The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-12-08
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The Greedy Plan of Eiecting u Pres
idemt RMd of Dispensing with
Presidential Conventions.


Mr.. GREELEY, Of the New York Tribune.
tion OF q President by the people without the
machinery ola national Convention. Here tbs:
"The true mode of choosing President is
this: Let the Republicans and the Democratic
voters ofeach State nominate and support an e.
lectorial ticket, pledged to vote for that candi-
date fer President and Vice President respec-
lively whom the largest number of voters for
that ticket throughout the Union shall indicate
as their choice. Then let each voter in what
ever State, vote the ELECTORAL ticket Of his par
ty headed by the names of the candidates of
his choice for President and Vice President.
The ELECTORAL ticket of the strongest party in
each State will thus be chosen, and the people
will decide, in choosing it, for whom the elcc
tors Oft the respective parties shall vote. For
instance; Let US suppose that the Republicans
il 1860 should carry all the free States, inclu-
ding Kansas and Minnesota, except Indiana,
Oregon and California they would have ma,
ority of the electoral votes, and would there
lore choose the President. Choose whom? We
answer. whomsoever the largest number OF the
voters for the Republican electoral tickets
throughout the Union shall have designated on
their ELECTORAL ballots. For instance, we will
suppose that.
10000 shall have voted for the Republican
electors on ballots headed: For President,
joint c. Fremont; Vice President, William L.
Cayton;' .
100000 do. do. do. headed: For President
William II. Seward; Vice President, Francis
P. Blair, jr;' and -t n1,a.. a..
100000 do. do do headed: For President
Salmon p. Chase; Vice President, Edward
Stanly;' and .....
100000 do. do. do headed For President
Charles Sumner; Vice President, Cassius M.
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"The result in each State California prcba-
bly, not except would be known all over the
country within ten or twenty days after the
close u the polls; and the Republican National
Committee would thereupon announce by tele.
graph that plurality of the Republican voters
had indicated Fremont and Dayton as their
first choice: therefore, the entire Republican
electoral vote should be cast, as per agreement
for Fremont and Dayton--who would thus be
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Commenting on the above, the Cincinnati
Enquirer we'll says:
The objection that would be made to this
scheme is that it would destroy and practical
| ly nullify the constitutional plan of electing
President, which is by States, and not by the
popular voice directly. The Democrats or Re
publicans o four or five large States could, and
probably would, control the Presidential choice
oftheir respective parties, against the sentiments
o ftheir brethren in all the rest of the States.
| Nearly half Of the Democratic vote Of the
Union is in the States of New York, Pennsyl-
vania Ohio and Indiana. BY uniting ona man
they would give him greater vote than any
other man would be likely to receive in the small
ler States, and cause his being voted for by the
party in all the States. In convention, or in
an ELECTORAL college, they would be powerless
to accomplish this, as majority, or two thirds
ofall the votes gwen is required. The plan of
the Tribune, however, puts it in tk power Of a
plurality of the party voting to- designate the
candidate. In CAGE Of a large number ofcandi-
dates, that plurality might be a very small one
Fof the whole number Of votes cast, yet it would
control the result ''''f .iEaE 'iaia e7''T Aa32
uo The Republicans gave j 100000 votes for
Fremont in 1856. Supposiug there had been
five candidates run before the people, vote Of
100000 only might be plurality, and make
President who could never have received a ma:
Jority, either of his party or the people. The
weight Of the large States iszgreater in the pop.
ular vote than it's in the. electoral colleges.
New York, with thirty. five electoral votes, gave
100000 popular votes in 1856 The slave
States, with /, 100,0 ,0OJ votes gave l20 electoral
votee. The advantage which the latter and the
small free States have in voting by States they
will not be likely to surrender, as they would
consider it an abandonment Of their rights as
guaranteed In the Constitution.
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