Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-02-14
THE NEXT PRESIDENCY.

Already does TINS suo]ec' e"s'"''
large share Of public attention. and mat
,ers are daily developing themselves IN
all parts of the Union in reference 10 the
question. At this stage Of tho mSvements'
in relation to the nomination Of candidates
for The office, the question seems 10 oe
settled, though some FIVE mouths IN all
vance Of the contemplated action OF the
National Convention. to which il is to be
submitted. Tho way and manner ~
which this early decision, ~ to who shall
be the candidates, has been brought, about;
i. worthy Of attentive consideration, mas
much as il will in all probability have a
preponderaiing influence, in deciding the
election Of President--so far as The nomi-
nation of candidate on the part OF th'
Wings is concerned, ii matters moi, whe'h-
OF Convention 10. or is not called. The
unanimous voice Of the party, land a. we
believe OF a majority of:he Nati"n.) has
long since settled the question, and whesh'
er a Convention shall consIs, Of volun-
,eer. from the great mass, or Of individu-
als selected by casting lots; or of dele
gn,es chosen by primary meeli ngs Of the
people, the result will be the same. The
Convention will have but one ob)e ct in
view. aud ,ha, object will be, 10 carry out
the will of their constituents, by the NOM
ina,ion of HENRY CLAY: and this
duty they will perform, with those proud
and unsut dued feelings Of Americans and
patriots, that looked with contempt on the
caucus management and petty inirigues ,
BY which Martin Van Buren, attempt ed
in 1924 (uuder the cloak Of Democracy. }
to force VIM. H. Crawford into the Pre-
s;dential chair against the will Of the ma.
lion, aud on the strength ola caucus com.
posed Of &c individuals, (self chosen) and
cons ,sting Of members Of Congress. VOL
untecrs, and s,rsgglers, all told. The pub
lie will, having thus determined on the
nomin alton of Mr.. CLAY as the Wing
candidate, there remains no other duty
for Convention to perform, than 10 car
~ that will into execution ard this We
believe with Senators w. c. Rives. and
]. C. Calhoun) is good. sound, Jefferson
ian Democracy-for the plain simple
reason that it consulls and regards the
public will.
I, seems also to be point equally well
settled and certain, that Mr.. Van Buren,
will receive the nomination of the Con-
vention to be assembled al Baltimore in
May next, to which delegates have aIrea-
dy been appointed by mos, of,he States
and the plain and obvious difference in
the two cases here presented, IS: that in
the one, the unbiased will of the public
prevails. and, in case Convention is call
ed ut all. it will be but to ratify that will.
and devise ways and me ans TO give force
and effect to its determinations. While
IN tho other case a Convention is made
up Of individuals. selected and packed by
the machinery Of caucus and party discip-
line. for the express purpose Of over-.ul.
ing and defeating the public will, and for
cling into the Presidential chair an indi.
vldual, who three years ago was expelled
from that station, by the voice Of ma.
jori,y Of more than ONE HUNDRED
AND FIFTY THOUSAND of tho cleo
tors of the country. In short, the Con.
vcniion in the one case is to be, what all
Republican Conventions ought to be-
ever have been-and ever will be, wiz y
the organ and instrument OF the public
will. And in the other case, it is made
the instrument and organ Of Martin Van
Buren,. to defraud and defeat the public
will. and by force Of caucus machinery.
override the voice Of the Nation, and
render it snbservient TO his own ambitious
designs and those Of mis- trained and dis
ciplined corps, whose only trade is poll
tics, and whose bread is the spoils ofoffi-
cial plumber. The u1enviabie distinction
of perver,ing the use Of caucu.es and
Convention from their legitimate objects,
and rendering them the instruments Of IN
dividuaI and personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, be-
lorgs to Mr.. Van Buren,. His FIRST essay
on the National theatre was to make Mr..
Crawford President in 1924, az we have
stated above. The rebuke which this at
tempt received at the hands Of the Ma
ton, and which left his regularly nomi.
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