The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-08-12

August l0.-Lleuts. b. Shepard and FliZ
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 thiscty
has substantially proclaimed that would be"equ-
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 sub
nit 10 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
asceraned7 BY the revelations of such or
gans as the one mentioned above2 No-all but
the favored candidate will certainly demur TO its
decision. BY the decisions of caucusses9
MOTOR such assemblages are generally com
posed of "trading politicians" who care nothing
for the win of the People, looking always TO
their own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. To the People
,hemselves7 Yes, emphaticay yes, for their
decision must be satisfactory to all. and final.
If the first mode be relied on TO settle the mo-
mentous question Of who shall be the candidate,
it may be easily foreseen from the present ind-
cations, that instead of waging a general war
against Mr.. Clay and his Federal myrmidons,
the Republican nrsssAs 'A---oh>.' - --"n,y
viii be wholly engrossed with their family quar-
rels; cutting their own ,hroa,s instead of those
of the enemy and when the appointed time TO
90 forth to battle arrives, ii will be found that
they have defeated themselves, anil that nothing
remains to prevent the country from falling
into the hands of ultra Federalism
If the Grading politicians" be suffered TO de-
termine the matter in dispute, the result will be
no better. They would not only form "coai-
tons" to cheat The People 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-
candidate, and hundreds of thousands who
might have sanctioned the selection, If they
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"
II it be referred directly to the People them
.aly.s 10 &C r. A
sion, aud 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
ascertalned by the votes Of the People. 10 each
Congressional district let friend of each of the
candidates be run for Delegate to the National
Convention. This mode of proceeding will
soon demonstrate whether Mr.. Tyler has but
few friends among the People, and whether
Mr.. Van Buren, has more than any body else.
We contend that Mr. Tyler has as many friends
among the People as any other man, and we
propose to make fair trial of his strength The
politicians may rest assured that the People will
nv 'V'' 'o' 'he yer oeiegates unicss tDey are
in favor Of Mr.. Tyler, and we do not see how
they can refuse 10 trust them, since they are SO
positive that he has but few supporters. And
they may also rest assured that when the matter
is so tested, if it shall appear that Mr. Tyler is
rs utterly devoid Of friends as they assert, then
and in that case he will not be the candidate
We assure them that he does not entertain the
most remote idea of being elected pifhom potes
Then, why should they fear him and attack
him, and refuse to trust the matter in the hands
Of the People7
The Delegates thus elected would of course
vote per capita; and the one for whom the ma
jority would vote would certainly be the one
preferred by majority OF the People. For po-
llicians TO "revolt" against such a decision,
would be TO treat the People with contempt,
The candidate so selected would certainly pre-
vent the Government from falling into the
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 Of
selecting the candidate is determined upon the
better it will be for the parry