Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-02-15
EFFORT TO ELECT = Coyrpvon

we give IN another column n su,,,,r,, .s,t
proceedings, Saturday. Willis, We ,ee,,, ,,., -.
cums'anceS existed which led to the des.o, or 81,
ct The Wing candidates; our rcsre, i, ,or..h,,.,.
minshed by the defea, Of the Jun,a R;.h.,os,
we Know, is entitled to every thing. and NJ .o,.
10 Governor-bu, she prefers, when ,h. 49,
upon herself the odium of monopoiz,ns .v.rv ofce.
10 nave the privilege OF selecting the men n All
them. She does not wish to shoulder IN. s;.. oc
That clique, which has contributed moro l,,,.lv
than all others combined, to retard her pro,rsri,v
and growth
The most striking feature in this effort TO
eject Governor was the arbitrary determination
oil the Old Richmond Junto 20 force upon IN, n,,,,,
MIR Andrew Stevenson. That gentleman. for mo,,
reasons than we are aware Of was panie,l,rIv and
em'nen'Iy ds,asteiul TO a large portion of his own
party friends. Many OF them protested os,;u,, ri.
nomini,ion-They swore they n.ver wo.lI ,i.,
HIM their support. In the Caucus. it i, said. th.v
Carried their violence TO such extremes. thai to mr..
'e"' m immediate rupture in the party, Mr. Steven.
sons hackers were forced to consent TO give him
me 80 ny h"t Their surrender Of him, was only
temporary and effected. They agreed TO run MIR
r"ylor-who. If he has the blood of John Tevlor
oil Caroline, would never consent IN be tho tool or
the Richmond Junto-This they knew, and thew
also knew that he could no, he elected. Therefore
they gave into the seeming support Of him. whilst
they were busily a, work to render the impr,c,cs
bile Sirac1able for MIR Stevenson's benefit. To NH.
end the Editor of the Enquirer was every vh.,.
exerting his personal and Official inhuenc.-,e,d
ing letters, which Mr. Stevenson had written To hin,
-ihreaten'ng this one, an Aattering that. Bv din,
OF personal solicitation and the other means r..o,,-
cd to- the free spirit Of the Party was coerce,I into
submission to the dicia,ion Of the Junto. All. ex.
eept Mr. McMullen, WHO stood out manfulIy. sub
United to the thraldom. Many of them. how.yer
whilst voting for MIR Stevenson did not hesitate 10
avow their strong repugnance TO the bitter Mill.
which they were required to swallow. If the man.
tai agony they endured, whilst submitting 10 This
CALLING despoism does no, cause them TO tax. an
everlasting oath against dictation from the same
quarter IN future, hope at least that when they
return home, they will tell their Constituents tina,
It was not the Whig city o; Richmond. which at.
tempted to palm Governor upon the Common-
wcalth-that If they submitted 10 Richmond AZ.
'aitoH-it was the dic,ation of the Jurto md No,
mat OF the CITY. This is distinction not withou,
difference and We would have il borne in mind
by The country. Locofoco Demagogues have Iono
~ w S'""s'"nunSing against Rich
nond influence and prejudicng the country against
Tue c''y-'hey now have an opportunity to rail,
win GOOD cause, against the janto influence, which
'hey have been made to feel so severely. Western
gentlemen particularly, Of the Loeofoeo persuasion,
may tell their people, that they were, above nil
hinss, desrous TO get n Western man and to effect
hat object, they uniformly voted against Watts.
Summers and Preston, and for Stevenson and Tav.
orr That's, under the whip Of Richie, to elect
western man, they voted for an Eastern one,
No doubt they will be able to explain the matter
satisfactorily to the soveregns Of tho land.