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The Exercise Of Suffrage

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Parent Issue
Day
17
Month
June
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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The Cincinnati Herald lays down substantially the following rules for the exercise of our suffrages. They deserve consideration. 1. A merehj speculative belief on morals, or politics should not be a bar to a man's elevation to office. But some beliefs are dangerous: for instance, an Atheïst might make a good public servant, I but the probabilities would beagainst him. So a believer in the propriety of establishing an aristocracy might be" a good man- a useful public servant; but his belief is one that tends to bad results. 2. Immorality, notorious and habitual, like drunkenness, pilfering, swindling, fraud, duelling, slavcholding, garnbling, Sic. is a sufficient reason for exclusión from office. Suppose the converse of theJ rule to be maintained; our public offices would then be filled with intriguing, failhless, disorderly, corrupt men. This is the case now to a great exíent, in sequence of a violation of this principle.3. Another good reason for refusingto vote for a man is, that he is opposed to political principies which the voter holds j to be of paramountjmportance. 4. A want of ability to discharge the duties of the office, from any cause whatever, is another sufficient reason. 5. The fact that a candidale is less incompetent, or less corrupt than his antagonist, is no good reason for votingfor him. Were everyone to adopt this principie, very office might be filled by a man more or less disqualified.05" In a debate on reducing the Navy, Mr. Holmes of S. C. opposed it on account of the probability of a war with JSngland. In the course of his argument he said: "It would be a very short-sighted pojicy, when Great Britain with eagle perception, was prying into our every movement, and vhen the latest intelligence thereof was being despatched to connect with every steamer whieh took its departure from our shores, were we going to play a child's play? Let us make this nation respeclable; Jet us protect ihe North .in her sbippïng interests, the West in her commerce or her agriculture, (for her agriculture depended upon her commerce,) nd last not least, this grcat Southern inMitution, which, as a politica! institution, was essential not only to the existence of the South, but to any power and any influence she might have in this confederacy. Was a great nafional question like this to be lost sight of while they were telking about the army and navy- about an expenditure of five millious oí dollars?" . Look at it, reader! "This great Southern Instítotiox!" The navy mi;st have Five millions to support this great institution- and yet it is none of our business "What has the North to do with Slavery?"ft?0 The House of Representaties, after debatfog the breach of privilege by Messrs. Rathbun and White, were unab)e tocóme to any conclusión, and laid the whoie matter on the table. Thus impunity is lield out to all who may be guilty of similar outrages in future. The only. 'way to prevent the recurrence of sueh scones, is to prescribe the punishment of the offenders before the offence shall be perpefrated. ft?" At the Baltimore Convention, Mr. Van Buren receíved Ï46 votes at the first ballot - more than a majority of all of which 134 were from the Free States.- He had all the votes of the Free States exc-jpt 25. Yetha was not nominated, because the Slaverholders had predetermined on having an Annexation man. ft? In a recent debate in Ccngress, Mr. Parmenter read a statement showing that from 1821 the aggregate expenditures af the navy had been one hundred and thirty seven millions of dollars!

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