The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1837-12-08

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furnishes ue a confidential opportunity Of writing
tins much to you, which | should not have ven.
inred through the post-oice at this prying season.
We shall, OF course, see you before the fourth of
March. Accept my respectful and affeclionate
situations"
ne letter Is, IN great measure, Incompetent
slble IL indicates nothing but Mr.. JcfIerson's ex
IRENE terror aud apprehension lest he should be
Disappointed IN his anticipated elevation TO the
Presidency. II displays The tact of the ostrich.
and the sincerity OF refined Jesuit. What docs
Nh Jefferson mean by the declaration that he had
formed a cabinet, Of which Mr.. Burr was 10 be
member? What when he says-'I LOSE YOU
FROM THE LIST p Can any man believe that Mr.
Jeiitrson expected TO be elected President bn,
that Col. Burr would be defeated aud that, act.
lag upon such state Of facts, he had already Sc
ccied the members OF his administration, and that
Mr.. Burr was sne OF them. The suppositon is
absurd; but without such a supposiiion, what be-
comes Of the truth Of Mr.. JtIcrson's declaration
when be says" feel most senslbly the loss We
sustain Of your aid in our new administration. Ii
leaves charm in my arrangements which cannot
be adequately filled up" / tins letter is careful
" read and Analysed its object may be conpre.
heudsd. i! was written a lew weeks be fore the
ballolng was 10 take place in Congress. Mr.. JET.
icrson expresses doubt TO the vote Mr.. Burr
will receive bot considers it certain that he will
have four or five votes at least boye Mr.. Adj
ans" Tour days after this letter lie writes in a
very different tone to friend
M. JefusOn 10 M Madison.
WASHINGTON, December 10. $500.
Dear SIr,-Mfs. Brow us departure fol- Virgin
ia enables me 10 write confidentallv y hat would
not have ventnred by the posi- at this prying sea.
son. The election IN South Carolina has In some
measure decided the great contest. Though, as
yet, We 10 lot know the actual votes of Tennes-
zee, Kentucky and Vermont, yet we believe the
votes 10 be, ON the whole Jefferson 70 Burr 10
Adams % Plnekney Ga. Rhode Island withdrew
QUO from Plnckncy. here is possibility that
Tennessee mag Withdraw one from Burr, and Burr
writes that there may be one vote in Vermont for
Jeir rson. But hold the latter impossible, aud
The former not probable; and there Ill be an ab
~niuic reriiy between The two republican candi.
dates. Thus has produced great dsmay and gloom
o. The republican gentlemen here, and esuldtion
- the ied,ralists, who openly declare that they
viii prevent election, and name Preslden, 81
the senate pro TEN ~ what, they say, would Oh.
y be a stretch Of The constitution. Tire prospect
Of preventing lhis Is follows: Georgia, North
Carol'na, Tennessee Kentucky, Vermont, Penn
sgiyAuia ANA NlN YORK can he counted on to5
their vote IN The House OF representatives, and 1t
Is thought ty some tina, Batr Of Mary land, and
Linn OF New Jersey wall come over"
The preceding extract shows that NJ. efisTson
entertained doubt, that there would be an ab-
solute parity between the two publican csnd.
dates" notwithstanding his doubling remarks on
that subject To Cot Burr. Hopes were also enter
talued that NJ Baer Of Msrysnd aud Linn OF
~ Jersey would come over" Reference viii
hereafter DO made 10 these tv ; Stes." The re.
sull Of the ,lec'oral vote W. ~. Jefferson an.
tci ated Seventy thee re ,ub!icsu and sixty five
federal.
Although the ballots for presidrn, and vice pre-.
sidept had not been examined officially, ye, was
vel known that there was tic betNeen Mr.. JET
ierson aud COL. Burr.
% Tie eth Of February, 1901, Mr.. Baysrd, ia
the House OF Representatives, offered resolution
declaring that, il ease of a Tie, thf House would
continue 10 ballot until choice 81 President was
made. Ii was referred 10 a select committee, and,
on the lDth, It, with other rules 10 govern The /
House during the balieliEg, was adopted. The /
Senate passed a resolution that the ballots should (
DO opeRcd With closed doors. William II. " ellis 4
Of Delaware, of the Senate, and JOHN Nicholas c.
Virginia, and john Rutedge OF South Carolina, of
The House OF Representatives, we're appointed tel +
lers.
On the In of February the ballots were OPEN I
I'd During the Performance OF this ceremony
most extraordinary incident occurred. As 1t il
know to but few living, aud never been pub /
lcy spoken OF, 1t has been deemed proper to record
i, here as a part o. the history OF that exciting
contest
The Aurora OF the l6th February, 1901, remarks, /
that the ,clitrs declared ihatthere we're some in.
IL The votes Of Georgis; but, believing |
them 10 DO the irus votes, reported them as such"
n pyrla off hp AZ v
was gwen; nor is il known that ans has ever been /
given since. Had il been announced at the tlm2 /
there can be no doubt that II would have proved .
fatal 10 Tho election Of Mr.. Jefferson. Whether
ho interest of our country would or would not
have been thereby promoted, is not question for
discussion here.
By the Constitution of The United States at that
me, il was provided, Ar, ,, eect l. The electors
.hall meet in their respective States and vote BY
ballot for two persons, Of whom one at least shall
let be an inhabliant Of the same Stste with them.
ulves. And they shall make list of all the per-
voted Tor. and Of the number OF votes fer each,
\ hich list they shall sign, and certify, aud trans
nit, sealed. 10 the scat of the government OF the
United States, directed 10 tho President Of the Sen
lie. The President Of the Senate shall. in the
presence Of the Senate and House of Representa-
ives, open all the certificates aud the votes shall
hen be counted, The person having the greatest
lumber ofvo,es shall be the president, such mum.
Der be majority Of the whole number OF electors
appointed and II there be more than who have
uch majority, and have an equal number OF votes,
hen the House 81 Representatives shall Immediate
v choose, by ballot one OF them for president; aud
{ no person have majority, then from the i've
highest oil the list the said House shall in like
manner, choose the president. But in choosing
he president, the votes shall be taken by States,
ind majority of all the States shall be necessary
o a choice"
From the above extract it will be seen that the
Constitution is imperative as 10 the tarm and man.