Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1842-12-16

CALHOUN AND VAN BuRES.-These individuals
both looking to the Office of President of the
United States. The friends of each are urging
their clalms-and in doing so, carry out the pecu.
liar tactics Of these great leaders. Mr. Van Buren,
adherents are playing the fox, and endeavoring to
coax every branch Of the party TO support the man
of their choice. The sly, artiul policy of Van Blu
rem has at first view appearance of modesty but
he is nevertheless fully bent upon being the candi-
date of the Loco Foco party, for President His
letter addressed last year TO the Missouri Legisa-
ture couched in such submissive terms, that the
friends Of other distinguished aspirants maciously
interpreted il as withdrawal from the course. But
no such thing intended, as was evident from the
tone Of the Argus, Mr. Van Buren's organ Again,
more recently, in reply to letter addressed to him
by HrsRY HoRs, of Philadelphia, Mr. Van Buren,
announces in his blandest style his perfect Yelling
ness to accept the Presidential nomination He re.
proves Calhoun and his supporters, for being pre-
mature. He says -
"The Presidency, above all Others seems 10 be a
place which they determine shall wait their Offering
and in respect TO which they will neither allow them.
selves to be assaulted by personal opportunities OF
permit their selection To be hasten or mpeded by
typarte arrangements. When the proper period for
making choice of a candidate shall in their iudg.
ment have arrived, they will do so and if any there
be, acho, un,cng TO ,cait their moeen,ents are found
20 hare made Themselves busy IN promoting person.
al aspirations, ho,oeper eisrated their position in
other respects, will be least likely TO be made the
depository of confidence and favor"
The friends of CALHOUN are boldly pressing his
claims. They are, especially at the South, deter
mined to stand or fall with him. At the West and
South many Of the leading Loco Foco journals have
run up the Calhoun flag, Notification and ALL A
writer in the Mobile Tribune holds the following
language
In my opinion, the integrity and success Of the
Democratic party depend upon the nomination OF
MIR Calhoun. Any other selection will doom u.s. as
we have too much been, to the dynasty Of duiincss
or leave to the melancholy resort Of rallying 40
the standard of beaten leader. The nomination OF
MIR Van Buren, would leave us in the identical con.
ditlon we were in the contest of lS40-in sfatu quo
ante cetium Hoo spiritiess and would
such struggle be on our part 1 would rather be
beaten under such man as Mr. Calhoun, battling
for old hereditary principles-our household gods
than TO win bootless fight under another leader.
II is plainly to be seen tina, Mr. Van Buren,, though
a" Northern man with Southern principles" is no,
the man for the South. His "truckling" to South
ern interests does not prevent his losing ground in
that section of the Union. From present indications
It seems almost certain that the entire South will
go Tor the nomination of John C. Calhoun, in the
Loco Foco convention to nominate a candidate for
the Presidency. Should Calhoun's nomination by
The National Convention be defeated if we may
Judge from the tone Of Southern papers, the grea,
majority OF the Loco Focos in the Southern States
VIII cast their votes for him for President We arc
quite willing they shouldn't il is to be hoped that
ne'her van Buren, or Calhoun will be elected 10 fill
the Presidential chair