The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1846-12-02
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epulsiidn, Whis Is ilisi i
exereiseof jYtig 1efits sni4k Iscliaii
ry To- colstit oH. Alid
i!stbe next, hitting 40 ,ossiBl ,san,l
that mpss d fvf,tst sicolltl guiiell. .hy
!teirsintli yitllals hoice j king no se.
ie tion,S votes would
be 9 g The llpSWo,li!
have hepiurai1y i,fs sy0tes,s be mere
acc ltent M. lica,i0nSd Sdf tlicSytiice OF
The slnte..ss ak own STA, for illuslra-
.'on: =. y is entille,sa. present .oappoili.
" &C nd its present Of
lsyoters may be estimated, Withanl pre-.
.onding ton 70 cisian.s n sc, ,0OO. Suffered
over q surfac e essay u so les 5sq,inr Us
q an election bysa general ticket, seachSv0,er
votes fora ztheSwho le esnnmberstos be elected.
Now, 2holdsitsto to be5inpossible with ali
sheS inte liigence our i,eople, faril,e great
own knowletlge, either or BY:
lrepututon,sof nine Sperso rs, III be electors,
duly distributed sytr lis vario,ls, u ar,s, ~ no
n,ay he fairly considered separately as re.
presenting the voice OF the sc erai por,ions,
inwi,ich they may reside, orIa Jointly, The
voiceof The whole state. Indeed I might
take far more restricted Jpasi.ion,aiida affirm
will, truth. not only,t,l,alike great mass q +
voters have not the K now leilg e 10 make out
such a;ticketi for themselves, but that even
the most in,eiIis ent ant, best Informed,
would be at u loss To do it.A
Bnt;waiving this Difficulty, and admitting.
that they have sufficient intelligence to
make nut each satisfactory 3tickel for him.
self, the other objection. not less difficult,
would remain To. be surmountetl; that Isl
The scattering would beso great, that The
result, as to who might receive a plurality
of votes aud befelecte,l,i would be a mere
acciden,, and M indication of The voice Of
the state. The diversity Of opinion, as to
the qualification aud suitableness, would
be as great, almost,as the number Of vot rs
Few tickets would have the same unmes
on them. and the grent body OF the slate
would be disappointed and dissatisfied with
the result. - II
would be impossible for such state
"f Things long to continue. The first con.
sequence would be for few prominent
aud influential individuals. 10 enter into
secret concert, 10 control The election.
which need no, be very extensive, when
The scattering would be so great. The
mex. w0uldthe. f"r others 10 enter into like
concert III de feat them; and finally there
would grow out Of this state of lhinps Two
parties. with nil the usuaLpur,y ma chincry,
~ caucuses, conventions, cliques, Clique.
managers TO control the election. The
whole would be put into active unerntion
every four years, on the approach OF The
Presidential election, and ca cIr party would
make out q full ticket by what would be
called state convention, and any voter.
whether he approve oft or not " o,lId have
TO vote for one or the other, or 10 throw
away his vote on ticket, formed wi,hou,
concert, and which would have no chance
of success.
Us thus, by the operation Of uses grew
ing out Of The very nature 4of a general
ticket, il would, ifit should be adopted.
end i'll dclusion. Instead of giving Tie el.
ec,ion. directly TO The penple as its suppor-
ters assume, il would tlivesi them uf i.
aud place il under The control OF in,erme.
date aud irresponsible cli1nes and poIi,ic.
o. managers, az certainly MS IL is atlopied.
Fhatcv. has ard must he its result. and
lhst2 by laws, as uniform and certain in ,hc
morsl world, as gravilution is in the physi.
cal. 80 :. 4
But setting aside this ohjectinn, and as.
snmins that the great mass oi the voters of
Inc state are sufficiently in, ellisen, and
well Informed, each to farm a ,ickc, for
himself, and ihattheir votes could al yays
he sufficiently concentrated. without the
intervention of party machinery, TO secure
a nnJnrity ofihe votes for the nine cleo
Tors, there would s.ll remain n insupcra.
bIe reason asnins, adapting ii; because, as
stated, il would disturb and injurionsIy af.
trcts the state, ho,hin i.sA federal and inte.
ri"r relations. To be. more explicit, j,
would not he just or fair regarding the
state III its federal relations, between its
Nv" great divisions, the upper. and the low.
er country; aud ti'a.regartIe,l in its interior
relations, i, would be calculated to disturb
and enilenger the compromise. as establish.
cd ny the constitution between them, us |
shall next proceed 10 show.
Before entering on The discussion Of this
porlinn ofIhe subjec,, /. will he proper 10
premise, that our state is divided by well
defined line. into two great por,ions or di.
visions, whichare strongly distins uishedb by
'heirggeographical features; the character.
OF 'heir. productions and populations. aud
the n ri Uin f (, n; ;,,l,