The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-06-27
From the Savannah Republican
new THE THING vas Bone.

Should Mr.. Van. Buren We, have any
friends On The South, Il may afford them
some eradication 10 kaow hos he vas
she ted out Of the leminatlon n Bslli-
more.
From The eri glanee. il vas matter 81
ast ,nishSent n ", how tho lriends Of
that gen lemsn. being in clear majority
rf over lhry 10 The Convention, could
have consented To The two third rule. and
thereby tslest their fayori,e, The story
may be learned By . comparison Of the
y"ie. on the passage Of that rule. The
Pennsyls ania delegation, Il appears,
though instructed 10 vote for Van, had q
secret design go 30 fan the disafec,ions
between the Csss and Van Buren factions
% 10 bring sbost the nqninsiIop Of Blu
ehsnan % the eonpromI.s candidate.
Hence they made rule 10 release Them
selves lrnm The ins,rneiiops of their con-
sptUsnis. knowing stihe pme that neiiler
Of The rival candidates could passibly get
Two thirds Of ihs Convention. The se-
quail Of tbs matter we give from the New
York TriSune:
The moment lie iwo third rule was
adopted Van Buren's lac was sealed, and
he ought IN have BEEN ~ithdrawn alter
the second ballot. or never. Bot he vas
pushed on 10 utter discontinue: bis no.
n'nsl friends, but secret opponents, drop
ped OF BY pl4,oons ,q Cas-; and u seem
Ell obVlups that Cass would be pomjns;
when an sdjnrnment sas carried on Tues
bay evening. Probably suo,her ballot
then would have carried him, as Kenluc-
Ky. Louisiana, and some other States.
were prepared t. 20 over 10 him. Rul
the Cunreation aijouTpfd for the nigh.
and csncussing began. The Van Bnfen
men, themselves defeated, we're e,ill one
hundred strong, and able 10 defeat any
nqmInaron. though not ta make one,
They were fully resolved that Csss fol
rather ,hs brokers' Of CASE should no
riOnPh. Theu best man 10 pI,ch on va,
s las Wright: but he would no, consent,
a ID ,h- Annexalionists would no, take
bum. Nexl IN ordsT obviously STOOD Mr
Bucbansn. who might haye Wade goot
ron. perhaps restoring their battle in Penn
sylysDia; hui tie doublp-deal,ng of hi,
friends had rendered him deeply obnox
i"us, The S,unth had no feeling fol
Cass, and had only used him .. the bes
weapon 10 beai Yam Buren,; they wei.
h"w r. ady to discard him for any NOR,
devoted partisan. Johnson would have
run well, but he il menislly and phi, 81
rally wreck. and M 6,ier for PIesi,len
than cbIld. Calhoun they could mo-
tough: aud at lat Polk ~ss biz on. He
was one Of tie earlies, and gost de er
m'ntd Ireyas men. spd 60 accep able IA
ihe Sou'hi the Delegation from his State
had supported Esss throug bu, they
had never prolessed 10 be Tor Van Bnrrn,
an so had not cheated him. The Cal.
bonn interest could not claim bin ss t5eir
man; lie Van Bsren men could swallow
him. thuugh silb some choking. aud they
would moi Iake Case. So Polk vas, q,
tie last m"meot. most ungraciou.ly &C.
r.p'edby the New York men. though moi
II hey Rad eyhsust d every effort 70,
Van Buren,, end asked leave to with.
drs~ from the CanyenuoD. with was de.
med them. And so James X. Polk
certainly not more Than ? ,hird-rats poll.
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