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va SCEIsL N .OUi.
Frytn the N. V. Aurora
The March of fanaticism.
They tnlk of the progress of the age,
ihe melioration of humanity, the‘enlight
enment of the people, and such like lioli- j
day phrases, as if they were the signs of
certain truths which really had ail exist
ence. For on/ own part, when we hear ,
of the growth of Nauvoo and ihe flour
ishing of the ten times exploded humhug j
of Millerism, we are inclined to label the j
present as the march of fanaticism ; and
when considering the squabbles, of
churchmen and the bittemessof parlizms i
we feel a still greater disposition to term
this the age of bigotry and proscription, j
To such a pitch has the proscriptiveness
ot bigots, both in politics and religion,
arisen, that no man, ambitious for popu- j
lar or public distinction, dares manifest
any individual independence of action ;
or opinion. The principle of association |
—though not, we hope, in exactly the
same shape advocated by the Phalanx j
pervades all classes, and ranks and all ;
circles of society; while those whose
brains or whose position prohibit them
from contending in the great arena of the
common world, fly off into Millerism,
Morinonism, or some kindred humbug,
and endeavor to make up in zeal and
madness for their nalurri deficiency of
common sense and common honesty.
After the repeated blowing up of his
absurd non-sense in this city, and the
complete and utter ridicule with which
its disciples have time and again been
covered, one would have thought that
l ather Miller would quietly suffer his
humbug to be forgotten, and himself
along with it. But no—this is not his
ga ne. In defiance of the lie which the
reiterated failure of his predictions lias
branded on the front of his theory, yet he
goes boldly to' work again, here in tile
great nietro|iolis of the most enlightened
notion on earth— andcnnningcalcnlator!
Although such things ap|»ear incredible,
yet it is a lamentable fact that, during
His late preachments in this city—in the
fiice and eyes of a total failure ol his
prophecies not three mouths old—thou
sands and thousands of the weak, silly
beaded, and foolish hearted—combusti
ble plain women and rickety .youth and
o'd maidens—hnvej lined anew the cry,
and have grace- ly gone about making
preparations for the speedy end ol the
tforld !
Elsewhere, we see, the game is carried
on in a still more disgusting manner—
and, of course, with a corresponding in
crease of success. The beautiful and
romantic village of Portland, Muiue, is
just now the scene of a tremendous ex
citement on the subject of Millerism,
which is almost too monstrous for belief.
The Bulletin thus speaks ofthe proceed
ings there:
“ Some of the master spirits in Bo str,n »
Elder Hawley among others, seem in
clined to put off the grand explosion for
seventy years (!) but such dilatory mea
sures will not do for the devotees who
observe their orgies at the Beethoven
Hall, n this city.
“ We understand that they have lately
imported from the t'ity of Notions, a
their Brian de Bins Gilbert , an ebnoy
specimen of the gemts homo—a tvn
southern sambo, who like the knights
ft nd squires of old, can neither rend, wrjti
0r cypher; but for all this he bus a pov
er ful influence on the rank and file, can
W’ork them up into a perfect fury or nllny
their passions, at his will—a fit leader for
en prise of the Millerites.
file great forte of this deluded en-
DEMOCRATIC BANKER FREE TRADE; LOW DUTIE-J; NO DEBT; SEPARATION FROM BANKS; ECONOMY; RETRENCHMENT;
AND A STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE C C.I-.i/Ol.i.
thusiast lies in reeding the wonders
which he has seen in two visions, while
in a trance—and which are considered
by the credulous as the revelations of the
Ruler of the Universe. There is a stretch
in the present fanaticism which out-
Herods all their former efforts.
“ The gist of the first vision which
the black details, and which the wonder
ing brethren receive with open mouths,
is this:
“ While in Boston, (we believe it was
in Boston,) he fell into a trance, wherein
his soul was absent from his Itody twelve
hours ! During this trance, an angelic
conductor took him up through two seas
of glass. The surface of the second sea
was “ level as a floor” as far as the eye
could reach, and was covered with in
numerable hosts of lieings with gold and
silver wings. God was there in the
shape of a vast mountain, and < 'hrist was
an exceedingly tall angel. Ever and
anon a voice came from the mountain,
when ihe whole host bowed down ; mid
when they bowed down, he could see
the world on fire through the seas of
glass ! His shining attendant informed
him that the time was almost come for
die consummation of all things !
