New-York tribune., 1842-01-03

domestic article Itself selling If the British
mi,ored food taken off, hold it clca'
that G,an, fIoar Pork Beef wout greatly ddcanc.
IN ;as Goun!ry-!nr more hcn they wouli decttnc IL
'rcat brjtan. The Restrictive System Of England
f4cl The Productive Industry of this Country
III Others which receive her products favor able terms
gd sih should be resisted couutervaied by each
'E'hc selection Of n President.
Before the season for Presidential agitation ap-
proacnes, we would solicit the attention of the
freemen Of the United States to an nlteration-we
certainly deem it an improvement-n the manner
o accc,ing our Presidents. 1t must be evident 70
all tia, The present system of nominating by Ma
,icnal Convention, though far less Objectionable
ie; the exploded scheme of,nominating by a Con
;.essiona Caucus, is liable to serious objections on
severa! ground.-as, for instance,
!. u tArowS the selection o. a President almost
cntirelyitto tic hands ot actire prominent poll
sSctons.-Thcy arc the men who hold County, Dis
trlctor State Conycntons-usually very small ones
10, such a purpose-and appoint few Of their
own number Delegates TO a National Convention.
How often will poor man, or common farmer,
be chosen such Delegate Aside from their want
ccaid very seldom afford to go il elected. They
viii only be heard in tho primary Conventions, and
very family even there. How many of the People
lave ever been directly, positively fcA in any
National Convention In our judgement, no,
fifty thousand.
H. There Is great danger that the pubiic miN
nay be su6rcrted rather than u,ccrtaimed and
made eBectiuc 6y this Conrcntion machinery
The persons selected to WELD it are generally
srewd, intelligent practical men, and, in view of
close contest, may reasonably be trusted to select
The strongest man of the party candidate.
hut suppose the ascendency of one or the other
pnrty is morally certain, that the Convention in
selecting candidate is virtually selecting Presi-
elenl--will not these same shrewd men be tempted
TO look to their own interests as well those OF
The party 81 the Country? Will not many of ,hem
askI 60 for this or that candidate, what are
The chances that my omn advancement will thereby
he promoted If my vote shall give that of my
State to particular candidate, will not his friends
be likely to remember me for it Thus the choice
will eventually degenerate into calculation
OF chances-a bartering away Of votes to subserv,
personal ambition.
III. But in case the Convention is governed
entirely b considerations Of public good, to which
TIC ,ucces of its party deemed essential, there
is presented contrary evil of most formidable char
acer. The Members are obliged TO inquire and de-
cine not no is the man most qualified and worthyto
be President, but who can poll Memost cotes. They
mus, often puss over the claims Of Statesman
whom no, only do they believe the 6ltest man il,
their ranks, but whom nRe-tenths of their constt
uents, as well as themselves, would prefer TO see
elevated to the highest station. For they must
iusuirc for and select a man who, in q State o:
100000 votes, is not merely most acceptable to
the $4,000 who are firmly aud ardeny OF their par
~. but the 10 0Oo who hang loosely on its skirts,
and part Of the like number, who form the more
volatile portion Of their atlversarcs array. And
thus n Convention may wisely and wariy select
candidate who. though the very man they ought to
cousc und must choose for success, is yet not the
first choice OF 100000 of the 1000 900 voters IN
the Union. A contemplate locul ieud or prejudice
may render the selection Of the man who ought to
be President, an act of political suicide.
For these and other reasons, we are opposed to
National Nominating Conventions There is too
much lottery about them Weopposed the call Of
tha, held at Harrisburg, and, though we hcurtil..
concurred in the selection there made, we desire
never TO sec another.
But what alternative can be presented I Con,
cen,ration of effort among those of the same poi-
cai faith is vitally necessary, and it is better to
iisk and even encounter some evils than to oreso
.nch concentration, and leave the principle which
shall govern well as the individual who shall fill
the chief Executive Office to blind chance. Our
judgement, long since formed on much reflection,
and since strengthened by careful ebservaticn i'm
ycs US 10 believe that there is no difficulty in hav-
ing THE PEorLE=s SELECT THEIR PRESIDENT ny a
niyEcT AND GsSEKALvorE and this without nut
,ioc them 10 the trouble OF double election The
manner we would propose is as follows:
.et there be no formal nomination of presdcn-
,iel candidates. or as many as YOU pease-but Q,
.nv rate M nomination which shall be understood
"a bind aoy bu, those who heartily concur in it
At tie proper time lie, the Wings OF each State
hold a Convention, form strong and popular
Wing Electoral Ticket pledges TO rets Tor fcAaf
eps,. ll1tg :StatcSmsA The People shaH d'rect
Let every Whig, then, who has preference 'o'
Pres;5en, as nearly all of course will haye) vet.
the Electoral Ticke; having ut its head the en-
do-sement For President Henry Clay, or DAME.
Webster, or Winlcld Scott OF John lyler, OF
wilomever else he may prefer; and Fer Vice Pres