Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1822-08-31
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WASHINGTON. Auguat aa

WASHINGTON. August %.
The TennS ssee Nomination We
have had oeefsion to notice the fact
Of the nomination Of General Andrew
Jackson by the House of Representa-.
tives of the state of Tennessee, as a
at person to fill the Office of President
OF the United States, after the exDi.
ration of the present term of the Pre-.
sidency. There was one incident at.
tending this nomination, however,
which we are but Just now made ae.
qaainted with, and which ia novel, as
far as we recOllect, in the history of
nominations. Those have heretofore
been considered the acts of Individual,
merely, whose situation supeoses them
TO have better means of information of
the merits of public men thaa the peo-
pie at large can we'll have, aad to be
withsi possessed not ouly Of the conf
dence OF their constituents, but of their
wishes also. In the case Of the Ten.
nessee nomination, however, though a
recess OF the House Of Representatives
was supposed to have taken place, in
consequence Of motion for that pur.
pose, the Speaker and Clerk remained
IN their official seats, as did the mem.
bers. The question on Mr.. Miller's
motion was put by the Speaker, aud
the vote attested BY the Cleric. Fur
Their, the Clerk of the House. in that
capacity, certiies the proceedings; 6.
the following order is annexed to
them:
"Fhe Clerk was ordered to carry it
(the resoive) to the senate to AK their
concurrence
And. it appears, The Senate stteok
up the Resolution" and passed it By
an unanimous vote. This is the first
instance within our knowledge, Of g.
recommendation Of a candidate for the
Presidency, which waots only the sane
ton of the Governor to give it oil the
forms of Legislative act.
We do not know that, in ANYTHING
but form, this differs from ordinary no.
limitations by the members of iegisla.
tive bodies; and the difference Of form
is in all probability attributable to the
occurrence of entire unaniwity--no less
rare than surprisinsSwhere political hos
tilities haze bees waged with so much
vigOr and obsB naey as in the State Of
Tennesses IL there is no substantial
innovation to this nomination, the form
Of il. 6e hope will not be drawn into
precedent, 1t is too imposi ng TO be
resisted. Such nomination pledges
the State, and takes the election from
the people by makingait mere ratifi.
cation Of a decree that has already
gone forth, There is This further o6-
lection TO such nomination or election
IN the present case; that as nearly three
years yet remain Of the present Presi
Dental term, nomination which ia
intended to be conclusive 10 premature,
and beyond the proper authority OF
those who have made il. A nomina,
tion OF q candidate for the Presidency
after The next, would not, strictly con
sidered, be a much greater assumption
OF authority.
We make these few remarks, not out
Of feeling unfriendIy to nominations by
stare Legislators, much less out of dis,
respect to this particular one, but from
doubt az TO the propriety Of the time
and manner 10 which the Tennessee
nomination has been made. The State
Legislators have, in our opinion, quite
as much right az the Members Of con,
gress to make nominations Of Candi
dates for the Presideney--and perhaps
little more, iDasmueh az they are
more nearly identified with the people,
bat more especially as they can in no
event be called officially 10 act upon
the question thus unofficisily passed
upon.
With respect to the time oftbe nom
iDaiioB, our opinion was freely express.
sed at the last session Of Congress, that
the idea IF a nomination then, by The
members Of Congress, was premature,
If not absurd. We shall entertain the
same sentiment in regard to any noni,
Datien which moy be attempted at the
next session, aud for the same reasons,
viz; that IL wsuld be an act not only
without authority, bat without even
the shadow Of its that It would be ep