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Gentlemen of the Senate, &
Gentlemen ts the huufe es RefrefertatWes,
THE LegiAature having Omitted to pre
feribe the manner, in which the Elec
tors of President and Vice Prefid'ent shall be
appointed, I thought it incumbent on me,
to fanim „ tte present Opportunity for dff
charging a trust, so interesting to the honor
ofOr S ate, and so essential to the profperi
,of the Union. To preserve indeed the
political balance of our confederation, to
promote the regular operations of Govern
ment, to diffufe the blessings of concord, and
to ensure the confidence of the people, are
considerations intimately connected with the
object far which you have been convened ;
and having thus prompted an extraordinary
interpolation of the executive power, they
yill also, 1 am purfuaded, command on
your part, a serious and salutary attention.
It is to be regretted, Gentlemen, that the
difference of opinion, which occurred on
this fubjea, between the two branches of
the last General Aflemhly, has deprived our
constituents of an immediate participation
of the choice of eledors, either, by an ele&-
ioh of the citizens at large or by an elcdion
of t§e citizens in diftri&i Since, howev
er the crifts affords no other alternative, than
a legislative appointment or a deriteaion of
the right of eteaion, we cannot, I think,
reflea upon the dangerous and difgraceful
conferences of the latter course, without
refolvirig to pursue the former. On the fi
delity and vigilance of its fevered members,
he union depends for its energy and dura
tion land, it is obvious that a negled, or
omission, of the important dutiesaffigned to
the individual states, mwft, eventually, prove
as deftruaive to our Federal &mpaa, as
an opposition the most aaive, or a secession
the most daring: For, a free and enlighten
ed People will not long continue to maintain
or to refpea an institution in which (from
whatever cause) they have ceased to be re
presented.•
Nor can werefift the influence of those
occurrences which admonish us, at this mo
mentous period pf human affairs, to rally
round the Canftitutian of our Country, as
the palladium of civil Liberty, and the last
hope of Republican Virtue. ,0 refeue
Pennsylvania, therefore, from the higma of
exhibiting to her Sifter States, a fatal exam
ple of discord and disorganization, as a mo
tive, that cannot fail to foperpede in every
patriotic mind, the pride ^ opinion, as to
the theory of our Government, or the bias
of predelidion, as to the various means of
Applying its departments—For my own
part, I acknowledge, that I haye ever con
tempiated a general choice ly the people,
as the truest, faireft, fafefl, ex politico of the
Constitution; but a deference tor the judg
ment and plaice of others, taught me to
refpe& a departure from that rule elsewhere,
before the necessity had arisen which inipol
es a departure from it Here. In eight States
of the Union, Electors are appointed by a
vote of the two branches of their refpcaive
Legislatures ; and appointments so made,
have been uniformly recognized by Con
gtefc It is a great cunfolation, therefore,
that on the pretent creation, we have these
authoritive precedents to pursue, since, per
mit me to repeat ; it is only left to your
diferetion to decide whether Pennsylvania
(hall abandon her eledive rights, of exer
cise them in a manner, which has already
been adopted by one half of the Confedera
tion.
Though I have thus explicitly communi
cated my sentiments, and exonerated myfelf
from all official responsibility, I still deeply
partake of the general folfcitude, for the
issue of your deliberations. The fitnation
of our country is critical : but not alarm
ing.. In her external relations, the prof
ped of reconciliation and peace appears, by
recent intelligence, to be realized : and
nothing seems wanting to her domeflic hap
piness, but a recollection of the fqnmon in
rereft, by which all her citizens mifr.be
equally animated in their efforts to promote
it. It has, perhaps, then fallen to the lot
of Pennsylvania, not merely to determine an
important elcaton, but to extioguifh b, a
magnanimous example, those feuds , and I^-
loufies, which have disturbed thp.p&r' of
society, and threaten to eelipfe the glory, of
the Revolution. UnJer this impression, we
GOP. M'KEAN's ADDRESS
TO TMI
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE,
Delivered at Lancaster, November 7.
