Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-05-06
Hss.oss,eceus for Extra Globe.
Tic Presidential Eectca--Prinripss tnr0trea IN me
result Extra Giobe.


IN nominate ,Ic;r stronpps man their leader and
rally under standard stalking Inc issue up' ''c 'e'
sion othe Pcopeor whether, bv choosing see"'' cut
ddacs they would avail themselves OF 'oca anu
Influences disspae the vote OF The fc'p' anu tahe Tie
decision from them 20 the House of Representatives, we're
the alternatives which held the triple far'y IN suspense
until the present sitting of Congress. ANY ohe OF 'e's
promincnt men, we believe would have embraced cheer
tIly The honor Of leading their orlo!h nope; nn. 'ne
secondary class constituting body OF eighty me!hers
in the Hu,lSc representing the bue-ight frueras' OF
the North the Bank Federalism of The middle Sccllnn
and Notification Federalism of the SOUTH nave hna'iy
adopted scheme the a which depends on draw
inp The election from the People, hensel9es IN The
House In pursuance OF this plan, il is now settled that
the three Opposition candidates, at first N Inc
Gsbanding as euenaD,s of the real leaders Of The CO.
aton shall continue in the field. Electoral tickets IN
favor of Harr:Snn will be proposed only IN the STATES OF
VrRMoXr, NEw York, PEHSsYLvANIA, MARYLAND,
DELAWARE, OmGo, INDIANA. aud kTarEckf: EIGHT
Sr.rrs piyng nne huudred ind thirty atrcc electoral
rytcs Wrbstrrs ticket will he confined /" MAINE. New
HAMPSHIRE. MASSACHUSETTS, CoENEcrlctr; hhoDE
IsLAsD and New JERSEY, SIX STATES, giving UfY-one
electoral uriGS. White is the candidate OF Inc coahoh
in the South and their electoral tickets 10 be run In
his name 0piy in the States Of Virginia. NORTH CARO-
LIMA Sorrn CARoLIsA, GxoR"IA, TE"HEssEE: LOUISE
ANA MISSISSIPPI ILLINOIS, ALABAMA and MISSOURI,
rES STATES, irving precisely one h"ndred e'eetorat
| rnes 1t requires cns kHndrd and forty fire rotes
the majority OF hundred and lightweight electoral
volcs) to eject President 1t is Obvious, therefore,
that if u, Opposition candidates each TO succeed
in carving their Electoral Tickets in the several States
where ihrv are presented and The Democratic cand-
dars were defeated in them ALL that no election would
be made by the People. !: is conceded however, even
hy the Oppos;tirn that Mr.. Van Buren, will obta'n The
vote of several States each of the districts assigned
TO the separate tickets Of White Webster and harrison
The only hope nf the Opposition rests the possibility
Of sectional and personal influences operating so tar IN
favor of their candidates. to prevent the Repubcan
candidate from obtaining the requisite majority anu mus
! d, v0 vr the election on the House.
In the House the Federal party have control over
the following States: MAssAcncsErTs, FEEMoST MA
EYLASp, DELAWARE, ONO, kESrrcKr, SOUTH CARO-
! LIMA ALABAMA, LOUISIANA. and TEN%EsSEE-l0
There is Democratic representation from MAISE:
| New HAMPSHIRE, RHODE lsLASD. CoHNEcTcUr, NEW
| YoEK. NEw JERSEY, PEHNsrLrANiA; VIRGINIA, GEoR-
| GA IxDi>Si and lILlS"ls-ll
| The States Of NnHTn CArGLiNA, MIssIssrrrI and
MiSsVrKI. are equally divided in ;eir representation III
| the House.
| II, then the avowed o| Jet Of the Oprosition-nvow
ed in their public presses be accomplished IN
giving the choice OF Chicl Magistrate to the House,
leach State voting through the ballots Of majority OF
its Representatives in the ll"usr il would follow mat
there would be election. unless some members n e
Federal phalany in the House should comply WIN Inc
will of their constituents, and vote against their party
their ow inclination. and priArtplcS; or unless porton
Of the Democratic side should surrender the cause OF
their constituents Which Of these events Is the most
probub!c we leave to con lecture: aided by the exPer
cncc of the past which brings in review success We Re
publican nluiortes in Congress- dlSSipnted under Inc
suelI of the Bank as we'll us The signal Instance of the
late majority Of the Pennsylvania Senate, which was
| converted from majority Of two-thEds against the
Bank and its party, TO majority OF twohrus In It's IA.
vor in defiance of the constituent WILL and the de-
rout party commitments previously on the part OF the
apnslaIes.
