Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-09-08

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From me Richmond Wig.
MR.. CALHOUN AND THE PRESIDENCY.
4 new Locoioco paper, called the Nor
aing Post, published 10 New York, has
uniurled the banner Of Mr.. Calhoun. Ii
proioosos willingness to submit hrs pre-
tensions to a National Convention -bu.
1t pfoclains him to be its fayori,c over all
others--and from the Indications al the
North, pronounces him the favorito Of the
Democracy IN all that region. We give
this information gratis and for the benefit
OF Mr.. C.'s friends in the Siate--who If
they rely upon they Enquirer, the sworn
friend OF the homes: nulllfer, will never
hear any good news about his prospects.
II IS manifest, that most energetic
movement is in progress 10 secure the
nomination 10 Mr.. Calhoun. His friends
every where, wherever he has any, are
busily at work, ut work for the coosum-
matlou Of tins great end. tits surmised,
that Captain Tyler, desparng Of obtain
ing the vote Of single County, or town
OF hamlet in the Union, to say nothing Of
n State has determined, in consideration
Of the promise Of an Office, when his term
expires, to use the patronage Of the Gov.
eminent, 10 advance Mr.. Calhoun's pros.
poets. All appointments are to be made
with view to this object. What office
Ills Excelency wall stlpulate for we know
not. We presume IT will be foreign
MIssion--lor thore will not be room o.
uough IN this country for him---when he
ceases To be PresIdent-so utterly often
whole people.
But the aid Of Captain Tyler and the
public Treasury backed though II be by
jealous lrlcnds--~ill avail nothlng--lf
Mr.. Calhoun's claims are submitted 10
nAtlonal convention. lie will be luggled
there as certainly as no goes before an
assembly Of that kind. All the Fuckers
are not dead yet-and the Richmond and
Albany Junlos are yet in existence, and
animated with the same bitter hatred to-
wards the South Carulinans, which they
have ever entertained and it will prove
the more fatal now because it wears lhe
guise Of friendship. Ii Mr.. G.. wishes to
know what he has 10 expect from either
OF these cliqucs--let him or any of his
friends ask the Editor of the Enquirer If
he will support Mr.. c. for the Presidency
al the next election. If they get any an
swer, our life upon it, il will DO an evasive
and unsatisfactory one. la addition to
the Editors old and lnveterate dislike of
Mr.. Calhoun, he entertains a settled con.
viction that tho Honest Nuliiier cannot
be elected
We arc ANXIOUS that Mr.. G.. shall be
the candidate of the Locoloco parity
Not that we wish to see him elected blu
because
|. He is a gentleman, md in contest
between him aud Mr.. Clay we should
have the assurance that whichever sue
ceoded, we should have gentleman in
the Executive Chair.
9. Ii he carried out his doctrines--and
brought the country down to hardmon-
ey currencv and direct taxes, he would
annlhfate Locoiocosm forever--and i'll
he did not do that, but got into one of his
revolving moods he might become thor
ough Whig-when we should come Capt.
Jack Tyler over the Locos
3. We believe Clay can beat Calhoun
10 a dead certainty.
For these reasons, we desire TO see him /
IN the ti.ld-and the only chance for him
to get there ITO repudlu,e national eau
Gus. We know that some of MIR. C.'s
most devoted friends concur with us in |
this opinion.