Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-03-18
The Presidential COntest--EIeciiOu
by the House.


As ii Is now quise vol settled that we are
TO have three candidates for The Presidency
there is strong probability ihn. the election
may 90 10 the House, and l, Is we'll 10 en-
quire what Will be The result. If no candi.
daie gets majority Of oil the electoral
votes before The people.
u the election goes TO the House, each
State can cast bu, one vote. and mejority
OF the delegation giving the voIe, and a ma.
Joriiy of all the States, is necessary 10
choice, being sixteen Sts,es. his supposed
'hn. those members Of Congless who voted
Tor Banks can be relied or 10 vote in the
House for the Republican, candidate. These
would give fourteen Slaies t.r the Republ.
can candidate. The delegation from Iowa,
consisting OF one Democrat and one Re-
pu5licaa, that State would no. be able 10 cas-,
a vote al all. The members casting their
votes for Richardson would likely vote ior
the Democratic candidate. and would give
ths following States: North Carolina. South
Carolina. Georgia, Alabama. Florida. Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana, Texas. Arkansas, Ten
nessee, California, and Virginia, in all
twelve States. The members voting fol
, Fuller would likely vote for Fillmore, aut
would give him the following Stn,es. Della
ware, Maryland. Kentucky and Missouri
In this stale Of things. no election coult
.aka place. The Vice President. wheL no
T elecsed by tho people, is elected by ii,
Senaie.
/, The Ameri:an members might agree Z
+ to vote Tor the Democratic candidate IA
: President II The Democratic Senators woul
vote for their candidate Tor Vice Presiden
But while the three highes, candidates 70
a President can come before the House, onl
. tho Two highest can come before the Senate
a for Vice President, and MS The America
n candidate is quite Certain 10 be the third car
n ddale. he could not be voted for at all fc
$ Vice President, by the Senate. according ,
' the Constitution. The Americans coul
q have no object in fusng, therefore, unles
!, they were promised some Of the Execuiiv
n patronage.
i. The Constitution provides ,ha, In case ii
y House fails 10 cleo, President before N
4,h of March, the Vice Plesiden. shall
4 declared President.
!. To elect the Vice President BY the Sci
d ale. quorum Of two,,hirds oil all the men
Is bers is requires to be present, and major
N ~ OF all the Senator'S Is necessary TO elec
h The Senate stands ihidy.four Drmocrn,
:. .birteen Republicans, and twelve Old Lir
Wings and Americans. and ahree vacancie
!. The Democrats having majority Of all Il
!. Senator's. would elect their candidate. or
!. he would become the President. Tn
:, could onl, be prevanied by 81 fficieni nur
"a Der Of The opposition Senators nbsen,iI
:, themselves from the Senate, 10 leave
/ whou, the .wo-,hirds quorum.
a AS The election would be almos, cerla
. to go aeuins, US in lhs House, the only hu
10 for The Republicans is before The people,
). The whole number Of electoral votes il 29
70 Of which l49 is msjpri,v. or those, Il
- free States cast 176. and the slavo STA,
10 100. IL We can carry oil The other fr
~ States, we could afford 10 give Pennsylv
"A MIA 10 the South, and still elsc, our can
a. date. Or carrying Pennsylvania, we COT
. afford TO give The South Indiana. Califorr
: and Iowa, and we would sill elect.
=, REPU UBLICAN.