South Branch Intelligencer

For the Intelligencer.

Mr. Harper: It is altogether immaterial whether Judge White was brought into the candidature directly by Mr. Speaker Bell, or indirectly by Messrs. Kendall and Van Buren--the effect upon the several parties is precisely the same. It strengthens Van Burenism, Weakens Clayism, & blows up Calhounism in the East, in the West, and in the South. To expect the election of Judge White, under any circumstances, shows but very little knowledge of the impressibility of the different degrees of intelligence among the people. We often complain of a want of intelligence among them, but really we ought to complain much more of a want of it among our own leaders or rather dictators. The State of Virginia will as certainly reject Judge White as will the state of New York. But so we go, the mere dupes of Van Buren! Under the present circumstances there is no avoiding an entire blow up, and Van Buren sees it. The whole machinery works well, though Judge White may be entirely unconscious of the effect really to be produced. The people passed by unheeded the pretensions of McLean, Harrison, Leigh & others: but this new candidate has thrown them into confusion, and the result no man who reflects, can fail to anticipate.
The friends of Mr. Calhoun and the advocates of the political doctrines of S. Carolina, will have by this time discovered that the propagation of their principles through Judge White must fail; and if they have not, we must conclude that their political insanity is absolutely incurable. They suppose they are playing a deep game; but in act they are through their prejudices playing directly into the hands of Mr. Van Buren. They seem however to prefer the election of any man to that of Henry Clay, whose course has been uniformly on the side of the Union, the Constitution, the Laws and that great conservative and leading principle in our government—COMPROMISE. By action upon this hallowed principle he has kept the people of the South, of the East, and of the West, in good humor with each other. Judge White's course in the Senate last winter may suit South Carolina, but it will not suit Virginia—it will not suit the National Republicans of either party in no portion of the Union. Virginia is now subjected to the regency of New York, and Judge White is not the man to relieve us from the subjection, vile as it is. The recent elections in the East and now in Virginia shows this too unequivocally to be questioned. With what complacency must Van Buren and Kendall look upon the results of their well devised schemes. Barry goes to Spain; and White draws off the Nullifying party of the South. Jackson won the Presidency by a single battle: and Van Buren is winning it through the management of both friends and foes, by playing upon their prejudices through instrumentalities unseen and unsuspected. All reflecting men must now see, that White stands in the same relation to the East and West, as would Calhoun were he the candidate.
FAIR PLAY.

The Globe of Saturday last says, Mr. Barry has resigned the place of Postmaster General, and is appointed Minister to Spain. Mr. Kendall has resigned the place of Fourth Auditor, and is appointed Postmaster General. Mr. Pickett has resigned the place of Superintendent of the Patent Office, and accepted that of Fourth Auditor.

From the Connecticut Courant.

"The Albany Regency has succeeded in extending its sway over our State, and for a season at least, the Regency will have the direction of its affairs, & Mr. Van Buren the benefit of its vote."

This is the ancient oracle of Federalism—the sentiments of a journal which never has been known, in forty years of active partisan warfare, to speak candidly of a democrat. The next journal from which we extract is "pepper & mustard" on the same side:

From the Norwalk Gazette.

"Whatever opinions to the contrary may be advanced, we coincide with that of the Hartford Times, that the contest has been conducted with a strict regard to the ultimate question of the Presidency, and that this State is now, as represented by its votes, a Van Buren State. We assent to this proposition, because the electors had no candidate upon whom to unite in opposition to Van Buren, except Judge White, a renegade from the same party, and, for that reason, obnoxious to every independent voter, save the mere politician."

A little more regard for truth will not hurt Judge White's cause. His Sun holds out many "false lights."—Washington Globe.

We are not yet able to give the results of the elections in this state—however, enough is known to enable us to state that the destiny of Old Virginia is completely in the hands of the Van Buren party.