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THE MA D I SON I AN.
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WAHUINUTON CITY.
MONDAY EVENING. MAY 1. 1843.
iM TUDK TI1INU? WHICH AAA EMEMTIAL LET THLKE
t UNIT* ? IX MON'-K??ENTIAL?, LIE t-K ** j AMU \f AI L
rUAEITT. AuguHIII
No Hank? * Hkvlme Tahikk?no Dii'ruihi
hon no A Boll tionih.vi? a hthict lonsibl'o
tion ok rut ("oNsniunoN, ah my Jlkm.iibon?
i no Public Debt- an economical aiimini-ihation
ok Public Akkaihh?and Univltimal StkKHAliK
WITH UnIVENHAI. EDUCATION.
JOHN M. JBOTTS.
Our attention lias been called to the circumstance
thai sumi* papers have given currency to
the latest, most improved, enlarged, and illustrated
edition of the base fabrications of
(bis notorious individual. He is represented at
having charged the President publicly in his
late electioneering campaign, as having said to
him on (lie third day of the extra session?
That he meant to he a candidate, not o ly
for four, but for eight years from the 4tli March,
'45, thus making the whole term of his service
twelve years; and then
That the President had offered him any ofTiee
ill his gift, provided he (Itolls) would sustain
him in his aspirations ; and then
That he, John Minor Bolts from this lima
ceased to visit the President.
So lar as the first specification is concerned,
we are authorized to say, that at the time at
which this invented conversation of Mr. John
Minor Bolts is said by him to have occurred,
the President had no intention of being a candidate
for the Presidency in 1844. The President
was only prevented from introducing an
annunciation to this ?fleet, in tiis Inaugural Address,
by considerations of great public weight,
and would have made it in his second Veto
message, if his then Cabinet had not urgently
opposed it, upon the question being solemnly
submitted to them.
So far as the second specification is concerned,
ire are authorized to say, that the President
never made to Mr. John Minor Bolls any iff r
of any office, of any sort, or of any character,
at any time or at any place, for any purpose or
object whatever. And,
So far as the third specification is concerned,
we are authorized to say, that so far from Mr.
John Minor Botts having ceased to visit the
President from and after the third day of the
extra session, he repeatedly calh d at the
White House, until he pursued a course
which precluded the President from having
any further communicaiion with him.
That transaction was this : During the
pendency before the Senaie of Mr. Clay's Bank
bill it was ascertain! d that Messrs. Merrick, Preston,
Ktves, and Archer, wtu d not sustain it
without the insertion of such a modification as
would reconcile it with the constitutional scruples
of the Fresiden', a d with tbi ir opposition
it stood in a minority. At this juncture of affairs
Mr. John Minor Uutts called upon the President,
with a paper purporting to be such an
ainendmi n', which he said had b en drawn up
-by himself and thought would remove all difficulties
upon the subject of a Hank. After exacting
from Mr. J >hu Minor Holts the positive
assurance that if the amendment did not meet
Jus approbation, it should be destroyed and
nevermore heard of, the President took it and
examined it, and insiantaneously rejected ii,
with the emphatic declaration that lie would inevitably
veto any bill containing such a clause.
Whereupon, Mr. J hn Minor Holts reiterated his
promise to destroy it and retired. The President
thought no more of the matter until a few day*
afterwards, when the Whig press was filled wilb
laudations of Mr. Butts lor having fallen upon
tin* very expedient ; and Mr. Clay suhsi (jut ntly
oflered it in the Senate Chamber, substantially,
if not literally, as an anundment to his bill!
The treachery in the whole conduct of Mr.
John Minor Holts became so apparent, that the
President ever afterwaids refused to hold any
intercourse with him either by word or in writing.
These charges of Mr. Hotts remind us of one
which he made against the Prc-ident at an
early period of the ci nteit between Mr. Tyler
arid the ultra Whigs. The Hon. gentleman
(7) then staled that, while Mr. Tyler was at
Brown's Hotel, acting as President of the Stnale,
shortly after the inauguration of General
Harrison, he waited upon Mr. Tyler at his
rooms in company with another gent'em.in, and
Mr. Tyler did I hi n and there to them declare
himself in favor of a Hank of ihe Unili d Stairs.
v\e litre never, by authority, denied this
charge before?but ire ore now authorized to
eat/, tliat Mr. Bott?, in making such a d. rlarj
tion, affirmed what was falsein e very particular.
I Is it not a little strange that any Democratic
I paper should give currency to tne false hoods of
I relt federalist ai.d un
scrupulous factionist in the land 7 A man who
I de nouncrd, upon the floor < f Congress, the an- 1
I Ihftf of the Declaration "f Independence, and
I ik'M James Madison as the simple "rats-paw1' i
I of Thomas Jefferson, and used by him for his sel
fish and da*igning purpose*! Wc candidly confess
that we should never have condescended to have 1
I given ourselves this trouble concerning the
I always exaggerated and other contradictory pubI
lie remarks of Mr. John M in. r B I ( ' i <
I fact that others should have apparently M|||
I imncrd them by giving them circulation. We
I are sure that all such as have done so will pubI
lish this statement.
I Although the Enquirer was by no means one
I of the Democratic journals which aided in givI
ing cirrulat.on to the IMlCinent oi Mr It . u,
yet we would be exceedingly obliged to that
I journal, if if would lay this contradiction before
I the People of Virginia.
I We think the rumor of his (Mr. Webster's) retir
ing from the Cabinet was put forth to operats on the
I \ iiKinia elections. ? G'Ur yf Manh).
I If Mr. Blair really think* so, does he not sub
atsniially admit that the Administration is or
I thodox ID publican, and that, in con.tantly as
I sailing it, he is deliberately and knowingly
I warring against the interests of the H< publican
rar,y'
(fuarlrr IHmrt?A correepondc nl auggeots the ex. ,
nedienry of a <><>vernment Coinage of quarter dime?
