Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1827-08-25

'ion o' inc Ch,teu STATES. IL rrori!vs, that
each state shall appoint as the Legislature
may u'rec', number OF electors, equal %
The whole number IF senators and represen.
tatives TO which the state NAV be entitled in
Congress. That If no person obtains n ma.
Joriiy of electoral votes, the house Of renr..
seniatives shall choose from the three h;eb-
est on the list; but in choosing the Pres;.
aent. the votes shall be taken by stotes-tI,,.
representatives. from each state hay;n, IN.
Vo'e, ann majority of all the states sh,U
he necessary To a choice. Ii ;s worthy or
remark tkat the word state, is uuifsrmjv -.
sed In relation 10 President In M oiber
case under the constitution, does either house
OF congress vote by siates.-Altbouch ear
save mas an equal representation in the
Senate. yet tbs Senators do NOT yote H.,
states. Each Senator has one vote. am, ,ji
questions are decided by the consli.u,ionni
majority. The house of representatives.
IN the choice of President. exhibit an a.
| semoiaSe OF sovereiSnties. as CONGRESS dill
unuer the articles of confederation. IN. del.
egation from each state representing it's soy.
ereiSnty, Each state in the old Cop,rsss
had one voie.-in the articles Of confe,Ioru-
t,on. rs contained the following provision:
In determining questions in the United
states IN Congress assembled, each state
shall have Que vote.'' This in suht.n.o
| the Federal Constitution in reia,;on IN ,ho
presidential election, In the old CONGRESS-.
as IN the house Of Representatives. in Tim
case OF Presidential election. the ,eiep.,cs
represented the states from which they ws,a
sent, IN their corporate sovereign character.
nor was the right TO instruct The delema,es in
he old congress by the Legislatures Of. The
states ever denied ar doubted. The I,e~is.
'"'nfe OF each state, composed Of the repre-
septa'ives OF The people, represented lis
so.tle'sn'y' ava was the organ or medium
ry and practice under The article Of Nh. con.
federation. When the election deyolycs nm
2" 'he house OF Reprcsentatives,t the choice
IS 10 ne made by ma jority of states And
LINE delegates IN the Old Congress yotin-
by states, were bound by the iuslruc,ions n
me LVSislaiure, upon what ground can i,
De denled, III the case Of Presidential elec-
non, and especially by those who con,cnI
tor Tie general right Of instruction Iii
~. ohiy apparent from the constitution it,
sell. that in the eventual election Inv The
House of Representatives. il Was ;u,enI.J
TO be made by the states in their soyere;a,
capacity: but this construction is sunno,,cJ
by the constitution before It's adoption. Tho
smaii states objected that in the cho;ce hv
eier'oFs, the large states had the adyantsec
" enaed 10 compromise. by giving. 10 the
small states an equal vote i'm The event ofa
iahure TO elect in The first instance. And
me rensons Tor making the Representatives,
instead OF the Senators, the agents of the
s,ates' are obvions-'heir numbers and the
sh",'er periods Tor which they are elected,
and furnished better security for The oi,s.r'
vance OIL me puoiIc VIII. Dnt WnrTnpr- rre
right TO instruct belongs TO the Legislators.
or their resolution or declaration. is only to4s-
be considered evidence of the will of the
people, is not very material in The present
contest. III is. however. urged Chat Tie
representatives are only Responsible 20 their
respective districts, and are not representa-
tives Of The state. This ground seems to
me uutenabe Each state is to have mo
vote, aud majority of states is necessary,
TO choice.
How is state to vote, unless the members
represent the state and whether they are c.
iected by districts or general ticket, as in some
or the states, they made by the constitu-
ton, the agents of the state in the choice ofPre
sident. The General Assembly of Kentuckv.
communicates to their agents the will of the
state on The Presidential election When
the question was put, for whom does
Kentucky vote How ought their agents have
answered Was it their duty to have pro-
nounced the vote of the state or their own?
This, as regards Kentucky, is at least the main
question Remember, that by the constitution
the election was made by states, and unless the
vote of Kentucky given, she had no voice Z
in the election
Let 1T be deeply impressed on your minis.
that the security ofthe powers intended tc be
retained by the States, when the constitution
was formed--the preservation of your liberties
and good administration Of. the government
essentially depend upon the responsibility Of
the President to the great body of the People
and his dependence the distant parts of this
extensive Republic, for support He is the
first officer in the Nation vested with oroat
power, patronage and influence.
patndble end Interesting FubEeot;oD
The complete works of Napoleon have rc.
Gently appeared at Paris containing 3 pieces
written by him at the respective ages of 20
II and 23, selection of his reports to tho III,
rrectory, during his campaigns in Italy and
Egypt all his proclamations as General in
Chief, Consul and emperor the history of the
Hundred Days" his opinions on war. religion
the clergy, the nobility, history, mortality. the
reyolutlors III France and England ciIrious
anecdotes, confidential letters and other pro-
ductions
IHE SPRINGs.--The arrivaiSdur;no tI,c last
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