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Domestic News
December 12, 1843
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
The New York Gazette reports that Mr. Calhoun declines to accept a nomination from a convention controlled by Van Buren supporters, viewing it as playing into their hands, and anticipates an official statement from Calhoun that his friends will support.
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"We see it stated that Mr Calhoun declines altogether to receive a nomination, or rather to be a candidate for one, from a convention of representatives of conventions. This does not yet appear under his hand, and we have therefore delayed to notice it, expecting to see it in an official shape; and we have no doubt we soon shall. To come before a convention packed expressly with Van Buren machinery, would be to play directly into Mr Van Buren's hands; and whatever hopes the friends of Mr Calhoun may have expressed in any quarter of being enabled to keep up the forms of harmonious action, have only served to encourage the leaders of other sections of the party to persevere in that course which is their only hope. We look therefore, earnestly for a further and more distinct development of Mr. Calhoun's views on this point, which will be cordially met and responded to by his friends here; and we doubt not throughout the Union."
[N. Y. Gaz.]
[N. Y. Gaz.]
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Calhoun Nomination
Van Buren Convention
Political Party
Democratic Nomination
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr Calhoun
Mr Van Buren
Domestic News Details
Key Persons
Mr Calhoun
Mr Van Buren
Event Details
Mr Calhoun declines to receive a nomination from a convention of representatives of conventions, which is described as packed with Van Buren machinery; the statement awaits official confirmation under his hand; his friends expect and will support a further development of his views.