Iliey would obviate the nerr??,ity of loading the pock- 1
eta with cent*, and often would he just the change
needed. A dime and quarter dime would be the
heal ?ub?tilute for a Yoik billing, or a Yankee nine |
pence, unlet* there ahouM be a Coinage of Americ an
{the alao ? JT. Y. Jour. Cam. 1
VIRGINIA ERECTIONS. fr
VVe have not yet rereiv< >1 aullicieut return* "J
lo indicate tlie result in many of tlie Congies X
?ional district*.
Mr. Dromgoule (Rep.) t* certainly elected.
Mr. Junes (Rep.) i* certainly elected over Mr. ti
Holla. it
The Clay papers say Mr. Cogjjtn it elected
over Governor Giltni r hv a small majority. ft
Mi. CLiltou, (Fed.) ia elected. '
Mr. Steeurod do do
Tlit* Clay paper* also say Mr. Newton (Fed.) u
is elected over Mr. tlonier; and tlial Mr. Toler
(Fed.) la elected in the fourth district.
We have the following statement (which is
authentic) lroin a portion of Mr. Wise's Dis- s<
trict: ,,
Maj ritirj. fi
Wise. Carti r. e
Elizabeth City, 5
Warwick, 1 l'
James City, tie lie
York county, 65 ,
Williamsburg, 17
Kew Kent, one prccin I, )
Uarhaiusville heard front, ( ,j
Wise's majority as fur as ) ltM ..
heard from, \ 188 0
THE ALBANY CAUCUS. ?
i
\\ e append further exliacts Iron) Democratic
papers adverse to the decree of she Albany Caucus.
We think the most enthusiastic admirer
of Mr. Van Buren (and we would not be un J
dersluod as detracting from his great merits,) <
will soon acknowledge that his inconsiderate
partisans at Albany committed a serious eiror
ill uttemotini; to decide a most vital matter for >
the whole Union, viz : the time when the Gene- t
ral Convention shall be heltl. In trutli the en- '
tire procedure was hut a complication of eriors.
What tight had a few caucusites to "denounce
the President without reserve," in the name of
the l'eo, le? The lime ha, not yet arrived fot
servants to dictate to the it tna-ters!
Even the Democratic journals of New York
do not respond approvingly to the extiavagant
a>sumptio;is of the Albany Caucus; and, Iruin
present indications, nine-tenths of the Republican
presses throughout the United States i
will unite in nullifying tlieni !
But if, in spite of the public sunt meni so
generally and unequivocally expresst d ; itidiliunce
of the will and determination of the People
themselves, these Caucus friends of Mr.
Van Buren should persi t in bringing together
a knot of hacknied politicians in
November, and call it a l\'ulioiiul Convention,
filial, we a-k, would be the
result? Would ''principles, not men," be
subserved? Why, in 1840, when they were in
possession of the citade1, and the then entire
forces of the party were rallied under their
banner, they were neither able to defend themselves,
nor to prevent the h^dra Bank from
erecting its load. And if it had not been for
the arm of the one now at the bead of sll'iirs,
the monster would now be thrusting its envenomed
fangs deep into the body politic ! President
Tyler demolished the monster, alii r
these Globe politicians hud su render) d and
left the People to be consumed by it. And
are these the turn to ttorm the citadel 1 Is
it probable that the identical ultra politicians,
who could not withstand the besiegers in 1840,
when thoroughly organized and lirtnly united,
are now capable of winning the Government
by assault, when a great propoition of their old
forces are wi h the l'nsideni whom they so indiscreetly
detiounpe?.
The ulira politicians must always acknow- '
ledge that the Hank raised its head the last tune r
in spite of all the resiaiance they were capable I
of making; and lhat, if it had not been for Pre- ,
sident Tyler, a U. S. Hank would hare bei n at '
this moment deva-la'ing the country. And
would they now strike down the ariii thai saved
them in the tune of their greate-l need? If
they do, what aim will -ave them the next time 7 t
As suie as they permit Mr. Play to attain the >
Presidency, so sure wiH the Hank be revived ! (
Hut we hasten to give the opinions of the r
Deuiocialic presi: From
thr .Vorvirh (ft.) .Vrvj. I
A COUNTEIt MOVEMENT. f
for some months past, a growing feeling, almost
amounting to a si llied conviction, had taken posset* ''
ion of the puhlic mind, so far as the Democracy of *
the Union were concerned, as to the proper tune and
mode of holding the National Convention, for the
purpose of nominating a candidate fur the next Presidency.
That mode, was, that delegates to Ihe Convention
should he elected by congressional di-lricti?
each district in a State, appointing its own delegates
independently of the rest ; and the timr, although
strictly a matter of conventional agreement, had '
lieen very generally designated to lie the month of ,
May, 1844; and to this, it was supposed, there could '
lie no serious ohiertinn. As entei tainmg the above 11
views, an expression of feeling baa lieen obtained *
from tbe States of l.oni?iana, Kentucky, (V istissippi,
South <'arolitia, Maryland, Alabama, Michigan, New '
Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts?a unanimity "
of sentiment between States occupying Ihe extreme
as well as central portions of the Union, that should P
carry with it great weight, and that speaks well *
for the w isdom and propriety of the pn mi ed arrangements.
P
We observe, however, that jus tiefore the adjourn- P
went of the New York legislature, the Democratic '
members of that body, iri their private capacity, as
aembled in caucus at Albany, and passed sundiy re- 1
solutions, pointing to a different arrangement. first,
as regards the time of holding the contention?they "
resolve that they are in favor of a National Conven- *
lion, for the nomination of candidal! s for President 1
ami Vice President, to he held at Baltimore on the
4lh Monday of .Vnrrtnfcer, 1843, as reeommended by
the Democratic party of the Htales of Trnnnuirr, ?
