The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-12-03

VOICE Of the STATE, alter u ltFi bren uehp'
raitly expressed by its representatives.
The, declare that lbc blank ballots ought
: to have been counted a. r0fts---and that 10
! throw fhrm ont, WAS =" contrary To reason
and precedent" But, happily for the tran
uuilliiy of the country, both Houses III The
New York legislature, by nearly unanimous
votes, decided, that those who had not ~
led, we're mol entitled In be counted, aud,
in our opinion, this decision was sanctioned
both by reason aud precedent. As well
might it he commended, for instance, that II
two thirds If the freeIolders OF Virginia
had deposited LionkSin the ballot boxes on
the DAY of election, and the other third
voted for Mr.. Crawford, he would not have
been entitled to the vote of this state. We
ask, IL the same reason which would ope-
rate IN The case Of The ". Y. vote to the
disadvantage of Mr.. Adams, would not
operate, IN the other, in like manner, To the
prejudice al Mr.. Crawford And yet, who
would have ever thoagih of such thing, II
the possibility To which we have referred
had taken place. Reason and common
seuse are Aoih IN faeor eli The course pnr
snrd by The n. Y. legislature, Now, as In
" preetdent.n The intelligence, to prove
that precedent is IN favor of ats own pos
tion, refers IL the vote for Speaker of the
House Of Representatives III 1909, when
Mr.. tarnan had majority of tire votes
given in, but in consequence of ir0 blank
ballots bling counted, MAS declared mol Ia
be elected. But did il nat also rceollecl
another and u stronger precedent, IN which
blank ballots were Hronn oat 2 Did II not
rccoileef. 1hal ~ the celebrated contest for
the Presidency bed Jefferson and Burr,
hltet 80 bllolings, the question was AT
length decidcdin favorofthe former gentle
man, by ane of the Burrtes from Vermont
and four fom Maryland putting in blank
battois2 Threw oH one of these prt-ce-
dents, and the other must be tIIrewn ont
also, and then the question is left IN it's max
ed state, Ia be disposed of according In the
usage ofthe body IN which it arose. In all
cases of n similar nature which had occur
red in THAI body the iaank votes were con.
sldrrcd IA nothing, aud the result always
decrerd according to the actual votes gwen
in. The attempt 10 give different eoa
Slructien rs rule sanctioned both by pre-
crdent and reason, may be considered as
the expiring effort of despair; and rs such,
we csmmlserate the agony which gave it
bV'I, Hlu WHICH S'fkS IbG Il DdlIldllAc lbl
defeat IN such ridiculous subt.rfngc.
tn. direction given 10 the vote of North.
too, has aroused the ire of Mr..
Crawford's friends, and after claiming "A
decided ma lority IN that state, they console
themselves for their defeat, by the Iencc
ton that they owe it tn the coalition be
tween the friends of Mr. Adams and Gen.
Jackson, which they denounce both as ui
fair and uusenrrou.. Let them lament The
of this coalition is much as
they please I; but let them clear their own
skirts of the act Of which they complain,
before they denOuuce il. Where was all
their detestation Of this unfair aud ungene-
r"us mode Of proceeding. when the Craw
ford electors withdrew in MARYLAND, and
united their forces with the Jacksonites, To
iajure Mr.. Adams Did they not defeat
Mr.. Adams in New Jersey by II similar co
altion Ntrc Nhey not Matching up
another in New York WITH the Clay.
ties, fer the same object, which they after
words broke by Their indscrctt confderc,
III their own strength Did they not ANAL
gsnate with Jack sonltcs and Cia,iics and
Hartford Conrcnlonists in Massachusetts
for the same purrose2 Kcs and in the
didate, they have rcaped the Just reward 81
their own mean Wtiicr. They stopped
at no means To defeat Mr.. Adams. From
the commencement of the presidential con,
test, their every effort has been directed tr
his prostration and even nov, notwith
standing he is evidently the choice of III,
nation, we shall see, il Mr.. Crawford bc MOI
returned Ia the House, the efforts of his IN
firing enemies employed To secure the Pre-
sidcncy for Henry Clay, decidedly the last
man whom the people would support, op
posed as he is IN his principles aud policy e
the safety of our institutions, 4 To the fur
theranee H our interests. g.ct Them cease
To complain, therefore, that they have been
" manguyercd' aut of the IS votes OF n
Carolina, rnd" gamhicdn nut of the 3 IN
New York. They owe their defeat TO then
own man@nrreS and their own gambling
The have attempted tn gamble the people
out of their rights, and they hnve sti'i,rd IL
mGH9urFe them Into obedience to caucu,
dictaiion and we rejoice, that in all thci
eiInIts, their articles have recoiled upol
then own heads.
We sincerely hope that Mr.. Craw fore
Naay be returned To the House of Repre-
srUta,lses instead vi Mr.. clay. FIRST, be
caase wc prefer the former gentleman; an,
secondly, because we wish to see The Ma
kcdness "f his support exposed in ever,
Stage Of the contest. II viii I've said, in cas-,
fins exclusion from the House, Indeed i
is already murmared, that f he could ha,,
! got 1hrrr, he would have been elected
when II 'sevideut, that il is impossible 70
him To get more than fatir Votes IN tina
body. Mr.. Clay il he gets 10 the House
may get eight Notcs--btd the contest mus
finally settle down between Adams an,
jackson. 1t will be in the power Of TIT
an'i-TariH states, and 81 those hose sensi
biity looks forward with 80 many fears I,
the success of Gen. Jackson, as to the Ger
tainty OLA military desporism, to elect tn,
former. We shall see which tIrty mos
icontend for-the ascendancy of men o