Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-09-15

mar nerhbors Lastly Georgia Convcn
10" 10" snrs has ' ne Mmspr by
neral Ticket aud TIE one of necessity II not ue
rs understands delegation Convention
ar. exclusively supporters Mr. Calhoun and if the Convrn
lion decides for the vote capita should not consider t
ever that men in Georgia. who prefer Mr. Van Bu
rem would support Mr. Calhoun Instance
believe him 10 be The only Of the Democratic
candidate. carry the S'atewe believe too.
Van Buren, Now let US loo at what Mr Van inrens friend
haze The State If Virginia. has practically aopte
nyentun for The whole Legislative Caucus
minated de the Convention for h. State
thai subject nominated Van Buren, Delegates for that State-
Indiana and equally forgot To state the plain truth
cit appears them that the friends of Mr. Van Buren, have
far a they could committed three Sales 10 the General Ticket
ystr friends OF all the other candidate. have done
the with woGeorgia being Of them, which has no
District division and PENNSYLVANIA the Other which is yet to hold
Iut forth by the Albany TO in
\ il against District system We that body if it viii
needs go wrong, will seek justify by tissue of mis-
statements
tfying conclusion that lille sheet does not travel
far enough to reach this Southern "Mercury for il
is evident he has only portion of remarks;
a perusal of the whole, published in the Richmond
Enquirer, will show friend of The Mercury IF he
will let US call him SOY that complained of nobody
We do not belong TO the class Of compliments. On
the contrary, claimed little, very little, credit
in the article he republishes for complaining Of
nothing and acquiescng in every thing. The conclu-
ding remark of the Mercury, TO our purpose in
recalling the attention or friends here to what had
been done else where might have been spared, as we
avowed very explicitly in part of our remarks which
tho Mercury does not publish, that our purpose was
what we have now above stated
Let us briefly examine the reply OF the Mercury.
II it is as accurate, as it is con6deni is conclusive
II pronounces statements "a tumble of blundors"
at first, and then, If charmed and embroidered by its
own statistics, it concludes by denouncng them as a
sstissue of mis-. statements. Softly, softly Sir Mercury
We do not reason thus at the North and being bred
admire the courtesy and chvalry of the South,
are prepared for such compliments from sunny
friends the banks of the Cooper and Ashley
| Drop this Phraseology, we entreat you, must
drop you, which should dislike extremely. Thus
much by why OF protest, and excuse for not re-
ciprocating retaliating this Southern polieness-
And for the facts let US start with acknowledg
| ing our omission. We did not mention the In
diana Conventon-our review professed TO be "hasty"
| indeed, it wac set up as fast written, and one
end was type while the other was in our head -
We intent, as we said were, upon the action
Of those bodes where the friends of either one Of The
candidates were admitted 10 have predominated, and
we naturally overlooked Indiana, where no action OF
the Convention gave US any indication OF their Presi.
dental preferences. We are glad to hear from the
Mercury, that orr interchangeable friends in South Caro-
lima have subjected the Indiana delegates TO exami
nation and that they all prove TO be friends of Mr.
Van Buren,. We had no means of knowing their pre-.
ferences. Still it OMISSION and ere dit the
Mercury for the correction and thank him for the dis
covery.
Let next examine the other side Of the account
We named some States in New England that had
adopted the District System. Mercury replies, at is
gratuitcus 10 attribute this Mr. Van Burens friends"
Is it, massachusetts, held legislative caucus and
unanimously expressing preference for Mr.. Van Blu
rem, adopted the District System. New Hampshire
held Convention chose delegate well known 10 be
friendly TO MIR. Van Buren,, almost unanimously, and
adopted quasi District System. Maine held Con.
vention and passed strong resolution in favor Of N
Van Buren, without opposition, (af,er The defeat of
vote 10 lay il M the table by majority of two TO one)
adopted the District System, and has elected all her |
Delegates according TO it, and they are oil with per-
haps one exception) friends of Mr. Van Buren,. Yer.
mont has chosen delegates from each of her Congress
sIono Districts and they are all represented 10 prefer
Mr.. Van Buren,. We submit, then, to the candor of
our Msrcurial friend, whether, in speaking we did
OF what had then been done in Maine, New Hamp-
shire and Vermont, 1t not allowable to add,
dId, the very mild allegation that "thus much had
been done by assemblies in which the friends of Mr.