.Missouri and Virginia j and as to the mode of appointing
delegates, they recommend tu the freemen *
of the several counties of the State to appoint dele- T
gates, corresponding with the number of members of
the Assembly to a Sink convention to he held at Sy- li
recuse on the first Tile-day of Heptem' er, l84.'i, T
with authority to rhoose delegates to a National Con- ^
eention, or to determine the manner in which they ^
shall be rhosen,- thus evidently favoring the old
ratirus system of electing delegates Stale wise-? a
system which evidently cannot furnish that general
sati-faction to individual dntrict*, and is at the same
tune more liable to abuse and unfair management.
Here, then, we have a counter movement broached ?
by the more immediate friends of Mr, Van Kuren?a "
movement Ijiat, if persisted in, must lead to partial *
diaaen-ioos if not to an open rupture in the dnmocra- *
tic party , for it is understood, particularly in reference
to the time of holding the National Convention,
that, aside from the expressed wish of those Stales '
at the North whirh have hern e u nerated, that the ?
Convention to he held in May, 1844, is the vUhil dr
termination o( the entire South " to await the action
of ihe approaching Congress, on the subject of the
tsi before making selection of a candidate for the
presidency." n
__ g,
From Iht Miotoun /feporiev di
N ATION AL CONVENTION
The ma?s meeting of (he Democrats of New York,
held at Tamininy Hall on the 8lh lost., passed the (?
following resolution unanimously
,, "" "i" "" opinion ',1 tins infrlinjt. the j,
I emnoratn Nviunil CoiiTrntn n for the nomination
'! r<* Prr.idrmt an,I Vice Prrsul, nl of O.o !
ii'i i u"' '7 Demorrerj ,?
844, WtouM be hold in the month of Mej of (hit
O
ear, and that each Congressional Dialjict ahould II
eel ila o?ll dele-ale- lo allc,.d li( j>?-? - ?, and volt ?
i accordance with the wiahea of bra cooetiUiciiU "
hra, wt believe, to be ?litcll> democratic. " 11
1 here need he no dilhcully or bickeriug about tie tl
me of holding the National Cotivtnlion. \V? hu>< tl
cell unable to un i. island why nui political flieiule "
av* sottrred ihcmvelvea to In *route recited upon ?
tat auhjeet The friend* of Mr. ('ultioun iiraiat upii
holding the Convention in Mm, |t-44 They have
liten a decided aland in favor of that pel lod. The
oiid? of Mr t'as? have iinre--rd the aunie View- ,,
tie supporter* of Cot. Johnson have also declared ti
i favor of May, t>y resolutions panted al tin Kluiira, ?
iretlng ill New York, unit at the Philadelphia mats a
invention The Johnson Slate Central Committee
f t'enntylmiiia have adopted tin: follow nig resolution n
ri the sub |rcl: (
" llesolxtd, That May, 1844, is the proper time lor ,
oldmg a .VulionuJ Convention to noiiiiiiute oandldalei \
jr President and Vice Presideut'of ilie U. Slates
The "Clarion, " the National organ of Col. Johnjii'b
friends, says:
" By a close examination of the papers published
1 various sections of llie Union, it is clearly to be inErred
that the I'curi t are, for once al least, deteriuin- 1
d to lead in the selection of candidates lor the oflice I
f President and Vice I'icsideril, and w ill not consent 1
a a Contention being held al an earlier day than '
day, 1844" 1
Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, Kentucky, 1
ilississippi, Ix/uisiiiiia and Massachusetts have de- J
lared in favor of May ; Virg ma, in favor of Noveinier
next. The legislative caucuses of Missouri and 1
I'ennessee also recommended November.
The resolution adopted at the Tammany llall meet- '
ng indicates that Mr. Van Bureu's friends hi his ow n
Stute, will int. rpose no objection on that point. Wny '
hen, should not all agree to hold the National Con- 1
entio in May, 1844
/ Vcim the Ol,l School /Je?mctat. 1
Mr. Van Huron's friends, have urged the meeting
if the Convention next fall?but the people urc five
o one iii favor of May, 1844- A Convention in 1843,
:aniiot be rallied, and it will be abandoned.
Front the Jlagn slvtru () *Vail.
Our Legislative Convention named May, IH44, to
mid llie National Convention, which is early enough,
ind w ill give abundant time for consultation and bar- ,
nonioiis action.
Prom the Trenton Emporum and True .hnerienn.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
We thought that there w as but one opinion in regard
to the time of holding this Contention?and that
his time should not be earlier than the month of
Vlay, 1844. It was thought that, as a difference of
ipinion as to the candidate existed, that it was advilable
not to hold a Convention till sufficient time was
uioriieu to canvass iur nu ins anu uciiicriis ui i-uni ;
ir.d thus lie able. Without difficulty, to select the
iblcst and strongest man. The friends of Mr. Vail
[turen, lieing memhers of the Legislature of New
York, have declared in favor of a National Convenion
to be held at Baltimore, on the fourth Monday in
Voveniber, 1843. This would he quite convenient
or the friends of Mr. Van Buren on their way to
Congress; but, as we apprehend, will not suit the
:onvenience of the fi iends of the other candidates
Governor Cass, iu a letter addressed to him on this
itlbject, exprcssas himself thus :
" The people should have all the time possible to
ixpress their latest w ill in the nomination of the canlidate
to he submitted for their support. Nothing j
an be gained, and much may be lost, by undue haste I
t may wear the appearance of distrust of the people,
>r of unw illingness to leave their proper cause in !
heir own hands. Theie, however, it should be left!
ill the last reasonable moment, and then the Convenion
will be the fair exponents of the w ill of their !
lonstituents, at the time the delrgaied trust is to be j
xcrciaed. 1 do not sutler my sell to doubt, but that ] I
liese views will meet the approbation of the great
democratic party." I
Mr. Calhoun expresses himself thus:
" This question seems to assume that I am a candilate,
soliciting the office of President, and determinng,
by my individual judgment, the proper measures
o be adopted to secure it. It is not the light in which
regard myself or desire to be regarded by the pubic.
