Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-10-27

to the elective franchise in Massachusetts, and Mary
land, may be seen by reference to synopsis OF me
charts published in the Richmond Enquirer on the
l4th of Auc and not contradicted by Mr.. Garneit--
Now is evident that in making this representation
the charts must either be correct or incorrect; LII
| tbay be correct, then the "AnerlcanS Nude con-
tainur tho amendments to the Constitutions of the
different States up 1923, must be discredtcd; be-
cause states positively that these qualifications of
voters were aboliShcd-n NtassachSet in 1921, and
in Maryland IN 1910! And fthcy be Incorrect then
ali Ar Garnett'S prevaricaton, Sophistry and quib
bling viii serve only to hightcn public contempt or
his character, either rs man Of intellect of poht-
zeal integrity and csndonr.
Mr.. GGrnett will net pretend positively TO deny
that the Freehold or property qualification" has
peen, many years ago, abolished III Massachusetts
and Maryland, but ne cndeavours rs escape from
the odiUm of misrepresentation the charge of
ignorance, by telling US that thee changes are
noticed in the "4ppendjr,"f and therefore we must
inter that the chtfs cSe corycon But wall TINS
suoteriuge shield him from public onpt: VIII
exoneratc him from the Charge of misrcpresent-
ing, III MS charts, the true qualification Of vu,ci
IN Massachusetts and Maryland and then with uuhc
coming Periinacty and pillStry that would degrade
a schoolboy, drawing on his ircfite aud .4ppeadE"
to sustain his detected Misrepresentation Did he
not tell the public that Ihese cha exhibit at one
cieo, the prominent features of each" state Cous'itu-
tlonthat they constructed or that he csdeav-
ouFcd so 70 construct them, that you may compare
nv single gTHce, the organization of every parcl-
lar State EoYerlmcu:, with the resi- and that his
oo)ect III DONG was tiat may Inform ourselves
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States, IN regard 20 the a:ueiora,n OF their civil
pohty, &c: Now if Mr. Garnet announces to
Inc public, that MS Constitutional GhcrS kind o!
political Camera Discard Will exhibit 81 ..ous pj,
aye, eta single si1nee" what has been done in osr
sister States, ought he wien his errors are exposed
10 nc united with impuajy. TO turn round and tell
Us mat the facts which lie promised in III, cta,3s
may b. ouli by consulting. the Drccire and dp,,ea;
attaciled to then,! Could the at ur OF the charts
suppose that his readers gifted with the ontic
arrangement 81 the Argus, tia, ihoy n.;sht see ~
sSIe Sb.ee tn ough the lretace appendix, charts
and all: or Is Mr. Grnc!t himself the favorritc on
Which Juno bestowed the eos Of tho f,blcl k.as,r
! OF io' Bot Mr.. Gurnett did MT ia,n.late in the
pubic notice ofthe charts tAlt If would be Necessary
- Taua through the Preia"a and appcudT in order
ma out those prominent te lures which he declared
! TO be exhibited on the maps. Indeei Z, s9vs cv-
lfesSiy, that Que of bis "ch!e reasons" for rIhli h.
ing the appendix evcA in Ire m,rle rOl,,,ne" with
'he charts, was 10 make known rs extensively as
possible ms o'ra ricrs OF what "Lo believes ~ =
TIE most valuable part OF orr present Constitution
snd because every press II Nirgiu;a--so lar as he
knowSis devoted 10 the 1rst -,:., ian Of Ics, 80
Vaiuaoic Paris+ This shows that there was accord
ing TO ms own ackno1@ed Smcut, no very BE
connc%on between the charts and appendix.
lr' HaThcti however, must lave had more than
ordinary vanity, If he supposed that tLe nullic ~.
nlrtLc interest ~ hearing any more of his v.,tsofi
Tie Constitution Il j. Only few months since ba
puUiished nearly three columns In the E1o,i,rer o.;
sihs ms profound speculations this subject and
Gc!"g candidate TOR the Convention h. had tho
most unpopular part Of his address rxpunred and tho
remainder printed in pam .let form, and cirr,,Ist@J
extensively in this district.
the author Of the Consolidated Charts observes |
That what said Of Masaachu Is nv own roloI
assertion, without the shadow of proof and norhnbl
taken tom an article in OF Your late papers CO.
PIE! rom the Boston Patriot, IN reply 10 which inn
n!euale!y sent you card, pointing the Patriot
mistake" Let me- here osk, what mistake diJ tIc
Boston Patriot commit? He said, Gin partial sv
hopS's OF the recent work of James NJ Garnet ESQ
made by the Richmond EnGuircr we motto an 80,
cal IF -,
nonwtalih. He then went on to cnumerat o the ous
heations of voters in AIassachsrt and conrindo,
oy saying That mo freehold and no other trouerf
qun!iiloa'lon than the payment OF a tay ne sLo,y
stated, is Quired. Mr.. Garnctts mjst,La nc ~
ceedeG from ncglecting to notice the amendments os
our Constitution, hy which tho qualification for excr
clslng The elective franchise was altered rs- liz,
dld Mr.. GGrnctt meet this correction of the PIT
moi: Not by p5Uetng that the charts wore r,r~.c
nut oy teAng The PARROT that he himself had commit
ted 'two or three errors" "FUsilv save NJ - 49,
lie 1.-THE Patrlo refers TO the synopsis of the Ricb1noud
enquirer Of the %ISt 1.luSusi, there is ~, areon
To the qualification OF voters in NluszacLusct,s 1,
cePt u be IN the terms-rateable polls: erro the pat
riot IS found IN error. "Sccondiv Tho = ~, -
ing twelve months residence IN the State and siv ~
the town or district ergo he has committed two
errors. thirdly, though Mr.. Garnet stated tbc
old qualification for voters In his ic.iIgti,a cbor,
under the head Massachusetts, he added IL, b;- NM,
/ ar the following remark: ~ Ie91 Maseacb1so,
extended the rgh OF suffrage to dispense with
/ iICClOlu' ergo, llc boston Patriot has commits 4
tTee errors and therefore the consOiricH cboy,s 20
spcctng the qualification of voters in Massachusetts
are entirely correct and tic Boston Patriot ontrc
wrong 30 1t must follow that the Demo rat" ,naJo
= inc assertion without shadow Of proof This 10 no
substance, the language Of Mr.. G's argument. md
/ tbcse the conclusions NJ which he arrives 'Tr,,.
they do not display either the irresistible d,I,,r.,r,
ron OF Condiiac the sylogstic beauty of The old
olagihc; bnt they are truly characteristic of the
author Of the charts and may be viewed n, n t1a
/ by fair sample OF his reasoning capaciiv
But IS u possible that any nun i'm sno ,,i,J co,lJ
offer to- the public, Tor serious ar-,uenf such barc
faced sophs,ry Let expose this unibblnr n lniIo
iGT'Ger' "If" says Mr.. G., "thc BOSTON Patriot
| a,lndcs ~ tao oyn"Pss OF 2lst August, &C." Now
MIR g. know positively when be seized thi, co
venient If That Oh" Patriot did not refer 10 U'c
synopsis OF 2lst August, because the Euoniror ~
that date could not have reached Boston; Tho patriot
containing the correction Of the rhqrfv return 10
l''cmnohu' ana the paragraph from nc Patriot re-.
sPPoaf 10 inc enquirer OF The 18th August II would
nave required Sad lers Balloon, or some ofl,n, gor
a'lc mocHne' TO convey The mail from Richmond ~
boston md back agoinand allow time for ,,,ritir
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