The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-01-05

ie" votes only may turn the scale IL, ,ne Pre- uoasl
contest
but let us not stop with tho Calhoun interest VIII
oo friends oil MIR. Buchanan support you! Have not
o"e oi me county conve atoms which nominated him
occiaed oy resolution that they H not be bound by
any compromise which puts aside his claims, 10 fayer
YOURS. mere rs rule said 10 exist among large
part OF the Germans Of Pennsyyania 10 The effect
that they will not vote for man the second ina
who has been beaten once. Your friends can not RELY
upon the state in IA II went against YOU In 1870
and it will do so again if you the democratic can
ddate in '44 Ma K that ay, 1t refused To sustain
you for Vice President on the ticket with Gen.
Jackson. Well the Calhoun interest is against YOU
| and so is the buchanan. Let us suppose however
that those two interests be concilisted and will
be, after the Baltimore convention meets How are
we to secure the friends OF John Tyler
Here is question Of some little interest, although
the Globe might sneer at it. am no Tyler man, but
believe in holding to the cd maxim of |" giving even
the devil his DUE" l hold that John Tyler is All
st man, and true JefersOnian democrat but
his election IN IA is entirely out Of the question Bur
he has large troop of friends throughout the
try little more than "corporal's guard after all
And after the GROWING act of your Congressional
friends, in endorsing this vile abuse of the Globe by
elecng Blair Rives printers, do you suppose they
can be brought to your supporti Lay that atter-
ing JUNCTION to your SOUL They will not sustain your
nomination.
Then, if the Calhoun, Buchanan, and Tyler inte-
rest cannot be relied upon to man, where are you
W bce uc vast increase OF votes necessary 10 over
come the l5O,OUO, which was against you in 1910 p
Wherei
The truth is, your nomination is the sure forerun-
ner of our defeat. 1t is to conceal il. Your
availability is out Of the question: and the party must
unite on some other man, suffer total overthrow
1t is foy-t is worse that folly to shut eyes to
1t is madness Were there nothing else to defeat YOU
| the one term principle would. firmly believe that
| this principle will be carried out hereafter The
conviction is settling strongly on the public mind in
tAyON CTt IL M No 81 tkat.
more Than Now the question is, shall we FIJI
| again with you, or triumph with another? To this
issue 1t has come at last. Shall sacrifice
principles and measures, by preference for men'
democrats, what say you | appeal to you. It
is no triHing question. You cannot shake it off,
Shall we tall with Martin Van Buren, or, by calling
upon our delegates TO the Baltimore Convention 10
set aside both him and Calhoun, thereby unite the ri
val interests Of these two candidates some other
equally good man, and triumph, ! doubt not the
honest rejecting por ion Of the party say yes to the
question. But how shall we do it By calling upon
our delegates to act in conformity to will LIT
not popular opinion be forestaed by hasty action
l he Syracuse Convention never should have been
held until the latest possible time But it is
late yet, to remedy that folly, if the proper
means. Let US speak out without being controlled
IN our coulse of action by pledged party leaders
Plainly, but respectfully-give us some other man
Let compromise be eflect d. and let new, unried,
and unpledged candidate, like Johnson Cass, be
brought forward, and the victory is ours. What say
you, democrats-shall attachment to prime piles,
or men, preva'
1t is all useless for us to preach union and harmo-
n.y. unless the only real and true step taken to effect
it. The elements that have rent and torn Us asun-
der, lie too deep to be controlled by any halfway
measures. Men that have been vilifed and abused,
will not so easily forget the hands that have wounded
them. No, it is not human nature Then | say
again, let either Johnson Cas- be brought forward
by the Baltimore Convention, and the people will
ratfy the act. The long train Of federal measures
advocated by the "whig party" will be defeated.
TOMPKINS.