Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-02-06
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$3.50. AND MOUKNINU.
,yha, Mr. CaIhoun's letter appeared, Inc wing
nhen :. wi ,s f,ebrand Of Discard The Savannah
na''ea - I,,nelv pronounced, that all "reconc',
h'a.o me friends Of hessrs. Calhoun ana
a''on 'ss ..,mpossble;" "that the gull which Sc
hem cnnno, be passed that TINS was Tue
pai az haa, called "c Harmonious Democracy
., ,"a, ,.karmony has an end here. 1000 easy
ahu '1 h,s Wh;o Savannah Ed tor, thought ms grea
MA" r;nsn.ne"-when CONES "ihe irost the XIII
inn frost which nips MS ~ ,... r.n;ol
Erhe Richmond Wing halls the letter IN eonSeno
-! hr, noder different version II declared, that
sP'',, Isa,r ubas hung milestone round the neck OF
W. Da,,;anrc Convention, which will SINK II 10 inc
VI. h.fors vet i, is IN existence. We have risen
" Tho Whc in burst OF e&ultauon ana g'ae
g,om The perusll Of Mr.. Calhoun letter, with
,roe increase of The respect we lett nf n'in once "o
GO n,hns,as,n) BIT which since 1887, had yielded
~ ' ;lI;,. b. lief tha, al his opinions and pubic
- 90 ho,x/ond ended in SELF II now seems impes-
thai the author Of such views, can be that
ta c,;,;H man who is only patriot IN proPof''oh
Va l.. nryate interest 1t is impossible that man
thinking SO justly anu se1''' va "'1"' ''o100'
oncb !, nolilcal knave.
Cod sasv man, little did he know what conse
on"ss uere to result, from this important document
,,o aid he wot, that instead OF dividing the frends
of Mr.. Van Buren, and Mr.. Calhoun further ana iuf
10 f,om zach other, IT was destined in its conse-
,css IN knit them firmer together-that instead oil
bang;ng a milestone around Mr.. Van Burens neck,
i vas TO bring to his support, not because he IS Inc
;nse of The Convention, but because he is to be
hs candidate of the Republican party, those arden,
d ,lanied sprs who have been the friends and sup
or,s,s NJ MIR Calhoun. And here we may us we'll meet
=, once an nsnuation, which has been already thrown
out, and might be Insldiousy repeated Inc 'ac's we
dcr,y. from the highest nuihorty-from him lthat
atniabe, able and accomplished man, uenefa Wn''ah'
r Gordon. who was the President of the Conven-
ion and who was the Chairman Of the meet
mo of the friends Of Mr. Calhoun Wednesday
n eht-,he night of the morning which brought Mr.
Calhoun letter 10 this City, and the night Ctore the
meeting of the State Convention. This gentleman,
in the midst of his very eloquent Valedlctoy Of Satu'
dav night happened 10 make aiiusion TO hls old
friend the Secretary, who sat just before hiiS-he put
some question the Secretary when the latter suddenly
ose and leave TO put question in his turn to the
pr,s dent of the Convention. 1t was the thought OF
the moment like flash of lightning, aud prompt
10 EXPRESSED, as II conceived The President gave
way-and the Secretary then told him, that 'ln The
presence Of that august assembly. IN the midst oil the
representatives Of the people, he wished II put ques-
ton to him whilst the witnesses were thare-whiiss
the parties presentfor the purpose Of prevent
ing all p.lons, and Of arrestlng all ms'epre
sen,aons, which had been already made, or might
hereafter be made to the history OF the reunion OF
the party. Was there any GOWN, any COLLISION, any
negotiations any intrigue, between the friends OF Messrs
Calhoun aud Van Buren,, in relation to the meeting
which had been held by the friends of MIR. Calhoun
and the which they had resolved 10 pursue:-
He asked for explicit answer. General Gordon re-
Piled at once, that there nonehat the friends oil
Mr. Calhoun had TO this Convention, without
concert or consultation with each other-that on the
morning OF the day, which preceded the meeting OF
the Convention, Mr.. Cahouns letter had reached this
city, refusing have his presented to the Balt
more Convention, and releasing his friends from all
their obligations to hmsef-and leaving II to them TO
"determine what they would pursue they
had accordingly held meeting on that night, at the
house of one OF the friends of Mr. Calhoun in this city,
and determined upon the course they would pursue
without any angement, negotiation, or intrigue with
the friends OF Mr. " Band during that meeting they
had appointed committee apprize Mr. V. Is. friends
next morning OF the course on which they had deter
mined-tha the Secretary must be aware, that one OF
them he Secretary pronounced at once the name oil one
Of the most dsting ulshed OF Mr. Calhouns friends, hl
McComas,l mho had made this communication to him,
(the Secretary Such the facts, stated by the
President Of the Convenon-and now we trust, that
oil allegations and suspicious vi any bargain VIII iofh
with cease.
