FEDERATE RELATIONS. 45

dent and Vice President. Compare the weight
actually exercised in the elections by the latter
with what Maryland has exercised:—

Virginia in 1796 gave one vote for Adams,
and 20 for Jefferson; her clear vote was there-

	fore		19
	In 1800—	undivided vote	21
	1808	" "	24
	1812	" "	25
	1824	" "	25
			114

Thus Virginia gave at the five contested elec-
tions 114 clear votes. Maryland, by persuing
the same policy in choosing electors, might
have given at the same elections 55 votes, be-
ing within a fraction of half the votes given by
Virginia; whereas by the policy she did persue,
only 15 clear votes were given by the state at
those elections, being less than one eighth of
the number actually given by Virginia.

It is not in the nature of things that a result
so unkind to the influence of the state, as a mem-
ber of the Confederation, is without its effects.
Maryland, in consequence of it, has not her due
weight in the voice of the nation. These cal-
culations prove that the state has paid already
a severe price for her attachment to what she
deems the best method of choosing electors. It
is hardly to be expected that she will persevere in
making such great sacrifices when the object for
perseverance becomes evidently hopeless. It is