Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-06-19
Richmond, Va, Friday, june 70.
THE ELECTION 5y the H. of r..

In addition to the following article from, The Clole ,v
have to express our own surprise at the assertions of
Wing The Van Burcn,cs have studously resisted
an amendment Of the Constitution, which will take the
Election from the House IL possible that The Wing
can be Ignorant of the effort which made by Mr.
Van Buren,, in the Session of IS23-4 for amending the
Constitutions Within the last three weeks, we pub
sheu inc following extract from his able specch-ie
was then calling the attention of the Senate of the IT, S.
TO his Resolutions for 80 amending the Constitution
to send the Election daek to e Peopehe choice to be
made upon Col John TayInrs principle out of the
highest candidates. Mr.. b. thus objects the present
mode of dcvoving il on the House
Vie was willing for one. 10 make concessions for the
general harmony; and all lac asked was that they should
he reciproca and those, he thought could with and
justice, be made by The present Constitution, in the
event OF no ono person having majority for The Office of
President, of the votes of the electors first ballot,
the choice dcvolycs the House of Representatives
and, in such choice, each State has equal vote IL is
believed that at the time of the adoption OF the Con-
stituton the contingency which this resul, made
10 depend, was not thought likely to happen. And il is
supposed that, from the great number of small States
since admitted into the conedcracy, and from ether
causes, ITS occurrence for the future may be frequently
expected 1t is reasonable to suppose, that inasuch
IT was evidently the leading design of the CONSTITUTIONS
that in the choice of President and Vice President tho
states should he represented with the exception already
noticed, according TO their relative numbers and as they
deem it but just that such should be the case this
in the Constitution by the large States
inequitablc But what is of greater importance the
provision bringing the election to the House of Repre-
the ground that eopardscs the purity of the election
and exposes the whole system danger by affording
facilities to the corruption of part lfhs wide spread
was point he would not at this discuss surely
was one which addressed itself alike ali the States
whether great small and certainly with the least
force TO the latter"
Iron, the GioJe)
| PRESIDENT ELECTED ny THE HoUsE-From the fol-
lowing, it would the Southern friends of judge
White unite with Noah in the necessity of bringing the
election into the House The Richmond Wing thinks
from the number of distingished men in the country
the election of President hereafter of necessity
devove on the House and that necessity grows Of
defect which he prctends the Ian Burcties have sea
Oily refused TO amend We, The contrary assert that
the ran Burcnitcs have steadily favored the amend
inent OF the Constitution in the particular alluded
To- ever since 1t was recommended by the President
as 1t has been at every successive session of Con.
gress Upon what ground could any man from New
York oppose an amendment, intended secure TO the
State the full weight OF her forty votes in every con-
ungcncy! Could any representative of New York re-
turn to his constituents and say, 90 voted against an
amendment which was intended TO prevent your forty
two votes from being balanced by the solitary vote of
Dellware in the election of Chief Magistrate - We
think not The Editor of the Richmond Whr will al.
ways ind the Democracy of New York ready sanction
any practicable mode that be devised secure to
majority OF the immediate suragcs of the People the
choice of Chief Magistrate when any mode shall be de-
vised TO satisfy the smaller States
/ (Erom TIC Richmond Hkig.J
Major Noah of opinion that the Wings should
Ohio, while those OF the South
exquisite Republicans the Gobc Enquirer make creat
tey at hs as calculated to bring the election
tiite well there's however
John Randolph nine People
lon of the country Of cn ineasS
must 81 eeessty droire NE House, Of
Constellation" That amendment tie Van
stedj convincing proof that they willing
election to the House. while they great desire that
must know the advantage from nj, do
IN shutting and cutting IL his there aud
at the same time to saddle the Wings with the