Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-08-06
RICHMOND;
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST6, lso4
RICHMOND MEETING.

Ell 10 meet to nominate AN Elector.. and fnr o,h.r
PurPoses'-ln this work all his friends in Richmond
a wv, '"e "cIh'ty, are requested TO co-opcrate-
~ ey are requested to bear in mind tba, by l;
anscnt' they subject themselves to the taun,s and
ridicuie Of their opponents-their motives TO con
s'iuce"n ~n'ch suPPoses the want of personal firm
ness ana independencc-their cause to injury. by
encouraging the conjecture. that Ire f;.nds ~
and lukewarm--Hhat is that ma IS op;n;ons worth
VINO IS afraid to express them. Not a bav.b.e -
urn out gentlemen, and perform what is tn. ln,v
ol lIeemen-express your opinions publicly of men
This meeting is confined to the friends If I.h,
Quincy Adams. and others are exp;ec,.d ar
viii be permitted to interfere. "
WHOSE CHANGE rs THEBEsTs
notwithstanding the free expression of n,,bl;c .,
p'h'on throughout the United States by n,eetinv,,
oheAannped IN their number, as well as the num-,
nerS VINO attenled Them We view the grounds of the
PRESIDENTIAL question. as being essentially u,.chans-
ed since last wiuter. If any state has in the mite
rim shifted her CHOICE il perhaps the states of IL
hnois and Alabama alone. The first Of these prior
to the summer, was counted OIL with certainty for
MIR. Ciay-the last anterior to the ame time with
equal certainty for General jackson. Recent g.
vents afford strong presumption, that they will
noth give their electoral votes to MIR. Adams Two
states only in the Union are acknowledged nv ali
SIDES to be doubtful, towit: New York and South
Na.ohha'-in fife hrst, the people by la rye ma
Jnrity have declared for ADAMS but the members NJ
he General Assembly, by perssting in their refusal
I" chanse the Electoral law, and give the election
INFO the hantis Of the people, manifest at the same
ue, resolution TO give the of the State di-
recton not wished by teir co,rstis.,eins Il, So,nb
earoina, since the wih,lr wal of Mr. Calhoun the
state has declared caeice--shough the people in
great number OF meetings all over the state. seem
10 prefer Jackson, and after him, Adans-The,,
TWO states are acknowledged by the friends of either
canaidete TO- be yet .doubtfuls-Se are inclined 10
think North-C arona, Ohio, Indiana ;nd Io,,;xian,
equally undecided. The 6rst of these has be,eto
ore been claimed with certainty for Mr.. Crawford
and the politicians of Virginia, and perhaps
NOSE Oh Norm Carolina too, have never dreamed
but that North Caroliiia was ia follow Virripi;, n.
she always has done, matter of course II The
manifestations of public opinion in the lower r;a,t
oil North-Carolina, afford just criterion of ,opu
lar sentiment throughout the state, We foretei tina,
the vote of that honest state, will he pivr, RI CO.;
jackson. II is at this time, however .xtrem.I,,
doubtiul-and we are inclined TO class NORTH Ca
rol'na for the present, with New York, and South
Carolina. : --N.-
Ohio was fores,alled for Mr.. CLAY, bv the cam.
stratagem which the friends of Mr.. Crawford play
ed OH y" Washington gu Valentines .iay-bv a mi
norty caucus OF the Legislature, undertaking To inn,
pose him on the state, before the peopIe had ex
pressed any choice-t is believed that that caucus
produced the same effect in Ohio that the Wash
neton caucus has throughout the union-to fill the
minds OF all men who were not blinded by marty
zeal, with disgust and alarm. AT all events most
iorrnIdabie opposition has sprung ip--a powerfh;
aud the best informed men consider il entirelyprob
lenatical who will receive the vote of the state A.
dams or Clay. On the Ohio, Clay is the strongest
i'm the interior, Adams. Weshould be willing to
stake the whole election on the vote of Ohio SO con-
hdenf are We, thar Mr.. Adams will receive IT,
The same remarks apply with almost equal force
to Indiana aud Lonisiana--They were early
claimed by Mr.. Clay, apd his Legislative partizans
by an early exeriion of activity made partial i'm
preston III his favor-The tariff has prohablv alen
hDth Glax, nd
there IS very great reason believe that both of
them will ultimately vote for MIR. Adams-HIe will
say nothing of Virginia, but place her vote TO the
cfedit OF MT Srawford-we hope to place it to the
credit OF better man when it is given.
Assuming these facts our premises, let MS en-
quire what states are certain and for whom-and
how the results may be altered by any possible d
rectIon winch can be given to the electoral votes of
the doubtful states.
Those states which we will in obedience to the
Calculations ofothers, though not to our own, con-
slider as Certain, are Virginia, n orth Carolina and
Georgia, 40 for Crawford.
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Mississi, nj Delavar.
10 for Gen. Jackson.
Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, louisiana, Missouri 40
for Clay.
Maine, N Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, MARYLAND,
and alabama I3 for MIR. adams.
according to calculation, and surprising all the
candidates TO hold on, Mr.. ADAMS, Mr.. Craw-
tord and Gen Jackson, would be the three returned
to the House of Representatives
his calculation will not be materially affeotrd
even by the vote of the two doubtful states, New
York, and South Carolina-New York will certain
ly vote either for Crawford or .4dams--iffor Crav
ford, IL will swell his electoral vote to 04-f for a.
dams, his electoral vote will be increased to lOo
requiring " still, to give majority of the whole
the vote of South Carolina would mount Mr. (,roy-
ford in conjunction with New-Yofk TO 96-RIr n.
dams to 100.
u these data be correct, and all the Presidential
eanidates hold oil, is manifest there can be no G.
lection by the Colleges, aud that il must be trans
iered to the House OF Representatives; what the re-
suit WIZ be then, no foresight penetrate, and IL
would be folly even TO conjecture. If the several
states give the same votesby their Representatives
IN Congress, that they give by their electors there
tco then, can be no election without compromise
unless the States who voted for the individual who
had not votes enough to return him, should throw
theIr collective weight into the scale of that cand-
date already having the greatest number of states in
his REPRESENTATIONS which none have thought
OIL VIII probably after ALL decide the election III the
House of Representatives.
ne have based the foregoing calculation rather
upon ihe mixed opinions Of the friends of a II the
candidates, than our owir-;hus as MIR. Crawford's
have claimed n. Carolina, and Mr.. Claws Ohio
we have III this calculation, ceded those states To
them respectively. Ne have not confidence I'm The
truth OF this calculation in all its parts. We think
that Ohio and Indiana may with almost postive
certainty be substracted from Clay and given to a.
dams-aud that Mississippi and Louisiana will in
n nrO lNah Sc fal,, Of, a.