In his second vision he was conduct
ed to a bar of fire , (perhaps this was an
allegorical allusion to a rum. sho/j.) —
tie was taken over this bar, while many
others, an innumerable host, among
whom were church members, even, fell
short, &,c. &c. —and far down below, he
could see them suffering in torment!”
ls.;ot this too humiliating a phase of
poor human nature to lie contemplated
with any thing I ike complacency '! Does
not a man, in view of these demonstra
tions of what man is capable of, Itecome
ashamed of bis race and almost of him
self 7 For our own part, if it were not
for the few great and noble natures,
(whose faults and errors still give us
assurance that they are human,) and
whose memory we enshrine within our
heart, as a talisman to preserve us from a
sacreligious denunciation ofthe works ot
God, we should feel so utterly degraded,
in our race, as to lose all hope that niau
is not born to die.
Honsk-Chkstnut. —It is mentioned
by a correspondent of the Gardeners’
Chronicle, that the fruit of the horse
chestnut is carefully collected in the
neighborhood of Geneva, and sold to the
butchers and graziers, by whom it is
highly prized as food for sheep that are
fattening. The chestnuts are well crush
ed, or cut up by a machine kept solely in
Switzerland for the purpose, and about
two pounds’ weight given to each sheep
morning and evening. Sheep eat the
fruit greedily : but it must be regularly
portioned out to them, as too much is apt
to disagree with them, it being of a heat
ing nature. It is said to give an excel
lent rich flavour to the meat; and Gene
va mutton is noted for being as highly
flavoured as any in England or Wales.
A Niglit with Hut ire.
In Ainsworth’s Magazine there is an
account of “ A night with Burns,” by Dr.
Shelton Mackenzie; which, although too
much concocted after a fashion that is
the vice of magazines, is characteristic
and entertaining. One Andrew Horn,
a resident in Carlisle, went to Glasgow
to publish a volume of poems, much ad
mired by himself. Oddly enough, on
his way home, he srtayed out of the di
rect road into Ayr, where he met with
Burns at a public house, and some boon
companions set the poet errant and the
poet resident (whose fame was then un
made) to try their strength in a match of
verse-making. “An epigram was the
subject chosen, because, ns Andrew in
ternally argued, ‘ it is the shortest of all
noem<.’ In compliment to him, thecom
pnny resolved that his own merits shoud
supply the theme. He commenced—
‘ In ft'vrDlun liumcJhnJ Ihivßy nine’—
And he paused. He then said, ‘Ye see,
l was born in 1739 [the real date was
some year earlier] so 1 inak’ that the com
mencement.’ He then took pen in hand,
folded his paper with a conscious air of
authorship, squared himself to the tubli,
like one who considered it no trifle even
to write a letter, and slowly put down, in
good round hand, as it he laid been ma
king out a bill of parcels, the line—
-1 In seventeen hutnlml threttv-nine;'
But tieyond this, after repeated attempts,
he was unable to advance. The second
line was I lie Rubicon he could not pass.
At last, when Andrew Horner reluctant
ly admitted that he was not quite in the
vein, the pen, ink, and paper were hand
ed to his antagonist. By him they were
rejected, for he instantly gave the follow
ing vita voce—
* In «**rnt«t-n hun.'re I threttjnino.
The and. iliinl Rlufl io tiiak’ a swine,
Ami put it in a corner;
But s' ortty after,chanced liis plan,
Matte H to somethin;; like n man,
Ami railed it Andrew Horner’”
The subject of this stinging stanza had
the good sense not to he offended with its
satire, cheerfully paid the wager, set to
for a night’s revelry with his new friends,
and thrust his poems between the bars of
the grate, when ‘ the sum’ hours’ came on
to four in the morning. As his poet ri
val tlien kindly nil ltd ufc» die he».ih-ntg
MACON, \\ EDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 1844.
in a quiet corner of the room, to serve as
a pillow for the vanquished rhymester—
tlien, literally, a carpet knight—the old
man, I etter prophet than poet, exclaimed
‘Hoof, man, hut ye’ll be a great poet
yet!”— Spectator.
