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A.4.41 tot - -.r thon I~ 0i - n or. er ik eioe "us * ~~alth tal obef ate. - trii~ ie~nt qf eleetgrs. It is *~., riae1 ~jjji the 4se; but .iicequally - l~1 a' ~pil'on asnotthefesul@i - eat shtcenia nngth6 mOdead0P' tt fit by th etae sbtunss I, Jen tly misakie do.it err~n asserting 4~the gj ~~ majdritappointed thei-, - e ge~~s eiherby IDisii ts'otheir Lo&gisE -~ - iht mt m Uygeneral ticket. - - - h' lie, exde 't1sts State, have * a6'dtijed it, -is httributablef partly, tO th'4 - yloneltparty~struiggleq,.growviig out of alrq Eres iltii ;election and partly to. that3 coneihra owr oft more - nyneica fyajj-it a ifure~anginedt nthese'struggles, one stae afteranther, t-eoredintheir e@#erdtesire for victory, !rIUthegra tick1 Irder toconeen Sa' arsrpointed tf heuir Ldegis *tures - gadually yielded to' the .tendency towar~ds - ~t e n imerical minjority. -.That this state -has been able" to reisist. successfully the oeation ot;such powverful catties is attri butable to ,the superiority of her Constitu tie. Lonynay itsenable her to continue - lher guceessfuil resistance,. and, instead of -following the eill egarnple of others, mayv t be her patriotism and pride to be an0ex ample to thoreven if itshouldremain, to be as it how is, a solitary one. 'With hese weighty and to my mind overwhelming reasons against the aioptions - of the general ticket, I iwouhsi .herecalsmose the discussion, as far as regards i, _pi ing wholly out ofmhe question, twere it notf.r the deep convictin have, as to the is. astrous conseguencessto the state, which wouhi folluw,.should it be unfortunately adop-te -l. IUder its infuence, I feel it to - be a duty, in replying to 3 our note, to omit no material reason against it. There still remaips-one such, with which I shall close thi.portionsof the discussion ofc the sub ae,1Mrc -pJ)~ya e L Those who support a general ticket -: ~seem to me. with all duo da~i r,...'n e45 its adoption on a series of tinfousndestas sumptions. They assume, in'the first piace, that the federal Constitution vess.tbe op. poiment of electorsi t -. e people. Bus such is not the fact. On the contrary, it expressly provides, that each state shuall ap .i point its electors, with no other restric tions, except that. the manner shall he as directed by its Legislatore, and that no Senator, or Representative, or person hold Ing an. office of trust, or profit under the United States shall be an elector. It is, then. clear, the assumption, that thc fedter al Constitution gives the appointment to the people, rests on another assumption that the people are the state. It is indeed true tothey are, regarded iii their: organic character, as constituting a body politic. $1. In tha t~sense, the people are the state, and the state te people, but no other. It is not, however, in that sense, that the advo cetes'of the general ticket use it. On the contrary, they evidently aiply it to the people,...in their unorganized character as-mere indivl.duals,-a sense, , which the 1people are neverbcalled te state, nor the state'the people. I say evidently, because the eff'et of adopting it would be, to give I the appointment to a mere majority, re gardeud as so many individuals, I ithout the slightest reference to the pecell'ar politi cal organization of our state, or 'even an stterppt to adjust theo erol a appnintifg the electors, so as tf onform to it. lnet thes astinsption, that tile people are the state in that sense, is as unfonmded, a tbfe first onwhich it ests, that the Constito tedn gives the-appointment t to them. But even this unfounde' numptio'n rests on another equally so; that the rimsericas majority .is the people, and on that rests 'the eonclusion,"thut: thosdoption of tihe goe al' tickerthicirvoufd give the pow q'6Ib ould' e the sonme as giving it to . - 9 .