Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-11-30
AxEYANDRIA,
Tuesday MORNING, Nov. 80.
IT, National Intelligepcer find, i vor.

= ,batSiate. EpoD examining the new
,ll we perceive that out of ihirty-four.
I,he number to which that State is entitled)
,,,rve are old ones; and of these twelve,
TWO only are of Caucus memory. Whe.
,b,r the editors paragraph was intended
..a covsr TO The precipitate retreat of so
many of their ercl,siue republican, forces,
=, only brought forward as corroborative
,,ideuce of The moral Effects which the
New York elections have produced in fa.
80, Of Dir. era sford, it is difficult to say.
The following TACT, however, will not fail
n strike the mind Of every intelligent OBJ
,sryer:-So signal has been the overthrow
cfMr. CrawIord's partizans in the New
York Legislature, by their independent
and abused constituents, that scarcely one is
lsn TO tell the melancholy story--on the
ober hand, the friends Of Mr.. Adams, in
he same body, have been applauded and
supported. To this fact. another equally
,lriking may be added:-Six,een of the
New York delegation attended the Craw-
ford Caucus; TWO OF the sixteen have
besn re.e)ected--eightesn refused to al.
,snd and TEN oil them have been re>eiect-
sd-ln other words, majority of those
Who opposed the nomination of Mr.. Craw-
ford have received the appreciation oftheir
fellow citizens.-while seven-eigbths of
those who recommended it, have been
discarded.-- But, strange 10 tell the
moral effect is still for Dir. Crawford.
The Legislature of New York has at
length consented to submit to the people
The manner of choosing Electors tor Presi-
dent and Vice President of The United
States.
The bill originated 10 he Senate, and
was concurred 10 by the lower House on
Tuesday last--64 TO SO. Who thanks
them?
We end that the difficulty which we sug-
gested through one of the Questions in
our Saturdays paper, has presented itself
to others. The following remark is from
The last Richmond Enquirer
Allow him the whole ] I, and Mr.. Craw.
lord goes to the House of Representatives
With az votes. Allow Mr.. Clay all the
votes which the letter from Chilicolbe as
signs to him, and be will reach the House
With As only. 1t is barely possible that
The ballots may be so distributed as to al
low Messrs. Crawford and Clay an equal
yote-ia which event crisis will occur,
never contemplated by the constitution
viz there not being the three highest. tvo
candidates only will GO before the House
Representatives, or as many as four
But il is unnecessary to moot questions OF
this sort: sufficient for the day will be the
evil thereof
The Richmond Wing Of the same data.
alter comparing the probable strength OF
Mr. Clay and Mr.. Crawford, and admit
ting the possibility that they may have an
equal number of Electoral votes; concludes
as follows:
This would present question of great
dihculty and delicacy--aod one which IS
unprovided for in the constitution That
instrument says that the three highest shall
be returned to the House OF Representa-
lives, and from its phraseology, seems po-
atlve TO exclude higher number is the
House of Representatives then TO ballot IN
The irst instance, 10 ascertain which oil the
iRo shall be returned, or proceed TO make
the election from the too highest! UT
what other expedient is 10 be adopted!
We agree with the editors OF the Wing,
that, from the pbraseology OF the constiiu-
lion, il seems positively TO exclude higher
number than three from the House. II
ihs position is correct their question--':s
lhe House of Representative then to ball
lot, in The FIRST instance, to ascertain which
Of the two shall be returned?' appears to
to be answered in the negative; tor two
being already in the House, and the House
deciding between two others, would ex-
sctly be choosing from TOUR instead OF three:
we see very little difference between re-
leeiing one first, and two alterwards--and
relecting three a, once.
a We do no. say there is no difference: we
IAN perceive slight one; but we say 1t
would be still choosing tron four, which
he constitution forbids. 1t results then.
hat n The House choose at all, il must