Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-09-08
RICHMOND, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8.
aCarresuondeuts. Publie Opinion, Presideneu,

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RICHMOND, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8.
"Correspondents, Public Opinion Presidency"
Under this head, The Charleston Mercury parades
column of extracts of letters from different States
evidence Of Mr.. Calhouns growing popularity, and
con Sc auently, of Mr.. Van Burens waning fortunes
As public journalists, disposed freely to discuss tn
claims Of all the Republican candidates, in order tina
| we may select the one who will carry with him th
greatest strength have scanned The testimony Of thu
Mercury's correspondence and now submit lew bre
CONNIE ns upon them We would PREMISE that if all thu
letter Of the Charleston Mercury prove
fortunate in their information as the merchant IN Con
nectic Ut who stated that MIR Calhoun was more popula
IN New England than Mr.. Van Buren,, their evidence
is not very we'll calculated TO throw much weight int
Mr. Calhoun scale We refer readers 10 the EXTRACTS
in to-day paper from of the Leading Democratic
journals in that section OF the country, winch directly
asserts that MIR Van Buren, IS vastly stronger in New
| England than Mr. Calhoun. Even the Boston Post
which is SAID to prefer h1r Calhoun, comedies that
aority of the Democracy of Massachusetts prefer MIR
Van Buren,.
The frs, letter in the Mercury is from Maryland
and speaks of the rauduient nominations OF Mr. Van
Buren, in Maine and New Hampshire. Now are
reluctantly compelled TO say, that The ardent friends
of Mr. Calhoun, thus endorsed by the Mercury, the
| leading Calhoun paper IN the South, speak thus
harshly and nsutngy of The action of the advocates
of his distinguished competitor forbearance can hardly
he expected on the part Of The latter We call on Mr.
Calhoun friends 10 more moderation and fairness
Can the Democrats of Maine and New Hampshire bear
with compacency to hear their free and unbiased
limitations stigmatized as "fauduen,?" Let this spirit
of jealousy and injustice prevail and We had better al
once surrender the Presidency 10 Henry Clay Blu,
lo the letter from Maryland, which allrges that "our
| (Mr c. 's) prospects are fair in Maryland! We shall
not use the above cold expression in regard TO Mr. Van
Rurens prospects Maryland; but at once say, tina,
they are osry "fair" We have recently conversed
with leading Democratic Member of the Mary land
State Senate He, not long since, was IN favor of the
selection of Mr.. Calhoun as the strongest nan-but
from all ind cations, he 10 now satisfied that Mr. Van
Buren, i'll better unite the voice OF the party He
confident that Mr. Van Buren, the first choice OF The
| r. publicans of Maryland.
Then comes letter from New York, which says
"Mr. Van Buren, may get this State, but II IS mos
doubtful and If he does, IT will be by small MAORI
,y" All our information is exactly the reverse II
all the county meetings in New York, nay in the city
| itself, (where Mr.. Calhoun was supposed TO have hi
greatest strength the Democrats have, in the cleares
voice. expressed their unoounded confidence in the dis
/ ,nguished son of New York.-ln Alabama, too, let
ter in The Mercury INSERTS, that "Mr. Calhoun has
better party than in any State of the Union, except III
own | scarcely know q man OF respectable talents
who prefers Mr. Van Buren," We canno, understand
this when we two Of the ablest papers in Alabama
the " Mobile Register" decidedly inferior in Eff
Cheney and ability paper in the South, and The
Tuscaloosa "Flag of the Union important from
its local position for its editorial taent) manfully ad
vocating the claims of Mr. Van Buren,, and con,ending
that he is the s;ronges, man IN their State We have
con versed with citizens of Alabama, who inform ha
in the Southern portion Of the State, MIR Calhoun il
The favori,e bu, in the North large majority prefe
Mr. Van Buren,.
| Next comss a abig gun from Tennessee. The
writer ascribes the recent Democratic defeat in tina
State to the prospect Of Mr. Van Buren, being the De
mocralic nominee, and the fact Of Mr. Folks supposed
! for Mr. Var ,th
avowed himself" The writer commits great incon
sstency, when he goes on to say, that "the friends d
that gentleman, (Mr Van BurenD acN M.
