The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-02-22
LETTERS FROM UTopI..-Ha I.
MoEEvILLE, UTOPIA,
February ~, 1893.

February 10, 1893.
Sir THOMAS MORE:
NY Dcu Nncie Your recent message
has just come to hand and take pleas.
ure in complying with your very natural
request for authentic information from
the land for which, during your stay
among us, you felt and did 50 much.
Since your regretted removal, many
changes have been wrought by the grad
ual suggestions Of long experience fol-
lowed by the quick insight Of patriotic
wisdom. 10 rccite all these in single
letter would be impossible; and, there
fore, since am anxious to inform you
AS fully AS can, bog you to be patient,
as oilor you series Of cpistles, sent in
IA rapid succession ~ my urgent engage.
ments will allow.
| You remember that on several occa.
sons our country WAS thrown into greater
or less confusion by the sudden removal
of our chief executive. These occurren.
ces. in connection with manifest impcr-
fcctions in our former plan Of choosing
our president, led to considerable
change in our system on this subject.
Our new plan, which has thus far worked
very well, is substantially az follows:
AS soon as practicable after each de.
cenn!al census, the members Of the lower
House Of Congress are distributed to the
several States, precisely ~ formerly. II
any State ~ entitled to either more or
fewer members than it had before, the
Legislature thereof is required, without
delay, to divide the State into the requi.
sito number of Congressional districts /;
and the Governor Immediately proclaims
an election for Presidential Electors.
The number Of Electors to which each
State is entitled il, az before, equal to
the whole number of ii. members in
both Houses Of Congress but, in choos-
IN; the Elec;oEs, escl: citizen vo,es for
only three mon: one to represcEt his
special district, and two to represent the
State ut large. The District Electors
must reside in their respective districts !;
and the State Electors must not bath
reside in the same district.
If any State is entitled to the same
number Of members that it had before,
no change is made in the districts, and
the Electors previously chosen remain in
Office.
If at any time m Electors place be-
| M tx, a.
special election for choosing his successor
is ordered, in the District or the State,
as the case may require.
lsy these Electors our President is
chosen, to serve during life or during
good Official behavior. On the death or
removal of the President, the oldest
member Of tho Cabinet calls the Elec-
tors to assemble within fifteen days in
the capitol at Moreville, to select
President. At the assembling of the
Electors, they choose by plurality vote
one OF their number to preside over
their proceedings, such member to have
no vote except in case ofa tie. In bal
loting for President, after three ineffect-
uRl ballots have been made, no new can
didates, name is admitted and, after
each subsequent Intellectual ballot, the
name Of the candidate receiving the
smallest number of votes, is dropped.
The candidate who receives a majority
of all the votes cast is summoned to
Morevi!le, and inducted into office as
soon as practicable
l have written enough to show the
workings of the plan. A few words ao
tn i!s ac.ns! advantages.
1t avoids the vast expense Of time,
money, temper, character, reputation,
sobriety, peace and life, unavoidable and
increasingly prevalent in connection
with our former general elections and
the exciting campaigns which inevitably
preceded them.-As We look back
toward them from our present stand
point, We can scarcely believe that we
could ever have endured these enormous
evils.
1t destroys the pretext for national
partisan conventions, and diminishes the
rancor of party spirit.
1t tends to turn the minds of the peo.
pie from the tricks of politics to the study
of statesmanship.
1t gives to the government the idea of
stability, and, relieving the people from
all fear on that score, induces them to
devote themselves without distraction to
the earnest pursuit of legitimate business,
and the development of the vast resour.
ces of our great country.
But, excuse me. must cease for the
present.
Your nephew,
T. MORE, Jr.