Curious relic. —A discovery ol great
historical importance, according to the
Ceylon papers, was lately made by a gen
tleman at Mannar. In digging under
the foundation of a very old house, some
Roman bricks of a flat form were found,
and, in sifting the rubbish, a gold ring,
marked AN.Y PLOC. [onr types ennnot
imitate the exact characters] turned up,
of ancient manufacture, quite plain,
which are said to have been worn by Ro
man knights. Now, we know from Pli
ny that the framer of the duties in the
Red Sea, Annins Plocanius, was carried
by a storm to the coast of Ceylon in the
year 50 b. c. ; he was of the equestrian
order, and there seems little reason to
doubt of the ring having belonged to
him. It is much time-worn, or rather
injured by the effects of damp and corro
sion.
Annectlote of Dr Frauk'in.
In his memoirs written by himself, Dr.
Franklin relates the following matter of
fact which occurred while he was Clerk
of the Pennsylvania House of Assem
bly :
“A voting man who had likewise some
friends in the Assembly, and wished to
succeed me as their clerk, acquainted me
that it was decided to displace me at the
next election ; and through good will
advised me to resign, as more consistent
with my honor than being turned out.
.My answer to him was, that I had read
or beard of some some public man, who
made it a rule, never to ask for an office
and never to refuse one when offered to
him. 1 approve, said I, of this rule, and
shall practise it with a small addition ; I
shall never ask, never refuse nor ever
ri sign an office. If they will have my
office of cl rk to dispose of it to another,
tfiey shall take it from me. I will not
by giving it up, lose my right of some
time or other n aking reprisals on my ad
versaries. 1 heard no more of this : 1
was chosen again unanimously as clerk
at the next election.”
Suttee.
The following horrible case is from
the Madras Athenasmn :—“A Brahmin
died on the 19th, leaving a young wife,
aged 17, and other relatives, but no chil
dren. On the morning of the 20th, the
woman declared her intention of sacrifi
cing herself upon the funeral pile of her
husband, and a wealthy native having
offered to defray the expenses, prepara
tions were made on a grand scale in a
secluded spot at about two miles from
Lashkur. A spot was chosen in the dry
bed of a nullah, and four large posts,
eight feet high, were fixed, on which a
sort of scaffold of dry wood was formed,
and underneath it were layers of the
driest wood and cowdung sun-dried, and
other inflammable materials, so as *o burn
briskly when set fire to. The prepara
tions were completed ahout 12 o’clock,
soon after which the procession set out.
(hie of the deceased’s relatives went first,
bearing a small vessel! containing fire,
and was followed by the woman and
others of the family, and in the rear came
the corpse borne by five men on a r.har
pov. (.'onsideringtheprepar.itions .vl ich
had been made, comparatively lew n; -
tives followed the procession, which
moved at a slow pace. On reaching the
pile, the sacrifice ap|>eared to view the
preparniions made with a look of exulta
tion, and took Iter seat by the dead l>odv,
which had been laid on the ground at a
little distance, where she remained up
wards of two hours, surrounded by a
host of Brahmins of both sexes, perform
ing numerous ceremonies. When the
body of her husband was taken up and
placed on the scaffold, over which a con
siderable quantity of dry straw was
strewn, and oil and ghee poured, the
woman having walked thrice around the
pile, mounted it apparently with some
reluctance by clambering up on the out
side, amidst the shouts of the spectators.
She took her seat on the right, uud after
a short ceremony, putting her arm tinder
the neck of the corpse, with much com- !
posure stretched herself beside the body, 1
adjusting Ihe hair of her head and clothes, j
A considerable quantity of wood was
now put over what I may call the two
bodies, when a tremendous shout of ap
plause rent the air, with clapping of
hands and other tokens of satisfaction.—
Ahout a quarter of an hour was now spent
in requisite preparations, when torches
w. re a| plied to different parts of the pile.
No sooner did tlie flame arise than the
unfortunate victim, unable to endure the
suffocation mid pain, struggled vigorous
ly to extricate herself from the pile and
as the flames waXcd more fierce her ex
ertions liecame almost supernatural, till
at lust with a tremendous spring she
landed oil lier feet about ten paces from
i the pile, and entreated the .bystanders to
| save her from what she felt was too great
a trial. The Brahmins, however, insist
ed on her re-mounting the pile and tiu
[ (.forgoing what was hep own Choice.
