The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-02-03

after nominating the President they will take good
care to divide the patronage and Offices both OF the
General and State Governments among themselves and
their dependents But why say will Is il not already
the case! Have there not been many Instances OF State
Conventions being TILED oy office holders and office seek
who after making the nomination, have divided the
Offices in the State among themselves and their parsans
and joined in recommending to the candidate whom they
have just nominated to appoint them to the Offices to
which they have been respectively allotted II such be
the case in the infancy Of the system must end such
President nominating his successor When It comes to
that will not be long before the sword will take the
place of the Constitution.
Such my objections to the mode in which the pro-
posed is to be constituted and my reasons for
entertaining them They such, that cannot refuse
to obey them without renouncng the principles which
have often avowed in public and private, and which
haveguided mthrough the whole course OF my public Life
In coming to this conclusion have not passed over,
without careful examination, the assigned by its
advocates for constituting the convention they propose
They have not diminished the force of my objections.
propose to notice the most prominent
That which they have uIged with the greatest conf
dence u.s. that each State has right appoint delegates
any such right That each State has the right
pleases in whatever relates 20 itself exclusively
State has such right when she comes to acr IN concert
with others in reference to what concerns the whole In
such il is the planest dictate Of that
whatever affects the whole should be regulated by the
mutual consent OF ALL and not by the discretion OF each
That the appointment of Delegates to the proposed Con
vention is of this description, trust have
cusvely shown. have also trust shown more; that
the supposed right is perfectly deceptive for while
claims for each state the right to appoint Delegates as it
peases it in reality gives the larger States tho right to
dictate how the others shall appoint IT, for example the
Empire State called adopts the mode OF appointing
what discretion would she leave to Others they 90 into
Convention but to appoint us she has appointed or to be
ruled by her. II Is then neither more nor less than claim
dictate under the garb Of right and such its exercise
has proved in the present II has left option but
conform to her course be overuled refuse to
into the Convention.
regret rnis because sincerely desire preserve the
harmony Of the party. had strong hope that the rally
the defeat OF 1870 would be exclusively principle
This hope greatly strengthened by the truly repub
can and noble stand taken at the extra session and the
earlier portion of the succeeding regular session During
that period Of rigid adherence to principle perfect har
mony pervaded the ranks of the party beheld 1t with
joy. believed the moment highly favorable for the
ton Of the Constitution To the Republican party ]
looked for the accomplishment Of this great work. and
accordingly FELT the deepest that the stand taken
order that it should, made up my mind to waive the OBJ
lection Which have long entertained to any intermediate
body unknown to the Constitution between the people
and the election Of the President in the hope that the
posed Convention would be constituted that might
this ha~e BEEN and sss so am
to decide have done. The same motives which i'm
PEELED to separate from the administration OF General
Jackson in the penade Of its power and to come the
Of Mr. Van Buren at its greatest DEPRESSION Com
pes me now to withhold my name from the proposed
Having now assigned my for refusing to permit
my name to 60 before the Baltimore convention it rests
with who placed before the assent
ed to abide by Convention fairly constituted to deter
mine what course you will pursue.
Be your decision what may, shall be content But
regarded as due to the OCCASION to you and myself to
declare that under circumstances whatever shalt sup
port any candidate who opposed TO free trade and in
nsntia friends and supporters are hold the policy TO
be another for system Of monopoly and plumber,
and TO be thoroughly antirepublcan and federal in its
character also hold that SO long an the duties are so
laid TO be in fact bountes to portion commu
nifty while they operate as oppressive taxes on the other
there be hope that the Government can ne reform
ed that its expenditures will be reduced to the proper
standard.
Were with the evidences before me- to say otherwise
of my it would be practically to declare that
gard the protective policy to be an open question: so far
the party is concerned which would consider on my
part virtual abandonment Of the of Free Trade
That b. have done and suffered too much for
it, when its friends were few and feeble to abandon It
now-now, when the auspices everywhere this and
and the other side Of the Atlantic proclaim the approach
ing downfall protection and the permanent triumph Of
Free Trade who upheld il against monopoly and plum
DER in the worst Of times and braved the menaces OF Ad
minstraon and Opposition, when backed but by single
statew not cannot abandon the glorious cause now.
polls of the commercial world. No, shall maintain i'm.
moveably the ground have long occupied until have
Witnessed It's great and final victory it shall please the
deed vctorythe harbnger OF anew, andibrghter, and
higher civilization
Much less STILL can give my support to any candidate
who shall give his aid countenance to the agitation of
abolition in Congress elsewhere whose prominent
and influential friends and supporters shall doubt the
Gritty of any who declares he is abolonist,
whilst at the time he aids counenances the aga
ton of the question: be his pretext what it may If
have right our slaves have the right to hold them
peace and quiet 1.-THE Constitution guarantees the
guarantees the other and il orbds the one from being
attacked equally orbids the other Indeed the one
stands to the other to end and is so avowed
by the abotonsts, and the paines principles Of mo-
rails ifthe end be prohibited the Of affecting it also
the two regard the deudcd fanatic far less guilty
and dangerous than he who for political party puro
aids countenances him in what he knows intend
ed to do that which he acknowledges to be forbidden by
the Constitution
is time that end should he put to this system Of
plumber and agitation They have been borne long
enough They kindred measures and hostile, as far
at least portion Of the Union concerned While
the tariff takes from the proceeds OF our labor abolition
strikes at the labor ITSELF The robs of income
while the other aims destroying the from which
that income is derived. 1t is impossible for us 10 stand
patiently much longer under their double operation,
without being impoverished and ruined.
JOHN G. CALHOUN.