Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-01-07

| Their 81 electors shah prefer B. for Pfesi-
dent and accordingly vote,for him.. will
suppose also, that of the IS electors, who
prefer A. for President, rs shall also pre-
fer C. for Vice President, and give him
their votes with that intent, and that the
other twenty electors shall prefer D. for
that Office. Lastly / will suppose that of
the 81 electors who shall prefer b. Tor Pre-.
sident, IS shall also prefer G. for Vice Pre-
sident, and accordingly vote for him, and
that the other So shall prefer d. for that
Office. Nov because rs Of those SIS elect
ors, who prefer A. for President, and 25
of those who prefer for President, are
alse willing that c. s!,oald be Vice Presi-
dent, and vote for him with that intent, C..
actually becomes President with 100 votes,
not Tone of which was given to him for thar
pur(6 Sc. Thus the viii of 95, who coa-
pose clear decided majority Of the whole
number of electors, IS Defeated by rs OF
theirown votes, together wiih-thc other 25
votes given to Chat is to say the will Of
the majority is defeated by the actof the
majority, in the very exercise of It's electo-
raj capacity. But Mr.. chairman if the
proposed amendment should be adopted,
this anomalous effect cannot then result;
for as each Of the candidates would then
sbe designated for the particular Office for
which he was intended. 95 votes would
betgiven to A. for President 81 would be
given to B. for President 100 70 c. for
Vice President, and rs to ID. for Vice
President So that a. would then be e.
lected according to the realwill of 95 elect
ors, by majority equal to the difference
between 81 and 95 and c. would be-elect-
ed agreeably to the will and intention Of
100 electors, by majority equal to the
difference between rs and 100.
Mr.. Chairman, such an event as that, which
/ have stared as possible, and perhaps, proba-
Bile result irnm tile presenE mode Of choosing TIE
President and Wee PfeSldentof the United States,
nlusgbe serious evil. Inlio point Of view can i
contemplate it, in which it does not present itself
as an evil Of considerable magnitude. For,
Sir, hawcyer respectful the pubIicae,cation might
have been towards the person who thus becomes
chief magistrate OF tie union, contrary to the
ntention of The electors, contrary to Tie public
will, il canuot be expected that w;.h the acGu:si-
ton of the office under these circumstances be viii
receive the public confidence. It's not the na-
tufe OF governments as purely elective this go
yernment i, 10 produce spirit aiog cher aoqui-
cscent 10 elections OF tbs sort. II IS not 81 this
county, where the Gle Give priBcp4i is 50 highly
revcrrd, 50 warmly cherished, ard so dearly Va
lued, thar We a.e 20 look for disposition 10 the
public mind, 10 frel!self satisfied With the miro
dueion of agents into Office, Who are let
departments of inferior consideration, TINS dis. 1
position is net 10 be found much less can it be
expected appear, and display Itself, Should tte
great ard important duties Of the chief executive
magistrate by an appointment thus brought ab ut
be devo!ved on person not contemplated tor that
station. It's indeed, the nature of elective re- j
preventative governments to produce Yery differ
emf spiril, spirit oil dissatisfaction under such |!
appointments. Or, more properly aay it be sad,
Sis, that IN all such governments there is a sp- |
.rit coevai inexstence wiki The governments them
saves which dispGses The people rather to with |!
hid their affection from pn5ic fun6tionares than I
10 bestcw il upon them when introduced inro /
Office, after tbs manner. Ii is q spirit, which IS
,asepsrable from tie people fall countries, where
the elective system prevails 10 any degree. lis {
influence aid activity, ever cemmensurale w'th |,
tie degree of perteton, Which pervsdes that sys.
ten, pippoyonablY datuse themselves through /
tie Feat body OF the people. Wherever genu
ire rational hberty most abeunds ard Believe, |
ST, that. 50 far from aboundieg, it csrnos exist
ar all, wlere election and representation do not
ezlst) there tits sprit ds in ike d-grec.
tisese i IS 70 be traced through all the dsp@t-
meats CT lNe--therc II aalaiatts the mass OF the
community there il speeds, il exterds and en-
laEges the sphere Of lis laAasnce, through the
wheIt circle Of socieiy; and thas iofaeace is ex-
eIesd 70 a degree Of prevalence in proportion as