Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-05-20
POLITICS OF THE DAY.

THE NEW YORK EXPRESS Or FRIDAY F.s
/, The GLOBE" has an important article upon the
forthcoming National Convention, which seems to
mean much. 1t begins by noticing the way in
which Mr.. VAN buren,, in 1874, was shufiied out
of the then Baltimore Convention, and adds that
the feeling of the then New York Democrats was
that they would never again enter National Con-
vention. That feeling however, has been recon
sidered. But if the Hunker delegates are admitted
there now, and the Barnburners shut out, the latter
then owe no duties to the Convention, and /" the
Democracy of the State will be left without can
didate for President and Vice President" But
continues the Globe the important matter:
The same result may be produced in a different mode.
The Democracy of New York have avosed their unqualified
and uncompcmisng resistance to the extension of slavery
lands where does exist The Democracy of Vir
gna Alabama, Georgia. and South Carolina have declared
their conviction that slavery exists by law in all territories of the
United States in defiance Of any legislation by Congress
the people Of the territories and their determination under
necessity whatever to support any for President Vice
President who does not openly and publicly proclaim this
be his conviction.
M them the delegates from these States coincide in the
views, National Convention assemble Baltimore,
because the basis of National Convention is we
already said, uniformity OF views with regard political
questions and the object of the consultation surrender of
personal preferences assumes therefore, that every
member of the party which represented in the Convention
Is 10 support 81 anu OF
Of New York voluntarily Convention with those
who pronounce ineligible to office only them, but every
intelligent and respectable freeman of the North and the West
Conferences may take place at Baltimore communion and
interchange Of sentiment and good wishes but National
Convention heretofore organized be composed of the
elements we have described In any euent therefore, seems
no TO be certain that national nomination be made at
Baltimore. Under these circumstances it gratifying
Election that regular Democratic State Convention
sembe at Utica the 9th Of September and that one of
the principal duties with which that Convention is charged is
TO nominate the regular Democratic Electoral Ticket for the
State of New York This is the appropriate lime, and mode
also of nominating the candidates for President and Vice
President The electoral ticket has always been nominated
in this way, and national nominations having been previously
made it has been usual approve of such nominations and
TO pledge the electoral ticket their support In like manner
fall presume, if any nominations previously made
which worthy Of the support Of the Democrats Of this State
those nominations will be concuned in at the regular Demo
cratic State Convention. II not il will require great
effort Of intelligence originality to select from the thousands
Of upright and faithful in the United States candidates
be supported by the Democracy of this State for the Office Of
President and Vice President"