The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-08-13

which he gave detailed statemenntt. ;otf the
proceedings and discussions that had taken
place, and, as have never seen or heard
of any denial or contradiction either on
the part of Mr. Van Buren, OF any Of his
friends of the truth of the exposition re-
ferred to, I will present it to the com
mittee:
7, The main question was frs. to be
decided, shall the electors be men who
shall sustain the regular nomination as
made at Washington in Congressional
caucus? Or shalt they be, men who re-
pudiate the idea prospecting The usages
and discipline Of the party or, more lore IN
telHgibly, shall they be men who will
vote for and support James Madison and
The acar? Or shall they be men who will
cote TOR mr. Clinton and peace? This
was the simple preliminary proposition
before the caucus. ~ g
r. r "Great dissension and much Violence
prevailedin the meeting The lfrienasof
7 Mr. Madison were in the minority. They
were, however, firm and mistaken. 7 on,
sir, had been counselled and adgisedwilh
by the Clntonians. You had aided III all
the arrangements for conflict with the
supporters of the aoar candidate, as Mr.
Madison was termed. You had not only
prepared yourself for the discussion, but
you were assisted with arguments by the
iablest' Of your, Clintonian associates. You
were, the Ajax, lebanon Of the party.
Y,otii. elecrtion was of a light and lhippant
character, well adapted to the occasion,
and as you were .for, the moment the lea
aWerof the peace party, you seemed tosfeel
the Importance of the position you held.
,aanthe language Of your biographer, yours
twas no. the zeal Of ordinary men To
sec,ire the success of Mr. Clinton, and the
1defeh 1T Of Mr. Madison, absorbed Your
whole soul. It led to untiring exertion;
J il was exhibited on. all occasions, and
under I'll circumstances"
y, "Itis dne to you to say that your speech
8 was not only pointed, but sometimes Sc
we're, on the Southern men and Southern
policy. You cannot have forgotten your
sneers and .sarcasms upon the Ancient
2 Dominion. You drew a parallel between
the qualifications and talents Of MI Madi-
son and Mr. Clinton, in which you placed
the former far, very far, below the latter.
z But you did not stop here. You deno,sa-
cea the policy of the General Goserrs-
FnaeJn IN plunging the nation urlprepared
I intoia ,rar. You declared the schole. Cab
met unscorthythe confidence and support
fine People. In short, sir, your entire
harahgue was oneof great bitterness a.
"gai3'st heparty IN poscer, and a acarm
4 pane ggric onthose aohom you vere en-
! 'cea6oFing to eleUatc. A dozen such let
tiers as. mine would not contain your de-
hunciatons of the South alone.
.t 'Replies were made to you by Gen.
tb Root, Nation Sanford, and others. They
.. defended the Southern democracy and the
'waragainst your philippe. Their efforts
however, were unavailing. The caucus
! decided that no man should be supported
by them rcho aoould Uote for James .l4ad-
ison. As soon as this decision was made,
J Gen. Root, Mr. Sanford. and others, the
of the war, retired from the caucus
,, and left you toenjoy the pleasing retiec-
q ton that twas sufficient glory to serve
under such chief as De Witt Clinton
,Eg5 Five days after the caucus before refer.
= red to,tviz. on the 9th day Of November,
,4lsl2, the Senate and Assembly proceeded
10 nominate, Uiga Uoce, the electors. And
y Martin Van Buren, 'srose in his place as
= member of the Senate. and tread off the
$ nataes of the candidates for whom he vo-
ed,',;'t'sEVERY MAN OF THEM
i WAS OPPOSED TO JAMES MADI.
4 SON ~ The late Colonel Henry Rutgers
'Ehatt been placed sat the head" of the
i Madison ticket, which was voted for by
y General Root, General Haight, Nathan
Sanford, and other steadfast friends ofthe
igwar5 But Martin Van Buren, voted against
! Colonel Rutgers and all his colleagues.
lIttwas sufficient'a at that day to secure his
ltopposition to Colonel Rutgers to know
y that the latter had acted as chairman to
1.-THE greatmeeting Of the people of'the city
lbof New York, held in the Park on the
;ii2sslh of June, 1872 at which the follow
'bingl resolutions, among others, were "a
4 dopted: eia 4s5e7@a 1nia = = te.sif,l
i aResoloed, That as our Government.
i'has nowiappealed tothe sword, it becomes
I the duty of all good citizens, at such an
esentfuI period, to lay aside all party ami
.iimosity and private pickering, to rally, as
Il becomes brethren equally involved in
i1stheg wclfare of their common country
,i,round the national standard, AND TO
!, WELD TO THEIR GOVERNMENT
\ AN UNDIVIDED SUPPCbRT." 80
pa ssResolued, That placing Dur reliance, in
1.-THE Most High, and soliciting his benetlic-
4 ton on our just cause, are pledge TO our
;tiGoesfqnsent, In supportof ostr beisced
J fcouahy, soar liees, orr fortunes, and
* oufsapred honor" q z.
1t surely cannotbe necessary to adduce
/ lany other testimony than is now presented
, to establish beyond all csyil5 that Martin
Van Buren, did oppose the re- election Of
James Madison in 1912; that Martin Van
Buren,aat that period, did unite with the
peace party-the blue lights and Federal
ists--in order to iefeat the regularly nom
/, mated democratic candidatefor President;
that Martin Van Buren,, at that day, did