American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-04-02

and nine tenhs Of the nation have protested, has
found solitary advocate in Delaware, who fances
that he this little State ready to abandon its
principles through his potent agency, and submit
to be tied to the wheels ofthe caucus. He informs
u.s. that the democracy of the State is gradually set
Ting down into belief that it is safest and wises
TO pursue the good oid course How does he prove
this Where is there democrat in the State, be
yond half dozen in Newcastle and Wilmington,
who is not opposed to the caucus and its candidate
venture to say that in the 1000 voters ,of this
State, Mr.. Crawford would not receive the suffrages
OF 100, let the election occur when it may.
Congressional caucuses, under any circumstances,
are usurpers Of the rights Of the people and viola
tors OF the constitution. But the late spurious at
tempt OF a small minority at Washington in the
face of protest of three times the number of their
brother members,is the grossest attempt at dication
that ever nsulted q free people. DetalOdre" tells
US that numbers are Dothing-that is, that NOM
inaton by ten members is valid as would be that
Of two hundred-and l agree with him, because
neither would be worth feather. But not so this
writer, who breaches implicit submission to caucus
nominston, it only half dozen should assemble
and call themselves caucus.
This writer charges the opponents OF the caucus
system with inconsistency, because says ne" They
cxclaim against caucuses and yet are holding them
in every State, nay, town, and village when two or
three partizans can be found.o This is a man Of
bold assertions. defy him to prove that any such
system has ever been practised in this State, as
the congressional caucus system at Washington.
Such practice has existed in Pennsylvania where
the Legislature, in humble imitation of the Wash
ngton practice, have, IN former years, usurped the
power OF nominating the governor; but the voice
Of the people of that State Frustrated the abuse in
| 800, and Governor Shulze was nominated by con-
vention OF delegates chosen by the people for the
special purpose, not by that non descrp assemblage
| of legislators to which the term caucus has been
lpecaliarly appropriated. But legislature has
ever dared in this State to nominate governor
they know that fthey should attempt far to pass
the limits assigned them, the people would despse
the attempt and dismiss them from their confidence
There is wide distinction between county
meetings at the Red Lion, where the people them
selves assemble, delegates specially appointed by
them to perform particular duty, and congress
sional caucus voluntarily assembling to do an act
forbidden by the plain spirit OF the constitution, to
nominate officer who holds in his hands ample
means Of rewarding his adherents and fcorrupting
the very men who select him. Suppose the Levy
Court Of Newcastle County should, in imitation
of the Washington caucus, undertake to nominate
a candidate to be supported by the democratic per.
4 ty for The Office of Sheriff. Would the people sub
nit to it | know very little OF the people ofNew-
castle County, if they would. They would tell them
l-Gentlemen, we appointed you to attend to the
finances of the county, not 10 NEEDLE with our cleo
tions-mind your own concerns-we will manage
ours.
/ The conduct of the seventeen Senators OF New
York in refusing to grant to the people the right of
choosing Presidential electors, which they had de-
handed with extraordinary unanimity, which had
been sanctioned in the house OF Representatives by
vote Of 10 to S. is justified by this writer, the
means Entertaining for the present at eost,the pow
erful energies, of that great State in full exertion
that is, in plain English, of securing the votes of
hat State to Mr.. Crawford against the known, the
notorious wishes THE people. What say the peo.
pie of Delaware to this writer's democracy, who de-
tends this open contempt, this unblushing violation
Of the peoples will because it gives to his tavorlte
at least chance of riding into power over the necks
of PROSTATE people And what is to be thought
of the candidate whose only hope of success rests
upon means like these? have it from the best au-
thority, that Mr.. Crawford had not the slightest
chance in New York, if the people of that State had
the privilege allowed them of declaring their will.
Martin Fan Buren, the Senator Of oNea0 Ror6, the
.UagnuS appollo Of the caucus at Washington, the
manager Of the Nea0 Fork Senate, stuffed to gen.
tlpman in this State on his oUayto WaShington last
Noremberthat Jthe legislature granted to the peo-
pie Of .Ns,o York the right Of choosing PreSiden-
tial electors, Mr.. Crawford acouid not haze the
slightest chance Of Success but the legislature woud
not yield the poiOer. And this MIR. Van Buren,
went to Washington, attended the caucus, and &C
lively supported the candidate whom he knew and
had avowed to be most unpaatabe to the people
+ whom he was chosen to represent.
j A DELAWARE REPUBLIcAN.
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From the Boston Palladium of March %.
II FROM FRANCE