The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-01-19
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Ii is thus apparent that the principle Of the organi-
cation Of the Baltimore Convention is, that 10 votes
IL New York are 10 be Counted 81 Ia in Penn
sylvania 26; in Vmgioia, as II and that the
70 votes in the seven SaDes c. btrolling the nomina-
tiop enabled thus to control it, because the six "
four minority votes are TO be given in favor Of the
candidate selected 10y the Is, To say that II will
rarely If happen that tie districts In these
States will be DIVIDED to make he here pre-
sented does not meet the issue because the principle
remaiGs the same, whether the rights, interests and
references thus to be irodjen under foot, be of one
or of siXiyfour districts.
The reason assigned by the Syracuse Convention
is no less Objectionable than the principle itself -
1t is that this concentration of the Jower of the
LARGER States is indispensable 10 their AscEN-
DEScY in The Democratic party. For says Of their
resolutions:
Z" II is important to the Democracy of the Union
that the Democracy of each Stale should be kept in
the ascendant, and in union and harmony in Itself
and is perhaps deniaJis that party be long per-
nonent and pdramo luu in the Union unless II has The
support Of some or all Of the larger Siaies.'
A gainst the principle here asserted, we enter our
80 emn protest. The Ell ct of it will be- to beget
system of corrupt political bargaining among The
party leaders in the larger States, and to estlbsh in
each of these larger States a secret political junto
charged with the distribution of the honos and emolu-
ments of office controlling the selection of candidate
aud dcvating the measures of government The mi
noriy Of the party, however much they may disap-
prove, must throw Their weight and influence IN favor
of men and measures adopted and put forth by their
party leaders, unite with their political opponents
to resist them. The effect Therefore Of yielding our
support to this principle, will be to encourage hese
party leaders select heir candidates and adopt their
measures in reference to their fish purposes of
individual sggrandzemen, regardless OF the interests
of the great dy of The people or of the principles Of
the party. Such party organization dangerous to
public liberty, and it is the duty of every man, what
hay ha.n VIZ Ia
unite with us in resisting it.
Ii was urged IN the Syracuse Convention that the
practice to elect the electors by general ticket and
they say that they believe it would violate the creed
and change the practice of the Democratic party to
choose delegates by districts, While the electors are
chosen by general ticket We do not feel our elves
ca led upon now to discuss the question, whether
the choice If electors by districts is most in &C
cordance with Democratic uscge aud principles -
The choice of electors to carry into effect the
will of the Democratic party after that will has
be fairly and properly ascertained and expressed
IL a proposition entirely distinct fIom the choice of
deegat,s TO a convention, whose duty it is to CON
suit and after a due consultation to select candi.
date to be voted for. The selection # the ca ndi
date makes the issue between and our political
opponents, and may fully admit that when that
sci cton is fair and properly made, it becomes our
duty 10 sustain the selection thus made and that il is
a question the Democratic party in each State to
determine for themselves in what manner they can
very different question is presented in Democratic
Convention. The question there IL between persons
of the same political faith and principles met togeih-
err for the purpose of consulting upon whom it is
their duty to unite of consol dating their
strength and need not 60 further than the snay-
sis OF the States given above TO illustrate the
injustice, the fatal injustice, Of adopting the prnci-
pie asserted by the Syracuse Convention for can
dldly believe that Mr.. Van Buren, (the candidate
commended by that convention, and who if its prn-
cipe prevails, will no doubt be nominated at Balti-
more) will not OBJ ain single electoral vote in the
seven States, thus making the nomination. In 1910
he was sustained by all the influence of the power
and patronage of the Government and yet these Sc
ven State, with the exception OF Virginia, now Civ
ing majority of the electoral vote all voted agans
| him Who name an elector, opposed to HIM il
| 1910, who will vote for him nowl And who that il
not blinded by the most fatal party delusion, in The
face of these facts and the radical and conclusive
objections 10 the organization Of the Baltimore Con