Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1844-06-06
From he Nsw.YoFk Ttihuna.
THE EXTRAORDINARY DoTNCS AT RAJ
TTMORE-WHAT THEY MEAN.

from the NeW-Y0fk Tribune.
THE EXTRAORDINARY DoTNCS AT RAI.-
TIMORE-WHAT THEY MEAN.
Probably IL the whole Three Millions Of Voters
In the United States had been separately asked a
month since to indicate their FIRST choice for Pres-
have designated James x. Polk for the first Office,
notify would have dreamed of Geo. NJ Dallas for
either. And yet we find these two, BY Convention
machinery, seriously presented to the American
People as Candidates for the two highest stations in
their gift ! That they wiz be supported BY the
entire engineFy, though not by the whole party
strength, we see no reason to doubt That they can
be elected seems hardly credible, and yetth Ten
Millions Of Texas Bonds, the Millions on Millions
Of granted acres Of TexB lands, held in the United
States, will doubtless make themselves fOrmidably
felt in the coming contest. Every nerve viii be
strained to array the ultra Slavery preudices Of the
South-the new fanatics enlisted by Calhoun & Co.
for crusade to extendand consolidate Human Bon
daee--in favor Of this tickets and doubtless with
some success. We expect to see it carry louisiana
wherein the next election is to be held,) and to
make itself felt even in Wing Kentucky; while
Tennessee win be contested BY it with the energy
Of desperation. Personally, the ticket is weak
enough but Polk and Dallas are both original.
qualified annexationsts, and this will atone for all
deficiencies with the riders Of the Texas hobby
This win sweep Mississippi and Alabama of course
South Carolina is theirs by prescription; and will
endeayor- unsuccesSfully, we are confdent-to
overthrow the Wing ascendency in North Caroli-
ma and Georgia. In the remaining States, with
two or three exceptions, the question of Annexa-
ton win operate strongly against them, but this,
to the Disunionists who devised the plot, secon-
Diary consideration. Ithey can in this contest but
Law irmly and strongly the basis Of Southern
Confederacy, Of which Texas shall form part, and
the diffusion and fertilization Of Slavery the ruling
idea they viii not take to heart the defeat of their
candidates in the Union.
But we had intended to speak rather Of the caus-
es which led to the strange result at Baltimore
They are these:
In the first place, Mr.. Calhoun and his small but
devoted band of adherents have been determined
from the outset to defeat Van Buren, at all hazards
procuring the nomination for the Great Nullifer
ifpossible. but defeating Van Buren, any how. Ten
nessee came half way into this plot at an early day
nominating MIR. Polk for Vice President, but ex.
pressing no preference for President-an indication,
In the existing state OF things equivalent to dec.
claraton Of hostility to Van Buren's nomination.
South Carolina began by caviling at the time Of
holding the Convention, (Which was deferred from
November to May to please her. then at the man
ner of choosing Delegates, and finally refused to GO
into the Convention at all, after the choice Of Del
egates in most of the States evinced that there
no chance for Calhoun. Georgia was the only State
carried by his supporters. In North Carolina, the
battle was nearly draw one, but still the Van Blu
rem men had the lead there, and were decidedly
successful in Alabama, Mississippi and louisiana.
Missouri was firm as a rock in his cause, and re-
NAMED so to the last Virginia instructed her Del
egates to support him. Kentucky named her own
Col. r. M. Johnson. Maryland and Delaware in
dictated no preference. Such the state Of things
presented BY the Loco Foco Convention of the Slave
States while all the Free States expressly declared
for Martin Van Buren,. 1t seemed to us, it seemed
to his friends, that he could not fail of obtaining
fhn nomination. sf'f
Such was the aspect Of affairs when the Texas
intrigue was set on foot by Upshur, Gilmer, Tyler
Walker 4 Co. with multiplicity Of purposes, one
of the most immediate Of which was the overthrow
of Van Buren,. The first two did not live to wit.
ness its success Tyler was fooled into the belize
that il would be fish to his net and i was pressed
with zeal ,assiduity and money. Calhoun ifnot one
of the earliest contrivers readily came into meas
ure so favorable to all his designs; Dick johnson
raised the Texas flag in Kentucky and Polk in Ten
nessee, each having his own end to subserve. Var
Buren's letter against Annexation under existing
circumstances ensured bis overthrow. He might
still have been nominated, il all the Northern Del
serates had been saunch, but his defeat would have
been overwhelming. A Texas candidate womb
have been nominated against him, and hi. woult
have got no southern vote but that Of Missouri.
His destruction was nearer than his friends ap.
pretended. Some Of the Western Delegates were
alarmed by the portents of defeat, and drew off tc
Cass. A few Northern men went with them
and the South (Cass having declared very broadl,
for Annexation centered upon him. Still Van Blu
rem had majority Of the whole number of Dele
gates who dare not openly oppose him and his nom
ination seemed certain. But there was another
undercurrent. Pennsylvania had instructed hel
Delegates for Van Buren,, but many Of them were al
heart averse and cherished secret hope Of securing
the nomination for Buchanan who had taken ground
for Annexation. Accordingly, though they voted
for Van Buren, on the first and some of them on two
or three other ballots, they took care to vote be
forehand for the rule requiring tsco-ktais of al
the votes to make nomnation--thus blocking the
door against him. The moment this rule was a
dopted his fate was sealed, and he ought to have
been withdrawn after the second ballot, or never
But he was pushed on to utter discontinue his
nominal friends but secret opponents dropped of
Cass would be nominated when an adjournment
was carried on Tuesday evening Probably anoth
err ballot then would have carried him,as Kentucky
Louisiana. and some other States were prepared Il
20 over to him. But the Convention adjourned
Tor the night and caucusing began. The Van Blu
rem men, themselves defeated, were still one hun
dred strong, and able to defeat any nomination
though not to make one. They were fully resolved
that Cass Tor rather the hackers of Cass) should
triumph. Their best man to pitch on was Sila.
Wright but he would not consent and the Annex
ationists would not take him. Next in order obvi
ously stood Mr.. Buchanan, who might have made
good run, perhaps restoring their battle in Penn
syiyania but the double dealing Of his friends HAD
rendered him deeply obnoxious. The South hai
no feeling for Cass, and had only used him as the
best weapon to beat Van Buren, they were nov
ready to discard him for any more devoted partisan
johnson would have run well, but he is mentally
and physically wreck, and no filter for President
than child Calhoun they could not touch and
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