Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-10-20


and sLr against it, two members not voting, as fol-
lows:
For the Seth Nov. Against I!e own No''
Munford, m"'o'''
D. Ciooch,
Rtchie, & &wh.E
Truehear, M"klH''
Pattesun, h"e"en'
Allen.
$50 that the proposition scarcely secured MAORI
" of the quorum. The editor of this paper only
conscnted To attend the committee nt the Inst mcetS
and at the earnest solicitation oi ihei'peI J0, ~"
with him in opinion and he voted against the DAY re-
commended in the nanIo Of the committee. As tha'
dny !, recommended hc il willing 10 acquicsce, not
whs,nudiur the feebrncss Of the reasons winch IN
duced its SELECTION and the unlmPnsiis fo'e ny "nen
| il was carried in tho committee
| Now no such vote, ns the above, was ever taken
in committee. A member had moved that the Both
November should be recommended and the editor OF
the Examiner moved 10 substitute the 2Oth February.
| long aud friendly discussion ensucd, and the Ex-
aminers proposition for the 2Oh February, was re-
iected receiving only six vncs those II; lis second
column abovel while the seven named in the hrst
column voted against it. The chairman did not vote
nor did another gentleman who was present. but who'
:, wo. we'll understood would have voted as the ma
iori,v did, had it been necessary The whole COM
mittce consists Of 25. OF these two members are
out of the country foreign service, two do moi re-
side in Richmond, and two who were absent from the
city had assured us tint they wcr" for the 3Oth No
vember. IT. them all the members Of the committee
living in Richmond had been Present and voted, the
3Oth November would doubtless have been carried
by n clear majority Of the committee. We therefore
rererd the ccion OF the comniitce remarkably
a clad MI ar6tio Rut
this is not ALL AS soon tho Examiners now favur-
,e day of the Goth February was rejected the Joh No.
yemScr was adopted, although there was 10 iorma!
divsion-and then onr OF the advocates "t the 2''h
February, moved that the vote III favor oil the '''h
November be made unanimous. 10 this the editor "i
the Examiner ohjccted-wo hoard dissent from no
other quarter.
Iii, true that the Examiner he, since come out
and with very bad grace has acqsced III its defeat
To show the spirit of the article, hs peg t" bahS
few remarks in vindica,ion of selves, We suhjoin
few passages from the Examin 'uken from differ
cnt portions of its article:
"'The question of time and place ia only question
of expedency, and we trust horc Who have oPposcd
Fall Convention will wuive thea 'lJecuots Tor the
sake of harmony concert ana nh"!!' We t""' "a, "m
,ov Ike our m7ghbors ot the En9attr, Ia Mf01o"c"tS
of thc dess mated day. they may stay at home. say
10 them, organize actively aud promptly for the Con-
ventiou aud for the canvass, and prepare 1" iurn ou
in full strength at Staunton as well as III The pos
Tho Democratic party is in too critical condition at
nrs,snt for any other couusels. We have seen great
deal of Objectionable conduct already IN inc progress
of this canvass have seen preccdents Ncn'urhed
upon and sanctioned which cannot fail TO produce
mischief not only in the future months OF This long
nntrovrrsv hut in the future career Of our party it.
self A great deal Of indecent and unnecessary hntc
has been manifested about this Convention.
"W.ll the Central Committee have consented as
far AZ their voice can 90 so unwlsey, we ah'nh, ~
indulge these desperately impatient gentlemen anu
TO give them and their favorte tar chance ana
plenty of tirne that he and they II defeated after
all may not have any excuse Tor reoeloh VI io uo'
ing. We suppose the day may oe sesnIotG ~ mneu
for deciding the fate of our CESAR and his isome
and that Saunton will be the Rubicou to test ~hehcr
he or whether the Democracy shall triumph ~ IN"
con fict betrecn the tTo.'
1--WE appeal to those of our Democratic conteh'po-
carries of the press who have so warmly and sDiy op-
posed the Both of November, to acqulesce IN the re-
commcndation of the Central Committee, ana 10 use
their utmost exertons aud their large influence N pro-
curing full Convention at Stnunton: Let US NEE,
it's coptrivers und concoctors on their own ground
and Mt their own hour, and let Us show them that
there is still Democracy too strong 10 oc ela un"n
BY the leading strings Of managcrf' ana tnat lht me-
publican party of Virginia havc not forgotten their
creed und their faith in widgCose chase aiter men
who have circunnnvignted the glooe III 1leir pocs'
and boxed the compass i'll their plncipic'
While we are pleased that the Examiner has at last
acouiescod in tho voice of the Democratic press ana
of public meetings that have been held IN the
State and of tho Central Committee, in favor OF the
Both November we must say thnt II has shown lttie
rerard for "harmony, concert and amity IN tS con-
,;nueJ surs mt the advocates OF the 30th November
und in its assaults upon gentleman VINO has oceh
proposcd for the Govcrnorship by large portion OF
the Democracy of the State and who stands nj least
as good chance any body else for the nomination
of the party. Tho Enquirer, as has been more than
once stated BY u.s. pledged to no candidate, but will
warmly sustain the nominee of the Conventional
certainly does not approve tho "preeedcnt" no often
witnessed in the progress of this canvass of pa
pers sustaining one candidate and dcnouncnS Others
The Enquirer never has and never will pursue such
q cour.c. We leave it to the Democracy to decide,
whether our that of the papers, to which We
have alluded, tends most to the harmony and sue
cess of the party
1t il true that we did, when called upon by many
Democrats of the State and after consultation with
friends, suggest the Both November, because we
thought it fair compromise between an early and
late day. and we wished to standard bearer
lected and in the field to proclaim every where and
loudly the true doctrines Of the Republican faith to
arouse the people and to meet the enemy should they
appear 90 that we might have fair and open battle
with our opponents, Instead of suicidal guerilla
among our own frionds, which witness. 1t
is absurd to suppose TINT in suggesting the day Te
had any desire to favor the claims Of any cand
date, land the Enquirer has uouc, for the Examiners
own candidate ns>rrrd us worry recently that the time
of holding tho Convention would huve uv influence
upon the fortunes Of any man, although he expressed
himself in favor Of later dsy, as measure Of par
ty policy. We of course rejoice that the time sug
gested has been ratified for we look upon i, as IN inn
portant element of our success But the Examiner
should be cautious how it taka, for if here has been
indeceut and unnecessary haste manifested about this
Convention if there have been "contrivers and con-
coctors," that paper must DO regarded ns having
finger in tho pie-for tsslf recommended tha: the
Convention be held in tha city about the time Of the
Agricultural Fair-oae month before the day now
adopted, making the canvass 'sreh months For
what reasons it shifted ts position and fought against
nomination this fall it is not for us to say. In view
of these facts it Is certainly inconsistent in the E1
.mnerf In tho passage of its article which we have
above ita1teised, to seize np,n an expression OF
pl,yful tanter in an article i'll the Enquirer,
aud while selfsompacently e1nl.inS i'll its own