Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-06-09
LETTER FROM GEN. CASs.
DErRoIr. Mnv 99lh. 1847.
Response of New York to the Baltimore
Nominations.

The cause of action Of the Convention which
met last week in Baltimore, is freely comment
ed on by that portion of the Democratic press
Of New York which sides with the Barnburning
party.
The Albany Atlas thus expresses itself:
"Mr. Cass receives only 179 votes, and this
is attempted to be called nomination?aecause
it amounts to twohirds of the votes cast, exclud-
ing New York. Theexcusion of the State was
the unjust act of the Convention, and that body
could under no circumstances be justified in taxi
ing advantage of its own wrong to evade rule
which had been applied with signal injustice
against this State. Mr.. Van Buren,, in 1914.
received, on the first ballot, l46 votes out Of
266. If the game had then been pursued on
the part of the candidate of New York that has
been set in operation against her now, ofgelting
some sham delegate to give 10 her cannidate
the eleven votes of South Carolina, (Which then
as now refused to be represented in the Con.
venlon.) and then excluding the votes from
some of the other States to the amount Of that
of New York, the requisite two-thlrds would
have easily been obtained.
"Whether other States will regard as Of any
obligation nomination secured by this kind of
juggling, remains to be seen. As to New York,
she has had no place in this Convention, no
voice in its rules, no participation in the nomi-
nation, and has had no judgment and no honest
bearing on her claims. To say that she will
repudiate the nomination might imply that
some shadow of obligation or seeming lie bound
her to the decision of the Convention. 1t is
not so. We believe we speak the sentiments
of the Democratic masses of the State, when
we say that they will regard this nomination as
a thing concerning which they have no respon'
sibility, which is not addressed to them, and
concerns them not. They will take their own
action in regard to the future. They are pow
erful enough to do so, as the intriguers and ia-
natcal sectarlans, who have broken the seal Of
the Democratic party and scattered its frag-
ments, will find to their sorrow"
The Daily GIobe--lhe organ of the Barnbur-
ners in the city of New York-thus discourses
of the recent assembIage at Baltimore and its
proceedings:
''lt will be seen by reference TO our teegra-
phic report, that the Democracy Of the United
States have failed 10 combine in a National Con-
venon at Baltimore. Several Delegates from
different States assembled, and after prowacted
discussion, refused lo'allow the representatives
of the DEMOCRACY of New York to participate
in their deliberations. They proceeded, how
ever, to ascertain who was the preference Of
the gentlemen assembled, and on the fourth bal
lot, il proved that Lewis Cass, of Michigan, was
the choice of majority ofthemselves.
ave do not regret that this gentleman was
prererred-for, in regard to him, the views of
the Democracy of our State have been frequent
lv and fully expressed. His course upon va
rious questions, but more particularly on The
subject of maintaining freedom in territories
where it now exists, has earned for him the
hearty contempt ofthe people Of the State, and
we are grati6ed that an opportunity is presented
ofdeclaring this sentiment at the polls.
"Had the representatives of New York been
allowed to take part in this nomination, it will
be seen that two.third vote would not have
been obtained for Gen. Cass. We are gratifed
that such was not the fact, and that we are thus
relieved from all responsibility for nomination
which reflects deep disgrace on the parties by
whom it was made. The delegates from New
York were excluded because they were friendly
to the preservation of freedom in free territories
and Gen. Cass was nominated because he be-
| lieved such preservation unconstitutional. This
is exactly the test presented by Georgia, Virgin
! ia, Alabama, and Florida, and to which the Uti.
ca Convention solemnly resolved they never