Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-08-12
NOMINATIONt.
From the Easter
70 TILE EOPI

rrOm the Eastern Argus.
TO THE PEOPLE.
An anonymous publication has appeared in tie
National inelliscuccr The form Of - rpmoust,,nce
ia hrhilf Of Name, New Hampshire Rhode island
Cnnncclicni, Vermont, New Jersey, d. taware, NJ =
ryland, ,. Carolina, Georgia. A,,ama, Mis.issinDi.
I.pus,dnn, Tennessee, l,diann Illinois and Missouri
seventeen OF the least p"puluus States, .gaiusi
TIE nnconSli'uiIOndlily at caucus of the mpmbgr-
OF Congress to recommend 10 the pcDule n suttnhin
Candidate Tor the Presidency. The presumption and
taShnesS oI The writer IN attempting 10 combiae and
array the small States against the large u,,pbt be
m"tier ot severe animadversion and rcptoof did we
hoi Know, that any character, with any design may
obtain u Tree access Ia the public journals.
This writer may be lorrigneI-tn enemy oC FREQ
government, who to hr,mg system into disrrpuir
wo"d "men division, defeat the will of the prnuIe
create fresdert by minority, aSd consequently
thr"w majority " The nation against him and his
measures lie may be some facuOus Iederaist who
fading his ranks broken asd his parry dissersed-
Thai sectional and geographical divisions were un-
popular and calculated to consign The projectors TO
an odiouS mnor'y, and thar the Missouri line of de
WnrcGtlou had failed hts made final efTort f., Gre
ate party Of small States. lie may be nothing
more 'dan mere clerk IA u department, who con-
sci'us pi the unpOpuary of his master wouid al,
teml't hS election, by IN ephemerIl coaiiiion of a
t1cifions minority. Whoever he is, and whatever
has design, hIs objections shall he cleaned SET I'm mr.
n"r--met ana answered III an elaborate communi-
chlIon, OF thirteen divisions, OF much repetition and
SINGULAR modification, his objections when refined
down, May he reduced 10 The following
J. Such caucus IS against the spirI OF the Com
siiiufion.
2 4 il inexpedicet aad imnoIi'ic
8 The members may be the fnd electors, and
should not therefore prejudge the case.
H. The measure is unpopular
-. WA. IS How recunmc ndh1gry would nv Cnrre
o. precedent Oncnme authoritative and niihatoty
.. An eventual equality was intended 10 be rcserv.
"d i0r the heneil' OF lie weaker STATES, and Whatever
tends 10 promote the primary election, tIimiulsbes
the chance Of the hun resort
preliminary To the discussions we remark that we
are o"henIed TO exclude from The contest all au,ho
sgust In gpfet, ID. 10.
ing, however, that wc are not that any caani-
y has brallen the nation by the previous nrnc,;ce
anu That 81 Any caudidle Is Indebted for his success
To- caucus If members, has not 10 our Ie,lge
impaired the Independence of the Legislative or exe
curve mower, the rights Of the people or the pur,tv
Of their agents F''''
We vii now stale the case, and consider The oh
leciions And here we defect thIs writer ~ p,Ip,-
Me MS fpresentacn, even ~ his preamble III i,.s
T""hed M.ly and, Trunes>re and j. Carolina a,rnua
" TIE ieasi p0pU.ous Siues,' when each is entd,d
10 eleven sectOts--I greater proportion tl,au our
iweny ouf'h OF tic whole number, aud lis electoral
would consequently he stronger thau its fcdrrarive
so'e lhere are t~eniy-iour states, and there will
DC fwO hundred and >xty-o one electors The vo;ce
oil each State, VII, ~ che prG,arS election he equal
to IT'S Number Of Srna'Ors and REPRESENTATIVES A.
~ "e obthins majority OF the electors, the House
% h'pt' .ehtdiiFes are from tue rhree highest nun
Defs 10 elect, each State having IN euui vote Tie
vote Of c,te 10 bc efecfnal, must give a n,.inrtv
o. The votes OF lis members present to one candidate
mcHber or memhels from sixteen Of tho States
must be- present, AID concurrence Of frtecu y,Ii
De necessary i1r an riecuOn. II The House f,il T.,
elect by i've u of VI rich, the Vice Pirsnent s Il,
ACT as pfeldem. T,king tAeu the STATES Of Mar
land. Tennessee aud South Carolina, from .. tho
le isf aud plac'"g hem iniong tho most populous
oiaics, ionriern are lee -u' lDt the purpose of
lhis PROV Ted combination. Ihry have ffy two on,
OF two hInlrcd '.i thirteen gcprcspnfatives-i...
URN one iouri--t nd eighty ouf of two hundred and
slHty-r'e ele, 'oi---l..s tit1n one tnird
7 es'den' is To- be chosen whase Term Of fur
yours is To commence on the lh or March 1878
ard thr present inrumbeui BE- not candidate 49, Five
gentlemen o Distinguished talents and hieh character
have hFen presented 10 the people, and urged ly
iheW friends. Nj. Clay he. been recommended b,
state Ciueuses ~ four f'a States, is nndcfsiood
~ We ibe lav0rie of me west and ms many friend.
in oihrr par. of the Union NJ Adams Inc be,,
? recommended W. two or Itee S.ne csucrsas h.
sad 20 be he iayorite Of New Eeglird e>peci,l,,
The federal p1uy, and has many frtu,is 10, other
o'atrs b'ntrs. jackson SUPPORTED ~ % caucus
oomntiion Of his Owu Slatr and H., several porul,,
mociings 90 other pitces Mr. Calhoun is brIicv. Z,
10 nave majority Of y Carolina n HE fiyor and
" SAD ~ have stung claims on Peupstltania. Mr.
Cfa"iord, Is Lyofifc nf George, and some Of the
luge 5tfcs--has elsewhere many friends, and is
though hy them 10 be- lie prominent candidate
o. the republican ptry.
lu ilns state OF tbiugs when ths elements IL d.
VISION aud discard SIRE IN fuil orrtjnm the que.tion
70 which The objections, about 10 bc answt red aplf
- this-Ou1W oil ~ the republican members Of
N'her"s7 10 meet and recommend to We people y
tnlii.tr lot President
We revere the constitution bat we p,otesf oea;os,
constructive or implied grams No oae pretends
sat Sansrsss can egslale IN favor NJ a particular