The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-09-15

IN Treating az The opinions Of presidential candidate
we were to argue at great length against ms"', ".
should incur the suspicion Of wishing rather 70
shadow and conceal something IN mu'''uu9 ~
words than TO explain OF eucidate anything so,ne-
thing like this we have observed, Win paul :" -
Van Buren's letter TO the Indiana convention i t
full and diuse, too much So where mere no'a.as
Ia dispute He fights the weitioughi pIs Nm.
self for the yictors But in the question OF nee way"
there is battle field yet undecided, and 10 u'st no
comes slowly and with evident hesl'suon a.u va
lance. lie explores IL cautiously on ever, sue, ne
b,ows a breath of favor with sentence oil contrary
argument carefully diluted with hypothesis To every
noint of The compass. Protection Is declared 10 oe
CONSTITUTIONAL and here in the gulse oi quiet ieea
opinion a white flag is hung out To the oppresso's VI
commerce, OF which they well know me siSniheah0o
Protection then is constitutional, discrimination Is o
altog ether TO be condemned, but twenty per cent
ma ximum is suggested, and straight~ay iooseneu W
twenty 1--WE, and ampied by diligently noted eontin
gencies into thrty -tve. Finally, IN another para
graph slowed away secretly as possible, out ali'e
and real we find the inslnuaton that the present mea
sure OF protection is " not To he increased" Hear
This fellow citizens; comfort yourselves WIN this,
for you are OF il the present abomlnaDe 'arh
will certainly be increased, and somewhere oe-
tween this safe assurance thrown out To one extreme
Of interest and opinion, and the fast and loose gene
IA tiles about duties for addressed TO the ouer
you must look for the course Mr. Van buren, WIN
hold according to circumstances, should nc have an I'M
porant part TO play 10 the re- adjustment oil tie ter
our ships are rotting at the wharyes because no
freights can now be earned on imports. Our exports
for the same reason, hindered with demands OF
double freigbts outwards, and prominent candidate
for the resdency expresses of the pha.es OF his
opinion of these evils, by limiting that they are NOT
TO BE NCREAsED!ll
II is much to say Immediately after reading such
declaration, that we will nevertheless cooperate
with the partisans of tins candidate should he be ie
gitinatey and faiy adopted by the Democratic party
Yet we will do so on that condition, and on that con-
dion only But TO such fairness the district system
Of election for members to the General Convention
is absolutely indispensable. To Convention so
elected, we will surrender individual preferences
but will not yield them otherwise We demand
to be heard AMI counted in the Convention from all
parts of this Unon-mlnorlties where we have no
minorities, majores where those ours. The
Calhoun section of the Democratic party 10 this
State, il it be minority, will not therefore submit
tamely to be smothered, to be DISTINGUISHED, and
even worse, made to give up its votes to be counted
against its cause. No precedents Of absurdities rat
lficd by CUSTOM claim OF political rights for geo.
graphical lines and boundaries, juggling napplica
bic analoges OF State representation, will ever make
this wrong right We protest against II now, and we
will protest against and resist II TO the end. If Pre-
sdent is to be chosen by counting States il may bet
ter be done in House OF Representatives OF the
whole people than ia the Convention, especially The
unfairly packed Convention of party. And this
contamination, which we desire TO see not made ne
mote, if are forced to it and that we can bring
it about know. Party discipline is excellent
when exercised in good faith, and TO lead to concert
of action for generally desirable object but it is
here, and should be ever, powerless instrument to
enforce injustice.
But to return to our candidates and to conclude
Fellow-citizens, there is remarkable difference
between the two men thus prom nen before YOU
difference you all recognise, feel, and appre-
ciate II is this that of these men you know and
he lLary nI do nat do E,.. Nalb
as man, you recognise in him great characters.
ties Of human individuality, impulses, passions,
faculties, talents and opinions lie has made them
known in your public councils, he has impressed
them on your legislatures and even the very creed
OF party, the orthodoxy OF democratic faith has
something in it which he originated and which
you have accepted and held fast because it was
good He has said and done a thousand things in the
course OF his public career which have laid his char
acter open before you, which have come from his
heart aud feelings and gone home to yours. You
might agree or diner with his views, but you made
per sonal acquaintance through them with him. and
HIM you were sure TO like And from this acuuain-
lance you now able to determine how he VIII or
would act in any supposabe case, or on any given
question, and you can determine this on the merits
Of the itself without reference TO its bearing
politics and votes, or TO any influences interests
that might be brought to bear upon it. With Mr..
Van Buren, all this is widely different. No action Of
his life enables you to guess what manner Of man he
is you may judge in what circumstances he was
placed, what objects he had in view, but you refer
il all to the extcrnals and OF the internal mind YOU
know nothing. Search in your minds for all you
know about him, and YOU shall find you know what
offices he has held and that you not very well know
how lac came TO be selected for them. lie has never
dealt with you directly, but always at one remove
always as it were, at second hand. He has not stood
out, man of free speech and action, in bold relief
like Mr. Calhoun, before the people, but he has prac
Used apart with their servants. BY those the people
trusted he has been trusted but not by them. He
man of calculation and one who makes no mistakes
and his strength lies in his know ledge Of every piyo
and pinion Of the political system Such know ledge
IN political life Is eminently valuable and useful,
and the man who had genius for acquiring II
and tn ming IT to account became Indispensable in
public bodies. Not IN polite ! clubs and commit
tees and conventions only, but also in legislatures
and cabinet councils, and TO all in turn he did
good service, and from all he collected his wages
IN advancement But he has personal popularity ;
he never had any and the deliberate appreciation,
hall negative, that we bestow on his public career
a thing as different from the genial feelings Of
friendship with which men speak of Jackson or Cal
houn, as certificate Of good character is different
from a cordial embrace. For MIR. Calhoun, we re-
peat, these genial feelings exist appeal for them
confidently TO sympathes as wide this Union, and
we call on the millions in whose breasts this appeal
must find echo, to give in their answers at the bal
lot boxes. To them we appeal from the high handed
proceedings of the late Convention at Syracuse a
hundred men assembled, nobody knows how with
out mission or credentials, yet claiming TO exercise
the whole powers OF the democratic party. These
men have arrogantly actually appointed delegates 10
represent us all IN the Baltimore Conventions dele
gates whom that body cannot recognise whose seats
other delegates elected by the people IN rnr p,s-
will dispute and for the sake Of peace IN our
party, it is TO be hoped ully. The contract
that puts the State Of New York into the keeping of
tbiry-four men, TO be delivered over, bound hand
aud foot, To Mr.. Van Buren,, must be annulled for
there are thousands upon thousands among its people
who might have voted for HIM voluntarily, yet " no
will not be dragooned into II thus.
Fclow-citzens, the issue is before you. ON one
side you have man praetised in office, familiar with
m,Jorlties and mtnorites, skilfu TO ,scaye
from them, and very great IN political addition and
subtraction On the other is the eloquent apostle Of
living faith, and that faith true and your own,
man who IS the impersonston Of enlarged political
views and such action as those views inspire. We
leave this issue in your hands and we behcve wc