' Slie refused, and was iusually cut dowu
with a sword and thrown upon the
flaming pile. It so happened that several
Mussulmans af tire Aleegole were present
and, althoring the inh.iman acts of the
Brahmins, commenced tinhraiding tliem;
wordsaudabuse ensued, till tlte Moslems,
enraged, drew their swords, cut down a
Hoozoorinh and wounded several. The
multitude of spectators soon dispersed,
and tints was finished a ceremony at
which every feeling mind must revolt
with disgust. Many such instances
however occur, and force or. stimulating
drugs are always had recourse to, to
compel the unfortunate victim to undergo
the cruel sacrifice.”
Woman.— Perhaps a more just and
beautiful compliment was never paid to
woman than the following from Judge
Story:
“To the honor, to the eternal honor of
the sex, lie it said, that in the path of du
ty no sacrifice is with them too high or
100 dear. Nothing is with them impos
sible, but to shrink from what love, hon
or, innocence and religion require. The
voice of pleasure or of power may pass by
unheeded ; hut the voice of affliction
never. The chamber of the sick, the
pillow of the dying, the vigils of the df ad,
the altars of religion, never missed the
presence or the sympathies of woman.—
Timid though she be, and so delicate
that the winds of heaven may not too
roughly visit her; on such occasions
she loses all sense of danger, and assumes
a preternatural courage which knows
not and fears not consequences. Then
she displays the undaunted spirit which
neither courts difficulties nor evades
them ; that resignation which neither
utters murmurs nor regret, ar.d that pa
tience in siffferi' g which seems victori
ous even over death itself.
Relis on.
Religion is the choicest companion of
the soul. She is the sweet messenger
from the spirit land, bearing upon her,
snow-white wings the “tokens sure”!
of a gloiious immortality beyond the’
skies.
She comes to the captive, bound with
the fettars of sin and satan, and (mints
her finger to the great physician, extend
ed on Calvary’s cross, and in a voice of
seraphic sweetness, that sounds on bus
ear like the music of angels, proclaim
“ He conies to limik oppression,
To sel the captive free;
To lake away transgression,
Ami rule in equity.”
Again she appears in the garb of an
angel of mercy speaking “ Peace, lie
still,” to the hearts of the children of sor
row and pouring the “Balm of Gilead”
into the wounds of the bruised and strick
en iti spirit.
Attired in the garb of I leaven-born
humility, she visits the “meek and low
ly of heart.” and assures them “of such
is the kingdom of heaven,”
Decision of Chauafter. —There is
a certain constitution of mind, which, of
all others, is the most likely to rnakg our
fort linos, if combined with talent, or to
mar them without it; for the errors of
such minds are few but fatal. I allude
to those characters who have a kind of
mathematical decision about them, which
dictates that ft straight line is the shortest
distance between any two points, and
that small bodies with Velocity have a
greater momentum than large masses
without it. Tints, they would rather
use a cannon hall than a battering ram.
With such minds, to resolve and to act
is instantaneous ; they seem to have pre
ccd and the march of time—to foresee
events in the chrysalis of their causes
and to seize that moment for execution
which others waste in deliberation.
Ini.EXESS.—Tt is a mistake to imagine
that only the violent passions, such as
ambition and love, can triumph over the
rest. Idleness, languid as she is, often
masters them all; she indeed influences
alll our desigirs and actions, and insensi
bly consumes and destroys both passions
and virtues.
A schoolmaster in Ohio, advertises
that he will keep a Sunday school twice
a week, on Tuesdays and S Uuiduys.
For Liberia —We learrr that ff. 4
Colonization Society will send'off a ves
sel from this city about the middle of
March for Africa, with emigrants. Some
eighty or ninety persons are now ready
to go out, twelve of this number will go
back into slavery unless they are sent off
by a given time.
Whenever you hear a young miss lec
turing her mother on genfj lty. contradic
ting tier parents, pouting alia complain
ing whenever she onmiot have ,1 ter own
way, depend upon it she will make a
portr companion. In prosperity she will
(lover tie satisfied —in adversity she will
daspoud and c > npfain —in sickness she
will distress hctselFaad tjll around her.
4 \ever choose her tor a companion.
AN ADDRESS.
Directed to be published by a meeting
of the Friends of JOHN 0. CAL
HOUN, Delegates to the State
Democratic Convention,
with the signal res
of the Committee who pre
pared it, and such of the mem
bers us after its final preparation
could be seen.
TO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUB
LICAN PARTY OF VIRGINIA. j
Continued from last week.
