The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-08-14
OFFICIAL.
NAVY ORDERS.


voked, and leave two months.
august 9.-Commander VIM. Inman, to COM
mand the Iron Steamer 10 be employed on the
Lakes.
Lieut.. George Minor. to the Warren. Nor
folk
Lieut.. Jas. H. North, to the steamer Union
Norfolk
Lieuts r. F. Pinkney aud R. S. Trapier, to
the Warren Norfolk.
august lO.-Lieuts. B. Shepard and Filz
allen Deas, to Navy Yard, New York
Lieut.. John A. Russ, detached from Navy
Yard, New York
Lieut.. r. Semmes, TO command of steamer
Poinsett.
Mid. t. B. Wainwright, detached from
steamer Union, Norfolk.
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.
1t has become quite apparent that the claims
of the several candidates for the Presidency,
cannot be tremendously adjusted by their re-
speclive newspaper organs.
The reputed organ Of Mr.. Van Buren, in this city
has substantially proclaimed tina, it would e"equi-
valent to a second overthrow of the Democratic
party" if Mr.. Van Buren, should not be elected
This is nothing more nor less than wholesale
prescription of all the rest Of the Republican
candidates. OF course Messrs. Calhoun, John
son, Tyler, Buchanan, and Cass, will not SUBJ
nit TO the Globes decision. They will require
better authority than this to indicate the will of
the People.
How, then, can the will of the People be best
ascertained? BY the revelations of such or
gans as the one mentioned above? No-al Blu,
the favored candidate will certainly demur to its
decision. BY the decisions of caucusses?
MOTOR such assemblages are generally COM
posed of "trading politicians" who care nothing
for the will of the People, looking always TO
their own aggrandizement. To the People
themselves Yes, emphatically yes, for their
decision must be satisfactory to all, and final
If the first mode be relied on 10 settle the mo-
mentous question of who shall be the candidate,
it may be easily foreseen from the present indi-
cations, that instead of waging a general war
against Mr.. Clay and his Federal myrmdons,
the Republican presses throughout the country
will be wholly engrossed with their family quar-
res cutting their own threats instead Of those
of the enemy and when the appointed time TO
go forth to battle arrives, it will be found that
they have defeated themselves, and that nothing
remains to prevent the country from falling
into the hands of ultra federalism"
If the trading politicians" be suffered to de-
termine the matter in dispute, the result will be
no better. They would not only form "coali-
lions" to cheat the People out of their choice, as
was done in 1925, but they would inevitably
rouse the anger and indignation of the rank and
file of the party against the candidate they de-
sgnated. He would be called the Dictators'
candidate, and hundreds Of thousands who
might have sanctioned The selection, If Mey
had been consulted, would resent the insult of
such an Unauthorized procedure by Withholding
from him their support. And in this manner,
too, the Government would fall into the hands
of ultra Federalism"
IL it be referred directly to the People them
selves, there can be no "revolt" from their deci-
sion, and the one selected will undoubtedly be
elected by an Overwhelming majority over Mr.
Clay.
II is said by the papers and the politicians
that this or that man is the strongest, and this
or that the weakest These facts can only be
ascertaned by the votes of the People In each
Congressional district let friend of each of the
candidates be run for Delegae to the National
Convention. This mode of proceeding viii
soon demonstrate whether Mr.. Tyler has bu
few friends among the People, and whether
Mr. Van Buren, has more than any body AIse
We contend that Mr.. Tyler has as many friends
among the People as any other man, and w,
propose to make a fair trial of his strength. The
politicians may rest assured that the People will
not vote for the Tyler delegates unless they arr
in favor of Mr.. Tyler, and we do not see how
they can refuse TO trust Them, since they 81
positipe that he has but few supporters. Ant
they may also rest assured that when the matte
is so tested, if it shall appear that Mr.. Tyler il
as utterly devoid of friends as they assert, thel
and in that case he will not be the candidate
We assure them tina, he does not entertain tn,
most remote idea of being elected wittouf rofes
Then, why should they fear him and atacl
him, and refuse to trust the matter in the hand
of the People2
The Delegates thus elected would of cours
vote per capita ; and the one for whom the ma
jority would vote would certainly be the on
preferred by majority of the People. For pc
lilicians TO "revolt" against such decision
would be 10 treat the People with contempt
The candidate so selected would certainly pre-
vent the Government from "falling into tb
hands Of ultra Federalism And we would re
mark that, in our humble opinion, judging from
what we see and know, the sooner the plan o
selecting the candidate is determined upon tn
better it will be fQE the party,