Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-10-28
-THE PhiIadeIpbia Amsriean publighcs a neN

method ofelecting the President and true Pers-
ident5of the United States. The plan proceeds
from sanguinc gentleman Of Kentucky, and
| in asmuch as this american says that he5is
gentleman who has Suffered in the quadrennia
throesswhich agitate our beloved country, we
infer that the.plan emanates from Shghsup,''
somewhere. BY this plan the several States are
to make up an electoral college by even millions,
or those having less than million inhabitants
iareS TO chooseon elector; those with morethan
one million, but less than millions, to choose
two; those with two, but less than three mills
lions, TO choose three; withthree, but less than
four millions, four, and SO on. : Over this body
the Chief Justice orzSpeaker Of clubhouse Of
Congress is3top preside. Then, aischcme Of in
genious and Systematic sitting islto be entered
upon, which shall reduce the numbers of this
bodysof electors" until only one remains, and
he shall be the President of the United States.
The process ofsreducipg the numbers of this
company isundoub tcdlY thepoint and substance
of the invention, but it is very difficult to de-
scribe. The elected electors are to be arranged
alphabetically first, and in six classes next, after
which one class is to pick from another a final
list of six 1.-TWO are TO be! drawn by lot, from
whom the college to elect one for President, and
one for Vice President"
4 1t is claimed thatjunder this plan such emula-
ton would exist among the States that the best
men only would be put forward first as electors,
and Of this chosen body the sitting process
would bring out six, any one of whom woulddo
well enough for President. It's claimed that
by this device it would be impossible to organ
ize parties beforehand, and the choice of the
people would be general one only 'sThe
chances of his being of any particular party
would be so small as to preclude much effort to
obtain the Office by party operations" 1t is
said that the original intention of the trainers of
the constitution was to place the choice of Pres
ident in the hands of electors uncomm ilted to
any man, and thus to remove the actual choice
wholly fromthe people. Chief Justice Marshall
and w. H. Crawford, of Georg advocated the
election of President from the class of Senators
having the shortest time to serve, and John @.
Calhoun and Roger NJ. Sherman arc named as
opposerss of the present popular mode of procc-
dure The schedule of evils arising from the
present elections is put in the following form:
''1st Itpromotes the formation of parties, and
incites the bane of all republics, party spirit
I'D. 1t fosters the proscrptiye spoils principle.
Sd. 1t compels party administration Of the
government, and party administrations being.
necessarily corrupt, it makes the government
unayoidably and incnrably corrupt. 4th. 1t
causes the election of President, Senators and
Representatives by the same process of party
combinations. 9Th. 1t ostensibly gives the cleo
tion to the people, but really confers the ap.
Ipointment of our Presidents upon party con-
ventions.
GlDD1Nds Of TUB OLD Bnowx Bus1SEss.-
We find the following card in the Philadelphia
North american:
CARD.
While coming to this city, on Saturday, 1
.frstread a telegraph dispatch from Washing.
ton, saying shat John Brown Ohe prisoner
captured at Harper's Ferry refused, in the pres.
Ience of Senator Mason and bTessrs. Faulkner
and Naliandgham, to answer the question
whether he had consulted Mr.. Giddings about
his Virginia expedition ?"
It's evident that the object Of these gentle.
men was not to obtain facts on which to pres
diaate charge Of crime, or Of any immoral or
dlShonOrable act. Had such been their object
they would not have published what was not
said; but they proclaim their suspicious, and
by such inuendo9s aud insnuations seek to
Ilmpugn the character of one who was not pres
lent
I donot feel called on to reply to such at
tempts to cast reproach upon myself say to
these questioners: gentlemen, I an your peer.
I#haye served my country as long and L hope
as honestly as either Of you; and you know, and
the country knows, that any question you may
EpropouRd to me touching that government its
past or present position will be frankly, prompt.
", and fully answered, to the extent Of nv
knowledge and belief; and pronounce this ats
tempt to assal me dishonorable, unworthy of
your positions, unworthy of honorable men.
Butyou must not expect to escape the re.
sponsibility Of your own conduct by thus as.
sailing one who has for years cautioned YOU of
the results that must follow the efforts Of yours
selves and party to extend slavery, and your
determined purpose to involve the people Of the
Free States in the disgrace and crime of sup
porting an Institution which all honest and IN.
dependent men of those States repudiate No
man of our nation has done more than. one Of
you to produce theresults which have recently
attracted the attention of the people, They are
tue u! immediate und unmistakeablo effects Of the
efforts of yourselves and party to establish sln.
very in. Kansas. Murdercrs there we're reward
ed by Executive appointments to oGice.-
| Browns sons were the victims of that despo.
tiSm, which your party exerted in favor of nm