The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-06-01
THE NOMINATION-HO 1T WAS AC
COMPLISHED.


We copy from The Baltimore Patriot q Wed
nesday, the following remarks in reference to the
nomination Of Mr. Polk. They seem to throw
some light upon the manner in which it was
brought about; and we think time will fully We
rfy the specuations therein set forth:
"If the lateness of the hour at which this ex-
traordnary result took place did not forbid much
remark upon it, our own conviction of its want of
every requisite to make it imposing would do SO.
1t is scarcely disguised by those who made it, that
it was only done to afford plausible excuse for
the overwhelming defeat which, under any cir
cumstances. they knew awaited them In after
time, when the causes of the second route. of the
Locofoco party shall be inquired into, it will be
deemed an all-sufcient reply for its apologists to
say, that it occurred under the lead of man
whose want Of all fitness for the high Office of
President of the United States, constrained almost
every body to vote for competitor who was as
remarkable for his uneqnalled capacity and his
high renowr, as this new nominee is for his me-
diocrity and his obscurity.
HENRY CLAY and JAMES K. Polk !--sHvpe-
rion to Satyr !'-Who can " look upon this
picture and then on that" without the instructive
conviction that no opposition is meant by those
who have had the temerity TO furnish the mate
rials for such a contrast The consequences of a
survey of the proportions of the two men are at
orce, and by common consent, decisive.
We have only time too day to add, that, although
the nomination of Mr.. Polk is the defeat of Mr..
Van Buren,, it is, at the same time, the work of
and the triumph OF. Mr.. Van Buren's friends 1t
was, at any time, within the power of Mr.. v. BIS
friends to have chosen Mr. Buchanan or Mr. Cass
but, as these two gentlemen had placed them
selves in opposition to him, and, for the purpose
of ensuring his defeat, had insisted upon the adop-
ton of the two-thrd rule, Mr.. V. BIS adherents
would listen to compromise that did not involve
the disappointment of their expectations. This
was right and just. They made Mr. V. B. the
victim of a contemplate intrigue, and it was but
fair return that he should hoist them with their
own petard. They have, it is true, killed him,
and with Texas and the two-third rule but he is
not without his own revenge. He has made
ghost of Mr.. Calhoun. He has annihated Cass.
He has distanced Buchanan-and he has, without
the slightest remorse. set up James X. Polk to be
shot at for the amusement of all parties during
the ensuing campaign. Nor can any of these
Calhoun, Cass, or Buchanan-refuse to lend their
to Mr.. Polk. The former, partcu-
arly, and his friends, will be compelled to 60 for
t-for Mr.. Van Buren's personal friend-for his
most devoted ally-for the man whom he wished
on the ticket with him as Vice Presi-
the candidate of the same section of the
)ariy which has always dehed and ridden down
Mr.. Calhoun-whch has now, in this last most
desperate and decisive battle, fading they could
10 nothing for Mr.. Van Buren,, glutted their ven
5eance, and fed fat their ancient grudge," by
utterly demolishng, forever, all his pretensions,
and making all his friends "bite the dust.''
I'VE have heard much of the management of
the New York Van Buren, phalanx. We must
give them for this last act of political general
ship, all praise. They have covered up lheirre-
treat, and when all parties supposed that they
were overwhelmed and routed-by a skillfu
move-by simple change Of 'front.' they turned
The fortune of balle and with James X. Polk won
the victory, which all but themselves believed
they had lost in Martin Van Buren,.
80 shrewd, SO far-seeing, and SO well informed
politicians as are these New York Van Burenites,
could not hope TO win the coming election. All
their efforts have been made to secure them the
advantage in the combat of 1913. They have
secured all the advantages the nomination of a
trend could give them, by having James X Polk
and they have secured this further advantage,
which they could not have had with Martin Van
buren as the nominee, that they may claim the
defeat OF Mr.. Polk as a consequence Of failure
10 follow their advice and council"
Texas we will have" exclaims the editor Of
He can have it if he wants it,