To acconInlisl Tie object which the Opposition antici-
pate in bringing the election into the House, it is ind!s
prnsa4c that the most perfect understanding should
ist between the principal associated in this design
as we'll among ali their parlzans in the several sections
allotted To each We see, therefore, perfect cUmnu-
nifty of feeling already established in Congress among
tlr--ThcIr presses once ail IN discard, are now IN
happy harmony. The three Presidential candidates are
linked together by their nominees for the Vice Pesdcn
CIV Granger name is associated with Webster ticket
in Massachusetts, and with larrisons in Ohio Tylcrs
ticket bears the White hFg in Virginia, and blends il
with that 81 Harrison Mary land Granger is TO idcn
ttv anti Masonry with Webster in the East and llarTi
sou in the West Tyler is 10 reconcile Modification Ia
White and the severe section of the Force Billand at
the sa me time reconcile the advocates of Southern prn
cipies to Harrison and the American System The ef
feet these arrangements already visible tD every OBJ
server The friends d! Clay of Calhoun, OF Webster, Of
the Bank all support W lille in the South. They are al!
embodied on Harrison in The middle section, and on
Webster himself in the East. There is symptom Of
discussion in the allotted divisions among Harrison man,
Hebscr men, AMI White The affinity is so perfect
that all the White will vote tor Harrison north OF
the Potomac. and for Webster north OF the Hudson and
50 Webs!crs ends for Harrison West, and White
Standardization his part, with equal courtesy in
return resging his friends tine one hand TO Webster
and the other 10 NlHr, Willh The sphere VI lhcF
respective tickets.
=. If the articles of the Opposition prevail in bringing
the election the House, they must there encounter
new obstacles which only be vanquished By pcrpe
tratinc succession Of rnornIes against the rights of
The People The first step is to unite the votes of the
ten States represented in the House by minority OF
Federal members tfcn cach upon one OF the coalition
candidates. If Harrison should be the elect OF the par
ty in the House, Webster and White must vote their
quota OF States for him. although lie shall not have
ceiycd one vote from the People North South and al
thounh it is clearly admitted, by the fact of not running
ticket in his in the lWu sections to he transfer
red that he could mol contend there successfully with
the Democratic candidate. yet the votes OF the White
and Webster representatives in the House must be
en- TO him against the will Of their constituents. II 1t
should be White lat 10 be the candidate OF the factions
in the House, (we suppose 1t Will he eeTmIncd by tot
then Webstcrs and lIarrisons friends must vote for
him. although nothing can be more notorious than the
fact that Judge White cannot obtain one electoral vote
from the People North Of the Potomac and ONO. This
is universally admitted all hands. aud yet he Is 10 he
pressed into the House to have tie votes OF States Civ
en- him by members Of Congress. whose constituents Ut
crly allure him President. IL the 'nb!rs should he
turned so present Mr. Webster as the antagonist Of
Democracy in the secret ballot OF the House. we have
no d,rb, that the ten Suites wond be checrully
made over 10 him hv the disguised federasls msrpre-
sen,inc TIE Sou,Een and Midi" sections: than to either
of his cui!.n ucs in the gamc n tArcc Ptue6 one
There is no difficulty in uniting The ten states on any
man hostile To le Republican parry and the present sd
mins,ratun. Ohio b. the vote OF single lnem0er VINO
holds the balance, would be as easily given l" ME or
Wchscr as Ia Harrison; and would be gwen 10 one or
The other should lis electoral vote be given TO neither.
The Federal members, making up the minority in that
and the other nine States enumerated as belonging 10
the Opposition, are already perfectly Identified in the
tous on marty questions, and are as indiSsouby band
ed tnsclrr for the purpose of defeating election by
III. Psople and OF choosing themselves enemy to pc.
nular rights as The Head OF the Government, as Clay
Calhoun, Webster, White, Mangunl, Leigh-in word
the whole Seaatuga! junto, standing against the
People and for the Bankever were and The hosies Of
the House. il brought to the alternative. could readily
unite in elevatng George Poindexter to the pesi-