The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-03-03
To TIE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
In your paper of this morning YOU say -

In your paper OF THIS morning you say -
"GrSExAL Cas-. AND GENERAL GREEN.-At the Vauxhall
meeting OF the democratic party, for the organization
u Fourth Of July Convention General stated that
ne held letter IRON General Cass, in which he avowec
hims ready abide the result Of the Fourth OF July
General Cass it seems, has recollection
Of having written such letter and comes out with
emit with his unaerabe determination to support
Convention 1t is not at all unusual to see Generals
disagree"
A few words will put this matter right. in the
first place, did not say that held letter IRON
General Cass, in which he avowed himself ready
to abide the result Of the Fourth OF July Conven-
ton" expressed the opinion that II Nominated
Dy the Fourth of July Convention, he would not re-
fuse the nomination, and my reasons iOf expressing n.
ference to the address OF the committee represent
ing the meeting in the Park. assuming that he was
not pledged to abide by the nomination OF the Con.
vention at Baltimore because that Convention had
not been appointed and will not be organized in ac-
cordance with the understanding OF the party at the
time his letters were written-taat his pledge was
TO sustain the nominee OF convention fairly con-
ztltuted and properly organized, which the commit,
tee demonstrated the Baltimore Convention VIII
not be. And again, that his letters were intended
| 10 declare his acqulescence IN a nomination SC
made, as to secure concert, union ana harmony III
the party, which the nomination ct the balIimofe
| Convention will not do. Mr.. Calhoun and hi
| friends having Withdrawn therefrom, urged tina
| the Fourth of July Convention would present the
| only means of harmony, concert and success, al
| that Convention WOulu De CONSTITUTED OI PTlU
ciple OF district representon and voting per capita
| To this letter, General Cass replied, and th'
| following is an extract from his letter.
1.-THE party leaders have determined MIR Van Buren
and they will run him at all hazards do not belize
much in getting up third party Experience has showl
that third party cannot exist in our country still an
of at distance and know but little of what is going
while you the midst the movement and possesse
experience and capacity which cannot well be decey
ed. shall wait the progress et events Nth interest
interest however, which has little in it that IL personal
but which looks the welfare of the party connected
believe, with the welfare Of the country"
That Gen. Cass may have said, that he hold
himself bound to sustain the nominee of genera
convention of the party, believe. That he di
not feel himself pledged to sustal in the nominee {
the Baltimore convention, and that he would wal
the progress of events to ascertain whether SUI
porting the nominee of that or of the 4th of Jul
convention, would best promote the welfare OF tn
party was the inference that drew from his lie
Ter / still think that is the proper inference, an
presume that his letter, if of the character you Re
present it to be, was written under misconceptio
of what had said. Respectfully,
| DUFF GREEN.
| O-J