Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-12-03
POLITICAL.
The Presidential Election-HOw Shall
the Democratic Electors Cast =
their Votes?
Hendricsxs Instead or Greeley.

Mr.. Greeley q number of kilograms have
been received in this city inquiring how the
Electors College of this State will cast It's
vote for President, and suggesting unanim-
itv in the vote by Electors in the States
electing the Democratic and Liberal tick
cts. The Maryland Electors will have a
meeting tomorrow night and decide.
The importance attached to the vote TO be
cast We dhesday seems to be the bearing it
NAV ave on nomination four years hence.
Hendricks name is proposed IN all the tel
egrans received here. Il is suggested that
the National Democratic Committee should
express its opinion.
Hendricks Organ Speaks
Indianapolis, Dec. 1.-The Sentinel
to morrow will propose that the Liberal
Presidential electors cast their votes for Mr.
Hendricks, Governor-elect of Indiana.
ACuriOus Propositions.
LAFAYETTE, IND, Dec. 1.-The Courier
of tomorrow will contain the following:
A GRAVE COMPLICATION POSSIBLE CON-
TINGENCY OF GENERAL GRANTS DEATH
WHAT THEN? The death of Horace
Greeley and the possible contingency of
General Grants decease, in the uncertainty
of human life, present grave complication
in the Presidential succession. Next
Wednesday the Electors meet at the several
State Capitals 10 cast the
vote. This vote is certified,
sealed and transmitted to the President
of the Senate in accordance with the twelfth
amendment to the Constitution; and when
the votes shall be opened and counted In
the presence of the Senate and House of
Representatives in February, the person
having the greatest number Of votes shall
be the President. We assume that since
Mr.. Greeley is deceased, the Electors for
the six States to be carried will cast the
vote Of these States for Thomas A. Hen
bricks, or some other Democrat. Now sup
pose that in the interval between next
Wednesday and the joint convention in
February, Gen. Grant should die, Hendricks
would be the only candidate before the
House, which, by the Constitutional re-
quirement, must proceed Immediately to
ballot. They may hllibuster until the 4th
of March, when the Vice President elect
would succeed; but this Is revolutionary.
We suggest that on Wednesday Indiana
cast her vote for Morton. This viii not
impair Grants majority, and covering the
contingency of bis death, it will pre-
sent two names for the House election.
The Tribune for Grant.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The Tribune of
tomorrow will con ain brief editorial az
tic.e reciting the various propositions which
have been m ds for casting the Greeley
electoral votes for Charles Francis Adams
or some one of the other Candidates before
the Cincinnati Convention, for Gratz
Brown, or f + Grant. 1t quotes from the
very last article written by Mr. Greeley in
the Tribune his counsel to the South to &C.
cept the situation, and his declarations
that he is well assured that the chief victors
in the late struggle are inclined to cor
rect the abuses aud satisfy the just COM
plants of the South to the extent OF their
power. 1t inquiries whether it would not be
a legitimate deduction from this, bis last
earthly counsel, that the votes might
appropriately be cast for Grant. It holds
that such a course would heIp to lift the
next Administration out of partisanship
aud by giving It's election from the whole
people make it freeT TO secure such reforms
in The Administration, both South and
North, as are clearly needed, but have been
hitherto Iess,ed by partisan necessities. 1t
thinks, however, in this case that Gratz
| Brown should receive the electoral vote for
Vice-President.
The Louisiana Electoral Clear State
| sDeDt.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 1.-The New Or
| leans Times contains the following distinct
and satisfactory resume of the louisiana
| electioD-.he first which has been published:
"The Ieturns from the several parishes of
the late election, as made up and tabulated
| by the clerks of the late board of CANVAS
sers, and which await action by whatever
authority may be legally authorized to can
| vass and return them, embrace the returns
| of all the parishes except the following:
| Carroll, Iberville, st. Tammany, Terrebon-
ne. and St. James. From the latter there
have been received only partial returns. In
the other four parishes named, the votes
have not been counted, owing TO the vio-
lence and intimidation employed by the
majority toward the Supervisors, who were
driven from their posts and deprived of
tier possession Of the boxes, which the
Law required to be kept in their custody IN
til counted, Excluding these parishes, the
total of all the parishes show the following
maiorilies: For Greeley and Brown, 9,157;
McEnery, 1852; Penn, 1876. Accord
ing to these returns it appears that the
!
Fusion, 76; Republican, 26; vacancies or no
returns, g. This gives clear Fusion msjor-
ity in the House, as it now stands, OF 81
members. In case the returns from the par
ishes of Carroll, St. James, ST. Tammany,
Terrebonne and Iberville are counted, we
NAV reduce them by six, crediting the Rad
icals with all the Representatives from these
parishes. This leaves a full working ma
Al T. hn ~ "
members. In the Senate these parties will
stand as follows: Fusion, %; Radical, ~
Fusion majority, g."
The Electoral Question.
New YORK, Dec. 2.-The World says
the Electoral vote intended for Greeley can
not he cast for another, and must be cast
for blank.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 2.-The Commercial
this morning in an article on the casting OF
the vote for President by the Greeley cleo
tors, saws in relation to voting for Grant
In any event the South is not likely to lose
anything by giving its entire Electoral vote
to s maSnanimous General who was once 8
Democrat, aud President who can afford
to be generous and impartial,
The ENQUIRER favors voting for Greeley
and Brown, and concludes By saying The
campaign has been fought on the Liberia
side in the name of Mr.. Greeley and under
his fac. He is entitled to so appear upoI
the page of history. If he should not bt
voted for, the Electoral chroDiclers of th'
future would mislead rather than instruct
SALT LAKE, Dec. 2-Ths Presidenti
Message is exciting unusual attention. Th'
universal opinion is that Greeley'S electors
should vote for Grant.
National Democratic Committee.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The following ha
been received from the Chairman OF tn
National Democratic Committee:
Headquarters National Democratic Com
,1ittee, Nelc York, Dec. The Nations
Democratic Committee do not regard it a.
within the scope of the authority delegated
TO them to advise the Electors of the sew
eral States who favored the election Of tn
candidates nominated at the Baltim0r
Convention, as to the course which the!
shall pursue in view of the death of Horac'
Greeley. Such an event was unprOvidet
for by the action of the Convention. Su;
ceeding conventions will, without doubt
: make provision for similar contingency
and as no practical result can follow tn
establishment of precedent by this com
9 mittee, it is deemed inadvisable that thi
committee should make any recommends
/ | t;or m the EloctOra