New Hampshire Statesman

Mr. Hayne's Speech.—The reader will find, the Speech of Mr. Hayne, (of S.C.) which we insert this evening, an able and conclusive reply to all that was urged in the senate in favour of the caucus system, and to all that has or can be urged elsewhere in extenuation of scheme for taking the election of President and Vice President from the people and contriving for the appointment of those officers by the members of congress, in what they call their "unofficial capacity." If the free people of this country would retain their constitutional right of electing these high officers, they must now resist with firmness and unanimity, the daring attempt of a small minority of congress, who presuming upon their official stations, have adopted this scheme to counteract and overawe the general voice.

Let it not be forgotten that it is by the friends and advocates of this usurping system that the people of this state have been deprived of the right of suffrage in the choice of Presidential electors. This is one of the traits of the caucus system, a system based upon intrigue and management, and which recognizes party to the exclusion of principle.

The clear and sound reasoning, and the patriotic and national sentiment infused into the speech of Mr. Hayne, will, we hope, secure for it an attentive reading in all parts of the country. What a contrast between the independent and liberal remarks of this gentleman and the fire and fury of that willing subject of more than one party, Mr. Senator Holmes of Maine!