and that he was appointed to the line of "safe The Baltimore Convention authorized the precedents," was sufficient to arouse the deep- Delegates present, be they more or less, to give est excitement, and such was the effect which as many votes in the choice of a candidate for public sentiment had on General Jackson, that Vice President, as the States which such Delehe said in his inaugural addressgates professed to represent will be entitled to "The recent demonstration of public senti- in the electoral college, and thus the seventyment inscribes, on the list of executive duties, eight Delegates from Virginia, were permitted in characters too legible to be overlooked, the to give but twenty-three votes for Mr. Barbour, task of reform; which will require, particular- while the two Delegates from Mississippi gave ly, the correction of those abuses that have four for Mr. Van Buren.

We have not receiv

brought the patronage of the Federal Govern- ed the Baltimore Republican of yesterday, and ment into conflict with the freedom of elections, know not whether the names of the members and the counteraction of those causes which will be given to the public. We trust that they have disturbed the rightful course of appoint-are afraid or ashamed to name themselves. ment, and have placed, or continued power in, unfaithful or incompetent hands."

has.

PENNSYLVANIA.

Gen.

To be suspected of an attempt to appoint Pennsylvania and South Carolina were among his successor, was sufficient cause to defeat the the first, and the ablest supporters of Gen. Jackre-election of Mr. Adams. General Jackson son. Presuming upon his power to control voluntarily pledged himself to carry out the these States, and particularly Pennsyl-vania, we principle; yet he now openly, and in violation find the whole power and influence of the Exof all his pledges, attempts to force upon the ecutive thrown against their favorite sons, in suppeople a candidate of his selection. Has he port of his own favorite Mr. Van Buren. power to do so? We do not believe that he Jackson may not be aware, that he draws too largely upon the fidelity of his partisans. South Carolina has long since broken the spell of his influence, and all the indications show that Pennsylvania is fast approaching the same point. We give below some extracts from prints known to speak the opinions of the majority of that State, proving that Pennsylvania will resist the attempt to force Mr. Van Buren upon her as a candidate for the Vice Presidency.

We copy the following article from the Phi ladelphia Inquirer-the advocate of the Van Bu ren Baltimore Convention. It shows what little reliance that journal places upon the chance of Van Buren in Pennsylvania:

FROM THE INQUIRER OF THURSDAY.

"It is possible," [mark, gentle reader-possi FROM THE AMERICAN (PENN.) SENTINEL. ble,]"that after the decision of the Baltimore The following paragraph from the Harris Convention upon the subject of the Vice Presi- burg Reporter will serve to show the character dency is known, that another Jackson electoral and numbers of one of the meetings which have ticket may be formed, through a State Con- been got up, in this State, for the purpose of vention, in Pennsylvania. This, however, will electing delegates to the Baltimore Convention. depend altogether upon the manner in which the The Dauphin meeting is exactly of a piece with Baltimore Convention is received throughout the all the others-contemptible in numbers, and If the Democracy rally in its support, utterly destitute of political weight. with remarkable unanimity, another ticket will We have seen a call of a meeting in this city, be formed. If, on the contrary, they receive the of persons favorable to the Baltimore Convennomination listlessly, and with little animation," tion, the object of which is to appoint delegates [yes, listlessly, and with little animation,] "then for the first, second, and third Congressional the 5th of March ticket, [the one bearing the districts. This call emanated, as we are informname of Wilkins,] will be the ONLY JACK-ed, from a meeting of about twenty members of SON ticket in the field." one of the Hickory Clubs, by a bare majority,

State.

