Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-04-02

ed il p,opc. 70 iais office it. II is true, tina. I've
qualified itby Il name, central power" How
ever, either my deceived mc, or heard him use
the word Caucus, and one of the members opposite
took il down; bat, whether he did did not, his
meann, was perfectly understood and, if used
it, 1T because wished give it the known
na,nc-l V siicd to call spade, spade.
When fist in,yoduccd,I consider it accidental,
and treated i; lightly. rs thought it mcs;ted. But,
sir, the second speech OF the inroducer, and the
! elaborate view taken by the honorable gentleman
from South Carolina, have given it form and SUBJ
stance. Effect seems now To be contemplated, and
we must meet it best
; am not surprised ut The taken bv tho ho-
norablc gentleman from South Carolina. He was
/ too young To know the extreme difficulties the re-
pubcan party had TO encounter, and the dangers il
has been exposed 10 by attempts calculated to- Gre
schsns, that msh have, Ivy dividing. exposed it
to great danger; which, i'll my humble opinion, In We
| been mainly obyiatcd and avoided by the cauo us
System. Nor am at all surprised the opposition
To il by the honorable gentleman from New York.
! (alr. king.) That gentleman was a leading chief
of the federal party, and lie. doubt thinks, hat
l know and believe, hat. OWN. tn the caucus sys-
TEN, his party was Frustrated, and the republican
party brought into power; by which chaIire, Ii M
~ believe. and every >publican does believe, that
the milton has greatly benefited 1 adhere 10 ;hat
winch has rendered such essential service to my
country, and the party to whcl; belong. he
bridge which mas carried safe over, call good
bridge. The Caucus system has heretofore been ~
proved, attended several, as prG.irnt at one
ana consistency of conduct called mpcrious!y c,
| me to attend that lrtcy held, and which has met
! win the diSapncoba,on OF the two gentlemen. 1t
appears ais', To have met with tie displca sure OF
several gentlemen, 18th whom Have served in eau
Gus more than once. Well, sir iiiS. haze ,iiei.
reasons, s"ch as they arc, satisfactory Themselves
! with which have nothing to do. That of being
cohsccnfiously against it, they cannot offer There.
are certainly some who think the system wrong
m frptp T>-r
has said so; but their numbers, among politicians
are lew. have not met with many. MAY we not
without offence believe, that men arc much govern
Cd ny reconsideration of whether tho caucus will!
or VIII not support their favcrte candidate. And
must VIC not believe that these ho have here toforc
attended caucuses, will find il difficult TO assicn auv
othcr reason for absentjng themselves from tina,
winch thay now ccusure? Indeed, MIR. President
must think, that it had n powerful influence, al
'ho"sh, perhaps, unknown to themselves. i mean
no reflection on any one; but form my opinion
from man, as lie is constituted.
VIII now, Mr. President, take view of the
caucus system, as il has operated and trust I
shaii DC able TO shew that it has enabled the Re-
publican patty to mount into power, nd has tended
mainly, TO maintain them in it. Upon this theme I
act as party man, and have no hcsta ton in saw
ing, that wish to keep my party in power: that
peiieVe the caucus system is the most cffectual
means; and that, when cease to use it, we shall
thereby deprive ourselves of one of the most now
stie' ii'S uiHehts. Divide and conquer, old
"isoiy keep together, you cannot he subdued
Mr. President: On the first contested eIec,ion.
between MIR. Adams and MIR. jefferson, Mr. Adams
succeeded by Il bclicvc) small majority. II was
oeneve" mar ms success was owing to want of
ec.yo"ea cUor concentration of force on the part
oil the friends OF Mr.. Jefferson. A caucus was in
consequence, held in Philadelphia the obisct of
':hch was TO make conjoined effort to concentrates
al inc strength of the party, and to bind each to
e "''ef uat they would use their best exertions to
promote the election Of Mr. Jefferson ti;lnot at
tend, But believe, every other n,e,;her If o;thar
house friendly TO Mr.. Jefferson, did attend Who
were they hicn certainly rs CAPABLE Of ,xrou ding
.he constitution as any gentleman now in ny hear.
ing one oil whom the writer. in part, OF the Fele-
raiist Ito which we daily refer in fact al, NJ n,,
ieaoeis III the republican ranks. and to whom we
arc ih''eoed Tor the change by which the Lliro
party came into power; these GREAT mon ,rc nov,
! charged, ny the gentleman from New York with
oeiig promoters of a system, which in it, consc.
quences, Is 10 destroy the constitutions and to io,r,
ouce an tie Plaques OF Egypt. Well, sir, am not
sfpzed at this charge, ior the houora bic gentleman
was one OF those who lest the power Losers ,r;U
compf1s'' and we ought not 10 be surpri.et tina, tho
sen'"nh Is very willing 10 put down system by
"ieh MS party has lost their power; IL is ,,aiuru
anu IL IS natural ior me 10 wish to continue svs-
TEN, by which |, GAS of the eanersN havc,eIc
ceeded. have said, tina, did not attend the first
caucus, bu', sir, assured those who did. that
would act win them, and did, rs the pcople of
maryland Know. used cxcrtons which think
snouid not II the caucus had be en- held Its de-
clSion indeed me. aud Others, III Maryland, to IN
cr"WPfcG creFti0ES; much depended on lis vote
AT that time tho state decidedly i'm favor of hIr
| ADAMS. 1T was changed by the eSertic.,s made bv
! the republicans which, speak with confidence.
eonh nor hdre been made, if no Caucus had been
held. ''eA
caucus was held at the second election of SIR.
Jefferson, at winch most almost every rcpublica ,
member attended: II ,cns not Me,, hoi,hi ~ c.;,no
on the contrary, Il deemed ,ucyiiorjous If 7
had nc' attended If, | ain my constituents NJ
MAJ in'', would lave been dispieased no ono tban
TAXED OF CAUCUS being an assumption of mower.
HCTH no Tj'tJiicGN. believe the federal; f;d
o' 1t was attributed TO the injury tie system did
| 70 them as party; did not think them in ear
nrs' ne considered them opposition as aris;ur sim
| ply from opposition.
| The next caucus selected Mr.. Madison. and NO
yer ncard that he thought their act other than corr
stitutional; he had attended the fret c,ucns -
fhadciPhia, and was principal leader in il. He
| accepted Tic nomination We all know that bc
was opposed 10y MIR. Monroe. A scis,n was throat
ched tby that oppOsitioD) in the republican no,tv
IL was supported by the federal party and necnr
was t's republican party in greater danger. What
P y. mat great evit The caucus nomination
''0 ofHeT course could hare succeeded The poon1s
i'uea around that nomination, and a sciIisr wa,
thereby prevented '''''''' A" "'
MIR. President: Some (nov prc.ap,l L,,o,-. ,,,a,
sch'in III the republican party rlacr
U" III, CiCcuon 81 the present Chief nTa.;,tyats Tho
"PPoSf,"n 10 MN was strong in numbers and cbarac
'i' anu mere was every reason to believe that tI,c
republican party would be severed How ~,
avoided! re republicans met as brethren or die
same tdoiy- and al supported him lie a,d ,ho
So t,es'uCnt were informed, by letters, siprcd Inv
me ana the secretary Of the caucus oFthcir oon;'
tion, TO which they rcplicd. no Iot,o-. II. '