~ leMAnd lhis.irjngxs us to the final' an eradical. assngijitiotfifffiie'h lies rrt the lbotom of the wihole skitifthlat the ma. joritylas thea" natural, iiihetent'and ide L'easi Vle right of governifig,-an asesumpi Lion not only utteuly umnfdundm~ed, buit of the most dlangerous character, end in dlirect conflict wvith the Constitmimn oif this state nnud'~ininf'the Union. All naumral sights are' ti rights ofsindliyiduals, amnd belong to clim .aneduch. They apperai neither to majorities, nor minomritice, On the comn truiry, all. political rig hts aroeconmventiomnal. Ntifer majorities, nor minorides ran right. fully e'xuoely any such, but by comppset sir. agreemtonlt,. exlpressetl or -impliedl. Somte of the' states of the' Unuin, it wvouldI uuuith,.have bansed thir Csutitutions nu thme Kst~pi:tat'iemr ntmrcliu jtiy.9gh ifttogven An-uhi wa( ned etestt yipinin n 4.dgi2ftegrba iktb be tox e II W - G ili' ut. pttnonuIi b La cair nujI d We; "~oTeea zP*5ineIe~ist nrg t y4ges.erolt . In 5ri~ 1461Ai rn'hptm~upaus aidmhsurnahtiailile Ai 1 tj i t" t rsa mses tI theolik~p sraiaintiin i left, Inutitf retain the 'res .. n-6 ie f aspointment, or .do ''ih ssidsy a~yniel: diviiig thO stote into i ?e:of 'Dtstrije.quai to tihe aufriber 1f its eleefo0siandallot the*pp1iliment uno ich [f t; shulil be - thought pie e ,*to give the. apqaoirittient di reo' to tjfe pevp.vith(ut :any inter, media rgdtetaey, thenthe latter ,hyu0iIl be aiiptjPdi as the in ly wa .by w )Wpk ican b~e tt-utygiifev odfen'iand, thaat~ too, with strictjitstice to th ttoireat divisions pf the 'takend wiaftit se hazard f deg. iroyinfgior disturbing tit copromise 'e sweoi them. The 'trongest objection to it is, thiatIt fmiglit dimvih-fih the relative weight if the state in ath e Presldsfitial election, e*sing it Vote to tshe haa rd f dvi isin, 4i is i.ertainiy desis-ble to avid that solng aotlheothr-ststes shall desitibie to'concentrate'iheirs by agjiieral tidketer ut,-I must any, ever setting this bection asile,' that I ranste lo adeqante reason. for changing the present mode. Under our well constructieil anti just Ctn-' stituti4n,"the Legislature may, 'With ettict regard to truth, be said to ha the truetre presentative oaf the state. It has: lreto fore-proved to be so, its the appointmeol of electors. In tin instance has it deceived or botrrayed the stale in reference to it. Nir am I aware of any formidabEi ob. jection against continuirtg the present moide, growiAgout of the late act of Con. gress, which may net be niet by an ameaid. rnent of our state Constitutiin, fixinig an early lay fAr the eetiang of the Legisli ture every fourth year, so that it may he en session ta comply with its provisions. ad in having a cil sehsiiah for that pur pose, uvatil the amtnendmenvat can he imade. Bitt wihether Ihut shoald be dine, or te District system aslipted, notwithstanlitng th.- hazaird ofl dividinig the vie of the state, are questions to be- decided, inot sa macl by reference to prinacinle, as consil. erpjins - of expediepcy 'itn reference up which the.. Legislature is the most compe. tent Widlecide. Bit it is Aurgeil, that a change must be made, because the Legislature las no right oi appoint the electoirs. To this it may be rairly answered, that the objection copmes too late. Tite federal government has been in operation miare thlin half.a centu:-. ry- .l.,-ing~ whi'h, time. thetrsivie ,- been fif -en Presideaul elections. at each of which one or more states have .uppointed their elector-by the .Le-gislaturia; unit in not a Ringlo intatnce have the two houses of Congress, in coutilng the Votes, objected to receive thervateor a state, because it was cst by electors appointed