One word more, relation to MIR. Calhouns letter
We 10 make further remarks upon It's positions
but the Richmond Whi- forward the other
morning 'subscrbe fully to the profound and states
man-hke views which Mr. Calhoun exhibits IN oppos-
on to The IAN Buren method If constituting the pro-
Dosca baltimore Contention No friend D: lie Const
tuition as ii is can read them without conviction Of
their TRUTH without paying Just tribute to The ana
lyt,cal mind, which has so thoroughly sfted the Con-
stuton and the reasons for II, and powerfully de-
Tended IT aranst the acgressions of party and party
the Wing and pronounces "the argument BY which
Mr. Calhoun sustans his objections 10 :he principle
upon which it determined to constitute the Baltimore
Coneetiion TO be powerful and conclusive. The prn
cpe ITSELF however, only requires TO be stated 10 show
lis hostility The representative principle and the cleo
tive franchise.
Nov will i, be believed that this principle Qhe seec
ton of Delegates, not by Districts, but by Conven
,lons) is the very one upon which the Wing party has
already proceeded in of the other States, I'm most
&c nj ,vp havp IN
them have already proposed this very State, in
sltutng their ocn Baltimore Coartnon Of May nert ?
The Wings OF Arkansas have appointed their Dele
gates in State Convention.
In the State of New ork, the course OF the Wings
is still worse There, the Wing membe:s OF the Legs
laturc mot than 30, all ,od) have met, and APP
30 nlcd "deegars al large 10 represent The wings oil
New York in the Baltimore Conren,ion Gen Efaslns
Root and Hon John A. Collier. They nominated IN
their caucus the Convention, "Iienry Clay Tor the
Presidency, and recommended Nliliard Fillmore for the
Vice Presidency, nc, &c.
This whole movement has excited great dissat'sfac-
ton in New York. One of the Wing presses IN New
York knows not by what right they have taken upon
themselves to nominate delegates at all The Wings
in the Legislature few in number, and represent
but small part Of the State, and prudence would have
dictated at least, that they should have waited for au-
thority before they acted.
The N. York Express complains and says, "These
movements important in their way. II was to be
expected that Mr.. Clay would receive the nomination
in this State for the Presidency therefore, there is no
thing strange that. In Tie selection for the Vice
Presidency and the party organs however, there were
other and other interests TO take into considera-
ton but it appears that they received very little il
any, attention These interests, i'll the shape Of ~ p.
Ta'lmadge and the "Omnibus Party, and the Cou-
and Enquirer, and the Express, the tail of the
Wing purity, have been kicked, sans ceremons, out OF
doors, in this extreme cold weather, without much
single pair of old brooches each How is this
Where is Webb: What will the Convention or Om-
minus Party do"
We had not directed attention to the movements
of the Wings in Virginia. before the Richmond Wing
had remarked on Mr.. Calhoun's let,er-but we have
before the proceedings of The Wing NEE ting Of
Morgan county. of the 23th of December-nnd they
"luliy approve the design hold State Wing Con
yen,on IN Richmand, he 9TH Of February next, or
some other suitable day, 10 nominate Dctgafes TO al
tnd Fationni Coareniioa, to be held in Baltimore,
nc. The Editor Of The Winchester "Rcpublican"
(Whig) has This paragraph in his last paper:
1.-The State Conrcntion for nominating and eectnc
delegates 10 the National Convention, the Cabin House
Richmond wednesday As this body vii: take
minary FOR opening the great campaign which Is 10 come