The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-04

The Constitution OF the United States pre-
scribes the mode Of electing President, and
defines what shall constitute an election. 10
accordance with the Constitution an election
has been held, and Abraham Lincoln has
carried one hundred and eighty elestors--
twenty. eight more than was necessary to Sc
cure bis election. He has the largest popu-
lar vote ever cast for any President, and the
electors OF seventeen States, with the exeep.
ton Of three in New Jersey.
The people have settled thGquestion in a.
emphatic manner ne it woule seem possible
to do III and yet, because shreo other candi-
dates for the Presidency succeeded amongst
them in carrying minority OF the States,
some of those States propose to dissolve the
Unien and establish an independent Govern.
ment for themselves. The sole reason as
sienefssr this Ia that Mr.. Lincoln WAS elect
ed By the vd.e Of the Northern States. The
reason may Beg good oncin South Carolina,
where poor men)ere denied the right Of suf-
frage, and sTaveh ,lders only are eligible to
Office, and even p other States. where Jaw
and custom have. Established an olgarchy Of
shareholders, bus there lie no excuse for such
an objection whlre the rights of the majority
are rscognizeds
There is f,y provision in the Constitution
requrisk<fha. candidate shall have the
s>~sotes of q certain number Of Northern States
and a certain number Of Southern States in
order to secure bis election, nor is there any
more propricty in making that condition
than there would be to require that a eaudi.
date should have 50 many Eastern and &C
many Western States.
Upon this theory OF requiring both North
err and Southern votes to secure the election
of President, Bell and Breckenridge are 10
worse condition than Lincoln, and If the vot
cast for them indicates their position, the.
must be intensely sectional, as neither o
them have n single electoral vote in th
North. Douglas Is the only candidate VIII
can come in on that platform, and be escape
condemnation by the akin OF his teeth
through the accidental election OF three GU
Of the seven electoral votes az New Jerse
End the vote Of Missouri by a small plu
rality.
Lincoln is elected President. By the electors
votes Of a majority Of the States represen,
ing two thirds Of the population Of the Unio
in accordance with the Constitution. An
oil who resist this verdict Of the people RI
pudiate thereby the right Of the people /
elect their own rulers in obedience to th
Constitution, and set no their own prejudio.
or opinions a. The "higher law" whic
should override the Constitution OF the cour
try and the Constitutional verdict of ii
people.
Heretofore the peops have ncquiesced
the right Of the majority TO rule, but nor
under the lead OF the a-issoeracy OF slav,
holders, tina. doctrine is to be repudiated, al
the people are only allowed to rule subjeot
the dictation Of the oligarchy Of the Sout
This is the open and direct claim OF that &C.
tion Of the country and the doughfaces
the North pander to the idea and unite
abusing the people who have made Linco
President. When the majority conclude
giveinto these views or the minority, Pres
Dental elections will be unnecessary, or
held at all, the Constitution must be
changed az give the election 81 President
the minority instead Of tho majority.
60 Judge Tabor, Republican candida
for Member Of the Board Of Education
the Buchanan county district. 10 defeated
consequence Of the Republican tickets ha
ing been printed without biz name upon ther
Tbs tickets, We believe, were generally prin
I'D and distributed before his nominstio
and the persons who had charge OF Ike
usrs too lazy or too careless to have the
SLED out.