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jyMUMOAII 'ihe most perfect Govenmeat would be that which, emanating directly from the People. Governs le.ist —I'osta least—Dispenses Jusliee to all. and confers Privileges on None. —BENTHAM. VOL. I.i DR. WM. GREEN—EDI I OR. au-'Klcan deiioukvi', PUBLISHED WEEKLY, IN THE REAR OF J. BARNES’ BOOKSTORE. COTTON AVENUK, MACON, GA. at TWO SOEXtARS FBR ANNUM, to- IN ADVANCE -CO Rates oT Advertising, Ac. On. aquare, of 100 words, or len, in small type, 75 crma far the first ioscrtioi., and 50 cents for each subsequent inter ,on. All Advertisements containing more than 100 and less than 300 words, will be charged as two squares. To Yearly Advertisers, a liberal deduction will be made. J 33 N. B Sales of I,AND, by Administrators. Executors. Guardians, are required, by law, to be held on the firs, Tue.-day in the month, between the hours of 10 in the fore n ,ea, and 3 in the afternoon, at the Court-House in the Coun ty in which the pro|i«rty is situa'.d. Notice es these must he given in a public Gaxeuc, SIXTY DAYS, previous U> the dsy of sale. Sales of PERSONAL PROPERTY, must be advertised in ,ht same manner, FORTY DAYS previous to the day of sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate, must be pub pehed FORTY Days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordi tsry, for leave to sell LAND, must be published FOUR months. Sales of NEGROES, must be made at public auction, on the first Tuesday of the month, between the legal hours of sale at the place of public sales in the county where the let ters testamentary, of Administration or Guardianship, shall have been granted, SIXTY DAVS notice being previously given in one of the public gaaettes of this State, and at the door of the Court-House, where such ssles sre to be held. Notice lor leave to sell NEGROES, must be published for FOUR MONTHS, before any order absolute shall be mads thereoa by the Court. All business of Ins nature, will receive prompt attention, at the OHice of the AMERICAN DEMOCRAT. REMITTANCES UY MAIL —“A Postmaster may en jlose money in a letter to the publisher of a newspaper, to pty the subscription of a third person, and frank the letter, if wiuten by himself.” Ames KtrulaU, P. MU. • COMMUNICATIONS addressed to the Editor—Post Pam. 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’