My name has been prv scnted for that highoBice
ly no agency or solicitation of mine ; and it belongs
o the fi iends who prefer me, and have presented my
lame to the people, to decide on the course proper !
o be adopted, in reference to the question. 1 have, !
Kiwever, no reason to doubt but that they will cheer- I
111 ly uhide by the decision of a Convention, fairly j
ailed, and fairly constituted ; that would allow am- |
ilc time for the full drrclopemeiit of public opinion, 1
11id would represent fully, equally, and fairly, the
.oice of the majority of the party."
If we are not mistaken, the friends of Colonel
lobnson and Mr. Buchanan have expressed also their
ir< ference of the month of May, 1844
We learn from llarnsbiirg that the Democratic
nernbers of the legislature of Pennsylvania, iu a ,
lublic meeting held there, had lecominrndcd as 'heir '
'residential candidate, James Buchanan, and select i
:d May, 1844, as the proper lime lor holding the Naional
Convention.
Prom the Portland .Jmcncan.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Four States (New York, Tennessee, Missouri, and
Virginia,) have passed resolutions iu favor of hold- |
ng 3 National Convention at Baltimore on the fourth
vlonday of November next?and nine Slates (Maryland,
South Carolina, Michigan, Kentucky, Iaiuisiuta,
New Hampshire, Ma?sachusetls, Alabama, and
Vlississippi) have expressed their preference for
Hay, 1844 The Democracy of the city of New
fork, assembled at Tammany Hall, have also cx>rested
them-clves in favor i f the Iu-1 named day.
ts most of the legislatures of the other States have
idjoiirned without designating any particular day, it 1
ems to be conceded that the Convention shall be 1
iehl in Mai, 1844. >
. ? _ I
r rem inr nmiun irony i irrtri. i ,
THE ALBANY CAUCUS. I
It was with deep regret, and not w ithf ut a strong
relmg of indignation, that we read the reroid of
he proceedings of the raurua latel) held in Albany
ly ?oine of the democratic member* of the New
'oik Legislature. The inannei in wln< b it wan got
p, it* deceptive character, the lone of ill address,
ore all calculated to injure the be?t inten *1* of the
cinocratic party, to sow disunion in its ranks, and
0 ullonl encouragement to its adversaries. Already,
s we anlinpated, the people of the Kmpire State
ave been disturbed and ciciled by this legislative
roeeeding, and a spirit of strung and decided oppoition
has Ireen mamfisted. I he people of New
'ork revolt a; inst dictation, and an attempt on the
art of certain politicians to force them into the supon
of an individual member of the party, is likely
o redound little to their credit or success.
There are a number i f eatid dabs fur public favor
>efore the democratic party?men of ability and inrgrity,
and justice to tfieui and their a Ihercnts de- (
sands that ample time should be ailowid to irivestiate
their ( laini-, and lull ?( ope gi?en to the people
o decide upon them.
A just cau*e requires only a fair held and fair play. '
rhe democracy require only to be satisfied that the
anvassiog of the merits of honorable rivals has1
ieen fairly and fully conducted, to unite upon the
Irnngesl candidate selected by a Democratic Con
ention, held st the proper lime, and properly and
onorably conducted. So far as a derision has been
aken, a majority of the Stales are in favor of a Conention
in May, 1 Wt4. Not a single sound argument
as yet Item advanced against the propriety of decrrmg
the Convention Lll that tunc.
From Ou <irrrmhorg (P?.) . Irfv
A NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Considerable discussion has arisen in various parts
f the United States with regard to the lime for holdlg
the Ureal National Convention. Ilowrrrr it
ppears now to he well settled that the Convention
r II he held in May, 1841 The majority of the
Veatrrn Stale* ha < agreed upon thi* time, and in -1
ennsylvama there is hut one opinion among all the I
iviaion* of the democracy. Those who wish to pre- j (
ipilate the action of the people on this subject will j
nd that they have ralculaled without their host.
Tllr, NATIONAL ( ONVENTION
Tht .Vmthnmptm ( W,.?, ) 11, ,XprP,?., j|,P|f p
io?l uneipnvor ally in favor of the e leetion of deleto
the National Convention by Congr*?*ional
iatricte.
Frrmi Iht Barrt ( Wa?. j Gaxrtlr.
With regard to the lime when a National Convenin
?hoi 11 >1 be held, tin I )ein>>cracy of four Matea
oprrly acting, bare designated neat November a<
e most proper tiine, while nine have r a preyed a
elerrnee for VI ty IH44 I'repared aa we are, to r"
limit to the determination of the majoiity, we ran- 1,1
>t hot hope that the latter suggestion rather than '*
e former wi'l he ad pled We cannot divine any
ling whicli i* to be gained by too great haste, while,
lUch III.,y u lust '1 III ncal ? sn II n! Congress is
nit of gnat interest ami importance and its results
lay weigh uiuili in ihe aelectioii of a candidate foi
ie I'resiliency. 'I hue are very many reasons wtiy
ic liUtbl |ojiulsr eapicssinii should guide the assembly
pun which the important task devolves of selecting C
uch it candidate.
