Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-05-10
Election 90 President ana vice.
President nv CONGRESS!

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President NY Congress!
In the event of there being no election
for President by the people--no one of
the candidates receiving majority Of al
the electoral votes given, then the cleo
tion devoves on Che House of Represen-
totiyes, where choice is to be made from
the three highest candidates. The vote
is to be taken by States, each State cast
ing one vote. TO be determined 10y the
Representatives in Congress from the
State. Two-thirds of the States shall be
necessary to aquorum, and II ma ority OF
all the States necessary to a choice
When the right of choice devolvcs on the
House of Representatives, it muse be made
before the fourth day of March following.
IL not done by that time, the Vice presi-
dent acts as President, as in the case OF
the death or other Constitutional disabil-
ity Of the President.
II the Vice President be not elected Nv
the peopc--no one of the candidates hav-
ing majority of all the electoral votes cast
then the choice Of that officer deyolves on
the Senate - two-thrds of the whole
number of Senators being necessary to
form quorum, and a majority Of the
whole number being necessary to choice
Such are the Constitutional provisions
relative to the elections for President and
Vice PrSidcnt, when no choice is made by
the Electoral Colleges.
Should the next election for President
devolvc on Congress, seventeen States
will bc necessary to n choce--that being
the majority of the whole number. The
election would have to be decided by the
present Congress. Fourteen States have
Il majority OF Democratic Representatives
fifteen States have majority of Re-
publican Representativcs-one State { Ten
ncsscc) has majority of South Amori.
cans, and the delegations in four State,
are equally divided between the Democrats
and South Americans, and unlos some
one member should vote with the party
opposed to him in politics, the vote Of tho
State would be counted as Il blank.
The States, as represented in Congress
by political majority Of the Representa-.
tives, and whose vote would be cast in
consonance with that majority, are:
Democratic SiatsS.--Delaware Virginia
South CoroIina, Georgia, Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas
Florida, Texas, Oregon, California, and
Louisiana--14 States.
RepuLHcon ,StaieS.--Maine, New lIamp
shire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Yer
mont, Massachusetts, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wiocon.
sin--l5 States.
South Amcricon or Opposition States
Tennessce--l State.
Dipjded, each hocing an equal nnmJe,
Of Dem0cr0tic and ,Southern Opposition
Representa- VeS.--Maryland, North Caro-
lima and Kentucky--3 States.
To elect the Democratic candidate, i
would be necessary to carry three of tn,
States returning an equal number of Dem
ocratic and South Americans, or two o
| these States, with Tennessee, which, al
though Democratic on the popular vote
has but three Democratic Representative
to seven Opposition
To elect Republican, he must carry
two of the three Southern States, who arc
either divided in sentiment, or one witt
Tennessee, in the delegations of neither
of which is tncre a single man but bitter
! ly opposes the doctrines of the Republic
can party.
To elect South American, he must
carry the three divided States and Ten.
ncssee, with fourteen other States, drawn
either from the Democrats or Abolition.
lists.
In case the choice is not made by the
House Of Representatives before the 4tl
day of March next ensuing the time o
holding the election, the duties of Presi
dent. In the event that there is no can
didatc for that Office receiving a majority
of all the votes given in the Electora
Colleges, the election, as before stated
devolveS on the Senate, majority of al
the votes being necessary for choice
The Senate when full consists of 66 mem
bers--3l being necessary for CHOICE
The Senate, politically classed, stands:
Democrats Observation-Disclosures. 81
k'puhlcohS ..............,..... y
South Americans. ....... ...................
OF these latter, Mr.. Crttendcn has beer
superseded by the Kentucky Legislature
Vice President Brccl,inrdge being eecte,
in his place, but MIR. Crittcndcn serve,
ont his present term in Congress, in tn,
event of the election of Vice prcsden
/ by the Senate, will have vote, and Ken
nedy, Of Mary land, who against the Re
ipublicanS, always acts with the Dcmoc
racy.
Thus, it will be seen, in case the clec
ton goes to the House, and no election il
had a Democrat must be elected Vie,
PreSident--having four votes more than
is necessary To II choicc--and that tn,
duties of President will dovolve upon him
Boasts Of HERVing $tOicm Prop.
pCrty sW Esis Possession.
An Aboltionist in Sullivan, LoraiI
county, is now the owner of stallion
horse called OSSdwatomie BrouW. =
The "bill" OF advertisement for this horse
as we learn from the Ashland Union
bearing the imprint of the Leader job Of
flee, in this city, says
This is the horse tdkeR by the lat,
John Brown in 1858, during the Borde
Ituilian War in Kansas, and was his rid
ing horse in his entire movements in Kan
,ou N,hrogIyo Misu,n,; aud I,u, ,n.