Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-11-11
FROM THE n Z. EYE.NzJVG POST.

that IN the struggle aDClWSSn =
Burr for the Presidency, in the last fesoIS
The success of the former was only oDta!nsu
,bv the most direct and scandalous brloeIy
and corruption. Monsieur Whiskey was the
= =, Who drove the bargain and bought two
states. Say Mr.. William c. e. Claiborne
what was the price of a vote on this coca
sion! And you Mr.. James Linn, OF New
Jersey, you also perhaps can tel Us Va x!las
was the going price. The Madison iaesloh
v;ll not trust to mere bribery alone after
creating an array, and thereby proyiding
themseIes with commissions for the purpose
ofbuying up all the votes at market az the
expence Of the public, they have not sefup-
led to have resource to open fraud ana W.
lence. AS evidence Of the desperate lengths
to which they dare go, they have begun py
DISTINGUISHING n. Jersey and Vermont, ana
they have long since threatened to dlsiran,
ch;se. Massachusetts also, if they should hnd
it necessary. Prohigate individuals in TINS
CITY have openly offered bets Of large sums
Of money that the Massachus rs electors
would be.rejected if it was found that Ma 8
! olson had not majority without doIngie;;
In Vermont five federal members OF the
assembly have been elected eatcf that body
/ 70 supply five vacancies in the councR, the
| upper branch of the Legislature; m such
| case the law provides thatPrecepts for new
/ election should immediately issue to those
towns whose representatives had thus been
transferred. Justice and fair dealing, az
! well as law, required that these preeepsa
should Issue instaater- in order that the H.
1 habitants of these towns should have voice
/, in the ccunsels of the state, and particularly
in the choice Of electors. But when these
precepts were moved for, the Madison tac-
ton, finding themselves a majority, ard thas
thev would not Be SO if these towns should
| Be represented, negatived ,heemotiou. ! hts
The state Of Vermont will IN fact be depuy-
ed Of her realvc in the choice Of a pl'esi-
4 ra..,,4
In Nrs. Je,sey tie conduct Of this profit
gate faction IS still worse. The existing
law tor choosing the electors by a general
ticket, IS discovered TO have fixed the time
OF .s. s:i- two5days earlier 1han tiy Suls
! prescribed ny 1v-;sct OF congress, and CT
course that the election will be yo;d. A
/ ccmr7ittre was lately appointed by the ls-
1 gislature Of the state 10 examine into ;he
validity Of this law, and report q remedy,
| which they agreed upon accordingly; bot
ilist before tic report was to be made, the
cue was given, and they refused to>n.ake
any report whatever; and not only hes no
report been yet made, but measures have
been taken to prevent any reports b.il1e
made, I'll after the very day OF elec.icn
shall have passed. The object is manifest.
Should the votes Of New Jersey as given
BY the people, be necessary to Madison,
! means VIII be fonnd to receive them should
they not wanted, or should shey be for
federal electors, they viii be.reiected. Eat
: this is rot all nor even lie worst.
D A memorial has been presented to the le-
pis,aS ture, stating that there has been fraud
pracris.ed urcn the electors, BY an inspector
IN 4 C. v,ain town IN the county of G}ouces
ter. Which memorial is committed. 1t is
an admitted TACT, that if the facts stated IN
the memorial are true, it will vaeate the G
lection o, five sitting members, whose rl2c-
es will be SLED by foul of opposite pcltics,
and thus change the majority from demo
cratic to fede raj. But in order to guard a.
gainst the possibility Of such en- event, the
committee are net 70 report till the 10th in I
slant, that is to saw, after the sitting mem /
ters have voted for Madison, and perhaps I
by their votes, made Him presidents, altho'
these FIVE members have TO more right to
vote than FIVE Of Eonaparte's conscripts.
In this manner the two ssates OF Ve1mcnt
End New Jersey are as completely robbed
of their rights, as completely defrauded of
all voice in the election Of president, as if
their votes were burnt by the common hang
man on Gallows Hill. Madison may in
deed be thus smnggled into the presidency,