Van Buren, are supposed 10 have constituted mao-
rity, or whether he is he is polite
he says, "the New England States have all, we be.
eve, adopted the District SYSTEM but it is entirely
gratuitous TO attribute this TO Mr.. Van Buren's
friends"
Next comes the comment on what we said of Penn
yvana; this is not impeached, but is sought to be
wooded by declarations TO what Pennsylvania will
hereafter do. This we cannot determine. We were {
rot looking into futnry; we were writing history
ihen comes kentucky and here correctness is d.
ecty lmpugned-Mercury not only denies that Ken
ucky has chosen delegates by State Convention but
.ves the why she couldn have done IT, TO wit
hat the "whoe battle of Col Johnsons friends in
Missouri upon this point of The District System and
hat Missouri and Kentucky are such near neighbors
hat Col Johnsons friends would not be lille heed
u Of APPEARANCES as TO contend rehemny for the choice
II Districts in Missouri and by General Ticket in Ken.
ucky, and so ne asserts that the Atlas "pretty
ainly mistaken this point. Nevertheless the At
Convention. She has chosen all The delegates to which
he Stale is entitled and she has instructed them all to
ole for Col johnson! and if 1t were necessary we
light impugn the premises we'll as the seguitur of il
ur Carolina reasoner Kentucky and Missouri are
OF such near neghbors Georgia and South Carroll a
and yet Mr.. Calhoun friends are $50 little heedful L
appearances as tn ''contend vehemently for The il
district system in South Carolina and to adopt the i
enera Ticket System in Georgia. And may we not Il
permitted to add, that if this God of messengers in
nth Carolina, scanned half so critically or so ealously
proceedings OF the friends of the candidates other
an MIR Van Buren, as he does those Of Mr. Van Bnrens
rDds, he would not be so profoundly ignoran, of what
d been done IN Kentucky and wise beyond what is re
-tten TO what has been done by her 'near neigh OF
r." Indiana to
And in regard to Georgia-our state me nj is not
MED, but the excuse given that Georgia has no
congressional Districts. True enough But has New In
-
ercury admits that the "New England States have 's
), it believes, "adopted the District System" II ne
ght have added that Mr. Van Buren's friends have s'
I only substituted Senatorial for Congressional Dis. ar
cts, but that, by doing they have actually aban- III
ned the right, which all the proposed systems give 50
em, Of choosing two delegates by State Conven- ne
n Could not Mr.. Calhoun friends Georgia imi. gu
e their ingenuity, if not their megnunimry. We ~
We TO thank the Mercury for the information, that oy
ne OF The Georgia delegates not supporters of vi
r Calhoun, and not bound by instructions and gu
/, we suppose that does not nvadate the fact that
y were chosen and instructed, as we stated"
In regard to Virginia, the Mercury roundly charges 10,
It we did not state the 'plaln truth We SAID ain h,
rgna, each Congressional District is choose FIVE Tao
mr. and the votes of the State, Convention are thu
be given as those delegates shall determine" Is not
9 The "pain truth - The Mercury says "Vrrnia GU
, practically adopted the General Ticket System, the
}. SO II has, probably, in judgment; but this he,
IN inference as to wha, will be The "praccat result for
= statement is the "plan truth vol
Finally the Mercury sums up thus: 81, appears, ito
~, that the friends of Mr. Van Buren, have as far
they could committed three States 10 the General the
sket SYSTEM and that the friends OF all the other ga