Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-05-20


10 ''0"' INC "a'''"'0" '"s . 4 SUBSCRIBER.
WEI the Examiner Please COS:
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.
We announced last week that delegates from portion
OF The counties of this Congressional Dstflc VINO assemoe
in Alexandria the 9Th inst, had adjourned without maxim
nomination. Since then have seen In Inc Aieaaha
Age what we suppose s designed as The ofclai version
proceedings OF said Convenon although not attessed o.
the signatures 0i The officers A. such authorized version
publish H..
ii ,y!l De tia, delegations present from TIT
cpnnrs ni AL xands Cupeper and Fairfax and from Tire
prc. nc4 OF Fauuier. The delegates appointed for KIM
Gepe county, by letter addressed Convention, te
r!n.d attend There werc therefore, six counties am
| Ten precncs OF FduquiGT county unrepresented.
would Of course have been manestly improper for
Convention Inns constituted 10 take action in The maine
the district. The question OF inc Necessity ana pfopreV
this time had been discussed and considertt
y me people of the district and The result was that most
,c counties refused declined 10 participate 10 one. Inc
true object OF convention being not 10 conro' OUT 10 as
csruiR and rpress the will of the majority, was OBVIOUS
~ tA u;y Of the delegates assembled in Alexandria I" DO"
tn tat viii thus clearly ascertaned This Is wha we ven
last week 10 predict they would DO ana inc lesu u'
tteu IN accordance with our expectation.
We wish could here dismiss the subect' OUT we lee
Gale! npon in all Kindness 10 make remark or Two Inc
Conven,in seems have allowed considerable temper tC
minne its deliberations. The strong vote against even
reading the communication from their brother delegates vi
ing George County, and their cGEtempuous treatment O.
il wtrn read both qnte remarkable. We have no!
letter in question, but will obtain opy we can
and publish part OF the history Q: The Convention II
il dI To- the Conventions 10 the public, and 10 the King
George Delegates that letter which was thought 10 call Tor
so unusual course shall be produced We differ from the
age" TIE clte, being read became thereby part oil
the proceedings and cuad net be omitted IN iu' report
while action taken in regard Ia H. is not only
guci for Withholding IT, but the strongest OF
tor is publication. Tie same warmth also seen
what the Convention 10 have designed lis Voe
Ut Censuic upon Gov Smith The Convention iah already
adopted solution giving for declining 10 make
nomination The democratic vote OF The district, II
thought not sufficiently rcp sehIed That Tact settled
The Convention had nothing 20 DO but To a'onTn II II
could u't nontn III the absence Of majority OF Inc as,
trict did NOT become II what that majority had
fir To HDwcrless TO sci up equaly
pow e"sS IL pull down
One other thing requires comment Warrenton, Salem,
an Orleans in public meeting appointed delegates 10
srnt precincts respectively In Congressional Con
vcntiuE. The other precincts appointed Norris
vehy her proceedings published last week. declared That she
deemed convention At this tine unnecessary No delegates
appointed in general meeting OF the county Under
these circumstances body neither or
anti cun"en,un will doubtless tc surprised TO find that
the delegates from IN" nrc prccncs named were rccoen
Led as Delegates Tor the 0e county and acd as SUCH
Citizens who refused declined 10 eater IN. convention
will wonder 10 fad themselves oy in it, but uniting in
censuriEg The whom they had publicly proclaimed 10 be
their tavpitc II The same rule hal been carried out II
would have been unnecessary adjourn Tor want OF full
representation for ii the delegates of precinct may
sen! another the delegates vi county can represent
another VIZ! equal pr"p'ety and the missing counties might
have been thus introduced into the convention But eve
body must see il 10 br wrong 10 clohe men with power
which was never delegated 10 lnen: and particularly for
them 10 exercise that power in furiheiing their opn
ions opposition Ia The views o those Tor whom they as
We have deemed il due facts make the
foregoing statement thar tho action and position OF Eau
qucr may not he misunderstood; tut dangerous pre-
cGtcn, nay moi be established.
4 word All agree in The propficty Of conventlnns
when necessity demands Them There is not the same uni
frmy If opinion the circumstances under which they
become That difference OF opinion has existed
The p;esCnt The result has been that the majority
thought convention unnecessary al this tme ana declined
10 participate. II ia The foundation which conventions
repose that the will OF the majority govern and that
the minority ought cheeriuiy acquesce. Agan-lt mas
appeared presume clearly ALL from the acon or
known position ut the several countless that The present De-
mocatlc candidate Gov Smith would have received The
nomination of full convention, had one been held. There
therefore every why good Democrat and
every Convention who goes for the substance rather
than the farm who is willing obey the popular wll h0lr.
made known should forget past differences and cor
daily unite III the support o candidate We hope none
may br betrayed by the Of controversy the Pride OF
opinion into that INSTRUMENTATION TO the popular will which
would destroy the vital principle Of conventions and prove
totally subvers!rc Of all cooperative elrfi.
Brother Democrats The enemy is In the itldlet Va
forget differences among ourselves and forth 10 meet
him Where is the Democrat who values The forms OF
party OrganZa on above the principles 95 and 99 What
IS disposed insist his peculiar views as TO
refuse submission the maJoriy in matter in which the
rccie result has beer attained which he would have arrived
ia another way! What bliting fo For roRMsl
We have understood Democracy II that be i ain.
have !amcntably mistaken il. We do not Will not,
believe that who values the rights OF tno
pcop the States and The welfare ~ this nation he
"ueh. will nternos The dim spectre al party forms as
for abandoning them. Then fellow soldiers, lei us
every man. posts Everything FOR the cause Every
hiG Tor Democracy, State Rights and tho Constitution
IFdrrcaion Flag Of Us.