Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-09-22

% ahe nth state among the 81 in the Union; wha
WIN De Is lar beyond human calculation New
York and Pennsy lvania are also rapily increa.ns
WINS. Nlaryla remains almos. stationary.
1hNs' ieilow citizens, Is important subject
ana involves questions which may hereafter
"aec' not only our future prosperity, but even
our very Liberties Which is the best node to
eject President OF the United States. so as most
siiectuaNy 10 guard the rights of the peopIe and
the rights of the States. is perhaps one of ,b.
most difficult questions, to which an American
statesman, who takes view of the whole ground
u Tue subject In all its earrings could give a sa-
I tlstactory answer
SINCE the formation of the government. pc
i.ou o' almost forty years, the election of Presi-
ueni mas 'niy once, fairly devoved upon Con-
sress tor although at the election i'm ISM ,I,b .
JEFFERSON and Aaron Burr had each an equal num-
oei Va electoral votes, which caused the election
~ DE made by the House of Representatives w.,
,He people only intended to vote for Mr.. Burr az
ICE president, and the contest for the presidential
ehair was between Jefferson and Adams II was
wen remember, awful period in the history nj
our country, and had The well known voice of do
people oeen disregsded, seiou. Consequences would
no doubt have followed. The last ELECTION there
'ofe' Is the only one which ever brough three ri
''i eaNaioateS mo congress. Five prominent
- .t were al one time before the people: one
VI 'ie'h 'ohn Y. Calhoun, withdrew from the con-
-, "!u was fiected wee President; the other four
stood POLL Andrew Jackson received 90 .Ioc,o
RAJ votes, John Quincy Adams 81. William n
Crawford Al, and Henry Clay 81 No boice b,y
ing peen made by the electors as il reouired laI
votes 10 elect any person, congress had TO seIec,
rom the three highest the list; thirteen states
~" .of W.T. Adams on the first ballot, and he
was OF course elected
| nave been no inattentive observer of tho -,
rious elections, and the conduct and m. cb.nr.s
party Tor the last thirty years. and must say tb,, H.
ias presidential election presented sometime ,e,
! W me- ior IL was contest more for men than for
principles and as such felt but little interest in
'"e result 10 wnat have felt when the conte,,
We" principles not men," There never before
mao peeh 80 many candidates, TO distract and dvid
the people; and the people and old noIit;c.I 80
personal iiiends were much divided in opinion III
course winch The republican party had pursu-d for
"a years was In great degree abandoned and tho
| 'houe oil nomination which had prevailed in tho
elections oil so many former presidents was a.
aou"eeo as dangerous, when William n. Craw
30 ~ "Ae recommended TO The people at a meeting
OF ABOUT os members of congress, and tina, ,xor,bs
and hgh-mnded and honorable man v,,s -
abused and prosecuted. He would. however b,ye
proved strong man in the contest had not tho
manu- OIL heaven visited him with severe sickness
he oid not succeed as president, but he has spcL
ceeued 10 station far more envisble he lives in
NI ei's VI Ills countrymen; all parties uo,p unite
|
due TO the honest statesman, TO vir,u. ,vor,h ~,
incorrupibe integrity. '''N
4"i. <auauis' "hen speaking OF the other candi
dates In his answer TO the Committee of con.r.,
wAo informed him OF his election, uses the follow
ins iapgnage-" II has been my fortune 10 be Mac
GU ny we DIVISIONS OF sentiment prevailing among
our counirymen on this occasion in co,D,.,;,ine
friendly and honOurable with three of nv tsiIo,
ciizens' al Justly enjoying in eminent DEGREES the
puohc favour, and of whose worth talents sn3
services, no one eniertains higher or moro r.s
pecu"i sense than myself. The names Of two of
'hen were IN The fulfilment of the provisions of
me constitution presented to the selection M
.nI nouse WIN my own; names closely assoca-
Tea with The glory OF the nation-and one of them
iurtheT recommended by larger minority of the
primary electoral sufrages than nine''
among men 80 high and 70 Justly euIoyial
even ny rival candidate, could the people have
gone lar wrong in selecting any one of them for
president! !hink rot; for congress have in =
great degree The control over the president o,I
measures fatal TO the peace or prosperity of the M
ton cannot be adopted without their conscn,. :, =
only 10 be regretted that the peoy le Themselves Ala
not make the choice '
4he election as | before Observed presented
something new in the political history of our COM
Hy' u was Indeed strange one from 6r.t IN Lac,
anu may nhoiu useful lessons to and TO our pos
teTty. lhe western states wanted the rresid,,
but from their supporting two cand;d.,os -
iost ootn' jackson received 30 vo,es-vvbicb
WIN the 10 OF Ohio, the IA of Kentucky. and q 81
missouri, gwen 10 Clay, would have eIectedJac
son. Ihe friends OF Clay, would not give hin ~,
calculating That by continuing their support tbe
gave nm chance of coming before ron%,ess =,
one oil the three highest on the lit t,r,vc,
was TIE strongest candidate in Norfh Carol,,o 49,,
there the friends OF jackson and Adm. ,,n;,ai
which gave jackson ID votes. In Na,, Vos,'
OT'W'o,u was also considered very strong. and 70
'uy 'he ie'st' matters were managed rather uuac-
c"u"duiy mere, ana Adams received 26 vo,o
Cra"'oTu D. Clay j, and Jackson . Adam To-,
one Vo'e IN Maryland, two candidates b.,,i,,
ohtfeu Tor linn III the same district and h.. Ia,Io
son siector succeeded. Adams received ,bs -. !
electoral votes OF the xix New EneIsnd S,,,.|
VIZ maIne y, New Hampshire 8, Masssebu.e,,s
10 Rhode Island 4, Connecticut s, Vermont =
'o'a' 81; Jackson received the entire yo,es If g
states --Pennsylvaua 90, New jersey z Nj
carolina 10, South Carolina II, Tennesseo ~
hllssissiPpi ), Indiana 5, Alabama 5to,aI ee
CfaWloTu received the entire votes of yirgi,i .,
georgia y, total 80. jackson had the ,nsio,i,, -
eiec'oTs IN u states, Adams the majority n 40,
ford IN 3, and Clay IN 3.-And The nr,'Ls.e 20
members OF congress from those states wee
jackson ii states 81 me,nis,s
Adams ~
Crawford On
Clay D 81
And when the election went into congress and
ihe voting took place by states. ON the e. 81