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25, 1800.
fee, without furprize, the attention of the
union fixed upon thA proceedings of the pres
ent day ; while, from every quarter of the
state, the wishes and prayers of, our fellow
citizens, emphatically appeal to the patrio
tism ami fidelity of those, in whom they
have reposed their confidence, and to whom
they have delegated their power. Such just
and honorable expectations will not be dis
appointed! N o - Superior to the fuggeßion<
of party, disdaining a centeft about forms,
and yielding to the precedents that haw
tdabliibed, your decision cannot fail to me
rit the approbation of our Conftituehts, the
applause of our filter states, and the grati
tude of posterity.
I shall reserve Gentlemen, the communi
cations on the general state of the Cummin
wealth for a future message ' .but I cannot
conclude at this time, without assuring you
of my molt .cordial co-operation, in every
measure for the public good. Let us then,
cultivate, by all the means in our power, a
liberal and harmonious intercourse between
the departments of the government. Con
vinced, as we must be that our pivate hap
piness,. not lefb than our public duty, wil|
be belt promoted under the influence of mu
tual Confidence, deference and esteem.
THOMAS M'KEAN.
November 7, 1800.
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From the National INTELLIGENCERS
interesting view.
THE Supreme law of a Republic is,
that the will of a majority fhpuld prevail.
It is on the obedience of tfe citizen to this
will, when clearly and unequivocally ex
pressed, that the public welfare entirely de
pends. Its transgression always occasions
the necessity of coercion, and coercion too
invariably produces evils in themselves in
curable, The application of force Is gene
rally dangerous. For if it be fuccefsfully
applied, however it may for a season con
troul a refractory disposition or subdue ille
gal aaions, it seldom permanently reforms
the heart. And ififfe,, the Inevitable and
dreadful result is the establishment of anar
chy, the subversion of the facr-d pillar or.
which alone republicaniftn can rest, and the
overthrow of every principle of right'. In
such a state of things, he who consults his
individual welfare, is compelled to abandon
the right) and cling to the expedient. Prin
ciple is loft, and tevery one is forced to con
sult his own lafety by the best meads, how
ever bad, in his power to adopt. The in
justice of one man is only to be opposed by
the injustice of another man ; ana he suc
ceeds the best, who has at his command the
most cunning and the deepest fraud.
It these ideas be true, how sacredly ought
every American (for I persuade myfelf that
every American is in heart a republican) to
cling to the principle that the will of the
majority should prevail. .
In some trivial cases a violation of this
principle may not be attended with fatal ef
fe&s, though the influence of such a prece
dent must always be malignant. But in
cases, in .themselves deeply momentous,
whieh the people feel to be all important,
and whose iifoe agitates the whole nation, a
violation of this principle may be followed
by the most mourhful consequences.
J,ct these remarks be applied to the elec
tion of a President.
The event is certainly in itfelfof the great
er magnitude. It is viewed by the people
as of importance little Ihort of infinite. The
remarks made (hew that it is equally im
portant that the ele&ion, when made, ex
press the will of the majority.
Let us enquire whether this will is hot
already clearly and unequivocally expressed?
- The Constitution, the supreme law of the
land, dire&s that the election ihalf be made
by a body of men, who (hall be the repre
sentatives 6f the whole population of the Q;
nited Styes; and reptefentaiives, by equal
vote, of the States themselves. On tiiiaprin
cipleit gives the following Etefyfe to the
several States %
To New-Hampihire 6To Delaware 3 -
Rhode-Tflata a , 10
M^ffacbofetts 16'' Virginia 21
Connecticut ,? N. Carolina 1a
New-York <2 S, Carolina
Vermont,;4 'Georgia 4
New-jersey 7 Kentucky 4
Pennlylvauia 15 Teitefee 3.
Thus it appears that the entire number of;
Lienors who chrefe a Preffot, is ig^of
which „ constitute a majority. Whoever
[1 DOL. 50 CTS. PER ANNUM.
can be shewn from the most recent expreffioft
of the public mind to be entitled to this lift
number of votes ought to be President.
