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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1844
Page
1
The Tarborough Press weekly issue price is two dollars per year paid in advance or two dollars and ten cents after a subscription year. Advertisements up to a square cost one dollar, with twenty five cents for each continuation. Longer ads are charged per square, notices 23 percent higher, and ads must state insertions or be continued. Letters to the editor must be postpaid.
Sam Calhoun sends an Address to political friends and supporters explaining why he will not allow his name to be placed before the Baltimore convention in May. He asks for prompt publication through the committee and signals respect to those addressed.
The speaker declines to have his name before the convention and insists on delegates chosen directly by the people. He argues for district appointments and per capita voting, warning that other methods would be controlled by political machinery and divide forces. The letter urges decisive action as the convention nears.
The speaker objects to a Baltimore Convention, arguing it disconnects delegates from voters and undermines the equal weight of states. He cites constitutional balance, warns against minority votes counting, and defends state equality in nomination and in the House. He links this to preserving federal structure and the presidency.
The speaker argues that expanding congressional or caucus nominations would undermine the constitutional balance favoring smaller states. He recounts proposed 1828 amendments for districting and direct election, defending the current system and warning against a convention or executive interference that could erode popular institutions and provoke corruption.
The speaker argues that a convention based on state party strength risks centralizing control in a few large states and party managers. He warns that state conventions could appoint delegates en masse, concentrate patronage, and erode the people’s influence, potentially leading to the President nominating a successor and undermining the Constitution.
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