(
from the I'eojtle'i flagThere
is hut one feeling in Ohio. We have ill
nuihcKi I Congress und a Republican 1 eg slaturc
i elect this fall.? However we may dilfer upon the j
jLjecl of the Presidency, we will not |>eiiiiil any
gitating question to he sprung ujmjii us, calculated to
eleat the Repuhlicau parly in October. Ohio will
i good faith meet their brethren of other (States m
(invention in the spring of H4 I l)o we not coreelly
express the feelings of the Buckeye Htate ' J
Vhut say you brethren of the press.
from the South Carolinian
THE ALBANY VAN HUB EN NOMINATION.
The proceedings of this nomination will be found
n our columns. The entire exclusion from the great
uihlic questions mentioned, of that greatest and must
uipnrtant of all, the Tariff, may well excite surprise
hi the part of Southern people, especially when
'oupled with the recouimciidution of November, ahe
period fur the general Convention, and should I
itimulate them to increased caution and vigilance. ^
I I,is November recommendation strongly sustains
lie previous impression that the one at llichinond,
vriginated at the same place. The New York II* rahi 1
iays ul these proceedings, " We understand that Bilas 1
Wright was the muster spirit v.ho managed the |
whole machinery in operation. He has certainly .
ivinced great skill and talent "
The Young Men's Democratic General Committee 1
if New York, at a meeting in Tammany llall next '
Jay, the lilth, adopted resolutions, declaring their
disapproval of the Albany nomination, as not expected
from the members of the legislature, or com '
nig within the sphere of their Representative duties I
"until the people shall have conferred on Commit- ,
lees harealler to he appointed, power to express their ^
preference and closing with the declaration, that
they "leprohate all efforts to prevent justice being '
done to all"?lu the National Convention.
Couie what may, let the South he true to herself, ,
a..u ? wij v.. ..v* ...v..,
on the Natchitodui Herald
MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS
OF THE LEGISLATURE.
At a meeting of the Democratic members of I he
Legislature, lield in New Orleans on the 3d inst., .
Hon. I'. E. Bossier was called to the chair, and
Messrs. Flukerand O'Bryan appointed Secretaries. A
report and resolutions were subjoined and adopted.
The report thus speaks of the action of Virginia on
the {'residential question. " The Convention of Virginia
decided on November, 1CS43; and while we acknowledge
the respect due to that distinguished com- '
monwealth, we are bound to say that the reasons as- j
signed by her are altogether inconeiusive. Nor can
we forget that Virginia has been somewhat neglectful
of that eminent courtesy which has heretofore
bees to her so great an ornament, in overlooking the
course pursued by our sister States, Mississippi and ,
Alabama, who have called their State Conventions (
in December and January next, for the purpose of
deliberating upon the proper time of holding the Na- 1
tional Convention, and this, too, some time before the
meeting of the Virginia Convention. Apart from
other considerations, u e think some respect is due
to our sister States : and for all these reasons and others,
we are of opinion that the National Convention
of the Democratic party should ineet in May, IW44,
as recommended by the States of Massachusetts,
Mississippi, New Hampshire, Alabama, Michigan, 1
Maryland and South Carolina, and that any attempt
to assemble the Convention before that time, tends i
to dist.'jct the deliberations of the Democratic party."
Of the mode of electing members for the Convention
the report remarks: "Can there be a rational I 1
doubt thai the proper manner of selecting a candi- |
date for the Prrs denry is according to the manner
fixed br the Constitution for electing the I'residcnt
himself! The spirit of the Constitution will thus be
preserved, and a II that is peculiar in the election of I
I'resideit secured. The Convention should be the |
aggregate of the electoral colleges. Each State
should choose her own electoral college for the Convention,
a-s she chooses her ow n college to vote for
the President, arid each State should have the same
number of delegates in the Convention as she has
electors in the college. The number of electors to j 1
nators and Representatives in Congress. The number
i>f delegates each tMate should send to the Convention
shoul 1 he the number other Representatives and
Senators In Congress, and as in the election of President
by the electors the vote is per capita, so in the
election of a candidate by the Convention, the vote
should be per capita."
The following are the resolutions:
K tut red, That a Democratic National Convention
should meet in the month of May, 1H44
Kcnlctd, That the democratic party of each State
should tie represented in Convention by delegates
corresponding in numbers with the electors to which
such htate is entitled in the Presidential election, and
th I si the nomination of P.evident, the del gales
should tote per capita
Ku li'J, that a convention assembled at such '
lime, aiil constituted in such manner, will have the
confidence of the Democracy of 1-ouisians and its
nominee, for the Presidency, and receive its undivided
support.
i'orrr?|K>ndenrc ot itic MadNonlan.
Hill Pleasant,
James City Co , Ap'l '28, 1843.
Das* Sir : Thinking you would like to hear the
result of the election yesterday in the town and county
of Mr Tyler's residence, I hasten to send you
lurli iute'ligence as I have been enabled to gather
from the different pnriricts. The vote in the c ty of
IVilliamslurg. I presume, will exhibit to the country
;hr opinion i ntertained by the neighbors and snjuainlancet
of Mr. Tyler, of his administration, not with"
landing the ten thousand sl&ndt rs that have lieen
'abruiirdby las enemies, and circulated by a venal
nress throughout the country. You w ill see by a re
erence to lite vote of Mr. Bowden, (an avowed ,
friend and warm ?up|>ortrr of In* Admlni*tration,) ,
hat he only lo?t 15 rote* in the city of William*- t
?urg. Col. Taylor wa* run a* the Clay candidate ,
or the legislature, in opposition to Mr. Bowden, ,
>ur former representative, who refused to pledge
nm*rlf to support either Mr. Clay or the nominee of
he National Whig Convention ; for thu reason, and
or In* daring to *|>eak well of the President and de- I
end hi* Administration, the ( lay Whig* doomed
ijm, and *oughl hi* defeat. The fate of their candi- |
late, who only nee.ved some 09 votes in the district
ire figures the ultimate destiny of their party in IM45 j
'or some reason* per*onal to Mr. Wi?e, he did not
cceivr the full vote of the AdminiMration strength.
have only time to add a table showing the state of
he p' II at each precinct:
hdrralum flat* in Iht iinnrnt .Vflrnpo/ui qf Ihr < UJ
/Wiimen' Ortr ihniLtatld clutrt J.n Old M tllutmi j
hay.'
