Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-08-03

Inc may have, is determined not to miss the trut,
tor e want oi assertion or conecture,) to the ap.
preaching crisis at Albany, that he may be on the
spot to and III the union Of the friends of Jackson
ana Adams, and the passage of the Electoral law
IL Mf Mexican can bring bout these v,., desirable
results, lie Will deserve we'll Of his country
LEGISLATURE OF NEw-YORK.
Yesterday wa the day fixed in Gov Yates pro-
ciamaon for the assembling of the Legislature NJ
New York. No legislature has in ,nosIern go
] convened under circumstances so interesfnr = ~
which throughout the whole exter, of the ,,nio,r-
excited an attention soprofound.-Sn the one ha nd
ne alarms oi the party, who f their conte,nnf;-
o!e numbers, but aspiring efforts 20 dictate to the
majority OF the people, have been aptIv comnared n
tie Runp farliamen. of Ensa na-on .he o,ber
tie hopes and prayers of tho friends of the neonlc
are temporarily governed by the information from,
view io'k. The great vote of that statc--the en-
IRE uncertainty winch hangs over its destination
the tact that majority of the people wish TO pyc
IL 'iis drection-the strong suspicion that :,
self erected sJunta determined to give {, a.
mother, induce all to look forward to the dccisou
ON the Electoral law, with fear and apprehens;o,
WIN JOY ana eXnitation, as the news from tbaf
quarter, happens to favor the first or the las, of
'hese coiJectures- On the very eve OF the day
which Is perhaps to test the truth or fIsity of o,r
pfedictons, we should feel soAe del;cae, i,spccu
latg on the probable result of ti,e sexs;o,
oil lie New York Legislature. Giving our autbo,;
~ however as we go, will present our readers
with biiei and connected view of the reasous
which induce us 10 think, that the Electoral Law
'0tH De changed-desiri,g them, if our prophecies
are not Veflhcd by the event, visit us with tl,
appellation of liars aud false prophets bur ia h
Tow those epithctS upon those causes which 6rs,
m'sie" us, the New ork newspapers, and those
trat,s Oh national character III the people Of New
foik' Wheh produce results SO strange, and SO ut-
'eiiy diierent from what experience, and calculate
'n would lead 10 expect. Whether II be . ,<,,,,f
or Their superior wealtlsand refinement which,
"ei 'cih caCioiis, ifconStant, and fond of oIiti
cal excitement and continual clange-or ,vbe,hcr
Psoeeee rom great political ignorance, whicir
fehfefs them the dupcs aud slaves of newspan.rs
oi political hnpostors and int iguers-it is cerss n,
tiiat She character of the New Workers has for
years exhibited strange nelumgc-a,,d their polf-
cs eiied the efforts OF the sagacious 10 unra-
Vei'-it Is not to be expected, that such dis
lance from the scene of action, and with spcb
people as the subject of Gale uation anv result,
winch are to happen, can be foreseen. Did SINH
lar Slate of things exist in Virginia, we do
ho' hesitate to say, thai the premises we shall pre-
sehiiy advance as true, in reference to New-York
would conduct us by the same reasoning almost 10
'he precise, actual result of what would happeu
The firs' reason which we shall advance as mfr
ecisg us to believe that the Electoral Law will be-
changed Is the fact itself of the Convention of the
Legislature Iii incredible that Gov. ateswouh
nave taken so strong and unusual "A step, as an sr-
fr0 call of the Assembly, for the avowed purpose of
procuring the passage of law which had lust be-
lore been rejected, and when new events had
occurred to recommend its passage, without having
secret assurances that some who had voted against
the law. had undergone a corresponding CHANGE
with himself, and were DESTROYS of an opportunity
OF rcdceniing themselves with the people. This
su7posiiion is strengthened by che confident tone
which the paper supposed to be most in the conf
dcnce OF the Governor has uniformly heId-and by
private letters from NewYork, which, whilst thew
acknowledge the event to be doubtful assert
that several of the IL senators who defeated the
law before, were determined to remain this time
quietly at home. Sensible and sa gacious as Yates
is saia TO be, and as he must be, to have risen n
such State from airhu,uble to the FIRST condition.
1t IS impossible that he should not foresee that his
political fate depended upon the bold step which he
mad taken.-lfhe succeeded in producing a repeaI
of the old law, the gratitude of the people mes,
rfInsaie him in the Office from which he had been
caucusscdif he failed,his fate was sealed. and he
was inevitably take his station along side of the
fallen great men, of whom the State of CIV Yoik
possessed many, blasted by premature ambition, or
the successful Vaccinations of Pivals.-Yates
staked his whole the throw, and we have no
doubt, he had coolly calculated the chance, before
he determined TO stand the hazard.
The second reason which induces rs to,tfink the
law viii be changed, is the vast majority of news
papers which advocate it. We speak neither from i
erroneous DATA, or fom excessive attachment to our
professions, when assert the influence of the Press
Oh public opinion in this country, TO be absolutely
Unlimited. In the States of New York and Penn.
sylvanio, this is particularly true-and publis men
III those states bow with Submission TO an oracle
which they believe expresses the true sentiments of
the people, whilst the people i'll fact, generally in
capable of binking for themselves, are dictated 70
eF edNedra, by the newspapers. Protesting as all
journalists III this country do, ardent zeal for the
welfare OF The people, and the rights Of man, and
compelled as they areb by the opposing influence Of
hostile Presses, really purs this course, their
pfncnce Is a subject neither Of surprize regret.
From this cause expect considers ble aid ~ the,
passage Of the Electoral Law, DOT Of TO papers
u the State Of New York, only some five or six are
opposed to the change.
But the chief cause which would make US calcu~
ate with certainty, upon change Of the law, did
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