New-York tribune., 1842-01-03

aiittre, and BY It 10 tie State oehliai =Soih'itl
taa, by :. non. the resul, would 30 declared and
E>5 Tie E{ea1@rs cast The Vote OF Tie State tor
.4cl c1l7-4s2Qtes t0r Pressaent and Vice Presi-
res o1ca:eety as skaA hare receised tie great:
~ l.asa.5ere tes Peoples Votes for those sta
spo52,. t'y thl. means, the party would poll It's
entire strength, and lose through dissatis.
faction with particular candidates, while the Will
OF the People would be- carried out both in regard
to the politics and the candidate OF their choice,
without the Intervention ofany machinery to define
that vii, or the possibility that il should be
ruled or perverted Whatever States are inirinsi-
cally Wlig, will choose Wing Electors. and at the
same time Electors clearly instructed as TO The
will of their constituents, and pledged to obey i.
No man could be made President through the zeal,
activity intrigue OF management of a few personal
! partisans, and no Presiden, would owe his eleva.
ton TO cliqucs or inesse, but clearly and emphati
CALI to the great mass o; the Pceple. We are
confident that this mode 50 truly Democratic
free from all liability abuse, would very soon
ce,nracnd itself 10 the favor OF the whole People
and that our opponents, though they might at first
enounce ard rnisrcpresen;, would ultimately De
!riyer TO adopt it.
The only contingency for which it does no;
.lcary provide is that Of disagreement of prefer
encc, between the several States as, for instance,
, hundred Wing Electors might be chosen, friendly
to one Statesman for the President while Fifty
sixty others were instructed 70 vote for other
iidates. But important intelligence is now trans
mi:,cd with great and Increasing celerlty, from
one end of the Union to the other; and, as soon
the fact became known that any candidate mad
receveda decided plurality of the votes, the People
of the States who chose Electors with otEer pre-
ferenccs would Immediately hold meetings and in.
struct their Electors to vote for the choice of the
majority. But in fact this would not often be
necessary as the choice of majority the Wings
in ten States would almost certainly be the choce
of like majority in eighteen OF twenty. We do
not believe there would be serious danger of dis
sent from the majority in more than two States at
the next Election.
We shall not urge the adoption Of this plan
time, though such NIGH, be given. We present ii
As the system which ought to have been adopted
and acted on from the first, and ths only mode OF
popular selection to which our Electoral machinery
adapted. It's adoption would prevent vast
amount Of intrigue, mannuvre, and pretitless effort,
and evert the hazard OF defeat the party through
The selection of an unpopular candidate. Above
al, it would give the Election really and truly to
the People. We ask for it the dispassonate con-
,ldera,cn of the Wing Party and Press
RHODE IsLASp-We fear the friends OF more
Liberal Suffrage in Rhode Island have heen ured
INTO false step by indscrect leaders this season,
and that the result of their attempt to impose
new Constitution over the heads of the Freehold
crs will be disastrous to their and the public
tranquility. We desire to Suffrage resting
ON u dieren, basis from Proper,yn Rhode Island
but we know of only two ways of elecling the
wished-for changc:1. By the consent Of najori-
~ of those possessing power under the existing
Constitution 9. By Revolution. The attempt
TO lind middle course between these must prove
tion now sought to be established comedies the
orinciple in itself excluding minors, women, me-
srocs and aliens from the suffrage. BY what rule
ts this done ifthc Right Of Suffrage belong inalena
olyto the govetned-to the whole People? And
If those who by existing institutions possess 20
!ltica power may peacefully subYcrt institutions.
why may not the Slaves OF South Carolina or Lou
i.nna do so, abolish Slavery, declare Universal Suf-
rage style this the adoption Of a New Constitu.
tion and call upon the other States to recognize
md sustain it? Friends of Renrm in Rhode Is
land be calm, be cons. derate One rush act may
throw back your cause half century.
n57" Fiat Jnstitia" write an ardent and not
well considered letter of ce sure for our alleged
ertended advocacy" OF the public lectures OF
one who has committed serious offence against
he neces sarv laws Of society. He is utterly mis-
taken in his premises: we have not advocated
hesc Lectures or nthc propriety OF their authors
delivering them and the public's hearing them u,
4n--The lecturer was invited to deliver them by
number of our respectable citizens, and with little
encouragement from the press generally certainly
not one word from ours-the public sustained the
:all We have not thought il within the sphere
If our duv TO denouace the Public or the Lecturer
for this. Ii we wrong or rcmiss in thus de
Gliding, our error is of long standing as we were
asked months ago TO denounce on similar grounds
another eminent Lecturer, permanently engaged
in our CITY. which we declined to do.
Whether the Public, and especially Women,
ought to coun,enance by their presence the Lee