Calhoun Cass, and Johnson, all, with few exceptions,
went for Colonel Polk Now, it not certain, hat if
Mr. Polk received the votes Of The friends Of al tie
candidates, aud still was beaten, he would have been
BEATEN il he had been run, exclusively, a5 the
friend of Mr. Calhoun, or any other NEW man :" BE
sides the support of the friends OF all the other cndi-
dates, Mr.. Polk had the peculiar sympathy o the
strongest and most distinguish Democrats 9TH old
| Hero himself among tem,) and the ablest papr in
Tennessee, all sustaining Van BuIen and IN SPITE of
of Federalism. We satisfied, that no other man
could have reduced the Wing minority OF 1000 nnce
1910, and have carrying the State. Does
any man, whose opinion IS worth having, belevethat
any other man, under the auspices of Mr.. Calioun
could have done better, or even half as we'll The
Mobile Register argues, strongly that seven in Ten.
nessee (he State which has done the least for lht De
mocracy since 1900 the change since le4O is min
Gent, If maintained throughout the United SaleO to
elect Democratic president and recover the poular
manrity of 1870 The rule of Democratic increse in
Tennessee, which they all say is Van Buren, unrall-
ability, would elect Presdent-yet there isiard-
ly State in which The ratio of increase has nobeen
greaier-and the greatest in those States, sub as
Maine, New York, Indiana, and Ohio, where Tn De.
mocratic party is most unequivocally for Mr. Va Blu
rem"
The writer goes on to argue the mpocy Of running
Mr.. Van Buren, because "he cannot recover frm the
misre presentations and defeat of 1910. and beides,
that cardinal principle always held 10y Jackson the
zone term principle" In answer to the first ohetion,
we have often before insisted that thousands, wo, IN
1910, were deceived INTO the support of Whgaty by
false issues and promises Ia he broken, hJe re
covered from their dplusiun, and now seeing Fieral
ism all its naked Geormiiy, will cheerfully we Tor
any nominee, however preudIced they al tim may
have been by the clamors of the Wings. Thegreat
issue in 1914, must be between the antagonist prin-
cples of Democracy and Federalism, and can
hardly believe that any true Republican will bsita'e
10 support man, who represents their princies-
and man who is admitted TO have been most ross
! ly misrepresenied. Tie term principle haaever
been established by the Republican party. IL is
one of the points raised by the Wings in crer TO
secure their ends. 1t has been acted
on by any of the Republican Presidents who hse in
var,aby been rewarded by the people with el,tlon
We have no time TO 90 into discussion of the ierlis
of this one term principle. We shall briefly rer 10
the report of the COMMITTEE on Foreign Retains TO
the Legislature ct South Carolina herself alter
the defeat of 1910 Among other weighty argu ents
that report lays great stress on the opportunity hie
a second term will afford The people for resior,r Mr.
V. Buren,, who had been unjuslly stricken down the
defence of their principles We quote The reportlse,
which not finally acted on by The Legislator :,
1.-THE result Of past experience has established that
} every President, whose have been appyed
by The people, and deserved their appreciation, rs re-
ceived the testimony of his constituents to that Sec
until the late extraordinary combination of all tn dis
codant elements of popular discomfort has succeied
in supersed,ng an administration, possessing the en-
fdence of large and consistent portion of the psole
and the fact that the President thus removed is ree
BILE, hope, will yet enable the people TO vndiote
The pure principles and honest and faithful admnsa
ton of The present Chief Magistrate" Mr.. v Rure
We further differ with the letier.wri,er as 10 le
) sound policy OF running ntr man. Our opinion ),
: that with a man, batch of objections III
be raised and there will be time 10 clear them p
before the election. The Wings famous for fab
eating misrepresent ntions, which, to a certain exte
have their weight because it is difficult 10 follow up
bane with its proper nnlidote. In Mr. Van Bure $
case, every possible false camor has been already a.
haus,ed, and the people cannot be affected by ,hr
ceaseless efforts. For this reason, MIR. Van Bura
would be stronger candidate than anv nf7p man "a