Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-06-09
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1924.
THE PRESIDENCY.

THE PRESIDENCY.
The renewed attacks on the impaired health
OF the Secretary Of Treasury, afford, we should
suppose, new reasons for the supporters of the
caucus nomination to pause, and seriously to
ponder on their course, before they pursue it
any farther. Are they prepared to see " the
willy Genevan," Mons. Gallatin, the Ex-Sec-
Rotary of the whisky Instruction, measure
which was intended " to stop de veels of gov
ernment," are they prepared, we ask, to see
this man placed in the chair of the chief mag
istrate of the nation? Mr.. Crawford's physi-
clans, it is said, have pronounced his case hope
less, unless he quits all business, and retires
to some place where the climate is more con-
genial to his constitution than that of Wash
ington. Provided then that his life is spared,
it is not probable that he can be able to per-
form the duties incumbent on the President.
In this case, if elected to the Office, he must
necessarily resign, and be succeeded in the
administration of it, by the Vice President.
In order to secure the Virginian succession,
the Office of Vi,e President has been improp-
erly degraded. As the President and Vice
| President cannot both be, taken from the same
State, it became necessary to select for Vice
President, man who could never think of
aspiring to the Presidency land, by this means,
instead Of the second Office in the Union, it has
become inferior, in point of honor and iuAu-
ence, to that of Secretary of State, or indeed
to the head of either Of the departments. A
new and different course ought to be pursu.
| ed, and now is favorable time to adopt it.
No man should be made Vice President who
is not every way qualified for chief magis-
trate, and if the ablest and best man in the u
MON is selected for President, the next best
ought to be Vice President.
| The New-Hampshire Sentinel, paper which
supports John Q. Adams for President, recon-
mends J. c. Calhoun for Vice President This.
iaour opinion, is one of the most judicious Sc
lections that could be made for that station.
His superior talents and his intimate acquaint-
ance with both the legislative and executive
branches government, qualify him, in an en-
inent degree, for presiding officer of the Senate.
and point him out as the man who must, in all
probability, be selected at no very distant day
to WELD the destinies of this nation. We are
not among those, Of whom there are many,who
regretted his withdrawal as Presidential can.
didate, because,we believed that he might fill
subordinate stations, for several years, and then
hold the Presidential office the usual term. and
thereby serve his country, more cffectually
than be could by taking that Office now. and
retiring from public service when his term has
expired.
1t has been said by the enemies of John c.
Calhoun that he is ambitious, and that, there.
fore, he ought not 10 be promoted. Granting
the premises TO be true, we do not see why
their conclusions should necessarily follow.
What evidence have we that his ambition is
lnordinate? Is it in his Withdrawing from the
contest when Ills prospects were at least as
fair as those of some of his competitors? What
evidence have we that his ambition is not the
ambition of every great and good man Is it
in bis devotion to the service of his country in
: arduous and trying situations, where by his a
bility and perseverance he has reduced to sys-
tenn and order, that which was before in con-
fusion and chaos? Is it in his independent
support Of every measure, which he deemed
ofpublic utility, regardless of the consequent
ces to himself' If these things indicate I'M
worthinsss, then is John c. Calhoun unworthy,
and ought not 10 be trusted; but if they do
not, then he is, as we verify believe, more
suitable for the office Of Vice President than
any other candidate, and we hope to see'him
supported by the people, let their preference
for the Presidency be what it may.
| GENERAL, C0TJRT