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ton Of the Vice President And the
committee rose and reported to the Con.
venIion the nomination Of Gen. Harri
son for the Presidency. This was done
about elven o'clock on Friday night
During all the time the general com
mittee was thus collecting the votes for
the nomination Of the President. little OF
nothing was publicly said, in thai com
miltee, on the subject of the Vice Pres
ldent, except only that it was understood
to be the unanimous sentiment OF them
all, that II Mr.. Clay should be nomna
ted for President, The Vice President
should be selected from a non slavehold
ing State, and il Gen. Harrison or Gen
Scott should be nominated for the Pres,
idency, some gentleman from a slave.
holding State should be nominated for
Vice President.
From private conversation with the
members Of the general committee,
thought that Mr. Tyler would be the
choice Of majority Of those who com
posed the committee for Vice President
in case General Harrison or Gen. Scott
should be nominated for the Presidency.
And mentioned to the Virginia delega
ton that that was my impression as to
the sentiment Of the general committee
Mr.. Tyler was present and diScIaimed
all wish upon the subject Gov Owen
told me privately that he thought the
nomination Of Mr.. Tyler would be udl
clous, and particularly that it would be
acceptable to the Wings of North Caro-.
lima, because he had been run on the
ticket with Judge White at the previous
election, and had thus become known
to them, and they had formed favorable
sentiments Of him, and have no doubt
he said tine same thing TO other members
of the committee; but he never, to my
knowledge, publicly suggested the
nomination Of Mr.. Tyler.
What passed among the mem bers Of
the Convention who were not member rs
OF the general committee, touching the
nomination for the Vice Presidency, |
knew not then, nor do know now. No
one informed me. was so constantly
in the general committee that hardly
had any opportunity for intercourse or
conversation with the other members
Of the Convention, except those Of the
Virginia delegation; and but one orlhem
said any thing 10 me, so far ds can re
member, on the subject, and only ex-
pressed his strong dlsapProbation Of the
nomination Of Mr.. Tyler, not his pref
erence Tor any other | am certain that
no suggestion was made to me, or made
known TO me, and that | had not the
least reason to believe that any membe
Of the Convention had thought Of uom
mating me for the Vice Presidency ill
the general committee met on Saturday
morning, the last day of the Convention
Let it be remembered that all the par.
: ticuar committees we're expected 10
come prepared at that meeting, with
instructions from their respective dele
: cations to cast their votes for the nom
inatlon Of the Vice President. have
no doubt every one of them did come
so prepared and instructed except my
self The delegation from Virginia
l. gave me no instruction, excepting, as
: understood, that the nomination would
s not be made on the first vote, and in
g tending in that case, TO make its seIec
8 ton among the nominees who should be
g presented by the other delegations; or
g if the nomination should be made by
e general consent on the first vote, TO con
g cur it.
When the general committee proceed
g ed to collect the votes for the nomination
D Of the Vice President, the States were
g called in the order they are generally
n called in the House Of Representatives
of the United States. The committee
d from Maine and New Hampshire ar
u nounced the votes Of the delegations o
:. those States; the votes Of one were CIV
n en- for the nomination OF Mr.. Tyler
It those of The other, think, but am no
IF positive, were given Tor some other gen
s, tleman Massachusetts being next cal
4. led, Mr.. Ashmun announced the vote o
the delegation of that Stale for mo
m Upon this, said, in substance, that, con
v. sdering the part had borne in TN
D. Convention, especially in that aII.rmpor
' lant general committee, being Tho onl,
/. member Of ii from the Virginia delega
" tion, no one of whom had ever suggest
i ed my name for the Vice Presidency =
A. if should receive the nomination, with
"a out truth indeed, but with enough YER
n. similitude to make the impualion prot
,e able. and therefore very distressing t
a my feelings, that | had procured lh
es nomination for myself, that, in my
&, plnon, my name, instead of giving an
strength to the ticket, would Probabl
d weaken it, even in Virginia; and that
ns was resolved for other reasons, that
v. would moi accept any such nomlnatio
Of II did not state those reasons, and
/ ! UnuId he idlp In state them now AM