The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-05-02
THE LocoFoco CONVENTION.
pEuocRAeY IN A sSAKL.


The Lccofoco Convention which met ia
this Town on Saturday last, turned out, as
every body predicted, a complete, jockey
inr, wire working, caucus affair. lis do
inns were the most extraordinary that have .
ever been recorded among The dolnGs Of
tie great, glorious aud unlerrited De- 1
mocracv." Ii held no public meeting, al
ALL All its proceedings were private. II
sat with doors closed and locked. II did
not even hold public meeting to announce /
the result Of its secret deliberations.
1t met Tor the os,en,ble purpose OF ar
raneing the pfcliminarles for pushc
meetiuy-sat in secret conclave from 10
o'clock in tie morning I'LL . in The aller-
noon succeeded in pitching b.lh Toole
and Arlington over board-nnmlnled Hen
~ :. Clnik as n candidate for Congress
and then adjourned sine die.
After determining that the vote should
be taken by Counties, and that each ooun.
" should have as many votes as Captains
districts, the lalloting commenced. On
The first ballot, Carieret, Hyde, Tyrrell,
Washington and Edgecomb voted for
Tooie-4i; Beaufort, Craven and PIT for
Clark-43; Greene and Nash for Airing.
ton-l6--as we are informed by dele
gate.
Filty.twa votes were necessary 70
choice, and Mr.. Toole lacked only eight.
Had Beaufort gone FOR him, he would have
had the nomination but by sklliul jockey.
ing her vote was got for Clark by a MAJOR
ily of one. IL the Convention that met
here two years ago, Of the 30 Beaufort
delegates, % were for Toole. Since then
his services for the party, as candidate for
elector, have cudeared him more and more
TO his friends, and there is no doubt but
that the voice Of The Beaufor, Democracy,
fdiriy oppressed, is nearly unanimous for
him now.
On the second ballot, Greene voted for
Clark, and he got 80 votes, Toole II, Ar
rington o.
The result Of the third ballo, was the
same.
Here some of the friends Of Toolc pro-
posed TO unite with the Nash delegation,
and give tho nomination 10 Arlington.
But the Cnrieret delegation, prcterring
any body else, became alarmed, and on the
fourth ballot voted for Clark, which gave
him 50 votes, and secured him the nomln-
alton.
The friends Of Mr.. Too!e then proposed,
tina, as this was merely a preliminary
meeting, the Convention should adjourn,
as usual, TO the Court House, and there
make the nomination public. But they
were choked down; resolutions, cut aud
dried for the occasion, were introduced
and passed, and the caucus adjourned.
These are all the particulars we have
been able 10 gather Of this extraordinary
romua,pn, which viii doubtless be usher
ed forth, through the Locoloco papers, as
the united voice Of the harmonious dcmoc
racy Of the s'h Congressional District !
When the nnmf a.ioa was announced 10
the streets, there was a general burst oG
Indignation among lie Beaufort Daml.
Gratis, the friends cf N ! r, uh5 .ea'
Tor him nearly lie samo wara, devoted
attachment, the Wing. 60 aslula towards
Mr. Stanly. They denounced INC aoma.
alton as a hun,bug, an usul' to Tie democ
racy oil Beauior, especially spoke d. their
severe struggles with The Ways, IN all Of
which Mr. Clark had taken side with the
Whigs-said no had voted for S,auly
against Wilson and IIall-spoke of bis 90.
ing to Raleigh during the Session Of the
Legislature 10 i2-3 and opposing Mr..
Rodmau, the democratic nominee for Soil
citorshlp Of tins Judicial circuit, and re.
celying the vote Of every Wing member.
They declared him mere "whie. wash.
ed Democrat said he had never shown
any regard for democracy or democratic
principles, 50 long as the District was
Wing, but rs soon as It was democratic,
then he professed 10 be a first rate demo.
Graf and now had shown his de uocracy
by opposing and defeating one who had
done more for the democratic cause than
any other man in the District, who, while
hc (Clark) was acting with the Wings,
had been spending his time, and substance,
and talents, devoting himself, body and
soul, TO the advancement Of the democrat.
ic cause. While giving ulteranco 70 their
feelings Of Indignation in bitter denunca.
tons, they said many things concerning
the nominee, which we shall mol repeat,
and which we hope arc not true.
After the excitement had sufficiently
subsidized 10 give place TO The sober Sc.
cond thought" they called meeting at
the Court House. A large audience as
scmhlcd-as large perhaps as ever attend
ed Democratic meeting there, If not
larger. Col. Jno. W. Williams, lead. {
ing and influential democrat in the Coun.
ly, who has been several times elected to
the Legislature, vas called to The chair.
In stating the object Of tho meeting, he said
there was great dissatisfaction at the pro.
cccdings Of the Conventions many
were anxious Mr.. Toole should be candl.
date for Congress Shat the meeting bad
been called for The purpose Of publicly
adopting measures TO ascertain whether or
not Mr.. /. would consent to be candi.
date-that so FAR as he (Col. W. was con.
cerned, he intended to vote for Mr.. T..