Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-02-24

President, they will take good care to
divide the patronage and offices, both
Of the General and State Governments.
among themselves and their depen-
cants. But why say WiH? Is i, no.
already the casr2 Have there no,
been mahy instances Of State Conven.
tons being filled by Office holders aud
o!lice-seekers. who. afer making the
nomination. have divided tile Offices in
the Stale among themselves and their
parllsans. and joined Recommending
to the candidate whom they had jus.
nominated 10 apPoia, them 10 the off,
ces to which they have been respective
ly allotted. lf such be HE case in the
infancy Of the system. it must end, If
such conventions should become the
established usage. i'll the Presidents
nominating his successor. When it
comes to that, j, will notbe long before
the sword will take the place Of The
Constitution.
Such are my objections TO the mode
in which tile proposed Conven.ionis to
be constituted, aud my reasons for en-
,ertalning them. They are such that
cannot refuse to obey them wilhou, re-
nounring the principles which have
often ayowed in public and private, and
which have guided me through the
whole course Of my public life.
In coming to this conclusion have
not passed over without careful exami-
nation the reasons assigned by its advo-
Gates for constituting the Convention as
they propose. They have no. dimin.
ished the force of my objections.
propose TO notice the most prominent.
That which they nave urged with
The creates, confidence is, tina, each
State has right to arpoin, delegates
as she pleases. NEE. i, by utterly
denying tina, there is any such right.
That each State has the right to act as
it pleases in whatever relates to itself
exclusively, 10 one will deny; but it is
a perfectly novel doctrine tina. any
State has such right when she comes
to act in concert with others in refer
encc to wha. concerns The whole. In
such cases i, is the planest dictate Of
common sense, that whatever affects
the whole should be regulated by the
mutual consent of all, and not by the
discretion OF each. That tile appoint
men, of delegates to the proposed Con-
ven,ion is "A case Of this description
,rus, have conclusively shown. l
have, also trust, shown more: that the
supposed RICH, is perfectly deceptive;
for. while it claims for each State the
RICH, to appoint delegates as it pleases,
it in reality gives the larger States the
right to dictate how The others shall APP
point. II, for example, the Empire
State as i, is called, adopts the mode Of
appointing las she has which will con.
cen,ra,e her whole strength, villa, dis
cretion would she leave to others. if
they go into Convention, bu, TO ap-
poin. as she has appointed, or 10 be
ruled by her. II is. then, neither more
nor less than claim to dictate under
the garb of right; and such lis exer.
else has proved in the presen, case. Il
has left no option bu, to conform to her
course, or be overraled, or refuse 70 go
into the Convention.
Iiegret this, because sincerely de-
sire to preserve the harmony Of The par
tv. ] had strong hope that the rally
after The defea, Of 1910 would be ex.
clusiveiy on principles. This hope
was greatly strengthened by The truly
republican stand taken at the extra ses-
SIGN and the earlier portion of the sue
ceedmg regular session. During that
period of rigid add erence to principle.
perfect harmony pe,vaded the ranks Of
the party. beheld il with JOY. be-
lieved the momen, highly favorable for
the thorough reformation Of the Gov
ernment and the restoration Of the Con-
s,itu,ion. TO the republican party /
looked for the accomplishment Of this
great work, and accordingly felt the
deepest solicitude that the stand taken
and the harmony which existed should
be preserved. In order thai it should,
| made up my mind to wave the OBJ
lection which have long entertained
10 any intermediate body, unknown 10
the Constitution, between the people
and the election Of The President, in The
hope that the proposed Convention
would be so constituted tina, might,
consistently with my principles, give it
my support. In this have been dis
appointed; and, being SO, | am CON-
PEELED to decide as have done. The
same motives which impelled me to
separate from the administration of
General Jackson in the pleni,nde Of its
power, and come to the rescue of Mr.
Van Buren's at its greatest depression,
compels me now to Withdraw my name
from the proposed Convention.
Having now assigned my reasons
for refusing TO permit my name TO 60
before the Baltimore Convention, it
rests with YOU, who have placed il be-
fore the people, and assen.ed to abide
by Convention fairly constituted, to
determine wha! course you will pursue.
Be your decision what il may. |
shall be content. BIZ, regard i, as due
to the occasion. TO you and myself, to
declare that under no circumstances
whatever shall support any candidate
who is opposed to free trade, and in
favor Of the protective policy or whose
prominent and influential friends and
sunnorters are. I hold the pOlicy 10