The Inquirer knows that the nomination will and is contrary to the usages of the party. The be received listlessly; and he, the editor, fur- determination of the democracy of the State is ther knows that they will never venture a Van unalterably fixed to adhere to the regular noBuren electoral ticket in democratic Pennsylva-minations made on the 5th of March, and the nia. Hence, he is preparing to go for the Wilfriends of Mr. Van Buren will only expose their kins ticket. weakness by attempting to resist it. To this The Inquirer of the same day has the annex- gentleman, no possible benefit can result from ed extract. It bespeaks the alarm of that paper movements of this kind. Their only effect will for Jackson, even in Pennsylvania:

FROM THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER.

be, if persisted in, to impair the strength of the JACKSON party of the State. We are, however, among those who neither regard nor fear

"The tariff, the bank, the judiciary, are them. questions that will exercise a vast influence "We see the Philadelphia Inquirer, of yester over the public mind, unless satisfactorily ad- day, notices with due parade, a COUNTY meetjusted before the coming contest; and it would be ing, held on Monday evening last, at Harrisfolly to deny that, so far as Pennsylvania is con- burg, to send delegates to the Baltimore Concerned, the friends of the President must pre-vention, and promises to give the Official propare for a decided opposition." ceedings. It may be well to inform our read

ers abroad, that this meeting had been adver-now is for Jackson and Wilkins, and pointedly tised for the Saturday evening previous, by denounces all efforts at dividing the party by handbills posted up, and that when the time stirring a question solemnly discussed and setarrived, but 7 or 8 persons could be assembled, tled by the State convention. This is as it and the meeting adjourned without organizing, should be, and will be the course of the party to meet again on Monday evening. of the State, if a score of Baltimore Conventions

FROM THE MILTONIAN.

THE SUNBURY MEETING.
Messrs. Editors: The mistatements which

"On Monday evening they again assembled, are held, and as many electoral tickets are starand after considerable exertion, succeeded in ted to support its nominations. Partial meetmustering ten persons, that is, the two dele-ings got up in corners may resolve and re-regates to the Baltimore convention, General solve, but the democracy of the State cannot be Cameron, and Major George Gaullagher, and shaken. eight others, and two of these, we are informed, attended out of courtesy, in order to swell the numbers of the meeting, and in politeness to the gentlemen anxious to be delegated. Thmeeting organized and the persons above name ed were appointed. The other proceedings have been made respecting the Van Buren we have not been informed of, but the public meeting held in Sunbury, on the 27th ult. tendmay expect due notice thereof, through the ing to deceive the public, induces me to send columns of the Inquirer."-Pen. Rep. you a short account of it. At the hour appointed, four or five assembled and attempted FAYETTE COUNTY.-A meeting of a to organise the meeting, but failed; there benumber of the citizens of this county, called for ing no one present to act as Secretary, they, the purpose of taking into consideration the ex- therefore, adjourned until evening. In the pediency of sending a delegate to the Baltimore evening they again assembled, with George convention, to urge the claims of Mr. Wilkins Kremer at their head, and succeeded in organfor the Vice Presidency, was held at Union-izing their meeting, appointing a Yankee schooltown on the 23d ult., Capt. Valentine Giesey master, not a citizen of this State, Secretary; a was appointed chairman, and James Boyle and fact which clearly shows the shift they were put John Gadd, secretaries. Resolution was adopt to in getting up this meeting. Mr. Kremer then ed, "that the consideration of sending a dele- made a few remarks in his peculiarly eloquent gate to said convention be postponed for the style, in the course of which, he attempted to show the "error committed by his brethren of the 5th of March convention, in not sending

present."

From the article which we insert to day from delegates to Baltimore," but with what success, the "Miltonian," a steady democratic and de- the votes upon the resolutions afterwards cided Jackson paper, the character and proved. pro

