New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-28

Elector, of President and csPresdent, and had
they tbereupon met 10 deliberate snd vote accord
ing to the Constitution as originally framed, we
should have had Pre- sidents chosen from smong
such men as John Marshall ard John jay, Henry
Cay, william Lowndes, John C.. Calhoun and
Daniel Webster instead of thoss who're names,
after thew have been dozen years out Of office
can only be recollected BY an effort.
We cannot 60 bsck to the simplicity and unsef
isbness of orr fathers II We were to attempt
now t. choose unpleJged Presidential Elec ;ors,
expecting them 10 deliberate and vote as the Con
s,isution intended, we should ultimately find our
selves the victims Of some sly intrigue, which had
packed the Colleges with majority pledged
TO elect some favorite of q petty clique to the
biotest Office in the Nation. But we may and
mu.t render the Electoral Colleges mors sgnii-
cant and eject sc than they now are Two bodies,
utterly unknown aud encODgtnlal to the Conshtu-
ton. called respectively the Democratic and
"Whig" Cor some other National Convention,
meet and select candidates for President and Wee
Presiden and one of this brace of candidates must
inevitably be chosen. The People have practically
no choice but between these two; not to vote for
The Electors ueet only 10 register the edic's OF
one or the other of these csucuses; there is no
more real Dignity or responsibility in their office
than in that of the messengers who carry their
foregOne conclusions to Washington. In short the
Electoral machinery as now welded, Is an expens-
i've mummery, which ought to be abolished, and
a simple certificate tina. the State votes for this
one for Presiaent and that for VlcePresldent, for
parded BY mail aud by Senator aud Representa-
tive from the Cove rnor TO the presiding officers of
the two Houses respectively, should be substi-
tuted That would save many Thousands OF dol
lars quadrennially and answer every purpose now
attained
But our plan, hitherto urged, is quite other than
this. We would not abolish the Electoral ma
chine,y. but vitalize it-as folio VS.;
L Discard all National Conventions aud exclu-
sive party candidates for the Presidency.
II. Let each party in each State nominate an
Electoral ticket, pledged to vote for such candi'
dates as the people by their ballots shal designate
i'll. Let each voter who chooses to do so, In
dorse ON the ballot he deposits for Electors tho
names of the persons ne prefers to see chosen
President and Vice President respectively.
N. Let theie Inducements (Which may be
printed OF written) be duly canvassed and re-
turned along with the ballots, and the result in
each State be promptly communicated to every
other State.
Y When the Electors meet it is known q.
each State Capital whom the vetegs of the trl-
umpbant patty throughout the Union have indi-
Gated as their choice fol- President. We will sup
Dose that the Democratic party has chosen ma
iort. of the Electors and that on the ballots for
Electors of that party Counting those cas-. in the
States where it's tickets were defeated as we'll as
the others the Inducements were ascertained to
be. in round numbers, as follows:
| For Buchanan -,....--.S OOOOO
For Douglas ..--..--... .o0O,UOU
For Orr Of s. Co.. 3oO,OOO
! For John Van Buren, -TO,OOO
or csst in any other way you please. The Central
! Committee of that party at Washington would,
so soon az the reeult were concusively ascertaned
| make proclamation thereof, which in one hour
| would be flashed by telegraph to every corner of
the Union, and all the Electoral votes OF that party
thereupon cast accordingly. The defeated party
would cast ts votes in ike manner though that is
of no praciicsl consequences.
the Pc pie, and every man will 60 to the polls to
vote no. some other mans choice for President but
bis own Ii overruled ia that choice, his vote will
not be lost-it will still contribute to the sue
cess of the party he deems IaoSt deserving and be
will know that his fayorite had fair chance with
the rest, and is only beaten because more people
of his party prefer another. Now a few men, who
make trade of politics, so manage that the great
majority have no voice at al! 10 deciding between
the two great parties
II would simplify the matter to nave each voter
carry but one name on his ballot, beside the names
of electors, and have the cleo. orJ choose him who
has the largest number President, and him who
stands next Vice President. This, too, would be
in stricter accordance wi N the spirit and intent
of the Cons itution. But any plan which aboishes
National conventions, or reduces them to their
pro,er insgnifcance while according to the PEG
pie direc. and positive voice 10 the selection of
their Presidents, will receive our cordial support.
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NEW-ORLEANS AGAIN.
There are in NeHOrlesns $500 grogshops to
population Of $4,000 that is, one grogshOp 10