The North-Carolina standard., 1843-11-01


election of President comes to the House of Rep
resentatlves, and the veting is by Siates-each
State IN virtue of its sovereignty, giving vote.
There are but two modes of voting knoNva to &he
Contfutlon--the one per cGpitG, and the other
by States. When the former is employed each
State has electors in proportion to federal aum-
hers, each elector voiing one independent vote !;
but when the vote is taken by States, their origi-
nal. equality revives, and but oae vote is allowed
to each State. Let the larger States, then, choose
one mode of voting or the other. If they reject
the equal vote, prescribed by the Constitution
when the vote is given by States, and choose the
mode of voting per capite, let them, like the other
States take the chance of having their influence
divided, and let them not, according to the advice
of some graspng politicians, who, if they do not
desire to break up the Convention, so necessary
to success against our common adversary, recon-
mend the course best-calculated for that purpose,
insist on imposing conditions on the smaller States
too unreasonable, unjust and degrading to be sub
mitted to, and in dictatorial and menacing tone
claim to vote by States, but to count per capita,
and thereby secure to. themselves the advantages
of both modes Of voting, and to be exempt at the
same time, from the disadvantages of BOTH
A writer in &C 'Kendah's Expositor," whose pro-
duction is republished in the "Albahy Argus"
for the benefit of the New York Conversion, about
to meet at Syracuse, and for whose instruction,
perhaps it was originally written, contends for
the right of the large States to vote by general
ticket, and urges the exercise of it, and illustrates
his doctrine by the folloving ease: He supposes
that if New York should elect delegates to the.
Convention by districts there might be given,
twenty votes to Mr.. VAN BUREN, and sixteen
to MIR. CALHOUN; that is, that five ninths of the
Democratic votes in New York are in favor of
Mr.. VAN buren,, and four ninths for Mr. CAL
HoUN. He then contends that New York caR
ragbttutty claim, and ought to claim By adopting
the general ticket system, through the agency ofa
State Convention, not only to silence the eyoce of
four nnths of the Republican voters, but sntpresS
them into the service of the majority, to beat down
and crush the majorites in other States. Let US
do no injustice to this writer. The following are
his words: New York" says he, "has thirty
six votes in the election of President and Vice
President, and South Carolina nine, to be girem
By a. majority of each St0te. Ask majority Of
the New York Democracy Whom do yeH pre-
fer2 The answer is, Mr.. VAN BUREN. Ask a
majority of the S. Carolina Democracy, Whom
do you 4prcfer2 The answer is Mr.. CALHOUN.
The Convention thus ascertains that in those two
States Mr.. VAN BUREN would probably receive
thirty-six votes, and MIR. CALHOUN nine. But
up the State into many districts they haye
electors and ask ma jority of each district whom
they prefer. Twenty districts in New YdIk may
answer Mr.. VAN buren,, and sixteen in New
Y ori, and nine in South Carolina, may answer
MIR. CALHOUN. Thus in those two States Mr.
VAN BUREN would get t10enty votes, and Mr.
CALHOUN hocnty.fcc, when those qohO' are to
gre t,OteS declare that, by possibility, in con-
lest for the Presidency between the two, could
Mr. CALHOUN command more than niwe out of
the forty-frc"
Such is the doctrine and such its results. Caa
here be stronger illustration of the iniquity of
general or State tickets, by which. when it is ad.
ni,ted Mr.. CALHOUN has t,oentyfre votes in his
avor, and Mr.. VAN BUREN only tooesrty, by the |
locus-pOcus of political jugglers, in State Con-
Vention, Mirty-sir may be made to appear for Mr..
VAN BuREN, though fairly entitled to only t,0en-
'g and only nine for Mr.. CALHOUN, though he
IS fairly entitled to tl0enty.tfUe! Let US pause
md ask any true Republican, any real and sin
:ers Democrat who is friend to equalHights |
who believes in the sovereignty Of the people, and
the principle thai, when the popular
will is fairly and deliberately ascertained, it should
De obeyed let ne ask him. if New York and
South Carolina have together fortyJfre votes,
acemty.foe of which are for Mr.. CALHOUN and
,nly tacenty for Mr.. VAN BUREN, whether it be
rot right and just that in convention Of political
riends, belonging to the same party, protesting
he same principles, and assembled solely for the
object of obtaining fair and just expression of
he will Of the party, taoentyfuc of the tortgJs0e
,oteS should be glvento Mr. CALHOUN, and tlcen-
q to Mr.. VAN BuREN2 Or mast a majority,
consisting of tUenty, control majority consisting
If tacenty.Jfve, merely because the tcsnty reside
n New York, and constitute majority of the
hirty-si1 votes belonging to that State What
ay those in New York to whom belong the Sia-
cen suppressed vetes, and who prefer Mr.. CAL
IouN to MIR. VAN BUREN, though residing in
he same State with the latter2 Are they willing
0 have their voice sIenced-nay, more, made to
peak language contrary TO their wishes, and
ecome the instruments of annihating, not only
he weight of the nine votes Of S. Carolina, but
wentythree other votes in some other States, which
ympathiZe with them in attachment to Mr.. CAL
IoUN2 Are they willing that their sixteen votes
hall not only be diverted from their favorite can
idate but given to Mr. VAN buren, contrary to
heir will, thereby giving him comparative
ttength of thirtyt,co votes more than of right be-
ong to himQ In the name of justice and equal
lights, is this Republcanism2 Is this Democra-
W Is this the fruits of our-inssitutions2 Are
ur people so tame in spirit not to revolt against
mis- outrageq Can Americans practice or submit
, such injusticel
But the sentiments uttered, and the language
scd, might well be expected from writer, who,
another part of his masserly effort at mystiica-
on, as if in scorn of all popular and Republican
and with the design to bring them in
contempt, holds the following language: 1t
7iTl be of no use to inquire in whose favor are
,ajority ofthe people of the United Statesmen,
1oInen children black white and aRuL0tto Nor