The Arkansas advocate., 1836-07-15
-IlILJIJs
 WILLIAM CUMMINS.
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS

ADOPTED AT MEETING IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
 Whereas, 1t is the undoubted right of the people, as has been ther custom, 10 assemble together to ad- wise with another and express their sentiments firmly and freely, upon all subjects which deeply oo- eern their common rights and lberties-and achercas no objects are of more vital importance to those great interests than the preservation of the of all pow CT pure and neorrup and tie exercise of the right of suffrage in the election of the highest functionafies of the government free and unbiassed--
 And snhereas, the harmony, prosperity and liberties of ali the good people of this Union depend greatly up- the character and qualifications of the individuals who shall be chosen from lime 10 time to fill the high est office in the government.
 And sphereaS, all these subjects are forced upon our attention by the approaching election of President of the United States, to succeed the present distinguished and venerable incumbent, but; more especially by the manner in which the popular will and judgment are sought 10 be controlled, as VIC believe, by few per sons 10 secure their own advancement :-
 We, portion of the people of Davidson Countv as- sembed III the Cty of Nashville, think proper 10 de- clare preference for the man in whose hands we can most safely deposite the high trusts connected with the office of President of the United States and Me reasons upon aeltch Hat pretereace IS founded.
 About twelve years since, the people of this State; and of several of her sister States became stro y i'm pressed and excited by of the abuses incident to the practice of nominating candidates for the Pres- dency upon party principles, by the members of Con- HfPSS, WHO cldiDeu @ represent the DemOcratlC h6- publican party and Tn virtue of their statoBs to pre- scribe to their constituents, the individuals upon whom they should bestow their suffrages. They then saw tha under the pretext of preserving the unity of the Republican partys and of maintaining its principles in the administration of the government, few managing and selfish politicians, situated in the different sections of the Union, would combine 10 give such direction 10 method of elecng President-whlch, in effect, dispensed with the direct and free influence of the peo- pie at the pos--as 10 secure the power of self-ap- ponmen in turn, and to enjoy the entire patronage of the government under every administration; and 1t upon the principle of opposition to this system, and to preserve to the people, nntrammeied and unswayed by any but constitutional forms and regulations the right to choose President that distinguished fellow cit izen, GEN. JACKSON, was brought out and supported for that high ohice WM. II. CRAWFORD was then the candidate of the system; and the members of the Republican party every wheru appealed to-,
 to, support the reguta,ty nominated candidate. They called upon 10 conform to the ancient usage of caucus nominations, and not endanger the unity of the party by divisions among themselves, nor to hazard election by the House of Representatives.
 Besides, the caucus nominee, Mr Crawford, there then already announced as candidates, Mr Ad- ans, who was brought out in the Eastern States and supposed to be the favorte of the federal party and Mir Clay, of the West, who was then recognized as member of the republican party and whose friends calculated upon his success Tn the House, should he fa in ihe electoral colleges. But the people Of this State had assumed distinct principle of action; and unappal!ed by the alarm sounded by the supporters of the caucus candidate went resoluely forward n the purpose of restoring the people the right to choose a President, at all hazards. Gen. Jackson lost his election in the Colleges and in the House but t not be contended. upon any solid grounds, that the result of running several candidates of the republican party in 1924, unfavorabie to the preservation of principle or the true interests of the country It will appear that every practice of the Government plained of by the republican party. as federal in its characer and founded in alleged violation of the constitution, had its origin during the administration of Presidents hranoh forward by regular caucus nomin- ations.-Tbe Bank was chartered under the adminis- tration of Mr Madison, and the tariff and internal m- provemen system grew up under the administration o l Alr Monroe But the people, nothing daunted by the result of ther first struggle, expressed the determn- alton to surrender the point of securing to them