New-York daily tribune., 1843-07-22
The Elective Franchise.

appear in the Journal.
The Elective Franchise.
The Albany argus never omlts an oppoItu-
nifty to take unfair advantage of its opponents or
strengthen the unjust prejudces of its supporters.
Its last issue exuts over the call Of Conven-
ton to revise the State Convention, saying,
1.-THE Property Qualification will probably be abolished
in Louisisna twenty years its abolition in Newly
we feel proud Of this victory because all belongs TO the
Democratic Party Whig Executives aud Wing Leglsa-
lures swayed the politics AID moulded the laws Of the
State almost from its infancy" NC.
Let us state few facts in connection with this
subject. Louisiana came into the Union as an
overwhelmingly Democratic State, and her Con-
stitution was formed BY the Democratic party, so
called. Her Government was an unquestloncd
Democratic one for many years after she became
State. She has voted for every one Of the Pre-
sdents claimed by the Argus as Democratic down
10 Van Buren, and never voted for any one whose
Democracy isquestoncd by the Argus until 1910.
Yet all this time her Constitution required Pro-
perty Qualification of Voters, and no serious cf-
fort was made to change it. 1t was the Hard
Cider excitement (as the Argus stlgmatlzes IT.
oi 1890 that gave the first vigorous impulse to
the Free Suffrage movement in that State
The Argus asserts that the Executives and
Legislatures have been almost uniformly Wing
Not SO. We have had at least three Jackson
Senators elected by successive Legislature
Charles Gayarre, Robert c. Nicholas, Alexander
Mouton The Legislatures which elected these
gentl o men took no steps toward the extension OF
Suffrage; they left them to he taken by Wing
Legislature.
Most fortunately, says the Argus, in July,
42, Alex. Mouton, a hearted Democrat, was
elected Governor OF Louisiana, and immediately.
&c. &c. Now the election OF Mr.. Moutun (ef-
rected clearly by Wing votes) cannot have been
the impulse to the vote for Convention which
vas cast at the same time, six months before he
was inaugurated as Governor. decided Wing
majority for Congress was given by the same
voters who gave an overwhelming majority for
the call of a Convention.
So at the present time. New-Orleans, de-
cided Wing City, gives nearly two to one of her
property suffrage votes for Convention, and the
vote throughout the State is fully in proportion.
Is there any excuse here for the dirty vote-catch-
ing effort of the Argus
1t may not be amiss observe says the Argus that
the States Of Rhode Island and Louisiana have been the
most steadily under Whs sway; so much be
considered almost Inheritance of the Whg party And
YET these States the odios iea,ues restriction and free
hold have fastened the deepest remained the LONGEST
vcstge Of uda barba,ism aud of the preeminepce lac
Snder the Norman Laval OF money aud property over the
Gfe rights and personal security of Man But so soon as
hs Democratic tide rolls the old teuda ba,,lemens ar.
gradually sapped aud undermined, until thep ,oe TO
S!. dust"
All this is grossly untrue. Louisiana has been
A.. e A
than half the term Of its existence as State, ant
has for nearly twenty years been remarkably
.RuctuatiRg In its politics; and in Rhode Islant
the Argus reioiced over Democratic triumphs
from 1888 until 1887 at least, including the vote
Of the State,to make Van Buren, President, wher
ITS Legislature was OF like faith. No serious eff
tort WAS made In either to extend the Right o
Suffrage until after the great Wing triumph o
ls4O
1t is untrue, again, that In these States thu
odious features of Restriction and Freehold were
lostered deepest and remained longest" &C.
What does the Argus think of VIRGINIA, tht
mother of Democracy, which has ol,cays voted
ior President az the Argus calls Democratic
which is now stronghold of Van Burenisul, ane
IN which q Property-aoider can cote IN eres,
Couaty ,rhere he holds property, nhiis G poo
man cannot pote at all? Answer US this, neigh
Dor Argus.
GEN. CAss--We hear from different quarter.
that the shrewder and cooler Loco-F Focos, who are
aware of the exceeding difficulty if not impossi
bility Of again eiecting Mr.. Van Buren, to tn,
Presidency, and who are utterly averse 10 Mr.
Calhoun, are fixing their eyes on Gen. CAss a:
their man. II we are not mis-. informed, New
Jersey will probably send u Cass Delegation ,e
Baltimore; the great Iron interest, which has IL
good part gone with the party IN times past, be
ing now fully aroused to tbs danger to which Cal
houn's theories and Van Buren's necessities i'm
ininently exposes it. On the othe, side, we have
an authoritative declaration in the Neao-Hamp
not the second choice of the Loco Focos Of tha,
State, but that, Mr. Van Buren aside, Gen. Cas-
IS their man. The fact that he is native of tha!
State is significantly set forth. This demon.
ssraons has greater point tha, ii is made entirely
without visible reason or inducement.
~ Paul r GEoRcs, Esq. a very distinguished
Tyler man, has been turned out of the Office Of
Naval storekeeper at Brooklyn, and Col. TENNIS
Craven, his Van Buren, predecessor, reinstated
George was one of the earliest and most active
supporters Of Capt. Tyler. He supposed he was
cafe TO stay in Office until the Accident had got
;hsough with the Wings