The fentimenis of the several dates will
most diftin&ly appear from the elections
mace of their representatives in their ref=
peaive legislatures, or by their election of
federal officers.
New-Hampshire has ex ptefled itfelf fav
orably to Mr. Adams.—Rhode- 1 land is con
littered as doubtful—Maflachufetts favora
ble to Mr v Adams: —Conn&aicut favorable
<0 Mr. Adams.—Vermont unafeettained.—
New-York favorable to Mr. Jtftrfon. —
New-Jerfy, favorable to Mr. Adams.—
Pennfylvaraa, favorable to Mr. Jefferfon,
by a great majority ; out of 13 members of
Congress chosen Os!. 14, 10 are republi
can.—Delaware, favorable to Mr. Adams,
by a small majority, viz. no more than 300
votes in the whole state.—Maryland, fa
vorable to Mr. Jefferfan by a large majo
rity ; out of eighty members of her Legi
slature Chosen O& 13, 48 ate republicans.—
Virginia favourable to Mr. Jefferfon ; four
fifths of her Legiftature are republicans.—
North-Carolina, favorable to Mr. Jeftr
fon, by a large majority.—Souths Carolina,
likely to be favorable to Mr. Jefferfonf but
classed among the doubtfyj ftate%-,Georgia,
Kentucky and Tennessee, favorable to Mr
Jefferfon.
From these data, let us nfeertain the bonte
fide votes, which ought to be given to Mr.
Jefferfon and Mr. Adams; by bona fide
votes, I mean fueh as truly declare the will
either of the State, or of the people, which
they represent. For one of the other of
these they muff represent ; and they can on
ly be considered as legitimate votes in the
degrees in which they are the fair represen
tatives of the States or the people.
First, let them be viewed as represent
ing the States. In this case the votes of
each state are i idivifible, and must be give*
exclusively for one man.
They will stand thuft
Jefferfon. Adams.
N. Himpfhire6
Maff^c hufem 16
Connecticut,
New-York xz
Ntew-Jerfe,7
Pennsylvania 15
Delawareg
Maryland to
Virginia to
Nortfr Carolina 32
Georgia '4 >-,
Kentucky 4
Teneflee 3
8t ±t
DabftL—Rhode-lftak!4
Vermont 4
South-Carolina B—l -
By this view it is demonstrated, that that
portion of the public will represented by
8t Ele&ara out of 138, which cqullitutes a
large majority, is at prefect decidedly and
undeniably in favour of Mr. Jefferfon,
These 8t votes ate derived from 8 states,
which form one half the number of all the
states, and are represented in our Federal
Councils in the ratio of 81 to 57, which is
as two to three. Let it be remembered too
that this mode of choice is the fovourite one
of Mr. Adams's friends, and that of conse
quence the result produced by it Jbould be
acquiefeed in without a murmer by them. To
prove this, it need only be flared that New-
Hampshire, Rhode-lfland, Massachusetts,
Connedicut, Vermont,'Ngr-Jerfey, Dela
ware, and South-Carolina, including every
state whose votes are not above given to Mr.
Jefferfon, and including every state in which,
under this mode of election, Mr. Adams'
could get a single vote, all ele& in this iden
tical way.
We will now In the Second place, enquire
ifito the result of the Eleaion, in case the
Ele&>ra were chosen in all the States ia
dithias. la this view, as well as in the
former, our statement will be derterd from
the latest txprtfmi cf the public will i&
each state.
The votes would (land thus:
Jefferfon. Adams.
RhnlclAand > ±
Waffachufetu4.
Camcaicut 3
Rw-YoriO I, #
„, TOvont & q <<'-&,.-
N<w.,crfr, 3
rtnr.fylvania 1;
7 Delaware 1 ,
Maryland , . ;
Virginia )|6 %# L\
Nunh-CaroHna 8 • .§. 4
.Georgia 4- :'', >
Kentucky 4 &(
Tennessee, 0 b
Suth-Gudin# 4 4
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