American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-29


Here the administration party had fairly elected
their delegates and the ground OF objection against
them was, that few Federalists had voted at the
meeting. An agent OF those delegates, claiming the
same right to speak and act as the delegates them.
selves, intruded his remarks upon the meeting. was
the most clsmorous in the assertion OF claim to
which he had not particle OF title, and succeeded
accordingly in creating that confusion, which he
boasted afterwards he had intended to produce AT
ter hearing, the Cumberland question was brought
up for decision, and a motion to decide 1t had car
ried when an opposition member, seeing that il this
county was receixed as it must be from the acknow
eGged Justice Of i.s claim, that II would vote against
them, and that the Essex county delegation, which
was friendly to the administration, must, from the
self evident justice OF its claim, also, be received
concluded to defeat by stratagem what could not be
effected by fairness and moved to postpone the Tor
mer successful motion for deciding the Cumberland
question, unil further evidence should arrive. This
motion TO postpone o carried motion was opposed,
for the best of reasons and motion was then made
Ito adjourn the convention until the wished for evil
dence should arrive which motion was so amended
by a Jackson gentleman, as TO adjourn the conven.
ton sine die This motion for final adjournment
was carried in the affirmative, and the convention IN
much confusion was dissolved, we fear never to be
revived. During its continuance, some events took
place in the propounding OF questions by the chair
IN the refusal to put questions when proposed by the
friends OF the administration, and IN iurherDg the
purposes OF the opposition, which sayorcd OF every
thing rather than of spirit of impartiaty One
question was put in these words: All in favor Of
this gentleman Ia Jackson man acting as an agent
Tor deegatesl being heard, and opposed TO his being
strangled, will say aye" With such President
and some oihers to aid, who determined TO ef
ect their purposes al all events and by the pros,ra
lion of the long established rules and usages of the
convention, it was found impossible TO proceed to
any satisfactory result, and the convention being dis
solved, party proceeded to other places OF meet
ing, rechose their officers, and organized two separ-
ate conventions Each party then formed their own
tickets and the question Of the respective strengths
oi the administration and opposition parties, will
now be tested in New Jersey. Although We en-
deavored to avert this, and to keep together, if pos
sible the original friends OF the democratic party,
and although regret TO be compelled to separate
from many honest and worthy and high minded and
honourable men, with whom we have long acted,
yet it becomes unavoidable, as we never can support
their candidate or he measures that emanate from
their party while conducted as they now arc, nor
will they unite with US in support OF ours. Nor do
we attribute 10 all the opposition, the violent acts oil
part OF their number We are confident that
these harsh measures are The offspring OF persons
who have little regard for the democracy Of the
and who have objects to accomplish, which they are
not willing at present to reveal. and while in the
spirit oil temperance we nave penned the foregoing
statement, which we know 10 be correct, as tar II
goes to the best of our rrcollectious have done
80 with sincere desire TO cast no censure upon any
one, except to those violent partisans whom alone
censureis due. For the secretary of that conven-
on, and Tor many OF its opposing members, we rn
tertain very high regard, and only regret the
necessity that has placed US in opposite ranks.