, 1877-01-13
presidential Contingencies.

,Iication Is 10 be drplored |, Is having an IN
cidenful good eff ct in educt'ing the pubiie
mind respecting one feature of our ms'l'u-
riuns. Daring this period Of rnEl7'y aud
suspense all our best political minds are exert
lng their nsrurenrss td discover some s'tu'ion
If The difficulty, and this part & he con~ti-
ru,ion : surveyed on all sid.s viii Ecraer
scrutiny than was ever bestowed upon i be-
fore. A. evrry new idea OF Lev crochet Is
immediately ventilated in the newspapers,
and ss the public iut~resi secures II al a',eu-
tive examinations, great DEAL OF fag aud
Ignorance Is likely to be cleared aVay IN the
progress of the di-cussions. Alihta&h bni
l.trle HIGHT my be shed by the pr'p5Ncd So
luluns yet. a. they must all set ont from ae'
know sed PRINCIPLES, The re''led and adj
nit ID interpretations Of the constitution are
b. coming very familiar 10 The pnhlic mind.
Tha, habltual phrast, - The, Il tc'oral Col
ir,r,,. dos not met Us with fOrmrr frcquency
l,o.e and h.Ifinfurmed writes having come
10 prrcrive that th-ye il no snch aggregated
holy. bnr that each OF the thirty eight S'ate-
has - separate electoral college, and that i'
IL inadniS,ible to r,npl Y 'he phrase in thl
Singular except with ference 10 one of these.
|, Is nu, urvl in auy other form IN any stat
u'e, nor uuuid have been Ia popular par
! lance rxcrpt from loosAness Of conception a
to The precise organization OF the PresideninI
electors.
Ano;her point on which vagne IDEAS have
been rendered more * set relates TO the hnal
counting of the electoral vutts il the pres
nee of he two buu-rs Of Congre-s- Here'O-
fore the popular mind has been tog Ignorant
of the sui i-ct to p,ereive - dhlirr.!ries.
Thee diffieuiiies may no have 0reD re-ulv'd d,
bur thy arr how pretty well understood
| The IF or Of hrowiug out the votes Of any
State l. also herier appreciated Than 1t eve :
was b.fo,e When Que political party has
had great IN jDrity the rejection OF II few
votes WAS Of no practical consequence and
nobody looked very closrly into the consii'u-
riJnal polu.s involved III such a r lection
It Is nov a. length pr~cpiv,d that It may
lead 10 questions of great dellcacy- II tioTi-
da yot,s or the Louisiana yo;es shOn.d be
found ;Il4,,,I Uould rLar insure Mr.. TIleu
,,., ,.,t-g III :.
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difficult q"es' Ton, o-cause II Is ho' C'o'ueu
hat constitutes 4, rj1rI'y III such cun'in-
,,,,,.,- J,,o,3ar,, I,.r >, dld.t4 must here
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II 'hr iOTmrr MI Iii1eh "ouiu TO- O7 CIV
ted If Florida or Ia 'ri-ianl Is ttrc"n cut
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" ''o
reJ c.ed.
he rule established ty the CONSTITUTION
seems prrfecrly clrar where here is real
! .,,t, ,..,-,,..;,.,, H.. f.c,s II only REQUIRE,
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d" III 'J'''y u 'n' e''I-oi7 "pf'''-'
non, are appointed from particular state
thar State has 10 more influence than If II
IA ,., ,v.s, p,,, e :, ,,,,,,i,,.j .I,.,or.
and for any reason ,bpy d,d nor assemble and
1T, the f,ct f ar.,o.p u4ur remains and
tho ,.l..,.,,rs IN .L5rl, II H. ,pri,I,d u,u.r l.,
.,,,,,,,ed ~ ascertain hut is , nsi,rIrv. al.
,,or..b ,ta, ,.,u,,,t ha c,no,,d far arv can-
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,,,s and ,nr rLr H,v.s rie,rors were I,..,.IIy
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