Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-11-01

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days with savage shouts aud dyed with blood
murmured Iy them; and perhaps spoke f
their minds of other days -typifying human
things which ever bud and flow ard Chang,
like the skies Of Autumn vonder-tbe gor
geous leaves whose color vary with each day
How the President and Vice Presidenl
arc Elected.
The following is summary ofthe consti
tutonal requirements and the acts Of Con.
gress upon the election of President and
Vice President Of the United States:
/. The Electors are chosen By the votes
of the people on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November,
2. Electors meet ON TIE first Wednesday
in December, and cast their votes. They
then sign three certifcatcs-send the mes
spuger with one copy to the President of the
Senate, at Washington, before the first
Wednesday in January; another by mail to
the same person ; and the third to the
U. s. District Judge where electors meet
3. Each State provides by law for filling
| any vacancy in the Board of Electors, occa-
stoned by absence, death or resignation =
Such of tue Electors as are present are gen
orally authorized to ELL the vacancy.
A. The Governors give notice to electors
of their election before the first Wednesday
in December,
5. On the second Wednesday in Februa-
~ Congress shall be in session and open
the returns. The President of the Senate
shall, in tue presence of the House of Rep
reseptatiyes, open the certificate of returas,
and count the votes. The person having
the greatest number of votes for President
shall be the President if such number be a
majority of the whole number Of electors APP
pointed. And If no person have such ma
lorlty then from the persons having the
highest number not exceeding three, OH the
list ofthose voted for as President, the House
of Representatives, shall choose Immediately,
by ballot, the President; but in choosing the
President the votes shall be taken by States,
the representation from each State having
one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall
consist of a member or members from two
thirds Of the States, and majority of all
the States shah he necessary to choice.
G. Ii the choice deyolvc upon the House
Of Representatives. and they. fail to make
choice before the 18th of March next fol-
lowing, the Vice Presidents to act as Pres
ilentF g 4 = 1f#fKN
F 7. \ Vice President may be elected or
chosen by the. Senate, as above provided,
before an election or choice IF President.
S. The day fixed by act of Congress for
opening and counting tho votes of the cleo
tors, and in case of lis being necessary for
the election of President by the House o!
Representatives, and Of Wee peesilont I,y
the Senate of the United States, is the see
ond Wednesday III February, after the ap-
ppntgnant of electors.
There is no constitutional provision for
the ease where there is neither Il President
or Wee President elected or chosen, in the
manner directed BY the constitution. The
act of Congress of 1872 provides that. under
such circumstances, there shall be "a new
election.
One Hundred ard Serentcen Old .Liae
Iihigs Of 4Nq,9laad ,eheeltng into The
! Dcmoca@tic line.
The follovine communication was pub
lished in thu Washington "Cnion' Of the
10th inst. II is brief, but to the point, and
expresses the senilne4 I'd feeling Of II
vast majority of the Oh Line Wings Of
] Southern and Eastern Ma'5lapd.
"The UNDERSIGNED are portion Of the
Old Line Whies of Bryntown district,
Charles county, Maryland, who cognzant
that crisis has arisen in the affairs of the
country, demanding of every good citizen
to rise above party feeling, and with pa
triotie spirit TO contemplate the good of the
whole country and regarding the action cf
the so-ealled Old Line Wing Conventions,
both State and National, that have ASSEM-
bled in the city of Baltimore during the
present campaign as cunning devices of men
tprepossesscd with Know Nothing principles
to deceive and entrap the old Line Wings,
intend for the first time in our lives. to
vote with the Democratic party, and to do
all that in our power lies to secure the e.
lection of the only national and eonstitu-
tional candidates james buchanan and Jno.
e. Breckinridge
Here follow the signatures of Ignatius
W. Gardiner, and 116 other gentlemen.
Pretty good for one district
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Singular BWtM Mr.. John Wilson. OF
Miller county, Mo, who died on the Goth OF
August, i'll the Ssth year of his age, wa.
buried, by his own express desire, ia the fol-
lowing manner "A dinner was provided
for his friends with plenty of liquor after
Which physician removed the entrails o
the corpse, which was then filled with sal
and placed in coffin. The funeral cortee,
then proceeded to rocky bluff, and the cof
lin was placed in a natural excavation abou
ten feet deep by thirty inches in diameter
The ceremony is described as having beef
very solemn and imposing. Mr. ", haC
been an old hunter and pioneer.
A GRATEFUL Mono When Mr.. iona,
than Cross, Superintendent of Colportage
was at the North, collecting funds for tn,
Tract Society, he was publicly catechiset
in various places on the condition of tht
slave in the South. On one occasion, b,
was asked, among other questions, what Thu
negroes thought of their own position. II,
replied BY mentioning the case of an ole
servant in North Carolina, more than hun
drc1 years old who had baen hYouaht from