Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-04-13
NATIONAL 4NTELLIGENCER
MOVEMENTS IN VIRGINIA.

We have no time TO answer mlsrepresentahons,
by any body, of our views touching the I" Evil OF
the Day,'' and, least of all, those OF the Union
newspaper. which has assailed US, repeatedly, In
reference to it, on grounds opposite and various
all conflicting one with another, and as numerous
as The instances in which its Editor has undertaken
10 notice it. As we have said before, we make some
allowances for that Editor, whose unhappy position
entities him to public sympathy, prevented as ne is
by his party relations and associations from taking
ground on one side or the other of the vexed ques-
ton. In his yesterday paper ne is out Tor the
Nashville Contention. Not more than week ago
he was all for the L1aioa, and, of course, against
that scheme Of dsorganization. 1t really appears
to us that the venerable Editor had better eschew
evil counsel on the subject, and place the" Union
newspaper-where we do not doubt that the convic-
tions Of his own mind would lead him-on the side
of THE UNITED STATES, and of course against the
Agitators, whose object is to band the Southern
States against the General Government.
But, says the Union, "we repeat in the very
teeth of that paper, that for every paragraph 1t
:. extracts from Southern press, or resolution
.s from popular meeting, we could furnish ten
others Of an opposite description To this it
would be a sufficient reply on our part that we
have not copied tenth part, no, nor twen-
tieth part, Of the demonstrations which we have
seen in the Southern papers in support of the
Union under all circumstances nor do we believe
that the Press in the South is up to the patriotic
sentiment Of the People. This would be suffi-
cient answer for us to give. But we have another
~ J,ofo of tho
papers in the fifteen Southern States which approve
of the Nashville Convention, and will cap it with
a list Of FIVE times many papers in the South
which condemn or discourage it.
1t has been for many former years (f our memo
ry be not at faulD noted cry of the Richmond
Enquirer, on the eve of an election in Virginia,
Ifs goes ALBEMARLE, so goes the State" Well
the issue has been made up and tried in Abemarle,
and .4lbemarle county has gone--AeAINsT the
Nashville Convention. The Editor has in his
possession evidence Of the fact, in official shape
Why did he not publish it yesterday, instead of pa
rading, as it Of any consequence, that, after
being defeated in fair field, and by large majo-
rity, in smeeting to which every Conventionist in
the comfy had been drummed up, the minority OF
the meeting got together and appointed Delegates to
District Convention to appoint Delegates 10 Nash
vile? What business will those Ruckeri,e Dele
gates have at any Convention purporting to be a
representation Of the People Of that District when
at meeting Of the whole body Of the county, the
proposition to send Delegates to the Nashville Con-
vention was uoted down by majority of not quite
two to one, most of the largest shareholders in
the county, as we understand, being among the
majority?
We forbear any further remarks for the presen,
on these facts contenting ourselves with asking the
readers of this paper--its Southern readers espe
cially-to note well the circumstances of this Abe
marie county meeting, as officially reported in the
suboned formal account Of it, the names of several
of the distinguished gentlemen in which are well
known to .. least majority Of our readers, who
will be able, from that knowledge, to place pro-
per estimate upon the respect due 10 this whole
proceeding.