The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-01-06

oil the Branch Mint at Charlotte, Norm caro-
lina, in the place of Burgess S. Gather.
ALEXANDER DOWNING to be Surveyor Gene
raj Of Public Lands South of Tennessee, in the
place Of Benjamin Ludlow.
"THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOM
NATION Is ALREADY MADE"
These words form the title and text Of an ar
ticle in the Democratic Review for the present
month, which hears internal evidence. we think,
Of having been revised by Mr.. Van Buren, him
self We canuo, suppose that any OF his friends,
without communion with him, would. under pre-
sent circumstances, venture 10 speak so boldly
for him as the writer of this article does, at the
close Of it, on the delicate subject of protective
tariff
The mask, therefore, is now thrown aside.
moi with confidence merely, but with effron terry;
and the respective pretenders to the support Of
the Democratic party are coolly and authorta-
lively informed that their fate is already decided
without the aid Of the Baltimore Convention.
But we will let this herald from Kinderhook
speak for himself. After announcing the great
fact no longer equivocap' that, no matter how
the Convention may be organized, or what its
mode of voting, Mr.. Van Buren, canno, fail Of
tain on the first ballot, the votes Of at least 200
Of the s75 delegates, he says:
"We repeat the opening words of the present art.
cle-ths Democratic Presidential nomination is already
made. All should receive it SUCH and act upon it
accordingly. IL is unnecessary for US to cat TIL .Msy
it would be perhaps fatally injurious for to do
before regarding settled the plan of the approach
ing campaign far depends this its first pre-
liminary point Before this point ascsrained the
efforts Of the friends Of other candidates were natu
rally given to the immediate ohjec, of the advo
cy ofiheir respective claims than 10 the common and
remote one Of preparing for the general party
contest. Local organization and movement within
the party for the purpose of influencing its selection
to be made through the Baltimore Convention have
rather engaged the attention of numerous and active
classes, well Of influential newspapers than that
far more important organization and movement for
the election ITSELF in which all the other partial and
preliminary movements must merge themselves -
These internal Discussions have in too many cases
assumed 4 tone Of mutual acrimony which cannot be
too strongly reprobaed alike for the spirit from which
hproceeded and for the dangers toward which it tend
ed. Is noc, think time that alt this should
that all further competition for the nomination Of the De-
moerohe party should be felt TO be al an end"
The Globe has not yet ventured to speak
quite so plainly as this. 1t merely limited. at the
time Of announcing "the great fact" of the
election of Messrs. Blair & Rives as Printers to
the House, that there was no longer any need of
q Democratic Convention at Baltimore. and
that no honorable member of the party would
continue 10 oppose the obvious will of the ma
jority. But from The moment that the Globe
the respective merits and pretensions of all the
Democratic candidates for the Presidency, and
spoke in the most aifectionale aud admirine
terms Of each" Cataline" included - none
knew better than its conductor, that a sufficient
number of the delegates to the Baltimore Con-
vention had already been secured TO make Mr.
Van Buren's nomination certain He knew
that he was practising an impudent deception,
more insulting TO the intelligence of the other
candidates, and more contemptuous Of the
whole party, than if he had from the outset
honestly declared his exclusive adherence TO Mr.
Van Buren,. He knew that there was not the
remotest chance Of any other name being pre-
scented TO the Convention, except for The pur-
pose of being dsgraced by ridiculous minority
of votes-a disgrace to which it is not now
likely that any man possessing an ordinary share
OF self-respect will expose himself, in order 10
carry on farce, and add, by way of contrast,
to the glory which Mr.. Van Buren, is to receive
fvo,, -.
must now all Withdraw, or else pretend 10 be
dupes to the end, in order TO avoid the confess
sion Of having been cheated and fooled
But the writer for the Review has some con-
ISOLATION for the wounded vanity of the rejected
candidates. Mr.. Van Buren's denomination,
he says, was pre-ordained cit was virtually
made on the 4th Of March, 1S4l - and there
fore, if any have been led as,ray by their hopes
or deceived by the preparations for a Conven-
ton, and the solemn and elaborate discussions
respecting the mode of constituting it, it is their
own fault. Mr.. Van Burens re- nomination was
obviously necessary, because" Another leader
other issues-woud not answer! 1t must be
with the same issues-under the same leader
or the victory already resolved upon with a pro-
phetic determination, were but half a triumph"
No matter what changes may have taken place
in the state of the country, so as to render the
same " ISSUES" untitled to the welfare of the
People, still they must be insisted on. In fact,
the welfare of the People has nothing to do with
the question. The disgrace of defeat under Mr.
Van Buren, is to be wiped out. vengeance, /"
says this writer :" is not exactly the word--but
we must honestly confess il is something a lit
tie like ito express what we all then, who
had taken a warm part in the recent con