Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-06-12

in these debates were, chiefly, the necessity of
keeping up with what is called the progress"
the claims of the West and Of those who rejoice in
the title Of /" Young America" to large if not
predominant share in the honors and emoluments OF
the Government, and the consequent contempt
with which intelligent age, accompanied by high
public and party services, and knowledge acquired
by experience, we're to be derided, condemned,
and made subservient to the foregoing considera-
tions. And what has been the upshot Of all
this? The party of g progress has triumphed
in setting aside all the veterans whom the
old Democratic party had employed in Offices Sc
condary only to the FIRST and from among whom
the body Of that party has certainly expected the
candidate for the highest Office Of the Government to
be selected; and the making choice Of one-an es-
timahle and acceptable person, batting his politi-
cal ereed--whose name had not been pressed in the
debates referred to; who is not Z" Young Aneri-
can J" who is not /" Progressive that is to say,
not "a fast man ]" who is not Western man, but
as far from it the territory of Uncle Sam extends
east,oardly from the west; and, though not to be
reckoned among the odd Fogies, is not SO entire
~ youthful to be free from the suspicion of respect
for the WISDOM the old principles, and the religious
habits of his forefathers tesaa ea
1t is now manifest that the "two-thirds rule"
which the party have adopted, is one which effec-
tually excludes from nomination for the Presidency
all prominent or distinguished members of the par
ty-al at least whose eminence is such as to bring
their claims and qualifications naturally into gene
raj discussion, and to enlist the support Of extern
sve divisions of jealous adherents These partisan
feelings being carried into the Convention, and en-
gendering rival aniosites, must always necessarily
result in the choice of some person before unthought
Of or SO little known as not to have challenged any
rival enmites- This being the case, the choice at
which the Convention ultimately arrived was not
only as good as could have been expected, but in
the haphazard to which the Convention was reduced,
better one than might have been made In the
case of Mr.. Polk, dominated by the Convention of
1874 under nearly similar circumstances although
he had been prominent member ofthe popular branch
Of Congress- and was eminently respectable in private
ie he little known to the great body of even
his own party, that after his nomination the almost
universal inquiry out Of his own State was, who
is James K. fIoIS" In his case, although not
conspicuous enough to have been dreamed Of by the
party generally for the Office of President,
delegate to the Convention from Northern State,
foreseeing that Mr. VAN buren, must be supplant
ed by somebody, was known to have visited Ten
nessee, and carried in his pocket to the Convention
from the old Hero of the Hermitage the name of
Mr.. Polk. He was therefore in the contemplation
of a,few at least, from the first In the present
case however, the gentleman on whom the mantle has
c. ell hoI @Lot
know. Of, by State Convention or County Meeting,
in his own State or out of it the attention Of the
party having been fixed alone on the CAssEs the
BUcHANANs, the DoU0LAsEs, MARCYs, HoUsToNs,
BUTLERs, stereotyped names of the Democracy
and months and months having, we repeat, been
spent in Congress and out Of it. in discussing their
merits and pressing their claims. sa 'e
We can very well imagine what win be the gene
raj surprise Of the unsophisticated Democracy on
learning that all their hopes and sangune
expectations have been crushed to earth by the two
thirds rule, and candidates presented to them of
whose political claims fully four-6fths Of them had
never before heard whisper. ai s eta
Of Mr.. PIERcE our readers have probably heard
than most people, owing to his service in seve-
raj public stations but yet less than of any other
of the gentlemen who were honored by votes in the
Democratic Convention. In the year 1888, he
took his seat in Congress as Representative from
the State Of New Hampshire; and, after serving in
that capacity, became Senator from the same
State, serving there also for several years after
which he retired the practice Of the law In the
late Mexican War he served as Brigadier General
resigning his commission at the close of the war,
and again returning to private life His experience
has, therefore, been practical to an extent to qualify
him to administer the affairs Of the Government.
should the People call him to that trust, respec-
tably and in National spirit 9sas.sa sss Il VI
Oftbe eminent gentleman Che Hon. WILLIAM
r. K1Eo) who was selected by the Convention for
the Wee Presidency, one who knows him can
say aught personally in his dispraise still less can
we, who have known him from the beginning Of his
public career. We wonder, indeed, thinking Of
him as we do, that the Convention did not seek re-
lief from its dilemma by selecting one able, ex-
perienced, and unexceptionabe, for the principal