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


Farmer published at Bridgsport-the city where the
"Tyer office holder resdrs, who informed his brothe'
Ia merchant the Souih) that "without any doubt Mr.
Calhoun will gel the vote Of Connecticut The Far
mer has been established more than thirty-our years
il sound Democratic pap r, and is quite as competent
10 give information concerning public sentiment IN
Connecticut as the Wing Correspondent OF The Charles
ton Mercury who derives information from his bro
Their, Wing, and one of Mr. Ty ers collectors
From the Bridgeport Farmer.)
MR.. CALHOUN IN CONNECTICUT
The Charleston Mercury publishes a letter dated al
Stafford in this State from "nelligent merchant.
going North on his travels, which says, that "wth-
out any doubt, Mr. Calhoun will get the vote of Con
nectcut
Who this "intelIigent merchant" is, do no,
know We have reason to believe, however, that
he is gentleman who formerly belonged IN Stafford,
aud who is doing business in Columbin, South
Carolina.
But, be the gentleman whom he may, he is most
epreqiously mistaken in regard TO public sentiment IN
this State. There is no doubt that Mr.. Calhoun has
admirers in this State, and for aught We know, some
very enthusiastic ones. Nor is there any doubt that
there are some who prefer him for President to any
other man. but, Tar as we can learn, they are few
STEW and far between"
On this point we cannot be mistaken We have
carefully watched the signs that have appeared thus
far in the State, and from all these, have been unable
discover anything 20 warrant conclusion that any
considerable portion Of the people have desire Tor
Mr. Calhoun On the contrary, the indications are all
in favor of Mr. Van Buren,. We speak with reference
solely to the Democratic party. Every paper in the
State recognized Democratic, one, has avowed
it's preference for Mr. Van Buren,, and IN doing we
have no doubt they spoke the sentiments of nnetynne
out OF q hundred of their supporters.
To give probability TO this statement, the letter fur
Their says that Of the members elect of Congress-
all bat one are Calhoun men-no mtstake!
This nav or may not, for anything we know, be
the fact The Hartford Times, in reference TO this
point, says: ave have heard the came fact stated be-
FORE and have heard conlradcted and cannot of
personal knowledge, state the facts But the Norwich
Aurora SAYS: sOf the meabers of Congress elect Of
this Stale oniy one Of them is for Mr. Calhoun. Be
this as it may every body kncws that the members Of
Congress were selected without any direct reference
TO the Presidential question ard, consequently, that
their preference this point cannot De considered
as any evidence Of popular sentiment in this State.
And Furthermore, this letter says that"alr L "a Ty-
Ter office hoder and all his numerous connections in
this State, will 90 for Mr.. Calhoun
The Mr. T referred TO is probably the Collector of
this port, That he thinks iavorabiy of MIR Calhoun,
we have no doubt indeed, we have heard him speak
strongly in his bs!aIi number of times, and have
reason to believe lie WILL the letter says, Ego for
Mr. Calhoun II he is nominated. But whether his
"numerous connt x,ons will do SO, very much
question.
And lastly, this letter soys that seven out of ten Of
the small farmers, among whom he has been prefer
Mr.. Calhoun to Mr. Van Buren, whether Wings or
Democrats.
This has reference, suppose, entirely TO the far
mers'' Of S,ra,ford. Living, as we do, within miles
of the centre Of that town, and seeing from
there "a often at less. as once week. We certainly
should have heard of this before, If true. We do not
believe that out OF seven, nor even one out Of
hundred OF the Democratic farmers of that tow prefer
MIR. Calhoun. What say you, Democrats OF old STRAIT
ford, are We right or are we wrong:
From the Same
The Middetown Sentinel makes the following
Spouse the call Of the Richmond Enquirer, concern.
ing the correctness Of the statement of Wing
respondent of The Charleston Mercury, that without
any doubt Mr. Calhoun will get the vote of Connec
cut and the majority Of The New England States
awe know not when We have seen poorer guessing
or as the Sou,hefne1 would saw reck0ning-than is
contained IN the above extract. That Mr.. Calhoun has
warm friends and admirers, IN tins State, is not to be
wondered at;or he is man of splendid talen;s-hut
to assert that he would get the vote OF Connecticut,
without the nomination of National Convention, IS en-
tirely at variance with the facts Mr. Van huren ~
Internationally the first choice of the great of the
Democrats of Connecticut True, there are those who
prefer MIR Calhoun MIR. Buchanan, but they are
small in number in comparison. This no one, con-
yersant with the politics of State will venture tc
question. But 1t appears, that toe gentleman was q
stranger and Wing THIS accounts Tor the outof the
way reckoning for 1t is not very probable that
through Of The Sta.-, would be likely TO obtain very
accurate views Of the feelings 8. shoe" cf opposite pc
litics, for he would naturally seek Tor affirmation oil
those of the politics with bnssl!-in fact, his
informant "alr T. Tyler Office holder, undcubi-
edly no other than Mr. Thompson, Collector of the
customs OF the district of Fairfield, Wing, that De
mocrat removed TO make room for. The editors Of
the Richmond Enquirer may be assured Of the truth
of our statement. And while the Democracy prefer
Mr.. Van Buren, they ready and willing 10 abide by
the decision of the Democratic National Convention,
and give hearty and cheerful support 10 whoever shall
be nominated.