The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1852-11-11

Necessary to a choice, l49.
The State of California has been addod.;
the election of l84S. ''"''
All the States vote directly for electors
cept South Carolina, which elects by the Lepi..
lature.
In case there isl choice of President bv H.,
Electoral College, the election devolyes nnoO
the House OF Representatives but in that eyart
the votes are given by States-the single MOI,
Der from Delaware, Florida, or Arkansas bar
ing the same power as the thirty -four membSrs
OF New York. The politics of the State dala'
cations in Congress stand at present. as fI-
lows: '''
Enlightenment, Massachusetts,. Delowaro
Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, Mebicon1
Missouri--S. e1
Observation-Disclosures, Connecticut. Vir,,i,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama MisSissinn;
Texas, Arkansas Tennessee. Indiana JGpd5;S9
Iowa, Wisconsin, California, New jersey Ohio
Pennsylvania-lS. ~ O'
Iied-New Hampshire, Rhode Island Ken.
lucky, Louisiana. New York.
THE New YORK TINES, quoting portion
of our editorial of last week, in which We de-
clare our main hope for the abolition of Sla-
very to be in the growth of an enlightened
Public Opinion at the South, remarks:
"When the Anti-Slavery sentiment of the
country takes this shape, it ceases to be form.
dable to the interests or the rights of any sec.
ton. 1t is rational, constitutional and there.
fore safe. And the South itself can neither
dread it or complain Of it. And to that shape,
IN our opipinn 10 rapidly oon,in.,
where"
We were not aware that any novel view was
presented by us, or that the policy Indicated
differed from that proposed generally by An.
ti-Slavery men. We have often observed that
those who do not give their chief attention to
the Anti.Slavery cause, every now and then
imagine that its advocates have changed their
views, and become more reasonable; when the
truth is, it is they who under the imperceph-
bic working of public sentiment generated
by the Anti-Slavery men, have themselves IN.
dergone change
In relation to the position taken in our own
editorial, the Boston Commonwealth remarks
"The great bulk of the opponents of Slavery,
from the beginning of the movement in 1880,
have occupied just that ground. There cannot
be found, in any declaration of principles by
the numerous Liberty party, Free Soil, or Free
Democratic Conventions that have been held
during the last twenty years, one word that
conflicts with the sentiments quoted from the
Era The political Anti-Slavery movement
has always shown q strict regard for the Con-
sttution and for the rights of the States The
most numerous and most enthusiastic Anti-Sa-
very State Conventions ever held in the United
States were those of the Free Democracy at
Worcester and Lowell the present year The
resolutions they passed were intended to ez-
press the Anti Slavery sentiment in its highest
tone. We had the curiosity to compare them
recently with the series of resolutions on Sla-
very which the Wing Legislatures of MasSa-
chusetts were in the habit of passing "a few
years ago, by unanimous vote. We found, to
our surprise and amusement that the Wing
resolutions were, on the whole considerably
more ultra than those Of the Free DemOG-
racyW
OF course--because it was intended that
they should remain distractions, AS the Free
Democracy intend to act as well as resolve
they are careful not to resolve to do what they
may not do constitutionaily.
VoTE FOR CONGRESS, GREENE Co, Quo
Harlan, (Whig) 1902; Telfair Dem 1856