Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-08-05

VuIse the deIrber a,ions Of this House at
the first organization Of this House for
the next Congress-lhe Congress. be it
remembered, upon the House of Repre-
sentatives in which will deyoIve The
duty Of elecling the President Of the
United States for four years from the
Sd OF March, l845, if. as is 100 much ap
pretended, an absolute majority of the
votes in the electoral colleges should
fail Of being secured.
The private and personal interest OF
the President IN tho organizat on of The
House Of Representatives, OF The next
Congress suggests motives on his part
Tor desiring TO influence that organiza
lion iD the direction Of his individual
interest, which accounts for this allie mpt
10 counlenaDce and encourage a spirit,
already Too apparent on the parr OF more
than one OF the States, to set at defiance
the will Of the whole Union, expressed
beyond all possible caviI or honest ron
troVersy in this provision OF the appor
tlonmsnt law, and to force upon the
House Of Representatives a representa-
ton chosen by general ticket from
those States, while lthe repre- sentslion
from all the other States will, in ODE
dience 10 the law, be chosen by single
districts
1t is self.evrdent that, in the event Of
such a conflict at the organization Of
the next House Of Representatives, the
local interest and comparative weight Of
the few States electiDg by general lick
ct will be IN direct opposition to the in.
terest and relative weight Of all the
States represented by single districts
IL it be expected that political sympa-
lhies and party discipline will be suff.
GENTLY strong TO prevail over The per.
manent, indisputabIe and abiding inter-
ests Of The large and popuious States,
and induce their representatives
to indulge the small States with a
general ticket representation at the ex.
pense Of The relative weight and lnhu-
ence Of their wi constituents, the re-.
suit can be no other lnan ~ ;G;r0duce
inequality of privilege he Ween the Goa.
stituent con!ederates Of this Union; and
The inevitable consequence Of a c0ntIn
ued practical exercise OF such ingenuity
will be mutual irritation, alienation,
and disgust, ill the large States VII
adopt the genersI ticker representation
themselves, and merge 10 the food OF
numbers all the influence Ct the sma
Ter States,
Similar considerations, the President
states, have operated with him ia regard
10 the representation OF fractions ex-
ceeding thirty thousand.
But mis- treatment OF this constitute on
al doubt is strIktngiy drd~reot from / at
which he bestOws on the doubt Win r.
gard to the mandatory character ol the
section prescribing election by single
districts. The argument OF the PresI
dent on the first doubt ia against the
provision in the law, aud consequently
against the law; the argument on the
second doubt IS IN Iavor OF The OiI. In
This case. the doubt had existed from the
foundation oil the GOVeTnment; II had
always hitherto been found Insurmoun
table. But now, the President, who
had heretofore voted against II rs un
constitutional, finds It recomme ndlng
itself as approaching nearer 10 conslIlu.
tlonaI equality than any common 1'Vl-
sor TO the entire pOpu atIon Of each Stale
which heretofore been deemed lndls-
p%enSabIe. As there is no prospect OF
any practical opposition 10 The full exc
cullon Of this provision OF The law, ar
exposition Of reasons Tor approving and
signing The bill containing 1t appears tC
The committee destitute itself not only
Of reason, but even OF plausible pre-
,once
The President concludes By observing
shat, IN approving the bill, he lalter'
himself that a disposition will be %percei-
NCu VII TVS pdIl W COuCtuo W ms Opln
ions Of Congress in q matter which MAJ
conduce to The good OF the country ant
the stability Of iIs institutions, upor
which his own opinion is now clear AM
decided. THIS repeated professor o
difference for the opinions of Congress
would be received with more respectful
acceptance, bul Tor cotemporaneous un
official exposIllons Of the writers rea
sentiments towards the Legislature o
the Union, addressed mol to Them, but Il
private individuals and cornwall as
sembIies, and BY them paraded forth II
the public journals of the daily press {
the world, 1t would also be better er
titled TO the credit Of sincerity. but 10
the counterVailing compliment TO III
responsibility Of the opinion against TIT
constilulionaIi,y Of the bill, thereby ia
ST eating and fomenting that f%acllous re
slslance 10 the execution Of the most in
porlant provision of the law, Of whicI
the trumpet has been already soundeu