by its Leg. slature. But wvaivinag this answer, I cannot per neive any asolid ground for the objection. T'he federal Constitutican expressly vests the peoger of apapointing the electors in tImg.states; that Is, 'as has been showvn, in thaefpeopie in) their organiizedi character as ncavstittinag a bodly pQJitic, and thae power raf directing the manner of ai pobinting ina their Legislatures, without qualification. lt is left to their discretioan to decide, whether it shnll bie (lone directly by the people of the,,state or inbdirectly through iantermedeiate agents, provided the manner Jirected, shall be such as to be fairly the e't of the state; that is, of the pe'ople in, he character above stated. The more erfectly and fully it would he theirs in lhat character, the more perfectly andi ful. y waoild thte intentiona of the Conastitutipn >e coamplied with, wihethier done thrcaugha he direct vcote of' the people, or any inter. nediate agency, including tihe Lc'gislature. Buet it is certina, that wvith us. wvhatever nay he the case ini other states, no other egenacy cemubd be coanstituted car any other noade of n ppcinmaenat adopted, that wvotald novre' perfectly andi (tully' represenat the tste, or ma~ake the ajpointment more truly. ts nct, than that by its Legislature. l have nw coampiecd ith your-requaest, as iat ucha brevity as poss~ible consider. nag the impoartaaavnc canaoplex chtarvacter at the quvesticon involved. I have, inideed, experenced~ ne inacoidcernhie difficualty, vi discusainag scamfe cof ti points, to express nyaself ith sullicienat clearness toa be wvell ainderstoid, withacuit gobing inato a discus. isun of' scomev of .4he funmdamenatal prinrci. ales ofl puilticai science,; if it .mnay be so aaileel aambl thaeretby, increasing uvareasona. hlye thle lenagti) of may aswver to your r neac't., As it is, I fear, in attempting to votid pbryixity, I havec novt sufilcienatly-ex >lnitted mya manming, son soea of, thie )cinits, to escape tobscurity. - Ini conctluasion permiit ime tco say, if wvhati ha.ve w t'ri tten. shld he d alan nradvlitioaml nmy oaf lighat ian thte natuare tandv chtaracter af utr tecllenlt state Consletitutionm, Or-ciantri ite ini anay diegrete, tos guard ngainist the dept'ion of aniy meacasure vcalecula ted id cima naird r4u weakin it, I shall feel vuyself anm ely.tlhnpensaated lfar the tifne avad reflee anm I hvec bestowed on hacmuia ion- .C. CA L10UN. .\ sr.James L.. Orr, \#illiam Glevin~ L. l~rinas, amid F. W. e ymmes.. .1 K.k)a 4y- 2 'Oiqu .in p*. q r i* himself. He isi opo a* the minaner of ~el tI'gtetors'f 'And icle Preslliq Tb :pnf. n wo of 4. a shG We h e edf ' omt11 Spy of'Gov. 'AaKN's lMsi~g.T Thisf a. able ditsaoait l reg~ teIand yIe rerejise T ia a th''eionI b y raIlroatI of sonie oft bjirlcets isj f te tere. iriver wh Iio'te~par eii Nolla~ou Ine; nd theinest'ernt risel or -bR b acter f. me of the. ft: ill'ain'gWrna:th e a aus re e haer.the Stat i -t 0ri adi. Tle crtaIn( ty otunipingrt heid o ibtfon itersah O er nor's riooranlntian oF al.le ie worlpf1 eonslderation ans acio;r the ilnty nu. ishient a di rhoiaj e ,_ thele r freg n madoof no flct at Iib presentiday'hyithe attetndantj seve'rily, This r enatian. or..theHon. die" Mclfoprzn is nodiced'in teirn whelich do hnor tallan hsene and heart wildlctaed i am, nd wlhice, a'. mentr equally with the State t)itetirespent of .tm distinguishesl patriot .end advocateiof free tradoe.-n line, the Missage Is char-ot8riedAhro'uglout by. that sterling go ri senaegieh soendInena-tn-i( our, present Cliffongistrato, and.by thdsuffiiency and comapactness with whi~h its vicwh are priseilted A CCIDENT. On Friday morningtin 27th ilt.the mall stage as it wvas leaving this lace, was u pset. Fortunately there was osntly one prssenger, Mr. Btt.. .NavA.r, Sthis place, wio was rid'gon the lox. 