American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-12-17
AMERICAN TELEGRAPH
WASHINGTON,
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER i
Presidential Nominations.

We find in the Palladium the report Of a
meeting recently held in Pike county, Alabama,
to nominate candidates for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency. Gen. John r. Beecher was
called to the chair, and Major James NJ. Nor
ment requested to act as secretary. The sec
retary then read the address delivered by Com
Stockton on the 4th of July last, at Elizabeth
town, New Jersey, I" the sentiments of which
created the liveliest satisfaction and were cor
daily approved by the whole meeting" Reso-
Autions were then adopted, with preamble,
which, after reciting that g both of the great
political parties at the North are considered by
US ursound and unsafe, 50 far as the subject Of
slavery is concerned" declares as follows !:
Therefore we here assembled pledge ourselves
not to support any man for President or Vice
President, whether he be Whig or Democrat,
who will not fearlessly and openly express and
pledge himself faithfully to support and enforce
the Constitution and Laws in every particular. /"
The resolutions are as follow:
81 Resolved, That we recognise in Hon.
Robert f. Stockton, of New Jersey, a national
statesman, infiexble in honest purpose, and
faithful to the Constitution of our country.
"2. Resolped, That we are entirely satisfied,
from the best possible evidence, of the fitness of
Commodore Stockton for President Of the United
States, and we desire to see him elevated to
that high and honorable station, and will use
all honorable means to secure his election.
%. Resoloed, That in the person of Hon.
James G. Jones, of Tennessee, we find gentle
man of high qualifications, and every way fitted
to fill the Vice Presidential chair with distn,
guished ability, and with entire satisfaction to
every republican in the land.
"a. Resolped, That we will in no wise con-
tribute to the support of any man for President
or Vice President, of either party, who is not
above suspicion on the subject of Abolition
ism, Free soilism, &c.
90. ResolOed, That we are ready for the
fight, and have an abiding faith in the integrity
of our cause and the gallantry of our distin-
guished leaders, and invite all true republicans
to rally around our standard, and assist in ele-
vatng to the two first Offices of the country the
Hon. Robert f. Stockton and the Hon. James
G. Jones'"
The editor of the Palladium comments on the
proceedings thus:
"The day was very inclement, cold and
rainy--the watercourses were all up and swim
ming but they come! The name of the gal
liant Commodore had penetrated the back settle
ments, and it was enough for these true. hearted,
honest patriots to know that Com. Stockton was
to be nominated for the next Presidency. They
had heard of the thunder of his cannon on the
Gulf of Mexico, and away round on the Pacific,
and were determined to be the first to assist
him in the first office in the gift of a great and
free people They swan rivers and creeks to
get to Troy to participate in nominating Com.
stockton for President There was
no aspiring demagogue in that meeting, with
his wallet of enchanting tricks, to allure the
unwary republican into fogs and quaglnires, and
then sink beneath the surge of public indigna
ton, never to rise, no more forever"
For Presidcnt-Stephen A. ebuglas, of Ill.
For Vice President--R. NJ I. Hunter, of Va.
Under the above heading we find in the Sa-
yannah Georgian an article copied from the
Louisville Democrat. The editor of that paper
says:
"Let those who prefer others present their
claims with them we have no controversy.
There are several whose claims to q nomina-
ton are entitled to a candid consideration, and
who would do honor to themselves in the high
stations to be filed. We think, however, the
ticket we have placed at our masthead has
superior claims in the present crisis before the
Democracy of this country.
"The whole Union, and especially the great
West, know Stephen A. Douglas On the ques-
tons of National Bank, the Independent Trea-
sury, Tariff reform, the settlement of the Ore
gon question, the acquisition Of Texas, and re
forms in the disposition of the Public Lands
his course has been marked, firm, consistent
Democratic. Throughout the agitation of the
Compromise measures, he has been the liberal
statesman, true to the Constitution, and the in
flexible opponent Of sectional fanaticism. lie
might have made himself the idol of faction
by pandering to sectional prejudice, but his tai
ents needed no such prop to support him, and
his integrity has been proof against the tempta-
ton. We can find no one of the same active
and positive public life whose antecedents will
bear so rigid a scrutiny. He is in the prime OF
life, able to endure the trials Of station which
has proved fatal to three Presidents in the last
ten or twelve years. Harrison and Taylor sur
yived only short time the perplexities md
trials of the Presidential office; and Polk lived
only to the close of his term.
"0f the second on the ticket II. M. t. Hun
ter, of Virginia, we cannot write at length. He
is popular and able Senator from the old
Commonwealth of Virginia, and belongs to the
genuine Jeffersonan school, the strong advo-
cate of State Rights, and the firm friend of the
Union. The ticket will have q significance
about it that we should be proud to see sup
ported, unpalatable to none but faction to
whom the Constitution and its provisions are
unpalatable.
1--WE put up the ticket that our readers may
examine its merits and judge for themselves,
now when delegates to the general convention
are being supported; and, as we said before, it
is not our business to condemn or criticise the
claims Of Others"
THE DESIRES OF KossUTH-The editors of
the PcnnsylUaaian have been informed by an in
innate friend of Nj. Kossuth, that he desires to
ayoid-if he can do SO without disrespect, in