Mr.Gallatin was selected to take this place on the ticket.

To this tender he replied that he did not want the office, but would dislike to be proposed and not elected, and he honestly felt that as a foreigner and a residuary legatee of Federal hatred his name could not be of much service to the cause.

Still, he followed the only course by which any party can be held together, and surrendered his prejudices and fears to the wishes of his friends.

The Republican caucus met on February 14, 1824, in the chamber of the House of Representatives.

Of the 216 members of the party only 66 attended.