This

ceedings of the recent Van Buren meeting The first resolution offered, approving of the held in Northumberland county are manifested. nomination of General Jackson, was carried. Like the meeting of the eight in Dauphin, which The second, third, and fourth resolutions, apmodestly elected two delegates to the Balti-proving of the Baltimore convention-the nomore Convention, this seems to have been a mination of delegates to that convention, and trivial assemblage of discontented spirits, whose instructing them to support Martin Van Buren proceedings, however they may loom on paper, and negatived by large majorities of decided for Vice President, were successively offered, are merely ridiculous. It is a remarkable fact, that in not one county west of the Allegheny and warm friends of JACKSON. But FIVE permountain has the slightest disposition been sons voted in favor of the last mentioned resomanifested to abandon the State and its candi-lutions-the whole force they were able to musdate for the Vice Presidency. In the east, ter, after a week's notice, although the meeting meetings have been summoned by the friends was held during the sitting of the court. of Mr. Van Buren in not more than six counties, is a true statement of the farce, which has been and these have been utter failures. Consider-represented in extras, as the "voice of Northing the efforts that have been made since the umberland county." 5th of March last to induce the democrats of the State to abandon their original position and fall into the wake of the New York candidate, these Susquehanna county Democratic Meeting. facts manifest most conclusively the absurdity At a very numerous and respectable meeting of such an anticipation. Those who desire to of the democratic republican citizens of Susforce upon us a repudiated candidate for quehanna county, held pursuant to public nothe Vice Presidency, and who think the tice, at the house of Damel Curtis, in the bodemocracy of the State transferable stock, would rough of Montrose, on Monday evening 30th inst, act wisely if they should open their eyes to truth Almon H. Read, Esq. was appointed Presiand receive its admonitions, grating as they dent, Jared Hyde, jr. John Comfort, Hosea may be. One of the "signs" of giving up Tifton, jr. and Joseph Washburn, Esqrs. Vice William Wilkins for Martin Van Buren, will Presidents, and C. L. Ward and Earle Wheeler be found in the proceedings of Susquehanna Secretaries. county, copied into another column. That On motion, county was for the Baltimore Convention. She

PRINCIPLES NOT MEN.

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to

draft resolutions expressive of the sense of this meeting whereupon C. L. Ward, Asa Dimock jr. William Foster, Henry Drinker, and Earle Wheeler, were appointed this committee-who, after consultation, reported, substantially, the following preamble and resolutions :

Before the Baltimore Convention assembled, we were told that the only true way to obtain a Pennsylvania candidate for the Vice Presidency, was to send delegates to that convention. Delegates were sent; and so accommodating were Our FRIENDS, that they permitted a half dozen No rule of action of the democratic republi- self-chosen gentlemen to give thirty votes for a can party is better founded, or more generally Vice President. Mark the result! Not a single acknowledged, than a submission, on the part vote for a Pennsylvania candidate. From the of members, to the choice of the majority tion, we said it was a mere piece of managewhen fu and legitimately ascertained through

outset of this scheme of a Baltimore Conven

the medium of their regular conventions, and ac-ment, and we were convinced that delegates coring to the usages of the party-and in no were only summoned to record a predetermined State in the Union has this principle be a more candidate. Every step of its progress down to universally and unreservedly adopted than its final conclusion, has proved the justice of our amongst the democracy of Pennsylvania. It is original impression.—Ib. this which has enabled them in every political contest to hold the proud and "even tenor of their way"-alike unmoved by the assaults of enemies from without, or the voice of faction from within-until they have earned for the State the high and dignified appellation of key-stone of the federal arch."

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In view of this principle, as well as others equally paramount

THE VICE PRESIDENT.

It is a remarkable fact, that although Mr. Calhoun is no candidate for office, having vohuntarily retired, from a conviction, that, entertaining the principle which he does, in reference to the Constitution and the policy of the country, he can render but little service to the country in its present condition; yet he is more fiercely attacked than any other public man! Resolved, That although a majority of the Why is this? But one reason can be assigned members of this meeting were decidedly in fa- Those who assault him, know and feel the vor of sending delegates to the Baltimore con- strength of his moral and political power. They vention-yet, as the State convention, of the know that the eyes of those who love their 5th of March last has declared against that mea- country, and who are anxious to see it restored sure, we cordially acquiesce in the decision, to its former political condition, are turned toand disapprove of any proceedings for getting wards him. Thus feeling, no effort is spared up another electoral ticket in the State of to weaken and destroy him. Charges the most Pennsylvania.

false, known to be such by those who make them, and disbelieved by the very partisans of power here, are daily made against him. Among other things, he is accused of coalition with Mr. Clay, when it is known, that there are no two nions and principles, on almost every leading public men on the stage of action, whose opi

Our situation, is a peculiar one.

