Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-12-26

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avs rejected Col. JOhns0n') the Peop'e are
y bu',"' c,,l,u their lead, whether they will
Spe''' w.. < fully Illustrated by the circda's'an-
D. 9TH the Baltimore nominations Of
,nJ 1885. In the first Van d're" was as
I'll Gen. Jackson, and being acceptable
tad IN Richmond, the nomination "as reg
a,.cd. and the people had no ai'crna-
lef, bu, obedience or absence fro" the
rhoy could not, if they wished to do
r. FIR Jackson without voting for Van
4 -, for they were told explicitly by
st" one of the Electors placed ON
..nc.s liekct, that dizzy should disre-
-, direct instructions 10 vote for any other
- ,,,,1 ,han Van Buren,, %deeming themselves
- If the Caucus who framed the ticket
,b.o oftie people, by whom that Ticket
h. elected. 1t was we'll known, al the
q, ,h,, p. P. Barbour was tao choice ol four
~ If the people Of Virginia, and that if his
all have been fairly brought before them
.,noe,irion with that OF Van Buren,, he would
:. haco ,riumplantly successful. Yet the peo-
=, ~, remedy for tho evil, and the Electors
Tboy we're compelled to desert Jack
al. him with Van Barren on his ticket
consequence was, Vans election 10 the Vice
,.i1ency, by the forced support Of thousands
:, ....sr,ed another individual, and who would
4, have deserted the man Of 'heir choice had a
a u .l,ction existed which would liavo enabled
- To sustain him, without ondangerins the sue
- ,ootber whose election they regarded OF
q -.o,,.r ;mportance. So in the nomination OF
,ea; If tho Caucus in Richmond had sustained
/. domination of Col. Johnson, as Vice President,
&, ,or,on of the people DESTROYS OF Van Bnren's
, .;oo must have swallowed him, or else re-
,..d Van Buren,. There would have been no
.,.r,,,;ye-just, indeed, as there was no remedy
!. r.l Jahoson's lriends.-and lie had somt
BENDS in Virginia,-hut to submit TO his repadi-
.;o, and. ,loush proterins him, to sas,nin the
ike, bearing the namo OF the man who had sup
,,,ed him. In one word, the Intervention of
COLLEGES of Electors not only mag but absolutely
lo,s abridge tI.o right of suffrage, and indeed for
q, the people to vote for mon with the full know
lJ,e that those men will, partially at least, mis-
,.oreseu, their wisI,os-cr, what ia perhaps only
h evil Of a shade less magnitude, abstain e%ntlrols
rom tho exercise Of this right.
So far, then, as MIR. McCona's amendment
ook, TO the abolition OF this feature of the existing
constitution, it meets with our cordial good wish
do, likewise those clauses which provide
hat the term ofser,ice should be prolonged from 4
wears, that the President shall be Ineligible 10
and that the election >jtalI take place
IN the same day throughout the Union.
Mr.. n, Comas retains the principle OF the gene
ticke, SYSTEM, which we think is less fair than
,c disiric, mode, that al first prevailed in most
States, and which, were it uniform through
out the Union, we sloald prefer TO sec it re-es-
tlslshed. Nor do we like the pregnant recur-
rance 10 the people provided for in Mr.. McCo-
amendment, in case Of failures to elect ON
the first, second and third trials, aud SO on, ad
lnfsitum. The dangers of an election of the
House cf Representatives are in our opinion,
more i'm ,einsrv thln real. TIr general evil. IN
led, so far as experience "oeS, OF an election By
he House, is the f,rllity which it furnishes to
to mislcad and deceive the people,
ly imputing corruption to more honest men than
and BY enabling them to cite the most
latural and innocent act. IN Five Il color Of plau-
iblity TO their fowl inpu,alinnS-thc reflection,
I may be, of the Suggestions of thcir own mind. :,
ha, in like circumstances, they would not have
too modest 10 offer or too honest 10 accept
# a bride. Nevertheless, if ID mode, free from
Important and ~palpable objections, can be devised,
a sub ,titute for our election by the House Of
Representatives, we shall rejoice at its adoption.
But until such IA plan can be devised, we arc in
Of holding fast to that which has been pro-
and which has swered the ends for which
was instituted as perfectly as can be hoped e.
zen from the wise substitutes OF those Who ara
oudest in denonncing it as the prolific source Of
intrigue, bargain and corruption"
At all events, we hope that the present Congress
not adjourn withou. bostowing on Mr.. McCo-
mass amendment, and such other projects as may
De suggested, the consideration which the impor-
auce Of the subject j%ustilies. We may hope that
he congregated wisdom of tho nation, aided BY
Tho experience Of so many years, will be adequate
% tho task Of celebrating a plan, which without
~npairin. the exscllcnccs OF the existing mode,
vHl avoid its defects.
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