which
depends on the evidence Of facts passing under my
own eyes. A succinct account of the Transaction
will render tins plain.
| The Convention met, and was organized, on Wed
nesdsy morning. y resolution was adopted. after
some debate, that a general committee should be
appointed, to consist OF committees 10 be anpointed
by the respective delegations from the several States
10 collect the votes of the several delegations for
the nomination OF At persons for the offices of Pre-
| sldent ano Vice President Of the United States--
| each delegation to give the same number OF votes
IN making the nomination as the State Il represent
cd was entitled to electoral votes in the election
and whenever any one person should have n maio.
rlty of the whole number OF such votes the nonnina
| ton TO be reported to the Convention.
| Iheseveral delegations appointed their committees
TO compose the general committee on the same eve.
| ming, or early Thursday mornir-. The Geley,tIoD
from Va. appointed alone 10 act as the committee
on It's part. All the other delegations appointed
three members except ono or two which had not as
many us three delegates in attendance.
| The general committee met early Thursday
morning, and appointed Gov Owen OF North Caro-.
Ina lis Chairman, and MIR Bacon oil Connecticut,
Secretary.
The FRS, step Of the general committee was to
coHecI' thtouSh the agency of the particular COM
mIitees OF which II was composed, the sense OF the
Individual members of the Convention as 10 the mo-
minauon iortne Presidency Iiappeared that there
was plurality OF the individual votes for MIR Clay
but rot majority Of the whole. The other vo,es
were divided between Gen Harrison and General
Scot.
The general committee next proceeded to collcc
the votes OF the delegations for the nomination for
the Presidency. IL appeared that there was pIu.
raIly Of these, bus not a majority OF the whole for
MIR Cay, the other votes being divided between
Gen Harrison and Gen Scott. The voting for the
nomination Of President continued all day Thurs.
day ana Friday, without any other intermission
than What was necessary to enable the particular
committees 10 report the result OF each vote 10 their
respective delegations. On Friday night a major
ty OF the electoral votes were cast for the romna
ton OF Gen Harrison. Up-n which il was agreed
that the general committee should meet again nex
morning. and that the particular com ittees should
then come prepared TO the votes oi their respec
tive delegations for the NOMINATION Of the Vice Pre-
sIdeni. Ana then the committee rose aud reported
TO The convention the nomination Of Gen Harrison
tor The Presidency: this done a5ou! eleven
, | o'clock Friday night
During all the time the geRcral committee was
mus collecting the votes for the nomination OF the
PRESIDENT, little or nothing was publicly saG il,
That committee, on the subject OF the Vtes President
except only that u was understood to be the unani-
nous sentiment OF them all, that If Mr. Clay should
be nominated for President the Vice President
should be elected from anon-savehoidng State, and
u Zen. Harrison or Gen. Scott should be nomlna.
ted Tor the Presidency, some gentleman from a
S.aVehod.ng state should be nominated for Vice
President.
From PriTdie conversation with the members OF
the general committee, I thought that MIR TYLER
would be the choice Of a majority Of those who com
posed that committee, for Vice President IN case
Zen Harrison or Gen. Scott should be nominated
Tor the Presidency. And mentioned to tie Virgil
MIA Delegation that that was my Impression as 10
the senumen, OF the general committee: Mr. Tyler
was present, and dIsclaimed all wish upon the sub.
Ject. Governor Owen tod me yriuditV, that he
thought the nomination Of Mr. Tyler would be iu-
dicouS and particularly that IL would lie acceptab
to the Wings OF North Carolina, because lie had
teen run on the ticket with Judge White at the pre-
yiOUs election, and had thus become known N them,
and they had formed favorable sentiments OF him.
and have no doubt he said the same thing 20 Other
members oil Tie COMMITTEE; but he never, TO my
knowledse, publicly suggested the nomination oi
Mr. Tyler.
VIVA, passed among the members Of the Con.
Venuon who we're not members Of the general
committee, touching the nomination for the Vics
"rssIdsney / knew not then, nor do | now know
genera. committee, that had hard y any opportu
mtg Tor intercourse % conversation with the other
members Of the Convention. except those Of the
Virginia Delegation; and bu; one Of them I'D any
thing 20 me $50 far as ! rCmemDsr) on the subject
and he only expressed his strong dsa probation OF
the nomination Of Mr. Eyer, not his preference FOR
any other. ! am certain, that no suggestion wa
made 10 me, or made known 10 me, and that ha
not the leas; reason 10 believe, that any member OF
the Convention had thought Of nominating me for
the Vice Presidency tii, the General COmuIttce met
on Saturday morning. the last day Of the Conven.
ton.
! Let IL be remembered, that OH the particular
committees were expected TO come prepared al that
meeting, with instructions from their respective de
legations 70 cast their votes Tor the nomination oil
the Vice President ] have no doubt, that every on,
Of them cid come 80 prepared and instructed except
myself: Inc delegation from Virginia gave me no
instruction, expecting las I undersi0odJ that the no.
minattOn would not he made On the first vote and
Intending iH that case, 10 make lis selection amora
the nominees who should be presented Dy the ofhet
de.sgauDu5i or, u the nomination should be mad,
by general consent on the first vole 20 concur Do /,
When the general Committee proceeded 20 GU.
ieci the woes Tor The nomination Of the Vice Pre-
sldsnt the States were called n the order in which
they are generally called in the House Of Repre-
d sentauves Of the United States. The Committee
from Maine end New Hampshire, announced lhl
votes Of the Delegations u those States the vote,
Of one wee given for The nomination Of MrTyIer
. those OF the other q think, but ON not pos.Jyc
Z were gwen Tor some other gentleman. Masslchu
j sets being next called, Mr. Ashmun announced DO,
vote Of The delegation Of that State Tor me-. Upon
lhrB, said, Iu Substance that considering tHe B1r
q | had .F.Hr F.r IL