The flag of Pennsylvania and her candidates still floats at the head of our columns, and there it shall remain, unt, in the language of our candidate for the Vice Presidency, the "same authority that placed it there" shall order it to be struck. Pennsylvania, her rights, her candi-subject, are so diametrically opposed. As proof, -if proof can be necessary in so clear a casedates, and her principles, are the glorious rally-1 we might refer to the votes of their friends, ing words of our independent democracy.which are more rarely found in combination, American Sentinel. than those of any parties in the two Houses of Congress; far less so than those of the friends Who represented Pennsylvania in the Balti-of Gen. Jackson and Mr. Clay, although they more Convention we are not informed by the are rival candidates for the Presidency, and proceedings received last evening., That they personally and politically opposed. were self constituted, is certain; meetings for this purpose not being held in more than six We are op coanses of the State. As might be expected posed to both of the rival candidates for the from occasional machines of this kind, they had Presidency. We believe that, in point of fact, not the spirit even to vote for the candidate of in reference to principles and most of the leadthe State at the first ballot. It was expedient ing measures of policy, their views are the same; that the New York candidate should have a as to the tariff, it now can be no longer doubtshow of strength at the commencement of the ed that Gen. Jackson's "judicious tariff" balloting, and to effect this object the half proves to be the same with Mr. Clay's "injudidozen who mis-represented Pennsylvania, cast cious tariff." Their friends, in fact, have unitfor him her thirty votes, and passed the un-ed. In the Committee of Manufactures in the doubted candidate of her hundred thousand House, their views, we understand, are found democratic voters contemptuously by. Judge to be in strict harmony; the friends of the PreWilkins is, however, in the hands of a party, sident going quite as far as those of Mr. Clay. which, unsolicited on his part, placed him in In reference to the bank, we have no doubt that, nomination, and pledged themselves to his sup-before the end of the session, they will also be port. His confidence is justly reposed, and found to be in harmony, as we know they are will be honorably vindicated.-16. against the Jeffersonian doctrines of '98. As to

internal improvement and pensions, never has system. Had it, on the contrary, denounced a session gone beyond the present; the friends the tariff, New York and the other middle of Mr. Clay and Gen. Jackson acting, in refer-States would have moved to strike it out, and ence to both, in strict harmony; and we have no insert a panegyric; and, in the same manner, in doubt that General Jackson will approve what-relation to every other measure-the bank, inever bills may be sent to him, however extrava-ternal improvement, pensions, and surplus regant; and this notwithstanding his Maysville venue, consolidation and all. To avoid this perve:0. In a word, we conceive them both to plexity, the Convention briefly resolved that the be on the side of the tax receivers, and equally delegates of each State should present a sepaopposed to the tax paying section of the Union. rate address to their respective States, by which Thus thinking, we can give our support to nei-means each might tell a separate tale, and give ther; but, however correct and independent an account of the objects and character of the this course may be, it exposes us to great diffi- Convention as diversified as the materials of culty and misconstruction of motive. So ab- which it was composed. This, no doubt, was a sorbing is the Presidential question, that it most sagacious course; and, in fulfilment of it, leaves for neutrals nothing; and although there their favorite will doubtless be held up, in the are hundreds and thousands who cordially various States, as may best suit the faithful; as a agree with us in our general views; yet they friend, and as the enemy, of the tariff; as a permit themselves to be enlisted on one or the friend, and as the enemy, of the bank; as the other side, and will scarcely tolerate any re-frien, and as the enemy, of pensions; as the ma k which goes to bear upon either of the friend, and as the enemy, of internal improvecandidates, though extorted from us by a high ment; as the friend, and as the enemy, of a strict and sacred regard to truth and duty. construction of the constitution; as the friend,

