The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-13

when jackson was elected, l6 was
understood that he should serve a
| single term, and that Calhoun, who,
in 1924 and again in 1923, had been
elected Vice-President almost with.
out opposition, should become his
successor But this plan was neveN
carried out. Crawford, who had not
ceased to resent his defeat in 1924,
for which, with or without reason,
he held Calhoun chiefly responsible
now wrote to Van Buren,, Jackson's
Secretary of State, declaring that in
! MonrOe's cabinet, of which both he
and Calhoun had been members, Cal
houn had proposed that Jackson's
conduct in the Florida war during
which Jackson had, in fact, carried
things with a high hand, as was his
custom) he made the subject of in
curry, and that if the charges against
him were proved, he be punished
with severity. Van Buren, showed
this letter to his chief, and the
friendship of jackson for Calhoun
changed at once to implacable en-
nifty. From that day Calhoun was
doomed as Jackson's successor.
Calhoun, of course, charged his
loss of favor to Van Buren, and when
Jackson sent Van Buren's name to
the Senate as Minister to. Great
Britain, Calhoun, with Webster and
Clay, set about defeating the nomi-
nation.
He was rejected in the end, but
with a result unforeseen, save by one
astute Senator, who said, "You have
broken a minister, but you have
elected a Vice-President." His re-
lection did all that, and more, for it
fixed in jackson the determination
to make Van Buren, his successor in
the Presidency. This resolve be-
came plain when, in 1882, Van Buren,
was nominated and elected Vice
President. Four years later he sue
ceeded jackson in the chief magis-
tracy.
Van Buren, was again the candi-
date of his party in 1910, but, what
with the panic of 1887 and the hard
times that followed it, Wing success
in that campaign was from the first
a foregone conclusion. Again acct
dent came into play to make Il Presi-
dent. The sentiment of his party
was decidedly in favor of the nomi-
nation of Clay, and he fully expected
the honor but half a dozen infiuen-
tial Wings in New York and Penn
sylvania deemed him unavailable be-
cause the anti Masons made up a
large portion of the opposition, and
Clay was a Royal Arch Mason.
GENERAL SCOTS FATAL LETTER.
With Clay out of the field, the
choice Of the convention was mar
rowed down to General Harrison and
General Scott, and the Virginia dele
cation was in a position to decide be-
tween them. But Scott had written
a letter to Francis Granger, of New
York, in which he evidently sought
to conciliate the anti slavery senti
ment of that State. Granger showed
it to Thaddeus Stevens, and permit
ted Stevens to use it his w way.
The headquarters of the Virginia
delegation, being the centre of at
traction, were always crowded, and
Stevens called there along with many
others. Before leaving, he dropped
Scott's letter on the floor, and it was
soon discovered and it's contents
made known to the Virginians, That
letter caused the Virginians to sup
port Harrison and to reject Scott.
The nomination was equivalent to an
election.
TYLER INSTEAD OF WEBSTER WON.
Harrison's candidacy was as dra-
matte in its sequel as in it's inception.
Before the Wing convention met,
Thurlow Weed urged Webster to
take the nomination for Vice-Presi-
dent, but he rejected the suggestion
with scorn. After Harrison's nomi-
nation Clay's friends were urged t.
name the candidate for Vice-Presi-
dent. They first offered the nomina-
ton to Watkins Leigh, of Virginia,
who declined it. Then it was ten
dered to Nathaniel P. Tallmadge.
Had he not put it aside, New York
would have had three Presidents
from the Vice-President's chair.
Next, Samuel Southland, of New Jer-