Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-07-24
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
A State Rights Candidate.
MONDAY MORNING, July "a, isia.

| IN IKE manner, ~ The Republican party holds
out, at large, the idea that particular Statesman
is of those few ont of whom. rs its leaders. il
means in fair Convention To select its Presidential
candidate it thereby declares, in effect that il holds
him eminently "Repubcan - since il is willing
10 confer upon him the highest and most sacred
trust that Republicanism can bestow-,he guard
not merely of the Public Good, hut of what ''thc
party" looks on far more prccious-its princi-
pies, as il calls them.
"The Democracy" (as it styles itself) has, thro'
It's Party Press. and its Conventions, recognized
the following persons entitled To its confidence
that its great National Convention is TO select its
candidate for the Presidency from among them,
viz: Martin Van Buren,. John G. Calhoun. Genl
Cass James Buchanan and Richard VI. Johnson.
For time, while il was the policy to conciliate
John Tyler, il held out To him promise TO admit
him before that Convention, as one oi the nomi-
necs of portion of the great Democracy. As
however, we are about to argue of its sincere pur-
poses, and not its tricks, we shall not include Mr.
Tyler in the list of those amongst whom it intend
ed really TO choose him who should unite the larry
est number of sutirages. Mr. Tyler somehow or
other, did not meet the acquisitions of "Republi-
canism''-tho' he was Anti Bank. Anti Tariff An
points of their faith: and in all these he is unim-
peachable, in comparison with the greater part of
the rival pretenders to the purple Still, they didn't
like him, and that's enough they didn't like him,
and therefore they were perfectly iustifiabe,
party all made up of the very highest principle, in
Juggling him with professions of a purpose that
never for one moment was i'm their thoughts,
every body knows.
Well: the Globe, the Enquirer. the New York
Evening Post, the Albany Argus. and all the
leading party -organs of the Democracy have Civ
en- in their adhesion TO any ofthc five we have
named, in favour of whom the Convention of the
party shall determine. Between the five, the deter
mining of choice is to he, not a scrutiny of
doctrine hut OF the strength which each will car
~. In point of Principle, they are all equal
any little inequality, any casual inieriorty in Or
thodoXy. may be compensated by what is evident
y (aiier alb quite precious in their eyes
strength, votes, the virtue of getting sufirages,
and being likely TO run best.
Now, 1.-The Republican Party" being one of the
hghcs, possible principles las we have already
said and of the purest possible doctrinal faith
conformity to a fixed Republican" standard being
every thing in It's eyes. and men and all personal
how slight the diversities of opinion among
these five nominees, all equally acceptable To the
Democracy" equally worthy of 1.-The highest hon
o,r in the gift of free people,
Mr. Van Buren, was Anti Madsonan and An
ti.War, in 1912. These were then, and are still.
TO others, the tests of faith. He pettioned for
a branch of the Monster, at home. He was for
Crawford against Jackson. He voted for the bill
of denominations. fiie supported, under General
Jackson, all that Mf. Calhoun opposed, and oppo-
sed all that Mr.. Calhoun supported, up to 1871
These two, then, must be Oft wonderful similarity
of principles Wouldn't YOU say so, father Rtchiel
OfGeneral Cass's principles not much is known.
except in the somewhat vague sense that hc is a
"Dcmocrat" in general. He is a State Rights Pro.
clamationist and Expunger; Tariff man, and a
very worthy sort ofperson, who holds without per-
sonal grossness bitterness tothe opinions ola lead
er-all whose opinions and acts fierce, violent
and tyranncal. Had General Jackson taken Just
the opposite opinions General Cass would no doubt
have done so too: and this is true of so many. that
we cannot set it down against General Cass as any
great enormiiy. We hope you think so too, father
/ Richie
Mr.. Buchanan was an old Federalisi. ANY harm
| in that No: for General Jackson and many other
chiefs of the "Democracy" were so. too. Mr. Bu.
chanan wouldn't testify m favor olhc "corrlpi bar
gain between Adams and Clay" when Gen Jack.
son wanted him to. That was very bad. Mr. Blu
chanan has voted for Eypunges Protests and Tariffs
Of all sorts and sizes, the last included.
! As TO Colonel Richard VI. Johnson, he has no
distinctive opinion, except practical Amalgamaiion.
There is little reason to think he killed Tecum
sen as that he wrote his SUNDAY Mail Report. -
He is Bank and Tariff man, and is supposed To
like Mr. Clay good deal better than Mr. Van Bu.
rem.
Finally, as TO what Mr. Calhoun is, we will not
quote what the Globe, speaking for Gcn'. Jackson
was accustomed to say Of him, down to 1897 we
do not choose to be so grossly viiupcrariye Of him.
We will only cite the mildcr diairibcs Of another
authority equally decisive, and indeed perfectly po.
tcnaI TO all matters Of faith political. In the
Richmond Enquirer Of March I'D, 1898, father
Richie thus rcpcls the idea that Mr.. Calhoun ever
had been or ever could be "Democrat: :"
"We relor upon the Telegraph the Gl.ehood
which it has charged upon us. its editor knows.
as well as we do, that John G. Calhoun was an adj.
vocatc of the Tariff system in lsl6-that hc went
ont ofthc an ultrd-sticklcr for the power, ofthc
Federal Govcrnment-lhat hc silppdited the Bank
IA general system ofInicrna Improycmcnls-and
ihc protective system asthc permanent poiicy Of the
Government. The loyal Telegraph knows, and
his political master knows that in spite Of his late
cqryocaing speech, he the advocate Of the bill
oflsl6-that there is not one word about raising
rcrcH"e in the speech Of 1916 and that he insisted
that manufactures should be- established boy,nd he
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