Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-06-13
Locofoco Convention at Baltimore.

LocOfoco Convention at Baltimore.
The three days Of bitter denunciation. ter
minating with the nomination of JAMES IA
Polk, Of Tennessee, for President, and
SlLAs WRIGHT, OF New York, FOR Vice Pres
ident, did not bring the troubles OF the To-
cofocos to close. SIL,s WRIGHT, as we
said would be the case, refused to permit
his name to be used, ''under any clrcum-
stances" for the Vice Presidency, and IN
this he was right and prudent; and on the
fourth dav the Convention had to DO that
portion of the work over again. Two bal
lots were had before a successor was Int
upon, of which the following was the re-
sult
On the first ballot. GEO. VI. DALLAS, Of
Pennsylvania, received Is votes; Gov. FAIR
FIELD, of Maine, los; WOODBURY. l4 Cas-
80: JOHNSON 26; STEWART %; MARCY D.
On the second ballot, DALLAS received
300 votes; FAIRFIELD 80, and WOODBURY.
votes.
! So it was determined that JAMES K. Polk {,
| Of Tennessee, and GEO NJ DALLAS, of Penn
sylvania, should be the Loco(oco nom-
neos for President and Vice President of
the United States, Mr. DALLAS being in the
city. accepted the nomination forthwith.
So long as the name of Senator WRsGHT
was retained on tits ticket, there was some
yitahty--some liie--in it. But with the
prompt rejection OF the paltry place offered
to a great man to appease the wrath OF an
offended party, vanished every hope OF
success. This would have been the case,
even if a really powerful man had been
selected to supply his place But the nom
nation Of Mr. DALLAS holds out no lavofa'
bic prospect lie has no popularity al
Monochrome abroad For the last ten years
or Whereabouts, he has been out OF political
life, and his pubic career previous TO tha'
time has nothing to recommend nm 20 inc
favor OF the I.ocofoce party oil the present
dav. 1t will hardly be believed, but 1T Is
no less true, that this man, selected as the
candidate of the anti.Bank, Sub Treasury
hard money party, was the prime agent II
procuring the passage OF the law 10 re chif
Ter the Bank Of the United States, whict
was afterwards vetoed by President JACK
SON He, being thena member OF the sen
etc. presented the memorial OF NICHoLA
BrDpLE for renewal o. the charter oil tina
institntioe. Or his motion 4 was relsTre'
; ,c Il select committee. OF that committee
he was Chairman in that capacity ne fe
ported the bin which afterwards feeeFe'
the assent Of Congress lie was lis a"Fo
cate from FIRST TO last, ana voted against
| proposition repairing the assent ola state
before branch could be obtained therein
O. course he voted in favor OF the bill o.
: It's final passage rs is we'll known, III
bill was 3et9ea by General JACKSON, and re
c turned to the senate. There, IN the iae'
/ 81 the veto, MIR DALLAS stu! voted for III
l. bit, winch, however, was unavailIng,as
l. majority OF ,uo-thrds were required
S secure lis passage. " it'll Il knowledge
c these facts, and Of the avowed hostility
the Loeo!ocos to National Bank, Is 1T no
e strange that he--a fee'd lawyer OF the oi
Q Bank OF the United States--sllould ye
= have been selected to fill an office whic
: may, one day, place il in his power to CT
G sure the charter OF National Bank
: Mo. Republican.