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choke, and see how the account stands.:—

In the election of 1706, Maryland was enti-
tled to 11 votes, Delaware was entitled to three.
The contest was between Adams and Jefferson.
Seven of the electors of Maryland voted for
Adams, und four of them for Jefferson, leaving
a clear majority from the state, of 3 votes for
Adams. Delaware had on that occasion ex-
actly the same weight as Maryland, by giving
three votes for her favorite.

At the next election, which occurred in 1800
Maryland gave ten votes, five of them for A-
dams, and five for Jefferson, thereby neutralis-
ing her vote, and loosing all political weight in
the election. Delaware gave at the same time
three votes for her favorite candidate.

The next contest was in 1808, when Madi-
son and C. C. Pinkney were rival candidates
Maryland gave 9 votes for the form and 2 for
the latter, or seven clear votes—Delaware had
three votes as usual.

In 1812, when the contest was between Mad-
ison and De Wit Clinton, Maryland gave six
votes to the former, and five to the latter, that
is one clear vote—Delaware was entitled at
that time to four votes, which were all given to
Mr. Clinton—that state having in fact upon
that occasion, four trues the influence in the
choice of President and Vice President, that
Maryland had.

The elections of 1804, 1810, and 1820, not
being contested, are not taken into the esti-
mate,