Wi?e. Carter. Bowden. Taylor- I
lurnt Ordinary, 30 <6 29 41
?wer Precinct, 26 10 29 7
'ity of W illiamsburg, 58 41 77 IS ,
fork town, 34 29 45 18
lalf Way llouae, 65 16 65 16 ]
'-'13 14 s) 245 99
143 99
71 146
Wim'? majority 71, in the rountira of York and |
amea <'ity, and Hip city of Williamohurg Mr I
lowden'a majority in the name ?ountiea oeer lha '
'lay Whig candidate, 146
He porta have rearhed u? from Oloureater and War- |
rink, all farorahle to the aucc. aa of Mr. Wiae. I
lha?eju?t heard from HarhamaTille. The lower '
recinct, in New Kent county, Wiar'a majority i* 40
Very reaped fully, [
Your fnend and obedient aerrant, I
Mr. Jomw B. jonta,
Alitor of the Madiaonian, Waahmglon. p
T. 8. No doubt of Wiae's elerl'on. fl
A large maatiff d.>g believed to be mad, hit ?evr p
il other dogi yeaterday morning belonging to gentle,
en in Onrnm' rre afreet and ila neigh Imrnood We
arn that, aa a inenaure of precaution, they were all C
ll"l Bnll .Imttirm. (
OFFICIAL.
IKKIMI HI NOTEM OdTHTA^DIKC ;
May I, IHI3.
Amount a* per lite records of tins ufli< c vis:
)f note* issued under acts pr ior to
llie 31st August, 164:3 - - fU,ti74 364 66
)f notes issued under the act of 31st
Aukust. 164a - - - 3,017,740 66
f 11 ,694,745 14
leduct cancelled notes in the hands
of the accounting o fit errs - 60,65(1 00
$1,634,075 14
[WIVRT DcriarMKMT,
Register's Office, .Way 1, 1843.
T. L. HM1TH, Register.
.YEW YORK CORRK8PQXDEJSn,
New York, April 28. 1843.
As yet the oiaclc of St. Tammany is sihnt on llie
abject of the Albany farcical caucus, and no one can
ell when it will speak or what it will say. Mince
he legislature of the Keystone Mtale hus added its
veight to the eleven or twelve States which have al cady
decided on May, 1844, for the time of holding
he General Convention, there is more trouble in the
eigwain than previously existed ; and that was needess.
As 1 intend on doubtful subjects never to rnisead
your readers, 1 will not hazard an opinion us to
he fate of the Albany proceedings, when old St.
Tammany shall wake up.
1 cannot, however, be mistaken in the fact that he
as not been w ont to doze over such matters liereloore
us he is now doing, and 1 augur from his somlolenry
that some of the older heads of the General
Committee are not quite satisfied to go for the enlorsiug
of the November Convention.
Many of our knowing ones think they will go the
whole ligure : November Convention, Resolutions
Address and all, though there was some quite sharp
shooting at the lust meeting. For myself 1 consider
it now of very little consequence what order they
shall lake so far as any effect is to be produced by their
action. " Ex nihiio nil fit" is a sound maxim. The
caucus was nothing and its results will be nothing.
You will see in the Albany Argus, of yesterday, a
modest attempt to deny some strictures upon the caucu*,
which appeared in the Washington Spectator.?
Such feible negations are the best conliiinations we
I'onld desire. Ihith if them wind un with a suear
pluiub, for the friends of Mr. Calhoun, us though
Mr. iVan Van Buren and Mr. Calhoun were
the only two Democrats worth naming among those
before the public. Mr. D. R. Floyd Jo. es, from our
city the man who made the motion that the signature
of each member should be attached to the proceedings,
is highly complimentary indeed ; speaks of
Mr. Calhoun's patriotism and uiuuipuivil ability,
which, n*t to mention, would be doing himself'(Mr.
Jones) great injustice ; that he is proud to number
many of his own intimate personal associates among
Mr. C.'s friends, and regrets that they should, (unintentionally
as he, Mr. Jones, knows,) have brought
upon hiii, singularly enough, no slight degree of
censure.
1 quote these expressions to show bow the friends
of Mr. Van Buren individually feel. They go for
lum and for his ?cb. me ; but wish to place themselves
in a situation to back out when the lime comes. Of
all men in the caucus, Mr. Jones should have felt the
beUtst, for lie was the fugleman, and yet he appears
to be afraid of the sound of his own musket.
Those who know the power and force of party
drill, will well understand how all this matter was
managed , what a u ighty machine was got up,
merely to say they had " a ronrictum that !?lariin
Van Buren is the choice of the Democracy of the
State of New York for, in regard to the anticipation
of the time of holding the convention, it will
silher he ba< ked out frum, or what is worse, will
i rid in a total failure. But 1 I.arc said enough of
his affair?more than it deserves?my object in cotnucncing
this letter, was more to speak of St. Tamnany
and of Mr. D. R Floyd Jones, than of the
;onvention. 'I his Mr. Jones is in high dudgeon with
he Spectator for calling him a youth ?f twenty or
wenty-one?when, according to his own account, ha
s a ra^r of twenty-seven?having been admitted to
iractire in 183G. To be admitted to. practice is
>ne thing, but actually to practice is another?
ind from what is known of Mr. Jones here, his
idmittarice to the practice has not overburdened
him with business unless it may be that he has
ibtained a knowledge of wire-working which may
nable him to screen himself from the censure of
lie Calhoun men w hen Mr. Van Buren may retire
'rom the field and have no further business for the
minent talents of this veteran of the enormous age
if twrnty-seven, and who has been calumniated as
ibove recorded by the irisked editors of the Spectator.
