Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1844-02-24
and other members of the Comm
The Address of Mr.. Calhoun to has politica
friends and supporters.

The Address of Mr.. Calhoun to has political
friends and supporters.
have left il to you my friends and sup.
porters, through whose favorable estimate
of my qualifications my name has been pre-
sented to the people of the United States
for the office of Chief Magistrate, to con-
duct the canvass on such principles and in
such manner as you may think best. But,
in so doing did not waive my right to de-
termine, on my individual responsibility,
what course my duty might compel me to
pursue ultimately, nor have been an in
attentive observer of the canvass and the
course you have taken.
| 1t affords me pleasure to be enabled TO
say that on all leading questions growing
out of the canvass, heartily concur with
you in the grounds you took, and especial
| ly those relating to the mode which the
delegates TO the proposed convention TO be
held at Baltimore should be appointed, and
how they should vote. You have, in my
opinion. conclusively shown that they
should be appointed by district and vote
per capita, but your reasons, as conclusive
| ly as they are, have proven in vain. Alrea.
dy New York and some other States have
appointed delegates en- masse by State con
ventons, and one State (Virginia) has re.
solved that the votes of her delegates shall
be settled by the majority and counted pei
capita. Their course would necessarily
overr ule that which you have so ably sup
ported, should you go into convention, anc
would leave you no alternative but to yielc
yours and adopt theirs, however much you
may be opposed TO it on principle. or to
meet them on the most unequal terms, with
divided, against united and concentrated
forces.
The question is then, what course under
such circumstances should be adopted
And that question you will be compelled
speedily to decide. The near approach o
the time for the meeting of the proposed
convention will not admit much longer
delay. But, as your course may depend
in some degree on tina, which have deci
ded to take, deem it due TO the relation
subsisting between US TO make mine known
TO you without further delay. / then, after
the most careful and deliberate survey OF
the ground. have decided that cannot per
nit my name TO 60 before the proposed
convention, constituted as it must now be
CONSISTENCY WIFI tbC piihSIPiOS "'lSh h"'
ever guided my public conduct My OBJ
iections are insuperable. AS it mus, b
constituted, it is repugnant TO all the prin
cples on which, in my opinion, such con
vention should be formed. What thos
principles are shall now proceed briefly I
state. hold, then, with you, that the con
yention should be so constituted as 10 ute
fully and clearly the voice of the people
and not that of political managers, or offic
holders and Office seekers; and for that pun
pose, hold it insuperable that the delegate
should be appointed directly by the people
or, to use the language of General Jackson
should be "fresh from the people" ais
hold that the only possible mode TO etfet
this is for the people to choose delegates b
districts, and that they should vote per cal
tia Every other mode of apPoin,in
would be controlled by poltical machiner.
and place the appointments in the hands
the few who work it. object, then, to Il
proposed convention, because il will not
8 constituted in conformity with this fund
mental article of the republican creed =
The delegates to it will be appointed fro
some Of the States, not by the people
= districts, but, as has been stated, by Sta
: conventions en- maSSe, composed Of del
5 gates appointed in all cases, as far as a
Informed, by county or district convention
and in some cases, if not misinfnrmed, the
| again composed of delegates appointed
| still smaller divisions, of a few interest
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