The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-01-19

reposterous-impossibe This brings us TO consd-
er what we should do in this great emergency. Shall
we patiently acqIesce, and go into hopeless contest
forced upon US ny intriguing and interested persons,
VINO see no prospect OF being restored to Office but m
Inc re-eiecuon oil candidate whom the people have
rejected and by doing so, abandon principles, or
shall we rally 10 their support as freemen'
FOR ourselves, we are resolved. We desire to act
in harmony WITH and to preserve the integrity of,
the Democratic party We wish to secure the tri-
umph OF our principles, by selecting candidate
nominated IN such manner to unite and arouse
IT'S energies IN Ms support We cannot concur in any
nomination 10 be made by the Baltimore Conrention be-
cause zoe cannot acqiesce IN the principle hch is
to be organized Charged, as we have been, by the
Republican voters of the city and county of New
York, with recommending measures for the preser
walton of their free and unbiased right of suffrage
we have deemed it expedient to ascertain as far as
practicable, the public sentiment of the party to
the best and surest means of preserving harmony
and OF securing TIE of our candidate, and
the only hope Of accomplishing these desirable ends,
alter due delI0eratlon and consultations propose
that the voters in each Congressional district in the
United States shall, at such time and place they
may deem tit, elect one delegate to convention to
be- holden in tte city of Philadelphia, in the State
House, where our fathers declared independence,
to nominate OF thf 4th day of July next, (the ami
versary of that day on which we became free peo-
pe,) candidate to be supported by the Democratic
party The delegates thus chosen in each State to
choose two others, for such State and all Of them,
when in Convention to vote per capita. That
the candidate of the party, if thus nominated,
will be elected, is as ceitain as that the candidate
nominated by the Baltimore Convention will be de-
feated On the hand is union, harmony, and
success, because the nomination would be fair ex-
preston of the preference of the party the other
is disunion, discord, and defeat, because the nOmna
ton will be in violation o the spirit and letter of the
Constitution
We have seen that the proposed organization of
the Baltimore Convention is urged, as a means Of
preserving the controlling influence of the large
States Now il might be well objected, that none of
the States but those in which the democratic candi
date will receive Majority, should be consulted in
selecting the candidate. The States in which there
is an undoubed democratic majority, admit into the
Conven ion, delegates from other States, which can
not send single democratic electoral vo!e into the
electoral college, and why do they do so Is it not
because they desire to give to each part Of the demo-
cratic family, that influence in the selection OF cam
ddate, which was contemplated BY the Constitution
which gave to n York 81 votes, not because N York
was state, but because New York as State, con-
tans population, which, as compared with the pop
uaton of the other States entities that population to
36 votes The 36 votes given to the people of the
State and not to the State. Indeed, when the State
! comes to vote State, the "a representatives in
ngress give but in g. thus negatving the
principle asserted by the Syracuse Convention which
would enable the vote Of seven States TO control the
votes OIL the other ~ States violation OF the prn
cipe asserted in the Constitution
But it is not only advocates Of the rights Of the
people of this and Of the other States that proes
| against the proceedings Of the Syracuse Convention
and the manner III which the Baltimore Convention
| IS to be organized. We who wish TO preserve goo
faith with the whole democratic famy-who wis
10 give effect 10 the will of the people, protest in GU
own behalf, and in the of public liberty, agans
proceedings which are an utter abandonment OF on
principles which enable minority to control IN
naJorIty-and we protest the more earnestly, becaus
| our political Opponents taking advantage OF our dis
sessions, have constituted their convention by dis
trict representation, on the democratic basis Name
| are things and when we remember how often the led
era party have changed their name, and that but 70
| the act Of God, their change Of nam. and Mr. Val
| Bur~n's want OF popularity, would have enab then
to Impose upon US a National Bank, with other mea
sures most prejudicisl 10 ineres s, are ad
| monished OF the necessity Of adherng to our prncl
piles and preserving the democratic platform not only
Tor this, but for every ,ther contest with our pou
cal opponents. We would urge immediate and
energetic organization The time has come, wher
the people must act together and for themselves-tc
do tins they must organze-let no one put of unit
| tomorrow, what should be done to day Meet To-
gether-organize committees-select your delegates
to the democratic convention, and you value pub
lie liberty, eX-rt yourselves in support OF the candl
date whom they may nominate
We have said that our political opponents, taking
advantage OF our discussions, have constituted thel
convention by districts, on the Democratic basis
is proper that we should add that, as party tbei
proceedings, and especially the measures adopte
during the exra session of the late Congress- as tn
test gu sons of their party are liable TO the obJec
tions urge against the proceedings of the Syracus
Convention. 1t is well known that those measure
were discussed and adopted in caucus and that mem
bers OF Congress, elected by and responsible to h
people; to preserve and protect the Constitu
ton bound to discharge their duty best TO pro
|
dered their judgment and their votes at the dIctaoI
Of an irresponsible body, sitting in oonclave, whC
hide their proceedings from the public eye, because
their deeds being evil, they dare not perform them II
open day. Ii is the duty Of the people 10 rescue tht
Government from such despotlsm and we cal
upon you TO rally with US in sending delegates &c
Philadelphia, there 10 declare our independence o.
King Caucus upon the spot and on the anniversary Of
the day on which our ancestors declared their indie
pendence of King George. Let il not be said tina
this is proposition to divide the party The party il
already divided and they so divided because
few unworthy seek TO rule ruin us, and be
cause in their attempt to do this they have abused
our confidence and deserted principles. So fa
from intending TO divide the party, we propose thi
measure as the only means OF producing union anc
concert.
| If the advocates of the Baltimore Convention de
sire the ell cton OF Democratic candidate, let then
abandon their caucus dictaton and unite with us il
| giving fair and unbiased expression TO the will oil
the party; but if they resolved to rule or ruin
! if they refer defeat with the candidate nominated by
Convention, organized upon principle which ena
| bles a corrupt combination OF few intriguing poll
! tcians to control and defeat the will and the prefer
ences Of the party TO success with candidate nom
mated by Convention organized upon principle
which gives full effect to the will and secures the pre-
ference of the people, upon them and not upon us be
the responsibility. They may, by the desertion o.
our principles and dividing our party, defeat Us
now; they may place power in the hands of oui
political opponen 5 they may thus, for time, rule
us but ruin us they cannot. Truth and public vir
tue eternal and it is for us, fellow citizens, Ia,
tax-payng peope, to rally upon he principles o
the Constitution, and thus preserve and perpetual,
the free institutions Of our county.
COMMIT ZEE
Adm d Wilson, Charles A. Clinton,
Gee, rye Baldwin j l.. n. McCrackan,
Edmund S. Derry, John Murphy,
! Mrdad Plau, William Francis,
! Stephen Hasbrouck SAMUEL X MacNeven