. . I
Since the substitution of the National j
Convention, however, as it has l>een
usually organized, the influence of the t
South has continually declined, and the
ascendancy of the Republican party has
liecome more and more doubtful, How
could it be otherwise, when by its Con
stitution, if every slaveholding State
were Federal, they would still have the
controlling voice in the nominating < 'on
vention of the Republican party ? *To a
National Convention properly organized
we do not object; on the contrary, we
would prefer it to a Congressional cau-
c n s. Distribute its power among the
States, according to their relative party
strength, and so organize it as that it shall
express the sense of the people of the
party, and we will acknowledge its va ! -
ue as an institution, and cheerfully sub
mit to its awards. But we never can ac
knowledge the justice of an organization
which jierpetnally disfranchises the
South, and in addition to the legislative,
throws the whole Executive power into
the hands of the non slnveholding States.
A fair use of constitutional means will
give the South a share in the Presiden
tial election, which of itself, would en
force some respect for her interests, and
some regard for her teelings. Is there ;
any thing in the present aspect of politi-1
cal affairs to induce her to part with any
portion of her just share of power, or to I
Mibmit to a voluntary and perpetual dis
franchisement of her sons, so far as the '
is concerned ? On the con
trary, the increasing dangers which
threaten the South and its Institutions at j
present, would seem to enhance the im- !
portance of all our means of self-delence, |
and amongst those means none can he |
more valuable than the share of power |
we may have in the Presidential election,
as we are daily admonished by the all
absorbing interest which onr people take
in that question, nnd by the immense in--
fluence, both direct and indirect; which
the President exercises over the legisla
tion and the public opinion of the conn
try. . .
But these are not the only objections
t> the profitable organization of the Nn-j
tional Convention. It is proposed, that j
each State shall give a consolidated vote
in proportion to its strength in the Elec- ;
toral colleges—The nomination is to be ,
made by States, each giving a vote near
ly in proportion to its federal numburs,
and thus we violate not only the federa
tive principle of equality lietween the j
States, as established by the Constitution j
in the event of a Presidential election by :
States, but also the principle of popular ;
representation, which was evidently the i
mode preferred by the framers, of that
instrument. We know thnt this princi- ;
p'e of action so anomalous to our coireti- j
union, has been justified on the ground
that each State has a right to prescribe
the modem which its vote Shall be cast,
and to determine whether the majority
shall git'e the whole vote ofthe State, or
each Electoral district give its individual |
rote. And yet, those who have asserted
this right in'broad terms, have underta
ken to impose one limitation,- —no State
is to give more votes in the Convent on,
than it is entitled to the Electoral co lege.
If the unlimited right exists in a State,
w’hence the authority to impo e this re- (
striction, and if the right he not unlimit
ed, why do the restrictions stop here?- ;
Is it not an immutable principle of na
tural equity and justice, that yon must ,
ro exercise vqur own right, ns not to in
jure the equal right of another.
In the question of a distribution of |
power amongst the different Slates, is it |
not absurd to assert lor each:State the
right to exe:cise as much power its it j
chooses ; on the contrary, is not this n
question to he determined by the nre- J
of justice and the atuUogies of the < 'ou
stitution ? In what copartnery has it;
everlieen established as a rule,that each
part mi/short Id take whatever portin'i o j
the pVbfits he inightciaim 7 —How death
should claim all ? How- then is the rttif
to be executed 7 It may be siitl, how* 1
ever, that hr limiting the vole of each !
State to its strength in the Electoral cu;-;
lege, we obviate tie difficulty. But ho*",
if this vole stmuld give vastly more rela
tive power to those who cast it than they
are entitled to wlten compared with
other Slates in the same tfonvention 7
The ."State*, of Massachusetts or Ken
tucky may he ho[ielessly Federal, th.
republican party might constitute not •
third of-ihe voters in one of these .States
and a bare majority of that minority, con
stituting not a sixth ofthe v.oers in that
State, might thus gi e weariful* inau>
votes ns Virginia, in which the Repfibli
enn party have the undoubted ascendency.
Ami thus, a luiuouty ui oue Suite, w hiet.
