[4] Both Van Buren and his running mate Richard Johnson were unpopular among the Union party and the convention spent two days in debate.

The State Rights Party viewed Glascock as a defender of the South against Abolitionists and not beholden to Van Buren, unlike other Georgia congressmen.

[5] Pleas for unity within the Union Party editors rang hollow when two of their Buren electors, James Watson and former Governor Wilson Lumpkin, resigned from the ticket.

Naturally, the State Rights Party wasted no time in asserting that Watson and Lumpkin abandoned ship due to their reluctance to support Van Buren.

Lumpkin clarified that he couldn't simultaneously fulfill his role as a commissioner for settling claims under the Cherokee treaty and serve as a presidential elector.

He argued that his responsibilities as a Cherokee Commissioner took precedence in Georgia and stated his intention to back Van Buren at the polls during the election.