Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-03-14
Martin VAN Buren, and Penn


great State have been in some respects pecu-
iiar Van Buren's letter in reply to the
Pennsylvania Contention, Jan 18th Is tx
Never within our knowledge or recollec-
ton did the sage Of Lindenwald utter more
truthful sentence. His relations with that
great State and her democracy have indeed
been very peculiar. So peculiar, that she
has always de,ested his prime ipies, and new
or but once did she stoop low as to ex
| tend to him the least mark OF her favor
| He was never a favorite in the old Keystone.
and twice has she stamp &c himwith the seal
Of her condemnation. TO see this, it is on
| w necessary to lock into her political hiSto
nv of past years. On the 5th Of March 1882,
a State Convention was held at Harrisburg
to nominate candidates for President and
Vice President. Every county in the State
was represented, and there were 1872 dele
gates in attendance. They voted unanim-
ously for Gen. Jackson as the candidate for
the Presidency, and nominated VIM. VIII
kins, now Secretary Of War, for the Vice
Presidency. Martin Van Buren, received at
no time, more than votes for Vice Presi-
dem and on the 10th ballot his vote was re-
duccd to UNIT. One vote, out Of l32,
what Il peculiar relation. George kremer,
the same miserable tool, who was prom-
| nent in charging Mr. Clay with bargain
and corruption" gave that vote. Yes !!
none but the convicted libeler, none but
the yilest slanderer and rcviler, was so poor
as to do him reverence.
| That Convention was not, however, con-
tent with voting against him US a candidate;
they were determined that Martin Van Bu
rem should in no event get the vote OF Penn
sylyania Hence they passed tie following
| resolution:
| "Resolred, That If the nomination for
the Wee Presidency made by this conve1-
ton should fail by death or otherwise, SO
that the candidate nominated should cease
to be candidate, that then the electors
nominated by this Convention be, and they
are hereby instructed to give their electoral
| votes for the Vice President to George VI.
Dallas, he being the next highest in vote
| in this convention.
| Yet in the face Of these proceedings Mar
| tin Van Buren,, true to his character, at
tempted to secure by strategy and manevre,
that, which his own political friends had SO
pointedly denied. He therefore commenced
through his George Kremer men, an in
trigue with some of the electoral candi-
dates to induce them to violate their sol
emn pledges, disregard the voice of their con-
stituents and vote for him. The plot was
discovered, and exposed by CIV. SAMUEL
| McKEAN, who stood at the head of the Jack
son Electoral Ticket, in letter to the
"Montrose Pa. Register" It is dated Har.
risburg September 18th, 1892, and is to be
found in Niles Register of that period. To
show in what contempt Martin Van Buren,
was at that day held by Pennsylvania, we
will give extracts from that letter. The
writer says:
II had already noticed, with no ether
emotions than those Of contempt and disgust
the movements and declarations to which
you allude, designed to create belief that
the Presidential electors nominated on the
the 5th of March last would if elected, vote
will not believe that any honest and intelli-
gent friend Of General Jackson can be guilty
of such gross temerity. Should ercn tceH-
grounded suspicion prerQil that sucha course
irould be ultimately pursued By any portion Of
the electors on our ticket, thousands Of Gen.
Jdckson's sincere friends ,oould be deferred
from supporting ii and If the corrupt at
tempt to induce this course be persisted la to
the last, it may render doubtful EVEN THE
ENTIRE ELECTORAL VOTE FOR GEN. JACKSON
HIMSELF
"My personal respect for the President,
and the conneXion unfortunate | must call |
it, both for the country and Gen. Jackson) |
which recently existed between him and
Mr. Van Buren,, have hitherto deferred me,
in some measure, from speaking of the latter
as think he deserves. The unsraring bit.
terness of his former opposition to Cen. Jack
son continued until erery hope of success
,oas blasted by the frmnes of PENNSYLVANIA,
argues but lille in fapor Of the sincerity and
patriotism of his late IA WING PRO
FESSIONS, to sag nothing of their gross
ness and serrihty. Situated as | am, when |
at home, on the confines Of the State OF
New York, and having been personally init
mate with many of Mr. Van Buren's parti- |
sans, few individuals have had better OPP
portunities than myself of marking his po-
litical manauvres for the last twenty years;
during which time he has exhibited all the
po,oers and qualities, ,uim regard to politics,
Of the chameleon, assuming euery hue OF cot
or ,rhich his ambitious purposes, in v lew of
the exigences of the moment, seemed to
require. To speak plainly, 1 kno,c him TO be
DEVOID OF POLITICAL INTEGRE
TY, ana most Of those high qualities of the
mind, which, wherever they may be found
| humbly trust no minor difference in mat
tiers of human opinion will ever prevent me
from daily acknowledging o. yielding just
respect for. Cunning and certain species
of popular talent he indeed possesses; but
these only render him the more dangerous
in times of public excitement and illusion
When he first entered Gen. Jackson's cabi-
net expressed my serious misgivings of
the result to Judge Mclean (then Postmas-
ter GeneraE and others, and the mschiefs
which | then apprehended have been more
than verified. His ,chole course has been
that Of political disorganizer, rhenerer it
could promote his selfish schemes. Party ar
nprtc fba c1rreH fiee nf pc,