New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-06-11
The Machinery OF, and the Movements In
the late Baltimore Convention.

| such of lis extraordinary GolhEs, as s'CHicG Ho1
legitimate matter for report, perhaps from COM
,esv. or perhaps, because to report them would
be trayclng beyond the record. The scenes, bye
play. and unofficial acts of this Convention are
then vet to be reported and IS the reporters OF
the - called Democratic papers keep silent, Il the
| People ere 10 know them 1t all, thcg must Anow
them through the Wing Press
II will be recoected that nIr. SAUNDERS, a
Calhoun man on the morning OF Inc iirst Day
called the Convention 10 order, and on us motion,
= Nj. WRIGHT, an antl-Van bOTyn man o!
Pennsylvania, a name unknown TO the country,
! if known in Pennsylvania, was put N the char
grg fem. Til the Convention could ~ orcs,z' o.
This, no doubt, wss p arranged aa'oa2 The anti.
Van Buren p.rt OF The Convention. 1t was Oh
the hiches. Importance for them 10 have 4 t.lend
u the caar in the Temporary organization, 7nd
BIZ means Of Their activity and the inactivity Of
! IL. Vas Bvrf>'s friends. trey ceatrivsd 10 get
this presiding officer. .,iter tbs Temporary or
ganz4tIaa was Completed, the Secretary, Young
! Viz. RrTcuGT, of Virginia. being also AMY an
Burcu. TIE ueSt movement OF the ant-Nan BH-
rem men vas 10 convert this temporary chairman
INTO permanent presiding officer. /; appeared,
~ the event proved that they had studied bis
| character. feelings, and preferences. and cX'cIy
| knew their man, then whom It would have
been difficult, ii not Impossible, 10 fIni Ffes-
| dent more unscrnpulols. This WIS effected IN
the Committee selected tom the States 10 name
the organization h. creating dispute thee he
,wecn the Van Buren, and ant-Nan DurenltcS
0hiel was settled, - sgcf dispGic' usually are
! o? keeping Nj Il RIGHT. who was Il most tlh-
cent presiding officer. III the Cha!r. Thus II
Alr WRIGHT, nominated By NJ. SAuSogss, q
! Calhoun man was concentrated the power oi the
Convention m The ms. instance 10 determine upon
It's rules and orders
TINS Mr.. WRIGur, we have sad. mace most
efficient presiding officer. We have seldom seen
| an able. one. Win energy of manner ana dc,cTml-
| nation OF character, he united an INSCRIPTIONS
ness in decisions, that compelled the Convention
to Weld to his viii, often in defiance OF common
sense, and throughout, in defiance OF common
Justice. The first contest of the ant-Nun Barren
men was for the two. thirds rule. Mr.. WALKER
of Miss came prepared 10 contend for that with
the proceedings OF the three preceding Conven
tons, as reported in Mess Register Mr.. But
LgR. who acted as Mr.. Van Bu.en's Attorney
General on this occasion, was 80 unprcpcred,
that he had to borrow Mr.. WALKERS book TO sec
ms precedonts Mr. WRIGHT, the presiding OH
ce. when the States came to yotc upon this two
thirds rule, took it upon himself to decide that
each State might either cast It's vote unanimously
Tor one or the other side OF the question ar give
divided voc. as the majority of the ontrc Dele
CATION should direct. Mr.. BUTLER assentcd to
this most fatal decision, that IS, he cid not oppose
It. 1t turned out III the end, as MIR. BUTLER
ought TO have forescen, that this decision killed
off Mr.. Van buren, by enabling the anti-Vdn
Buren, men to carry the two-tards rule Massa-
chusetts and Pennsylvania were the Only states
that divided their votes. Ii the Van Buren, ma
Or.y in these States had cast their votes together
against the two-thirds rule, that rule would not
have been carried, and Mr.. VAN buren, would
have been nominated on the First Ballot. Or, II
the district system of voting had been adopted,
such as the Calhoun men had been urging III
their newspapers, the per capita votes III all The
States where Dir. Van buren, had friends, more
or less in all certainly more than any other can
didate, this district system would have defeated
tho twothirds rule Virginia, however, by send
ing SO Delegates, when entitled to only II, MIS-
sissippi too, by contrivng to have more delegates
than electoral votes, Louisiana, by having only
two for her whole representation, rs well as some
other States, which did not have their full CON-
element, prevented, as the Speaker decided, the
adoption OF the per capita system IN these States,
and made il necessary TO give the vote entire -
Mr. BUTLER in suffering the Speaker 10 mako
these decisions, and by not making them uniform,
lost the majority rule he con;cndcd for, inasmuch
as the only two States, Massachusetts ana Penn
sylvlnis, where majority was opposed TO the
twothirds rule aid the two-thirds rule, by a.
lowing seventeen additional votes to be gwen for
it, which deducted from the majority, and added
to the minority, wonld have defeated the propo
sition This was Mr. Buffers fault, and Mir.
WRIGrr's foresight, for Mr.. Wright, being a
Pennsylvania, knew very we'll that tse majority
of that State was for Mr.. VAN BuRES, and That
the only chance he and h. part Of tho party
mad of being heard and Of being enabled 10 vlo-
late their Van Barren instructions. was IN such a
decision, and by the establishment OF @o.lhirds
rule 10 break down MIR. VAN BURgH 50 az then
u hare {. pretepcc to vote Tor some other person.
As Mr. BUTLER then had not wisely confessed
n debate. 6ir VAN Buren, could not carry tvs
thirds, although on the first ballot he fell bai %
.hcrt Seven baiiotlngs took place, when Mr.
MILLER OF Ohio attempted 20 yet hearing in
behalf OF SIR. VAS buren,, hu; was scnced by
the presiding officer, and only heard through the
unanimous consent Of the Convention, which he
Obtained by crt atDg L scene Of riot and conl1-
sion, and whc! he threatened 20 keep up Til he
vas heard having AIr. ''EDasY, OF the Ohio
Statesman. and MIR. McNuLTY, Clerk of the
House OF Repre- eniivcs, TO back him. The Pre-
siding Officer, Mr.. WacHr, decided both MIR.
MILLER and Mr.. MsDARY to he out Of order in
moving the Suspension or the abolition Of thetwo.
,hrds rule ilr. WRIGHr would not hear nor re.
ceiva i resolution OF Mr. MILLER, nominating
llr VAN BUagH. Mr. WGiGnr, indeed very
gravely decided, that It you'd require t"o.
thirds vote 10 reac!nd the two thirds rule bare
majority had Just adopted, and that TO Eescind ii,
too, ,oould requue one days notiee, in Il Conven
ton that might adjourn SINE de, that very night.
The .:hole power OF the Convention "as thus, by
this decision, thrown into the hands OF the minor
,,y without any power or the part OF the minority
70 cx,rlcate themselves The Ohioans rebeIled, I
as well they might They threatened to sccede,
and 20 home They pronounced nomination
made under such decisions in no ways binding
New-York gave them no aid, but Mr.. BUTLER
seemed to throw cold water upon their manly and
indignant rebukc of the unwarrantabe and laugh
able decisions eff the Chairman. This was on
Tuesday evening, and the Convention adjourned