New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-13

mo, P,ud.nf r,speeirsl, ~Ao,~ al, lare'st r~mber
ef rotsrs for tia, 'ieka throughout n'e o"''n ''''
ir<ieaf. % h.i- ehsies. Then lrt each yofr IN
whatever State vote the Electoral Ticket of his
ps ri, b. aded by the names Of the candidates q" us
choice for President and Vice President. Inc
Electoral ticket Of the strongest party IN eacn
State viii thus be chosen, and the People VIII az
eide in choosing il, for whom the Electors "i w"
respective parties shall vote. For instance: Let
US suppose tina, the Republicans in 1850 should
carry all the Free States, including Kansas and
Miunesots, except Indiana. Oregon and California
they would have a majority of the Electoral Votes,
md would therefore choose the President. Ch"os-
whoml We answer, Uhomsoever the largest
number of the voters for the Republican Electoral
tickets ,hrouehou, the Union shall have designated
IN their Electoral ballots. For instance, We will
suppose that
$4,000 shall have voted for the Republican
Electors Oh ballots headed, For President,
John C.. Fremont; Vlce.President, VIII
liau l.. Dayton"
GOO,0G0 do DO. do. headed. For President,
William II. Seward; Vice President, Fran
"cis P. Blair, jr.;" aud
$50, eco do. do do. headed, "For President.
Salmon F. Chase; Vice-Presdent, Ed
'waro Stanly:" snd
300, 600 do. do. do. headed, For President,
Charles Sumner; Vice-Presdent, Cassius
M Clay
The result in each State California probably not
rxcep'ed) would be known oil over the country
within ten to twenty days after the close of tae
polls and the Republican National Committee
would thereupon announce by telegraph that Plu-
ray Of the Republican voters hnd indicated Fre-
mont ard Dayton as their fret choice: therefore,
the entire Republican Electoral Vote should be
cast NJ per agreement, for Fremont and Day
who would thss b. chosen.
Here is the entire machinery Of National Couven-
tons and exclusive party nominations dispensed
WITH and the People left free to vote each man bis
FIRST Unbiased choice; with tie assurance that be
would thus in no wise throw away his VOTE" nor
endapg-r the defeat Of his party, but, on tue con.
trary, he could sote his st choice in full confidence
that l. The strongest party would carry the cleo
ion and 2. The man preferred as President by
the largest humber in that party would be chosen.
hat could be tarer than this 7 What other
IL ode OF choosing President 80 thoroughly, radically
republican ard democratic ?
Citizens who DO not aspire to seats In National
Conventions nor to work the wires thereof from
position in the lobby this Is your fight. We have
shown you how you may demand and secure to
yourselves tie choice Of your own President, II
you will; if you will not. why then you must con-
lii ue To have hun virtually chosen for you as COW,
by two antagonist National Conventions. You
have but to say The word and this s,,tem must De
adopted; or you may remain needless and Indfer-
.nt in which case the old sham will be perpctuated
Choo,e for yourselves
As for the faucied practical difficulties in the
way Of a real choce Of President by the People,
hey all vanish on investigation. The Republicans
aid Union Americans of Pennsy lyania ran COM
mon Electoral Ticket in 1856, and would probably
have carried it had there been no American
"Straight. Outs or Boilers. Every voter put 10
ballot headed Fremont or Fillmore according to
his preference, aud within five days after the Elec
ton the run Of the vote as between Fremont aud
Fillmore Was generally known. Had n like union
been formed in New-Jersey and Illinois, both
those States would have been fixed against Bu-
chsnan. The first Election in which the People
sba claim Ind exercise the right Of usasing their
own candidates for President and Vice Pre-id-nt
will celebrate The ne raj of National Conventions 8,
May We not ask the Political Press of al! par.
ties to give this subject searching aud unpso;"
diced consideration, and let their r--'
what is thought OF i'll