The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1868-07-15
IITlLsBoRoUGI &C. WEDNESDAY JULY Is, 1865 'a'
THE SOUTH AVID rHE PRESIDENTIAL


1.-THE SOUTH AND THE PREsIDENTIAI
.inttAnl " sd us ELECTION. W ls a3t..t #l, lta
r. The JOINT resolution which, Mr. Edmunds
desired to take. up in the Senate Oh We'd
nesday last provides that the States OF VII
lginla. North Caroiua, South Caralins,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi
Louisiana, ARKANSAS and 're xas, srespec-
lively. shalt not be, entitled TO representa-.
tlan IN The electoral calege for the choice
ot President Vice President of the Uni.
ted States. and No electoral votes shall be
received or counted from any of such States
unless at the time prescribed hy Law for
the choice at electors the people. of, such
States. pursuant 70 The acts Of Congress in
that behalf, shall have, since the fourth day
h March, eighteen hundred and sixty seven,
adopted constitution OF State govern
tnent unler which State government
shall have been organized and shall b. in
Irperatiou; aud unesss such election ii
ELECTORS shall have been held under the su
thority OF such constitution and govern
inent, and such State shall have also be-
co'ne entitled 10 representation in Con.
gress, pursuant 10 the acts Of Congress in
that behalf eti t.sga "a lhts1 III if.it ntaJ
h The prosisioR Of the censti,utian of the
United States prescribing athe ,.manner ef
the election Of President ssd a2ice- Presi-
dent .Eillrects that each State shall apppiat,
IN such manner as The Legislature. thereof
may difeci, a number of electors, equal TO
The whale number Of Senator's and Repre-,
sentatises TO which .he State may be en-.
titled in Congress, The electors are re-
guired 70 meet in their respective States
and sote by ballot Tor President and Vice
President, and they are 10 forward ceftif-
ed lists Of the persuns vnted fpr. and ct
tie member ofyotes for each, 10 the presi-
t'entof the Gnitrd States Senate, who is
directed. an ihe peesence al the Senase sni
Hease NJ Representatives, TO open all the
certificates. and the votes shall then be cunt
ed. This Is the whole duty af Congress in
tile matter, as decsretl by the consultation,
which. after, directing The above opening and
count. declares that The persons having the
greatest mumber OF votes foe President and
Vice President, shall he President and Vice
President. II no perSnn has a majority
fnr President then the House of Reprrsen-
tatises is TO clloose from the, persons having,
the highest numbers not eaceedin. .hree on
the list 81 ih1se voted fnr as PresiIent, aud
tie Senate to choose tile yire President
from the tHo highest members on the list
tur that oifice. "a #it n t7'e1 49, *sf
Mr.. TrumbuIl. in opposing ihe resolation,
;ruly sail that the constitution ef State
had nothing To do with The election of Pre.i-
,lrni, that me Legislature alone is authnriz-
ed to prescribe the mode in which electors
.hsll be chosen. and that Congress hal RI
thing more to do with the matter than tn
open the packages aud count the votes e
the electors chosen under tie regulations
prescribed by the Legislature. Whilst
this gentleman thought some action should
be taken in relerance 10 the counting of the
electoral votes of the outhern States. he
expressed himself. as utterly opposed to put.
ting il in the puwcr Of Congress 90 receive
or exclude their votes, which was what the
iuint resolution OF Mr. Edmunds proposed.
The great seriousness which attaches To the
question may be inferred fIom the remark
nr Mr.. Trumbull that " il might be that
the result OF the elecllon would depend on
the ,otes 81 the Southern States, and ID It
was made to turn out according To the
partisan views Of ihnse who had the cuunts
this country might ance more be involved
in disastrous civil war" The subject
ought t. be wen weighed in all IFS bearings
BY Cong,ess before il thinks o. investing
the President nf The Senate Or the speaker
of the Rouse with any discretion in regard
TO the counting Of the electoral votes Of The
Southern States. IL will awaken distrust
aud alarm throughout the sosn,ry if the
electoral votes Of the Southern States. are
pu, Ia condition that they may be,secpvd
Or refused as party interests dictate.
sss D.. ! atrpssl Bah. Sun
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