Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-08-22

with 50 20 a day!
We can scarcely enter,ana doubt Of MIR. Van Bn
rens availability, or of his success IT the hepuoioan
Party will be only true to themselves and do their duty.
P. S.-Since writing the above we have received a
letter, from which make the following extract We
confess, the information is neacS 10 US:
"PoRrsMourH, Va, August 20.
"The ma ority Of the Democrats here are for Mr..
Van Buren,. believe nine out of ten
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
We publish the following interesting article, from the
Charleston Mercury OF the 10th lnsant-whch ITS Ed
tor pronounces to be as authoritative an answer TO ING
questions it (he Richmond Enqure) has put TO we
Mercury from time tme in relation 10 the probable
intentions of late Convention, as it is possible for
us TO e We, or for any one but the Convention Itself
Wa lose time in laying IL before our readers, Tor
their consideration. II may lead to some dts
cusson in the public papers, and perhaps 10 some VI
tma,e developments of the sentmen of Virginia on this
important subject And perhaps some arrangement
as 10 the manner OF voting may grow out OF the
proposition and discussion if literally conducted
We ask for light, and we shall be most happy 10
give it 10 "a msmber Of the Convention, and TO
our brethren in South Carolina-but, as at present
advised, we could scarcely undertake TO speak the
voice OF Virginia. We will seek that voice. If possible
and as 'ihe member" promises 10 consul, his friends
we will promise 10 concult ours-and we begin by ask
ing them in this public manner to communicate freely
with u.s. in any way which they may select; by pr
letters or by ESSAYS addressed to the press any other
manner they may please 10 adopt. We might IN some
measure undertake TO reply to the st and the Sd queries
of a Member because the voice of Virginia has been
partially expressed upon them. 1t is our impression,
in reply to the LIST query, that majority of the Re-
publcans would 90 for each States selecting her De-
epaes in her own way, just she determines for her
self the appointment OF the Electors under the Const'-
tuton and that in their opinion, no one State has right
TO prescribe another, the of appointing Dele
gates as she may think best On the Sd question, our
State Convention has recommended 4 Delegates 10 be
elected in each District, and believe, for these two
reasons LIST, that sixty Delegates are less subject
10 sinister inf than small depulaon OF 10; and
2dly to enable the different counties IN large district
10 select delegate best known to EACH and best CON-
handing the confidence OF each. But where Is the OBJ
lection 10 this arrangement In what does it injure
our sister Suites? We claim no more power, IN con-
sequence Of the number of our delegates virginia
asks only to give her u votes IN the 0enera
ton no more. As .Publins' says in the last "kock
inoham Register" (of the 10Th instantly "rhis seems
10 me matter worth disputing about; Tor, whether
The vote in Convention be taken by States per capita
Virginia asks TO have but IL votes what boots H.,
then whether she have IL n delegates:
But il is the End question, which being new one,
M, previously agated in Virginia, nor passed upon
directly in her Convention, which 1t is not SO easy
for US TO 1t is more d'ihcult IN It's soluiion
and more delicate in its relations. we had supposed,
and bad expressed the sentiment IN our State Con-
yenton that each State should appoint her delegates
in the way she might prefer; and, 2dy, if any difficulty
occurred In the Convention, to The mode Of 1otiRg,
it would be best leave to the liberal decision OF
our brethren in the Convention meeting IN Tree com
munion for a common But the friends of Mr.
Calhoun are now anxious 10 submit the manner oi
voting in the first instance, TO "the majority OF the
States" This proposition is not confined TO "a Mem.
her of the Convention" 1t was suggPs,edb by "Pen
dle,on" whose Essay was first published in the "Pe-
tersburg Republican, and since repubshed in the
Charleston Mercury-(and who, we will satisfy here
car b,oh nj
the principles which the Democrats OF Virginia have
uniformly main famed, and which man has more
earnestly supported than John Taylor of Caroline IN
his speeches upon his proposed amendment to The
Constitution in 1897 1t was repeated by the Ed
tor of the P. Republican-and it now comes out IN an
authoritative shape from"A Member ofthe Convention
and the Charleston Mercury, in its last No, lends
additional weight to the proposition, IN the following
paragraph
"The National Contention There are three plans
L. To elect by Districts and vote per capta-hs IS the
MARYLAND plan, TO which the friends OF Mr.. Calhoun
accedP and insist that it is the only reasonable or lar
one . To elect by Districts or State Convention, and
vote by States but count per eapna-this is that Vr-
gina descrp, that political mongrel, that n'om
prehensibe and ridiculous hybrid, which has no attn
butte TO make respectable but liz glazing injustice and
intense mschie vonsness, and 10 which, we apprehend,
unless better given for It than have yet
come out, the friends OF popular sovereignty ana the
independence Of the smaller States never VIII acceue
There is Sd plan upon which, Tor Tue SAKE Of peace
their own-a plan which will be perfectly fair to the
candidates. and preserve the balance OF the States as
adjusted by the Consttuton-the plan OF the Indiana
Democracy, viz: That it shall be left to majority OF
the States settle all the prelimnares OF the Conven
tion-timc, mode Of election and mode OF rothg Inc
frst indeed fime-has been already settled by IL
Come come up the scratch now, gentlemen, OF Al
bany and Richmond.
Yet. we wish to understand the proposition of'A Mem
~ aida that
Republicans of Virginia may be better understood by
them How is the voice Of the "no ority Of the States
TO be collected Are they all TO count one Is tne
smallest State TO be the same footing OF equality win
the largest! Is New York, with population oil 24Zo,
29l, to have no weight in a question, when
to decide the whole question in the Convention, IMAM
Delaware, with n population of only 5000: lhat is'
is New York, with 80 times as many people as Dela'
ware have weight the decision oil the great
preliminary problem Is this the proposition Dues
Psndleon, after claiming for the smaller states 'oe
in the Convention in sort of compound, lndehnaoie
ratio of the electoral rate before the People, and con
tngent uncertain right of equality OF voing before lne
H. of r. think it right, and does he appeal 10 me
masnanini,y Of Virginia, her "eevaed position anu
character" TO refer the question to majority oil the
States 10 decids"-and abandon his compound ratio
for simple equality Of voss 10 this what he means
But it possible that we may not Inc pro-
POSITION we most respectfully call upon "a Member OF
the Convention 10 answer at once-We must ntst ask
inns question oil MIN, before fTHlHid
answer HIS questions We, therefore, pause for re-
ply
(From the Charleston .hereury)
"THE SouTH CAROLINA CoSvESrIoS-lo observe that
the Richmond Enquirer has renewed It's call on the
Mercury for explanation in reference 10 the address Of
our Stale Convention. Of the impression, that lis
call should be answered. regard clear and iuii un
Outstanding on all points of difference between the
friends of The several candidates for the Presidency as
emineny desirable 1t is the most certain way 10 pre-
conflicts the end, and preserve, throughout Tue
harmony of the party Thus thinking, | a" OF the
opinion that if the address of our convention snouia De
thought by any respectable portion of the party to De
ambiguous, il ought be explained. The unfortunate
i'll health of the Editor OF the Mercury, (hlr Siuar
and his absence consequence from his post makes 1t
impossible for him 10 answer, and would seem to de-
vove the duty some OF the members o! the Con.
vention What propose in this communication, Isl TO
undertake the discharge of that duty.
"The address, then, intended to be perfectly ex'
pcit, and free from all ambiguity. II is not the cha
Of The people of tins State TO disguise their SEN
timen,s on any subject Manliness, al least i. one of
their virtues The object Of the address, accordingly, as