The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-11-07
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RICHMOND
WEDNESDAY. NOVFhsnra =, ,a4--
RICHMOND :

GENERAL TICKET LAw.-The election Of
PreGdent and Vice Prelident of the United
States, has produced the ufual uveitigation in
70 all the details connected with the chara Ger of
the candidates, the character of the different
electors, and the manner of appointing them.
The paf aiminifrltion Of MIR. Jcferfon has
been centred or fupportci By the oppoftc
partiea throughout the country. Lifts of CLEFT
ors have been propofcd and criticized in all the
tates, where they are appointed by the people :
and the maanrr of appointing them has been
praiied or condemned, rather according TO the
varying in:erefts CT the two parties, than &C
cording to any ibfraf maxiTns Of found policy.
In Our own tate, this frucgle has he-n efs fenii-
bly, experienced, becaufc the benefits TO be deri-
we'd from the cxsrtions Of the minority were iefs
calculated 10 excite their own hopes, or the
fears of the triumphant majority. Some low
murmurs Of conpllint werehowcveT 90 he heard
amidft this general fence and the republican
party could not fail to perceive in them the in
dications Of fpirit of oppoiition, which, tho
it may be Iulied into temporary ref by the
want Of fafiicicnt Indictment, can neverh be car
into the deep leep of death without the extinc-
ton ofevery hope. In the purfuit OF their IA
vorite Object, fomc of the federal party have A.
gain attempted 10 invefigate the modes Of APP
pointing the electoral college: the policy Of
Virginia, in palling the General Ticket Law Of
1900, has been again fIbieGed TO the fevereit
crticifn ard I Dcwfparer writer has not hcti-
tatcd 70 pronounce "this mode of exerciling
the all-iinportant right of flffrlge rs irrecon.
cileable with the letter and fpirit Of our former
republican intitutions." Such are 4 Few Of the
Grains in which An author in the Norfolk Pub
lie l. dg"r, writing TOO /" with fsreugth and per-
tniracity," has dsploredthe abolition Of the diff
tiiCting fYitem, and the irtrodu 1ion Of ths Ge-
neral Ticket Lazy; while the Editor Of that pa
per has chaurtedfor;h the indignsa: chorust that
" the annals Of democratic ajiVbafion and tyran-
ny has nothing, which can compare with it, nei-
Their in ancient nor in modern times"
The moG tranfcnt view Of the policy 81 the
different itatvs, will be fufTicent to demonftrate
hat this meafire is not excIufveiy TO be found
IN &c the annals Of d.wocrntic ufu~p iton and ty-
ranny." The llf legnlture Of Msiischafstts
adopted fyftem Of appointment, which was
marked by all the disadvantages attributed f.
ourovn plan. Why thenare we tobc f,,ie Ted &c
this executive cenure Is it bscaui, the end con.
fecrates the means? IS il that the fp;rit of f..
dsr1|iGn E5nttifes whatever Il touchcsl And
can tlat policy p" perfectly r.PT5lic1n III I'll,
federal fate of M7Glchufet;cs, which mark.
the records Of ths Virginia leyi1a:urc with tn.
NOT orpreIliye ufurpltion and tyranny!
! have not forgotten that the dcG: 1cratic par
/ " W NAtildiilbi~ttSy hdNt Ottl ~ Colbpleattl
/ inco1iGert in their view OF this fnbjctt witt
thci. political friends in Virginia, as the fedora
: lifts n thia Rate have been with their friends /,
! MaGachuf.tss nor have forgotten that the,
have attacked t'ie General Text Inv with ~,
very fime weapons which the federaits in Viz
! <iuia have employed. This is one Of thof
faf;s, which moi smineptly diipiays The inf o
eucs o. party fpirit III our couitry, and wnicI
! feems To- demoutrate thss theie two poli:ic7
I letis do not alwavs follow III. courfc which /
/ recommended by principle, but farrct.,ne
/ waaderinto the path prefcrilcd Wy their varyia
insesed. In one reipeS indeed the republican