Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-02-08

Z" The Charleston Mercury, nearer to Mr. Calhoun
more mmedla ly under the Influence Of the sentiment
Of his confidential friends however seems In b. pav,p
the way for It's endorsement OF the nominee saws,
"'No support Wing. Wrul be- ,ul- I" true i-.
mOrncy; vii support HIM and lL".r vino oppose nmr,t
have named alnve winch Of 1hc ih We y
before he oie- Tie party declare solemn
Baltimore III ie4O Hrsa good ore'9-s p'cp'es ja,,rs
poy uprigh-ts reorrs,,o,, sarisactory Now Is l
time for proofs-fo the PRACTICAL evidences a these
words; let us have them
TINS ere, was the creed Of the Van Buren, taity
II signs such as We have had for two weeks past nu
tply for br'ei space, We shall have Little 10 be cur,
about touching Mr.. Calhoun aud his party, EXCEPT
ths enquiry, 'where will Mr. Calhoun himself go
Since the above was Prepared the Washington
Spectator has come 10 hand In an article en- the suit
J"ct of Mr. Calhoun lett,r the B4tmore Convention
Ne, the following paragraph apprats; i Is mol unlike
the wry faced protestations winch peop. sometimes
make they about 10 swallow bitter dnse Of ms.
dlcne: We may have bu, lu. respect tor the m.,
and the means with which they reach TO power but f
by the acton (not profcssons) of the pat,y we zee
their principles faithfully administered and itom The
experience OF the pest, have guarantee for the
certain enforcement in the future policy oil the govern
mrni every consideration OF patriotism Will call Us 10
support them. - Yrsterdoys Compiler
I'VE beg leave to subm, very few remarks, IN tie
most respectful manner, upon the preceding remarks
Of our liberal ard respected n0shJOr We rmltk
in tie first place, that Whatever may have been
once the feelings of Mr.. Calhoun towards Mr. VA
Buren,, or the causes which led 10 them, VET thst
after the proposition OF Independent Treosut,
made by Mr. Van Buren, IN 1897, Mr. C.i.
houn forth at once TO support IL, and that
following Winter, reconciliation effected Is
common friend, between these two distinguished men
lle0tIons of friendship and confidence were thence
forth re-establshed aud we yet 10 arn that any Il
that bitter sort Of "drepfooied hostility eonnurd IA
the breast Of Mr. Calhoun On the contrary, We have
I..t,.. RI. a
between them and their mutual friends. Ia the secanA
place, the friends Of these gentle men were thrown.
little apart by the contest Tor the n"mnationbut the
late Reunion and out of lhe Convention, removes all
tins dihcnltya this strife, aud tie tee lngs which
had Produced and We entertain sort OF appreheu-
son about the stability of our Union We are satisfied
therefore, that the four Electors IL whom the Compiler
refers, will support Mr Van Barren perfect slhc,-
rty, md with ail the zeal III their power They are
Disappointed of course, IN their desire 10 carry Nr
Calhoun. Their attachment 10 liim-to the 'notl'-
hearted the "lon hearted son OF south Carolina,
Mr. Hunter jailed him the Convention, ~ his
impressive Expose of Saturday morning, was strong sad
ardent. But they frankly acknowledge, thai h.
be elected, and they have IN manly sP'rt, ard with
ont any "repugnance, determined 10 unite all Their
energies upon NJ. Van Buren, mot becans, H. wl be
The nomnee) but because he is the candidate o the
Republican party. THIS will b. tie honest sincere,
honorable determination. not only of The four Electors,
but of almost ALL perhaps An OF he friends ii Nj.
Calhoun, who were IN The lat" Convention, or perhaps
tins city. In fact there could not be stronger proofs
any where exhibited OF the sincerity at ihe union than
in the courtesy manifested on both sides, and IN the
confidence practically proved IN The acts oil both SIDES
Gen Gordon (whose last eloquent speech, III feo eng
the nnon stli rings III our ears was selected
on the morning Of the first day, by Van Bnren Com
mitiee of nomination, 10 preside over the Convention
with marked beraty, well as justice, 10 those who
constituted the decided ns)orty of the Convention, be
placed Il majority Of the friends Of MIR Van Bnen on
the important Committees They. IN their turn. man
tested the most marked Cancellation towards me
friends of Mr.. Calhoun-selected the Tour Flee
tors and many assistant Electors-(or more Calhoun
Electors for really, have not scanned the lat,
and counted noses In fact, The lines OF party
were a, once obllera,ed and we ceased To ask who
was Who and winch vas which, and what was what
except when oratorS, they culed 10 address
the Con Venton Then Me-srs. Ba bour o i'nl-
peper, and Wallace Of Petersburg, aud Tribe OF r.
sex and CaSke Of Richmond, aud Hunter oil E'srA,
and Robert G.. Scot Of this city, coming forward II
bury the Ratchet, and wreath their bfows whh the olive
branch Of p- ace.
The President crowned The whole with his noble pc
roratun IN winch he pledged h,mseli 10 exert not ONLY
his arenr,red," but "re-doubled' eEerges, Tor lir
success Of hlr. Van Buren,. We dsms', tlst.-
fore, every suspicion, and all doubts 10 the wand We
trust ungualriedly in Calr"un brethren, and We
have no doub, of the moral influence Of the reunion
beinp felt, not only 10 the remotest borders OF
VIRGINIA but in oil the South, aud III all the Un"n
We doubt, even, that it wall embrace IN rs ample
fold the two distinguished men whom "ihe Compiler
spec ies IN It's article. We see the auspclous influence
already the fallen countennnces, ~ the ha'ttd
breath, and IN the lowered calculations OF our WING
friends We II III the moricaton and piqne oi
the chmond Wing, lis III beral hits at the ends "'
Mr.. Calhoun in this City, and IN the Convenii"n ahJ
in its nsidous aud idle efforts TO the seeds OF d.
cord between them and taer brethren IN the country
We II the joyful faces and elevated spirits o' 'he
whole Democracy here. We have 1t III the cncut-
tons of one our Western Calhoun friends (w" the
term RI nscessnte rel, reference 10 the pas only
not the fuurc,) who s not generally the most slnguns
IN his hopes but who firmly predicts, that shall ear
~ Virginia November next by majority OF al iead
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