There is nothing going on here to interest the general
reader, and private g?"ip I never enter into.
Phe friends of the Administration are all in good
ijortts, feeling the most unbounded confidence in their
Jhief and his able advisers, whose democratic course
annot fail to | lease all those who delight to witness
he triumph of a great cause in safe hands?who do
lot wish to recall an unskilful pilot who, with fair
vrathcr and a good crew, ran the ship under his
harge. high and dry on the shore, where the would
low have hern, had not honest John Tyler put I er
ill nit onre more, and got her fairly under way in the
-ight course.
We have a very pleasant day, which we are enjoyng?the
Merchant, the Mechanic, and the Laborer,
aeh at Ins daily vocation, in which there is renewed
mc** ii brightening up a* in former t mr?, *howing
jcyond doubt that the lurplm produrtion of the
mprr rm i? working; off and promising ui a auccetaful
ruturc upon a more ml id ha?i*.
Very rcapectfully your*, Ilc.
CIVI8.
list or lit rm
Remaining in the Po?t Office, Washington city,
Vlay J, 1843
l YF'eraoni inquiring for letter* in the following
int will pleaie *?y they are adverted.
A.
\nder?on, Jo?eph A lien, William
kbbott, Samuel 2 Aleey, John L.
\lexamler, 1 >r It. II. Abl?olt, Riehard
\tam?, Nathaniel Allen, C'.apt. Stephen B.
Mkm, Jr. Thoma*
D.
flrown, William Barton, George
'trowii, Mr* Sarah A. Berry, Mi?* Amanda K
teal, llenry Bowman, Overton
Hunt, Li Simon F.?3 Barker, Wm
Irown, Geo. Butler, John
trown, Ltinan Barry, K I),
trooka, IIen?on Bergman, Mr.
trown, Mr* Sally Barntt, Wm A
trown, Reuben Baker, Mr*. Kliza R.
telt, Com. Wm J. Berry, H H fct'o.
turn*, Larand Butler, George
trooka, Robert Blatrhfoid. Ric h M
trown, Jamea Bryan, C. H.
trooka, Henry Benin*, Thoma*
Hark, J. Matwhall Brorkel*. Roht I),
hitler, Andrew Butler, Henry II.
Iry'an, Dudley C.?8 Ilrawner, Mr* K II.
lurton, F'hili* Brevort, Capt.
laihy. Dr. Wm. Burritt, S. L.
Iuien?tein, C.
c.
lark, Mr* J. C 2 Cunningham,Gen Waller
ro??, Samuel Canfteht, Geo R
J
t'luw, K A. Cooper, Jolig 7 ,V
Clark, Cbariea C-ooper, William
Cade, Capt. J. Cudllpp, Mr* Kli/j
Claike, Lt- IJyard Cuuuuuig*, Mis '||,t H
Cole, John ?ia H.
Clay, John Colly, Jauiea 1
Co*, John Cuahing, IJaniel
Curry, Mn. J. Coulee, MiaaM.
Campbell, Janus
iD- i
Diggea, Jr. William Den ham, Mrs (.'albai.i, I
Digge*. Mlaa J K. Da?hirl, Thoa H
Duiiii, Misa Ann Dana, Mm. Ann
Dodge, J. Smith Duncan, Mrs KluaUi:, I
hui.i TKjiniia !)iiIM > Kaivi.u-il I 1
Dodson, William Dorrefl, William
Davis, John II. A. Dully, Thomas
Duiim, Geo. W. Dumee, John
Dowling, Mr. Davis, Joseph
Dodson, Mr*. Mary J. Dovoe, Col. Win. J
Davenport, Col. Geo. DeSaules, Monsieur
I>orccy, Miss Charlotte, Davison, John
Dorrells, Mm. Bu?uu Dusenherry, Capt S B
English, Mr*. Exeline, Solomon
Elliott, Mrs. Elliott, Jonathan
Elliott, Dr. Johnson, Ellis, James
Espy, William Fa?py, Mrs. Margarate j
Evans, William?2 Eepy, John P.?7
F. J
Fries, Malhew Fowler, William
Foote, Mi?s Mary Jane Fulton, Robert
French, William?2 Forest, Henry I,.
Field Mrs. Kachael Fowler, Miss V R.
Ford, Mrs Ann Maria Fisher, Mrs. Margaret
Frrgiot, George Freeman, Col., U. S. M
Fouble, David
G.
Grafl', William Gary, Wm. J.
Grimes, James Garrison, George
Gray, Mr*. Mary E. Gilroy, C. G.
Grimes, Mrs Lucy O.? 2 Garner, Mrs. Lurretia
Graham, Maj. Joseph Garnsay, D. G.
H.
Iloge, Israel Hurley, Joseph
Hurst, Id.Col. Thus. F. Hudson, Capt. Wm. I.
Hall, Mrs. Mary Howard, Capt. W. A
Hart, William II.?2 Hernandez, E.
Hume, Mrs. B. E. Harris, Wm. J.
Hill, Isaac?8 Hendren, J. M.
Hickman, A. P. Henson, Miss Mary
Hardy, Richard Wm. Henry, Mrs. Susan R.
Henry, William?2 Henderson, William
Henson, Richard Hazelline, Jav C.
Harris, Mrs. Mary L Hilton, John
Herbert, George?2 Henry, Pass. Mid. J. C-2
J. '
Jones, Jas. Y. Jenkins, Miss Elizabeth
Jones, Rev. George lardella, C. T.
