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The Caucus System

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Parent Issue
Day
4
Month
August
Year
1845
Copyright
Public Domain
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TV l'erry C"Utryiu m conlains nhother etter from Wm. Go"deil ti tlio Cancus Sysfeni. We commend the fnllowing exime; to the altention nf oür readers: "]t was modest nnd becoming enough iri Jomes G. Birnty to reque-st the L berty editora who had raUed liis name for tiie Presilential randulateof a new Cftñjpajgn, ihut they would forbear doin so, unül the voice of c! National convcntiuti should he lienrd in the .-oleclion ufo cimlidate. And t was proper eno'igh in the Editora to comply wilh h 8' wi.-hts. 1 do not claim tuat Editors ony more than oUior tnen sball fjreíthll the oction of the matses on thst subject. Il is the real, matter of fact action of the rnusses that I serk. And for lint very reason I protest, stroirgly nnd solemiily against the doctrine, apparentlv implied, and Hdeed coinmonly htld, in the other partief, of lute, that the masses must be mum, nnd ?ny no hing f.bout the matter until Ki.ng Caucüs, f-peokitig, through on artfuüy rnannged conventión has, at a late libar' Tñ the day, (too late for review) givcnïOt Ua iv.i'shnriUisve mándale, and thcn u 1 hands must .'-tand roadc - whetlier lUey evtr' heard the n:irae of the candida te before or not - lo shoiil "encoré1' or "huzza" at the tup of ihfir Un!{s! liibead f all this nccromancy and farce, let theenure Libertv parlv lu-duy fno time tobe lost) Irom Maine lo Wii-konsan, as in nn nlrertdy siuinjr cumnuttee of thewliole, tnke np tbe question of Presiden! in 1 enndidateand disetiss it, iii pood earnesl, iii-nse it needsany 'Jiícupsion. A larce Convention, lo be sure - and tlie s.ifer töerefore, -for in tlie nmltitiire' orcounuliois.there is safety." KIbow room e:iou:ti tuo, beUëeejv.tbe St. Croix river oud Lakó Superior, una time enough for al) to be heii'd, before liie previnus question phall be iprnnrr npou nS. Lel evory voter underslatid and exercise l)is lipht to nominale, or else (uliaí unv 'inte yankee by of tvvnlvc yeara o!d might teil Iiirn) !ot liim understnnd thathis fighi io vote i a mere right to be the dancirg pnpy.et of any self-elected wire orkere,thai niay busy themselves fora t wel ve mönth, bv corre.-pondenco or othe:'ise, to settle tbe point whrther A. B. C. or D. hall be Píesidi?uli;il Candidi-tcat our ucxt "Duflhlo Conveation"- .or (porchance) of o ?e!ecl Comiiiiatc of sucli a Coinentiiu, def-igniUe:! by Iho Cb'.irnian, or those vlo niny stnnd orouiid liitn- ond then siuinj; in conclave, aud Kpqrún l!e m;;ia oí a candjdníe.iu Micha trvlji f'iViitiqnal Convention'' na Ujxa uow becu propoicd, 'et all Liburty men be' heard. In local Equnds, ih viünges, school districts, towns . coiiiiiios, and cilios; let ihem crngre;aíp, and propone tlieir candidntcs. Tbe Liberty p.reáseswiU pn'jLsh iheir nominationa.' Ifany ir. üiiio, Maine. or il-ewliero, bclieve ihaL Wiliïam Jny or Wilüam II. Seward, or Cassiutf M. Clny (or tlio great great 'Harry" liimself) would nmko us a béíter candidjte thanJaiiips G. "Birui'v, let thrri epnie out, j'tke lioncst men, upoi.iy, b,efore the entire mass ut 'il.c p.'iitv, n 1 m v eo; and Beo how Uk; pruposjtion vyüj u- rcc-civcd. A good iiü.inii)iit;oii ni'Ci.' nol tluin liie day light, two or llirec years hclore the clection. Let tho peop.le íjuvu noiice before hand, and have time' to compare and rttlect. Tiun. y ou imy iiold yo;r BjiÖaJo Conventiun.tQ gooil purpose. The voice of liio' piople, going there, froili ali ijoarters, uil!' cpjtfi' i.acU Bgain and DE the voice of tha PEOPLEi and nn the voice of Mr. JYfbvdykiiütcs-icho, behind the curtain. I ii.ivc np ol'j ctioiiá ih.at ui-e men, ór men' ilunkJH" ihri.iM Ivr-á wjsêj r commenqably de$iring to In come a, &fiou!d y iheir heodd' i.ct icr ii consul tntiop, by letter wriiing or o:ahy as tiiey tiiny find uiQst conveiitíit.- VI,at 1 ico:iiiut;:)d envera nil t e gruund o$ course. Bul let uil:'6 bö :io oionopoly ol' Uia .-ano bus'uK-ss of coiííiVlintion. It s huirily iiio:!Li.t i'.ir those v.!.,. no ['ain?, üiemselóea, o brin uíiput ioua ,!iüv dcsii.'e, to lell ail iii : ■ eïr jbreih - re; aad u v.iat tñjjirijy'of Inca), loo', tú [bjf

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Signal of Liberty
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