'Mr.. in end'avorisig to jump Iro$-tbe stege, was t riown on his len leg which was severely apjained. His numerous friend both hero and ese.wherei Il be glad t oglearn that heiS gindu1tly, though slo w.y,-re coveting from the effeels t the accident ,CO'FON. The transacti.fns in thl staple amou:ied, in the Charleston narket, at the close of the week 'nding Friday, Nov. 27, to receipts of 12,98Lbales andsls of 10,584 bales. The prices were als follaws:'mid alling to middling fair,83 the.4 9 4.8; fjirt o oilly fair, 9 1-4 to 9 3-8; good fair te finse, 9 1-2 to 9 3.4 cents per poura.'' The prcoofg ition remsto lia.Ie been wavering ror th'otwo previoins weeks in thes maarket' to which oar staple produce goes, and we ouchoubt any material a'vmneobove the ?resent prices. - - UbTft, VOLUINTEERS. On Saturday thith 2lt., a paradeof "The Sumters,'a company organizd in ,hi disricj o the 6th of Jlune ast, Isnder the tupelve ionthls re. quiitina of the government, was held for the purpose or asc~ertaining,how mnanjrof those who rolunteered tnder tho previous organization were able to e-nul themselves under the new enlistment reqmafnerd by the Government for the whole period of.r ..MexiaIn war. We are informed that upiwardfo 35lk 40 camve forward and comnplied witj the new erm. ,An opportunity is now aorded to the young and able bodied men of the D rit o enrol fr thecontin uance of te wiar, and to upholdRnee high charvete: which Sumter has long held arid claimed for devo tion to the State and ihe commoncut'try. cnt rkn LEGISLATURE OF S. CAROLINA. This body convened on 23rd tit., andl proceeded co organizei in -the Setiate, hion. I. D. Wihderspothe 1 York, was called to the.ehmir, Waen that body pa - ceded to elect its olicers. The 4Ion. Anugus Patierso tnes re-elcted retsident; Wm.E. Martin, Cherk; John T. Gol iyyn. Readlingj Clerk; J. B. Fauitun, Doour K(eep er; J. D. Gaillard, M essensger. The Sen ate hauving next senat a message to time Honuse statiang that it wats readly rar business, adjourned, to meet ut 12 o'elock, Tuaesday. . - Ini the House of' Repreentati~ee, Maj. James Edward Henry, of. Sparinutrg, was called to the chair; when- the Hon. Willijam F. Coslcock -was re-elected Spedk~ or; Tr. 0W. Glover, Clerk; WV. Ii. loor, Readinig Clerk; ~and James Melltrgrny Door Ke epeP. There ero two ulnsutgets fil ballotinga for,Mescseanger. h Vithonsie then agpoi d~e a C(immitte to notify Hlis Excellency, sv. Aikent, that it was orga niz~ed andl.ready to receive ang commyni tficationa hie might have30 make. Received a commuisication from the Senate, ifori. ing the - House Athat1 they .wvere ready ' for buinitess. ' The IHouse retuirnedi a uiunihar maessage, anal adtjotrned to ineet onWd nesday at 12 o'clock. T roin thefew Orleans Tropic, Nov.-21. R1tavAL oF TRI H U. 8. STEAMsM!P Mussi,. PIPPI. -- TeUnited States steamsii iasip pi, Lienat.- Coniandat. thery A. Adams, airrivedl at tho SunthWvest Pasa.,<tmIn-Tu1s dlay aight, from Tiampie , with Cotmme dhare M. C. Perry on heaurd. 'Comumnos e Perry aind Ptarser Watrfinugton f-eaced il te cit y, in the tow-boat 8tar, yesterday3 muirn, Ing. Set ha'oe lad tire .pleaistare ci Con ve~asin iwith thieteflcer s abore' nam red, and tromt thenft we learn thie gratifgjigiantehla. genlce - ha t imn aainrday.. the ;14 th' lgjuy~ Tnampico was taken without the ushedfr~g of' blood. antd -' inow in moe..mjn 6 U.. I 4 -?l P.,o~ a., F ered "I Jh i bt Adr I~m sciottoIe a~h? Ea1h6eIdeili ) li t Ala"iP ilki .,. , wiedZ' et fits, .ifi0 W1.i Urn)) ... .... . . . ~ t . A t4 - ~E ered) O upn aarun~ I 314 it, 4 Iwe' 3 j~d r' o~itJ' Ii t - Pro rat ng treeong "2rev6016 n0. gO ;:1 . 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