And

In spite of this difficulty, however, we are and as the enemy, of consolidation! determined to persevere, be the consequence It may be asked, what cohesive principle what it may. We firmly believe that the coun-could possibly hold this heterogeneous mass totry is approaching a great crisis, when the is-gether? We answer, one, and but one. sue must be liberty or despotism; and thus we defy the arguments of man to point out any thinking, we, for one, are determined to pur- other. Money, office, contracts, jobs, the spoi's sue that course which our best judgment die-of victy-to perpetuate power in the hand o tates, and which will leave nothing hereafter those who hold it-to keep up the control of for self-reproach. This determination, no charge Kendall, Lewis, Eaton, and their associates, of coalition- no misconstruction of our motives and, through them, to obtain office-to partici-no denunciation, from any quarter, shali pate in the jobs and contracts of the govern

vary.

THE VAN BUREN CONVENTION. There is one ircumstan e connected with this assemblage, which must strike the most thoughtless-t published no address. We give the resolution adopted on the motion of Mr. Archer:

Aesolved, That it be recommended to the delegates in this Convention, in pla e of a General Address, to make such a report or address to their constituents as they may inink proper.

ment-to speculate on Indian reservations-to obtain missions, judgships, and high places in the political synagogues. This, and this only, has had the magi influence to bring together this mixed multitude.

We know that there are many individuals, not in the counsel of the initiated, that have been so unfortunate as to have their names connected with this body, of which they will be hereafter convinced and ashamed. They have been taught to believe that, bad as Mr. Van Buren is, he is not so bad as Mr. Sergeant; and A circumstance like this, we venture to say, that the only means of defeating the latter was We believe both of has never before occurred in any Convention as- to take up the former. sembled for a similar purpose. The reasons for these assumptions to be erroneous. We know the omission of an address cannot be mistaken; not a political objection to Mr. Sergeant, which and speak a volume as to the real character and is not equally applicable to Mr. Van Buren. obje t of the Convention. It consisted of men They were both opposed to the re-election of professing every description of principle, and Mr. Madison, in 1812; they were both in favor every diversity of political views of those for of a high tariff; and both against the south on and against the tariff-for and against the bank the Missouri question. In fact, we consider -for and against internal improvement-for them both on the aristocratic side-on the side and against the pension system-for and against of the tax-receivers against the tax-payers; and the American system-for and against a stri t we are confirmed in this, as we daily witness the construr tion of the constitution-for and against Confidential friends of Mr. Van Buren voting a surplus revenue-for and against every mea-with the party of which Mr. Sergeant is so proNor do we consider the sure which can affect the public interest. Had minent a member. an address been drawn up, it would have been other assumption less erroneous, that the nomicurious to witness how it would have been re-nation of Mr. Van Buren was necessary to deWe believe ceived by this mixed multitude of all political feat the election of Mr. Sergeant. languages and tongues. Had it contained a re- the very reverse is true; and that he had no commendation of the tariff, Virginia and the prospect of success but through the nomination south would have moved to strike it out, in or-whi h, it is pretended, was made to defeat him. der to insert a denunciation of the protective The real object of the nomination is easily

understood. The government has degenerated The Intelligencer says:-"In Mr. McLane's into a mere money machine, and acts without scheme the Administration pledges the influence reference to principle or sound policy. Gen. of the Executive to endeavor to reduce the taJackson is the nominal head, while Mr. Van Bu- riff to the revenue point--not all at once, but ren is the real head of the party, which has gi- gradually." What are we to think of the errors ven it this direction, and whose object is the of the papers devoted to Mr. Clay, when we spoils of victory. This party is under the ef- find such a statement in a press professing to fectual control of Kendall, Lewis, & Co., who be devoted to southern interests? Will the ediare charged with the conscience of Gen. Jack-tors of the Intelligencer point to that feature of son, and who control the affiliated presses the scheme which proposes a gradual reduction through their organ and by their cor- to the revenue point? One objection to Mr. respondence from this place. They well McLane's bill is, that it proposes duties far beknow that no other prominent man in the Union yond the revenue point, and jumps at once to is corrupt enough to perpetuate power in the its conclusion. He proposes a system giving at hands of those who now hold it, but Mr. Van least ten millions beyond the revenue point, and Buren; and hence it was determined, nolens vo- instead of a gradual reduction, he fixes a perlens, to make him Vice President. Hence the manent scheme of duties. Van Buren Convention was called-hence the nomination was made.