Jones, Mrs Frances T. lamsy fit Co., N. E.
Jones, Mrs. George Johnson, .Vliss Harriet
Jones, Peter Johnson, Walter
James, John S. Johnson, Dearborn B.
Johnson, Mrs. Jenkins, Jas. H.
K.
King, Cyrus S. Keyling, George
Kleiss, Daniel Kelly, Bernard
rVLTIl, iTlHIiatl IVCJWUIlll,
King;, John H. Keeler, Capt. D. M.?7
Kirk, John W.
L.
Lane, G. Linton, David
Lynch, James Lafontaine, J. D.
Lee, Capt. Chas. C. Lusby, William
Lewis, John Loughborough, Judge
Lucas, Mrs. Ann Maria Lindenberger, Miss A K
I^acy, Mr*. Emily M. Luckett, Miss Elizabeth
Lusby E. Lansdale, C. W.
M.
Moore, J. Myers, Mrs. Catharine
Moe, Samuel 8. Mitchell, Mrs. Sarah A.
Matthews, Matthew Myerhoffer, Peter
Mcrritt, John 8. Morris, Miss Elizabeth II
Martin, Joseph?3 Merrett, F. A.
Matthews, John K. Montgomery, Dr. Jos. F.
Mitchell, Patrick Murray, Mrs. Nancy
Minor, Miss Stcphaneo Macy, John B
Malhon, J. Morange, jr. Lambert
Middleton, Mrs. Eliza Murphy, Col. Ww. H.?2
Mall any, James
Mc.
McNeill, Gen. W. Gibbs McGunnignl, Mrs. Ann
McGlue, Geo. T Magowen, Robert
McComb, inne McClelland, Miss E. C.
Maguire, John McArthur, Lt. VN'ni P.
McGuire, J. McKenna, P.
Macalestsr, Chas McCanna, Hernard
McCauley, George McDonald, Mr.
MeCauley, William McRipark, Capt. A. M. D
N.
Nicollet, Mr. Noble, Mrs. T. Ann
Norton, Peter
o.
Orme, Rezin Owen, James
O'ltrien, Geo. A.?2 Oliver, Mr*. Margaret
O'llara, George Owens, Thomas
O'Driscoll, George
P.
Phelps, William Philips, Mrs. Cecilia A.
Phelps, George Phede, J.
Preus, Mrs. Louisa Peebles, C. G.
Perry, Rev William Palmer, Wm. R , lT S A.
Plumtner, Fielder Pilling, jr. James
Prentiss, W m II. Parker, Chas. Collins
Plummer, Mrs Mary Philips, William
Palmer, Richard?2 Peters, Miss llermoine
u.
t}ueen, Mrs. Elizabeth T.
R.
Reid, E D. Ridgeley, Lt. 8, C.
Read, H V. Rollins fc. Landou
Ross, Daniel Randford, W.
Ross, David Roller, A.
Rose, William Redding, J. 8. T.
Hade lift, W illiam Roberts, Dr John M.
Heeler, Kvlvia Ann Ronalds. Mrs Maris l> L.
Rypma, Mr* Ca harine Rutaell, Id. U. 8. M
Hi Vxoond, Kphrsini Robert*, B. 8 , late U.S.A.
KadcliR, Samuel J.
S.
Smith, Mr*. I.i-Talirth Hchmedding, Maria
Scott, Henry Selutte, Henry
Htumph, T B. Hnvdt r, John
Smith, Henry Sutton, Michael
Sloat, (i B N-illman. John
Sand*, S. Heir-,,, Krann*
Smith, I'homa* B. Salter.,, Hildati C.
Stoke*, W'm II. Ste?en?,Wm II.
Spa k?, Jarr-d Swantnn, T|10, H
Semme*, Thnma* Stratton, R VI
Sanderwm, Mi?* Caroline SiiToid, Willian.
Smith, Mr St. w mt. \\ in M
Steward, Charles Hhaiimburte, Ja* W
8tackhou*e, Samuel Sweeney, Mary Ann
Sanford, Hiram, U. H. N. Sautter, Capt. Tho*.?'J
Slephenaon, J. Spencer, Dr. John C.
Slatter, Mr. Simmon*, William
T.
Tyne, Mi?* I.avinia II. Thorn**, Maj Chaa.
Thorpe, William Thorn**, William
Thumblet, Ja* E.?2 Thoinpaon, John B
Turner, John I>. Twiford, J?* W.
Tenny, John Thomai. Mr*. E.
Torrance Mary Towl*on, Overton
Thompson,Mi-? Flilabeth Taylor, ("ha*
Thorn**, Jeffrrw.n Taylor, Harriaon
Taylor, Lt. Col. Ja* P. Thomaa, l/rmuel O.
V.
Valentine, Matlua* Vail, Id Fdward M ?2
W.
Wood, Mr. Film Wilaon, W A
Ward, Richard Walker, Mr* falay R ?2
Wright Mr* Su??n A. Wilkinaon, S.
Wright, Dr. J B William*, Mr* Mary
Welch, l^-onard Willett, Mi** Maria R.
Worthington, l>r N. W. William*, Richard
Waikin*. Dr Tohia* 2 Willian*. N K
Wilaon, Tho* C Weh*ter. I B
Wake lie Id, Thorn** Worce*ter, K Brown
We?lerfield, jr., David Wellmcrr, Fdward
Wil?on, Noah
Y.
Young, Richard J. Young, Capt. R J
Young, Mr* Mary
z.
Zabri.kie, Col J. C.?2
fl The inland po*tagr on alt letter* intended to
K<> by ?bip muM b* |>aiH, olhrrwi** irify rrtuiin m
tbii nffn c
WM JONES, r M
May |-3l