Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-06-06
BALTIMORE CONvEN TON.

DENCY.-Alier undergoing all the ago.
MES of an actual dissolution, the essence
ofthe LocOfoco party assembled at Balti
more through the aid of thai sovereign
remedy for all their ills (party dicip!inr,
has been so far restored as to bring Out
a candidate for the Presidency aud snrh
candidate, weak in Intellect. unable
even to sustain position at the head OF
a resp' ctable committee Of the House Of
Representatives. one whom The people
of his own state have twice in succession
refused 10 trust with the management Of
their own affairs. although he was strong
ly aud urgently recommended by the old
hero himself hose word is law except
whea the people know to the contrary as
in this case. But this nnmlnaiion after
all is The legitimate fruit of the weak and
distracted elements which produced it..
proving conclusively that weakness and
corruption vii produce weakness and
corruption or that the effect must cores.
pond with the cause.
This is the last dying lbroc Of once
powerful party, The last feeble effort of
dynasty that has ruled this land with an
iron mace. IT'S the last gasp Of Loco
Eocoism. II is the concluding rattle Of
| The skeleton of progressive democracy.
the last howl of a party that in its pro-
gressive action has gone f ON good to
had and from bad 10 worse, parry that
has ruled for no patriotic purpose. but for
the qualification of the selfish ambition of
few vcbal and unprincpled demag"gues
whose history will be found in the RUN
and distress brought upon the country
! and whose principles are best described
by one Of their own leading men who
said that they were held together ouly by
The cohesive power of public plunder.''
whose general views are s'rlkingly deln-
lated through The columns of the a.ti-A-
merican and hireling presses of Great
Britain. -.....
Let us look for a moment at the opera
ton Of the nominating conventions
! Before them were the names OF Calhoun,
Van Buren,, Johnson, Benton, Buchan.
nan, Cass and o hers each sustained bv
some considerable influence, eaci, having
some pre,enlious TO such a distinction and
each possessing, at least, sumo qualifica-
lions that might ii' them for such sta.
ton, and mos, of them men of extraordi.
nary talent and ability, but none Of these
men could gel the mutation, aud
why! Because weakness Cannot produce
strength. dIssen ion. harmony. or foolhard-
Buren, was the Pole-star of the parIg-he
was the very soul aud centre OF lis eXis-
| teuce. and launched on The broad ocean
nf politics witho it him, they will be like
vessel without compass or rudder sure
to be overturned by ihe first pa ssing surge
or wrecked on the first shoa' that may liz
in their pathway. They have motley
and ungovernabe crew, and will find
themselves under Few, un,ried ard un.
skiiiul commander ,unacquaiuted with the
dispositions Of the men. and without one
ray of hope to cheer him OIL his tempes-
tuons voyage.
The long and fruitless struggle Of the
convention to hit upon tine man that some
section of the party wanted, and the final
decision in favor Of one that nobody
wanted, proves most conclusively that
they are fighting against hope, that they
do not expect success, that even in their
own view they do not deserve it. This
nomination, under all the circumstances
cannon De considered IN any other light
han an acknowledgement of defeat on
The part ofthe men who made il, aud il
) addition, does not the fact that S,la.
J Wright has declined The nomination ex.
/ hibit the hopeless dependency of tn,
, party and the certainty that in his opin
, ion there is no ground 10 even hang q
, hope upon. for WIZ should he decline
/, The nomination, is il moi high and hon
orable station, one which Martin Van Blu
: rem himself sought as the stepping s,on
10 power. S,las Wright refuses TO be
q come cendida'e with Polk, koowin