Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-05-31

Mr. van Buren, always reaeenIs ms promises W lno
people. He never even cheats their expectation lie
is always better than his word.
The nomination of Colonel Polk will, ut first, be re-
ceived disappointment by oil who have embarked
atdenty IN the support OF the candidates heretofore
prominent; but little cool reflection will convince
every who prefers the his personal nclI
nations that, under the circumstances, this act oil The
Convention ludicous-was, in truth, necessary 10
the salvation of the party The dssensIon had gone
too far in the Convention u be settled by the triumph
of any Of the candidates under WHOSE flag 1t was
conducted Colonel Polk had time any share IN
them; and in o:her respects he Is perfectly unaxceP-
tonable He is man Of ability unquestioned probity,
un,rng industry, and sound judgment, guarded by an
ever vigilant prudence. He well versed in pubic
affairs; and has always, his conduct of them, both IN
Congress and IN the State administration, been directed
by lnfexlbe Democratic principle In all points OF
principle and policy, he has been a resoIu,e and firm
antagonist Of Mr. Clay. IT. therefore, III. person
al preferences of our party be discarded, man could
have been selected better suited to the occasion
There are particular circumstances in the choice OF
Colonel Polk which reconcile the loss of great
est avorte He 10 Fennesseap; ard the attitude OF
an aabsurbng topic IN that section will enable him
achieve in that State, and give the old hero OF
The Hermitage the satisfaction OF Witnessing the
turn Of his beloved Tennessee 10 the Democratic fold
before be closes his earthly This consideration
we have doubt, will make amends TO Mr. Van Buren,
for any regret he might feel al the sesacrfice he has
nobIy made, and in degree alleviate the mort
icaon which mind tendery alive as his is TO any
thing that looks Ike condemnation passed on him by
the party to which he has devoted his life must ex.
perience in seeing the almost universal verdict OF the
people in his favor, turned against him by the people
Con yenticn. But we know that MIR. Van Buren, wou
ra Their 4 rag of Joy gid the evening of the life Of
his venerable friend of the Hermitage, than achieve a
new triumph for himself
(Fiom The G!obe Corrcspondeni)
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
) o'clock l.. Nj Muy ~ 1914.
Sir:-l see By your paper that letter reached
you ircm here last evening. do not wonder ut IT. as
every thing seemed to te going wrong with us; and
suppose The Postmaster here sent The letters wrong sl
so, or did wrong by not mailing them. Every thing
CoesRIsHr to-day; and viii write in time and carry
my letter right TO you.
Last evening was the darkest, thought, ever saw W,
pocay y aud this morning was no better, 20 all ap-
psaraEces. 1t was said this marnng, at breakfast that
the friends Of Colonel Johnson would go over TO Cass,
bat that they were not numerous enough nominate
him. and their going over would create bad feeling
with some OF the other delegations, and make matters
worse. Tho Conve ntou met al o'clock, A. NJ , and
soon afterwards the ballong commenced aud, sure
enough the II friends of Colonel Johnson, who voted
for him on the last ballot last evening, voted for Cass
But so others who voted for Cnss last evening, voted
for others this morning; and the first ballet Tor Cass
this morning was short Of what the last
was for him last night The FIRST ballot this morning
was as follows Cass ia, Van Buren, l04, Polk A.
Calhoun . and Buchanan y Maine led Oft the bal!
l.t BY giving Poll, c2i. of her nine votes and New
Hampshire fo!low ed, giving him her whole votes
The balance TO make up the IA was given by Ten
nessee, which had a. every previous ballong, be
lieve, given her thirteen votes for Ca55 dby what
may be termed scattering votes. | heard ore of the
delegates from Maine say, just before the bailong
CONNIE nced tIa, he would draw The fire of Tennesse
TO Polk by voting for hm-and sure enough IL had
the effect desired or inended.
The second ballot commenced like the first, and so
went on until New York was called, when her delega-
ton withdrew to consult When they returned, b.
Bu,lsr, Esq delegate from the Sixth District Of New
York, made very eloquent speech, which consumed
some fifteen o. twenty minutes, and concluded by
withdrawing the name of Mr.. Van Buren, from The list
of candidates lie said be had had in his pocket ever
since the Convention met here, letter from MIR. Van
Buren, authorizing his name to be withdrawn when
ever he (Mr. Butler) might think the harmony of the
party required II; and understood Mr. Butler 10 say
that he had Informed his colleagues that he had
such letter All The New York delegates then voted
for Polk except COL Young, who voted a blank; but
before ell the other States called Col Young gave
his vote for Col. Polk. After New York gave her full
vu,e for Polk, some other States that had scattered
mar, of their votes corrected" them, and gave their
entire votes for him. A few "correctons were made
by States which voted after New York.
When it was thought all the States had voted, and
voted unanimously for Col Polk, Ghough the fact wns
tina, Missouri and or other States had not voted
gentleman from Maryland arose-hs name sounded
to me keui,mei-and said in an eloquent manner, that
nothing now wanting but one absent sister 10 com
plete the harmony of the party AS he sal down, Mr..
f. w Pickens and MIR. franklin Elmore, of South
Carolina both from their seats and indicated that
the absent sister was there and would gladly DO all IN
her power To perfect the harmony Of the party. AS
soon this understood every person in the room
believe, from his seat; and such waving of hand
kerchets and cheering heard before
When the Joy subsidized 4 Little Mr. Pckens was
invited 10 the platform which the President sat; and
there amidst deafening cheers he assured The Demo
cratic party that South Carolina was with them, and
would show the Wing party of his Stale TO be "few
and lar between as mlestones. When he had conclu-
died. Mr. Gilmore addressed The delegates from the same
platform, and gave TO them The assurances.
felt for hun when he commenced believing that he
MUST fall an immcasurable distance below Mr. PIckens
but when, even before, he had concluded my fears
vans he'd
They did not consider themselves fully authorized 10
give the vote of Sou,l. Carolina nominate u candi-
date for The Presidency; but they thought they could
safely pledge the of the State for the nominee
W hch more important. After the States bad oil
been called through. 1t wcs found tina.
JAMES X. POLK, IF Tennessee,
had been unanimously nominated as the democratic
candidate for the presidency: and the convention then
took recess, adjourned, until o'clock,
When the convention assembled again, at o'clock
Senator Walker nominated the Honorable SiLAS
WRlGH HI as candidate Tor the vice presidency; but
he and others took up much time in eulogztng MIR
Wright that | could not wait TIL the bao;ing COM
menced Vermont and Massachusetts beth claimed
the honor Of his having been born within limits
P. When arrived here Earned that Mr.. Wr5
had been nominated for Vice President had received
notice of his nomination By the telegraph and declined
through the same channel mode of cons eyance, 10
be candidate for that office. Indeed understood in
Baltimore that it had been ntimacd 10 Mr.. Wright
that il was the intention OF the convention to nominate
thntI
TO Lieutenant Governor Dickinson, 4 delegate from
New York, declining 10 be considered candidate for
any office. sorry he did so but rejoice that we
have such man in our party.
THE NoNISArIoNs.-ht half past one O'Clock to-
day. the Baltimore Democratic Convention unanimously
nominu ted james X Polk of Tennessee for the Pfes-
dency. And though his nomination was most unex-
pscted by us-as indeed it must have been TO most of
our readers-yet hail It with The most cordia! and
sincere appreciation We hail it the first fruits of
that harmony, concert and thorough union, which are
TO party, and under whose influence We