The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-01-18

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10 rnr DEMOCRATIC PARRY OF THE q. STATES,
by the Committee appointed BY General Meeting Of
the Demo ratio Republican Electors Of The City
and county Of New York assembled on The li,h of
September, lSi3 in the Park TO hear the Report
Of their Delegates to The Syracuse Convention.
Fellow Cinzensi IL has been said that Party is
he madness Of the many for the benefit OF the few"
Parry organization Is unknown To the Cons itulion,
and cannot be justified but as a means OF producing
harmonious concert among those who enteriain the
political opinions, in support OF their common
principles and interests. In Government like ours,
founded upon and carry into effect the will OF The
People we should consult and reason With each other,
and when the will of the majority is fairly ascerained
II becomes the duty OF the minority 10 acqoiesee IL
is the tendency OF power 10 un nio abuses, and hence
II is incumbent the People TO be sg,la"t IN detect
ing and Tesoule in resisting them To us, the great
body Of the People, IL matters not who administers
the Government provided it be administered In the
spirit and purpose Of The Constitution. We pay our
taxes and contribute our means Tor the support OF
Government, that we may be protected IN our persons
and property. Our Government trust created Tor
our use and hat it may be administered for our beDe-
fit the Constitution reserves to the People the choice
of those to whom the Administration is given. If
preserve control over that choice we are free
men--if we surrender 1T we are slaves
The distinction between the People and their pub
lie servants Is this. We support the Government--
they supported by 1t We pay the taxes, they re-
ceive what we pay money goes out OF our pock-
els into theirs: are the many, they the few
Is it our ntercst-can safely surrender our con-
troll over the choice of those who make laws and
administer our Government into the hands OF a mno-
ntyl Will not the inevitable consequence Of doing
be To beget combinations dangerous TO our liberty
among those who make politics a trade, and who live
the public Offices L. IL not obvious that such
combina IONS will become a drsposm more intoe-
rant more corrupt, and mole absolute, than the mo-
marches Of Eufopel And if this be So would We
not be recrean 10 every sentiment OF patriotism and
OF pubic virtue il We thus betray the trust reposed In
US by our republican ancestorsl
We have said that when the will Of the majority
is iary asceuained, il becomes the duty of the mino-
ry to acquiesce. We proceed to show that the
and the manner in which the roposed Baltimore Con-
cpe, and cannot be acquesced in without surrender
log our rights as freenlen, and sanctioning prece
dent fatal TO public liberty.
There are 2G States majority Of which is "a.
The whole number Of electoral votes is 275: the
majority is 1873.
Ofihe 26 States, 7, to wit New York, Pennsyva.
MIA, Viuginia Ohio, Tennessee Massachusetts, and
Kentucky give l39 votes, land the ajofties of cleo
tors in these States added together, make but
10. The principle adopted by the Syracuse Con,en-
ton, that the delegates shall b. elected in State Con-
venton, and vote per capita, gives 10 these 10 votes
the power to control the other 200. That is, States
control 10 and 10 delegates the Baltimore Conven
ton control the choice of the candidate to be noml-
mated by 215
That this may be made more manifest, we submit
en- analysis showing the effect Of he principle The
following States are entitled to-