PROM THE PETERSBURG INTELLIGENCER.

But we ask pardon. The bill proposes a permanent scheme of revenue, and the system of the Administration is a gradual INCREASE of the expenditures. Perhaps our worthy cotem"MR. SECRETARY MCLANE'S SCHEME. porary means to say, that the scheme pledges "Gen. Green declaims, brother Niles raves the administration to graduate the expenditure by against Mr. McLane's scheme for a modification the receipts, and not that the duties should be of the tariff. But while hostility from the ex-reduced to the just expenditure of the Governtremes of Nullification and Ultra-Protection were ment.

to be anticipated, and we will add, not a great So much for an error, which, if accidental, deal to be deprecated, it is pleasing to observe cannot be too soon corrected. As to what is the ready approbation with which it has been said about Mr. Niles and the editor of this paper, received by the moderate men-embracing the we will reply by an illustration. great mass of the nation-of all parties. It is We do not concur with Mr. Niles, and those true that the Treasury plan does not concede political philanthropists, who labor to promote all that the friends of Free Trade desire-but the prosperity of one section of the Union at the was that really expected by any one? "Rome expense of the other. We do not acknowledge was not built in a day"-and it occupied many any right in the Government to enact laws for days to demolish the walls of Babylon. The the purpose of compelling one class of our citi"American System," like a huge Colossus, be-zens to labor for the benefit of another class.striding the land and deeply entrenched in the We believe that the products of agriculture are policy of the Government, is not to be over- as much the products of American industry, as thrown by a trip; but must be approached by the products of our factories and that Con sap and mine, and cautiously divested of its mon-gress have no right to levy heavy taxes on ag strous proportions. If a noisome excrescence, riculture, for the protection of manufactures. like an exhalation of the night, rises on the body Entertaining these opinions, the next question politic, would you hazard the national existence to be disposed of is, what is the effect of high by attempting to eradicate it with a single cut duties upon agriculture? of the knife? In Mr. McLane's scheme the Cotton, rice, and tobacco, constitute threeAdministration pledges the influence of the Ex-fifths of our exports. No one will assert that a ecutive to endeavor to reduce the tariff to the re- hogshead of tobacco raised in Maryland is not venue point-not all at once, but gradually.- as much the product of American industry as a This is the utmost it could do--and for so much, bale of coarse cottons manufactured in Rhode under existing circumstances, it is entitled to Island. The Rhode Island manufacturer is an the hearty applause of all politicians not blind- American citizen; so is the Maryland planter. ed by personal interest, nor bewildered in the Now, let us see how Mr. McLane's bill will opemazes of a passionate and reckless opposition." rate upon the products of their industry, reIt is time that sober reason should take the spectively. One manufactures coarse cottons, place of party slapg. It is time that the public and the other raises tobacco: the object of each ear should be disabused, and that intelligent is to exchange the products of his labor for the men should take some little trouble to inquire necessaries of life. The manufacturer cannot for themselves into the truth of important state- live on coarse cottons, nor can the planter live ments. The report of a Secretary of the Trea- on tobacco. Say that the manufacturer has prosury should not be taken for truth, because it is duced one hundred bales of coarse cottons; that the repo t of a Secretary; and error is no less the planter has produced one hundred hogserror, because it is in such report; and it is no heads of tobacco-and that the value of each is less the duty of the press to detect, and to point the same. With what propriety can the manuout the errors of an official document, than facturer ask of Congress to pass a law whic those of party editors. at a loss of forty hogsheads from every hundred, shall compel the planter to exchange his tobacco whilst it enables him to gain forty dollars on the

But we will dispose first of an error, (should we call it an error?!) of the extract before us,