As former revolutionaries, grouped in the "Partida Naţională" faction, advanced the idea of union between Wallachia and Moldavia in election for the "ad hoc" Divan, Heliade opted not to endorse any particular candidate, while rejecting outright the candidature of former prince Alexandru II Ghica (in a private letter, he stated: "let them elect whomever the candidates for the throne, for he would still have the heart of a man and some principles of a Romanian; only don't let that creature be elected, for he is capable of going to the dogs with this country").