Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-11-28

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all things which calisd Upon this world 10 ees,
z hypocrisy is the hecstoble! ~
Next have touch 10 patriotic. Our frs, pra,
or is for rhe liberties aud construction OF our cuuntry
20 Heaven he cried my bleeding ccnncy.save!"
prayer h.weves, nothing. We would have tic
Editors Of the Enquirer snow tbeir pan,ism by works and
not by prayer in c newspaper. Ii they Will remember,
there is Course" vi:b threatens the country eneaI
Jacksons election. Let them us in striving to
avert thatc"'se and the public viii rrposc some coufence
in the sincerity of their lip peuo,ism.
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Speaker oftic House pf Representices ongsess
meets Oh Monday, and the frs, &c, of the House o
Representatives. vii! be the choice OF speaker rn,
this office, four gentlemen spoken Of w Mr.
Sergeant and Mr.. Taylor b tie friend. m the a,,mu
stratOn, aud Nj, Barbour and Mr. Stevenson by The
friends of jackson. Muaa ine.es, IS Csg i, this
election and from presea, Appearances the contest is
doubtful.
For the purpose doubtless of inu,rr Mr. sereean,'a
chance, difficulty has been made as 10 the !c-
maoy ofhis election. The circumstances were these:
In 1896, ati'e ecne.al cee,,en Penusy l,aniq, Mr.
Sergeant and M'- Horn werSt;e.t The constitution
OF the u States tue state authorities in cases
OF ozc'ncies, 10 Issue waists Of election and tA
question: IS, was THIS ~ yayaac. The executive ot
Pennsylvania, doubtless tfon al9 ice and consi
dcraoa, determined it u DE vacancy; new ,it was
ssuedor Cd election at wliin, as Sergeant disputa-
bly, ecat his ne" opponent AI lIenphi!!. is noy pre-
tended tha the Executive erej and ila tie liouse.o
Representatives, the proper tritr,;u % decide ia
the case of ihe lie between Sergeant and Horn We
consider tie ohjecti,n a, TRIVIAL and insidious Tie
constitution gives 20 the several states the power of re-
gulang elections or members a Curo-rCes rs T., linn
place " n'ode-ty which Halter expression ,i,c
power OF de.ermining whether plu ;ly shall suffice
ora majority of lie whole Be necessary i!ihey pgs,css
this latter power, they possess the ,,.wcr eyer
sea E the executive Of enrs, lyania il, the case ~
Horn aod Sergeant OF iecaring s-eonr fr nothing
ar election, when neither OF The candidate had ma
jinrily. In cases OF .ncg, e state executive are
expressly empowerc! 10 cause an election t., snDpl,
such vacanry. VIVA, is ayucanc,: RIay il moi oc,ur
from the cause mentioned, as well as from dealt, or
resignation' Was there in fact vacancy !, ie
Phiale!.ia District, nc iticr of Ire candidates tcna
elected? We think it clearly vacancy la ifsone
member bad resigned; but whether 1t was cr no n,
executive Of Pennsylvania has so decided IL ia have
been and It's Jurisdiction is competent filal aud abso
iuie The House of Representatives has no ccnsliu
iional right to revise or an"ui that decision
The difficulty about Mr. Sergaant election was started we
helieve by Mr. S'Hpson, (hosn Judgment secas uoe Of
the "unics') will he plain ho tie tie OF IIoTu. Sergeant
can be brought before the House Representatives: h
Se:gea"ltak"s his seat by I;:tnc election when
lie pTevaiea against Judge i=mpi: if ,la soo is con
testc, VIII it not be sufficient I. to aiucs his Gre
.etiais pFoV3s '!ia he elected by decided and un
questioned nsnfIy? Daes Ar. Ismphiil con, his cec
on ii ne does moi, who besides is,? Mr. Horn
cannot contest, because Nj. Horn voted for
athat election b. virtue of which M scrgean claims nni
takes his scat judge Hsnpsi cannot contest the frsi
election because he candidate IN it. There is
no process by which the between Horn aud
Sergeant be bnush, before the Representatives
--noe il there has tina, rig TO reverse tie
decision Of the E9scuve Pennsylvania Their iursiic
ton is qualified They look further than TO
the eiefo" hetwee" NV Sergeant and Nc. Htmphl and
the validity of MIR. Segeans election at that time is MOI
co"tfoverred So much for Mr Simpsons of straw
"Foois ccuH in their inaasjnaons ,,se MN rat for
Proof-Wr have had little exuIiaiion among the Jact-
the alleged Chiffon thc Jlcaan
owes aoon the densl auddaie in tie Dirrcr of
Kentucky lately represented by ) Young deceased Ch-
ton was cerfainY elected. and nothing would satisfy
item than 900 najnfity "Jacksnn in Kentucky" "rhu
coalition in Kentucky ~ mother blow To the coalition
Nc."Et after all their Growing and bnas,e
TINT Caihonn and no; Chiffon is elected. least, say,
the following letter TO the El,or Of the National nisl!i
genccr.
iExtN6roH Ky. No". HI IS believed hat Mr
CHfLTON the jackson caudtdatn has Succeeded in tho
election lately held III the breckenridge district, sunpr
the vacancy in Congress occasioncd by acafh nj b.
Young Tho returns have all been received here, bat
suc result have or 'inc past in
the circumstance Of The friends Of tie rc,tr
being very n,uch opposed Mir Calhoun, the hdnnjstra
t"n cantlidaIe-Ksporfcf.
lime, that the Administer Con candidate Nh CAIn,t.z
w's elected, aud not MIR. CHuvoN. y letter +, Hc
Editors of Tie ioe''Gsnccr, from Louisville dated Tic
2t'I inst says, There IS e 'ooht Of r,e eIectio,
'oi Mi Calhoun in the c ct belo.v. The County /
'of Butler only 20 he heard from aler The
CLOSE OF tH'e FIRST DAYS poll, when cy were tied
cat that time Calhoun had najDrity in al ne coun
! "i'es OF 1917 yocOnl .rRhl. /