\ m 4i.
can bv no possibility give an Electoral
vote fp the Republican candidate, is nl
fovred nearly as much weight in the
nominating Convention, ns threefo and the
number in another State, which, would
aiuiftst certainly cast wltole its Electoral
vote for that nominee. Has that majori
ty in n strong Republican StatP, nothing
to say to the claim of power thus made
by au impotent minority iua Federal-
State? Again, in the Stnte of N. York
there may fie a Democratic majority, but
qrj the question of candidates, that mnjo
n»y might lie nearly equally divided,
Whilst in the State of South Carolina tl s
.districiMiiigh! be unanimoiiF. The vr t«.»
ofthe latter, united to those of the New
York districts,agreeing with tlrem, might
represent a large majority of the people
of the party in those States, whilst under
the proposed system, a lean minority of
those people, and a bare majority or the
districts in New York, might cast a ma
jority of the votes of those States to a dif
ferent candidate. Have the friends of
ane cction by the, peo{4e, nothing to say
to a system which so signally defeats
their great end; or have the smaller
States nothing to say to it, if they believe
that this system swells the power of the
large States, beyond its due proportion,
whilst it diminishes that of the smaller,
beneath their proper measure ? And yet
it is notorious, that such must be the esti
mate of this system by the smaller States,
if they believe, as undoubtedly they do,
that the larger States front greater diver
sities of climate, soil and political influ
ence, are more liable to,divisions of senti
ment, than those of less extent of terri
tory and of smaller population.
If we desire to elect the President by
the representatives of the people, the
former view is conclusive. Thesmallcr
the districts by. which we thus take the
sense of the people, the more perfectly is
their will expressed, mid the more nearly,
dues the President bqCome the represen.
tiitivc of the of all the States. If,
on the other hand, we desire to elect the
President by States, the Constitu|ion has.
established the principle,of equality ni
the distribution of power among the.
Stntes, and under circumstances which
emphatically mark this provision asoup
of the main considerations and leading
inducement? to the smaller States to acr,
cede to the confederacy. Upon what
pretence, then, are the smaller States re
quested to agree to this anomalous distri
butron' of power in the nominating Con
vention ? Why, because each State is
permitted w ithout a violation of the Con-,
stnation to give its consolidated vote in
the Electoral colleges, a halting .analogy,
is sought to he established between a
practice noi forbidden in the Consjitur
lion, and tins provision to he practically
enjoined on the Conuentkjn. Has the
Constitution any where enjoined the
Gem r«1 Ticket system in the Presiden
tial election ? Does it. npt equally per
mit the District mode of election ?. Is it
not manifest, indeed, that its intention of
electing a I resident by the people in,the
6rst instnnco, would be better attained by
the District, tfian the General Ticket
system ? No candid mind, can well re
sist the conclusion that such was its in
tention upon an examination of the in
strument; for the addition of two Elect,
toral votes overpaid above the proportion
dcoordiujr to federal numbers, does not
much disturb Hint proportion, or, at any.
rate* it .'duns that .proportion as little as
was. compalitile with the spirit of the
’lines., . -
If tins Constitution designed to take the
sense of the people through representa
tives ns to tiie Presidency, it is manifest
that their sense could thus lie taken more
propel ly threug-h the representatives of
small districts than through those ol an
entire Stnte. If we are to look therefore
to thnt instrument for analogies in a case
not anticij>ated,and where none were in
tended; to lie giyen, its spirit would clear
ly indicate a representation by ffistr cts,
nnd voting per capita in the National
Convention. But there is a fairer and
more direct mode of viewing the subject
The t '(institution has provided two
tqodes of electing u President. .Fir-t, the
aUempt is to l»e made to elect him by
ropre.-eutaiives marly representing the
whole people.in the proportion of federal
nunjliei!?, and should .that (ail,he is to be
elected by the House ot Rcpresentaiive#*)
in which the vote is taken by States, each
.State casing but one vote, and thus be
ing equal. By certain contrivances, nei
ther forbidden irar enjoined by the Con
stitution, the larger States h.ive managed
to vote Suites, and, in the, proportion of
their eutire representation in, both houses ,
pf
tempt, an eloctiou of President is the re*
suit of tins, illegitimate connexion lie*
'tween,the popular and federative princi-,
pies cf ou r government. But experience
tias shown that to # the success pi this
mode of election.Vnother cqptrivance is
necessary, wild that is of
tue party, to nominate one candidate up-,
on whom all are to unite, di
visions mar qitr/y the flection .io the
House of Representatives, in which evjpC.
the small States will have as much
eras the large. It is indispensable ,to
(bucces-, that the smaller States shou and(
.tgree to such a Convention, and submit*,
to its decisions. They nre asked. t/> con-,
cede a grem power, nothing lets thuu an’