The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-09-13


CAL PARTrEs.-The present state of the two great
parties of this great country is very curious one.
The leaders are calculating their strength, and
marsbalug their forces noiselessy and mysterious
ly. The unison and harmony that prevails in the
whig party Is totaiy;unprecedented. The demo-
cratic party is divided between the two great
champions of democracy, and the division be-
tween the friends Of each candidate is getting wider
and wider daily When the organs of Calhoun
first placed his name at the head Of their columns,
il followed with the provision that il was sub.
ject TO the decision of national convention. As
time rolled on, party feeling and political preference
where principles perfectly harmonized, grew
stronger; and, ia many instances, the proviso was
abandoned, and the broad ground taken-for Cal.
noun, nomination or no nomination We have
watched the growing favor of the southern candi
date, and have become impressed with the idea
that the south would, if defeated in obtaining the
official nomination, fight the battle under the
banner OF democracy, with Calhoun thereon in.
scribed.
The Democratic party have heretofore battled in
one solid phalanx. Their strength has lain in their
own unbroken columns, and the weakness and con.
tenllons OF their opponents. Their motto and their
practice has been, " union is strength" as nothing
so insdiousy caps the foundation of any political
party quarels in the camp, preferences of midi
vlauas, or division of forces. The availability of
the different opponents is at present not subject
for discussion; the principles of The two democratic
candidates do not differ materially. The greater
popularity of the one over the other is matter of
great speculation and doubt. The strong political
prejudlces should give way for the public good The
one whom the party will rally under and who pos
sesses the most exalted and well grounded claims to
the sufrages of the Democratic party, should receive
the whole and complete support of that party, with
out sectional feelings, or lll-timed discord
The nominee Of the wing party will, in all human
probability, be Henry Clay, ofKentucky. The can.
didates of the democratic party will be narrowed
down TO John G. Calhoun and Martin Van Buren,
With these three in the field, an election by the
people is almost impossibity. Should the friends
of the democratic candidates fight under their re-
spective leaders, the result Of the Presidential con-
test must go to the House of Representatives, there
to be decided as the 18th article of amendments of
the lst section OF the I'd article OF the Constitution
says viz =
ART. II. 81. The electors shall meet in their re-
spective States and vote by ballot tor President and
Wee PRESIDENT, one OF whom, least, shall not be
an lnhabllant OF the same State with themselves;
they shall name IN their ballots the persen voted for
as President, and in distinct ballots the person vo.
ted tor as Vice President; and they shall make dis
tlnct lists OF all persons voted Tor as President, and
of all persons voted for as Vice President, and the
number OF votes for each; which lists they shall
slgn and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of
the government. of the United States, directed to
the President OF the Senate. The President of the
Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and
House oil Representatives, open all the certificates
and the votes shall then be counted the person ha-
wing the greatest number OF votes for President
rint ata-h
~ OF the whole number of electors appointed and
no person have such majority then from the persons
having the highest numbers, not exceeding three
the list Of those voted for as President the
House of Representatives shall choose immed iate.
~, by ballot the President But, in choosing the
President, the votes shall be taken by States the re-
presentation from each State having one vote a
quorum for this purpose shall consist of q member
or members from two-thlrds of the States and ma
jory of all the States shall be necessary to choice
And if the House of Representatives shall not
choose President, whenever. the choice shall de-
volve upon them, before the fourth day OF March
next following, then the Vice President shall act as
President, in the of the death or other con.
stliutional disability of tie President.
Should the friends and adherents of the many
other individuals spoken of, remain true TO their can
dldates, the troubles of the parties will be increased,
and the confusion of principles most proiound-
Personal popularity will have great weight in the
approaching Presidential campaign. Measures will
be sacrificed for men, and the whole plan of polt-
cal warfare revoutionized.
As an estimate of the probable position of the
parties in the House of Representatives should the
election of the President devolve on that body, we
give below the result taken from the popular vote in
eachState, including the last elections. The COM
plexion of the House depends on this falls returns
which are of the most vital Importance, from this
solitary fact, and should be conducted with an eye
to this result So far as we have returns. we place
them under their respective hcads:-