Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-03-31


markell out IN the annexed communication. The
Lazy is on your side. It's the opinion and the adyiec
OF la'ryer, aud frcehodcr. The Sherils mnsi and
Will, receive your votes. They have no Other al,
Tentative. Non Frccholders of Loudun, I.ouisa
Frederick, Rockingham, Lynchburg, Petersburg
We prayyou reconsider your course; and let us act
with concert and unaniuiity.
TO THE NON-PREEHOLDERS ofVIRGINIA.
WILL you TOTE?
ono who knows and values your rights, ard who
holds you III the highest respect, asks your calm and
dispassionate answer to the foregoing inquiry
VIII you vote for Delegates TO the convention, If
the law authorizes you to do soft duty to YOUR own
long dlsTeTarded rights calls for fifty obligations
OF pubic duty demands lt-why should you not vute'
That all these unite, think is dcnIanstrable
Does the law authorize you to vote BY the net of
the last General Assembly, among other things it Is
required, substantially, that in conducting the cleo
tmns, the Sheriiis snail be governed by the general
election law and if so, the enquiry arises low can
non freebooter vote under that law, | answer That
at every election of members either or both branch
es OF the General Assembly, the right TO vote is given
by the Goth section of the general / = Of elections
page iGO OF the LIST volume of the r, cd Code
The preceding section Of this law frds any elector
from voting, unless he shall take an on therein prc
scribed that he believes himself duly qualified to vote
and whether lac Is qualified or not pon his IN kim
the oath, the officer is bound to receive ard cpisr
his vote, and to note the poll opposite his name
that the voter has made such oath. The ncyt mud
the Goth section provides for the cases of those who
present themselves TO vote and who refuse taking the
oath required by the 18th section. It's la1pusee is
plain, and no Que can misunderstood il.
IL declares" The names of Electors Offering 10
DC poilcd, but refusing TO make such oath or arna-
ton, snail be entered on the poll b uks in separate
lists, with the names of the candidate for whom tbev
voted, and shall be added 70 the poll if upon scrutiny
the votes be justified"
Here then, the Legislature has bestowed by law
flp rrIy ianofa NIL to, IN,,o al.
aud slew clearly, that it was never their Intention n
bcstow on the Sheriff any ono else tho a5bitrarv
power OF receiving or rejecting such votes as he
might determine legal or Illegal.
On the contrary it it GXnre.sTv declared snch
votes TO ''be added 10 the poll if upon serafjn,
the votes lie justified" Evidencinr that such scrH
tiny adjustificaton, is TO be had not before he She
rt 9ut at some subsequent period, and before some
other more appropriate tribunal Aud has il rot ofien
happened in Virginia, that the right 10 vote, under
this section has been acknowledged and many votcs
given under it, have in the after scrutiny been held
valid and been countcd2
No sheriff will lure, fellow citizens 90 turn Won
from che polls, with this statute starnr him in Tho
face. 1t is his duty, his high and sworn duty 70 re-
cord your voos, separately it is true from that priy
legged class called among us Frooholders. Yet Your
votes will be recordedthat gives you the vicforv-
the record is made by the officer of the nw--and bv
The requirements csthc law, it is made openly and
peaccably, and it WIN carry with it the death kncll
TO the governing arlstoCfacy Of Virginia. BE no lon
T.
ing propositions before you; to the polls attrr,d
cd by your frincst and most enlightened advocates
carry with you tlc law Of tho land and deuiand Tho
registration Of your Votes. Let those clothed with
little brief authority, refuse TO place your names
among tho frccholdcrs they yet bound 10 record
your votes Let these polls be copied and forwarded
to- the Convontion-cl1irn there for your candidates.
the right to count your votcs-nnd let il be decided in
the Hail of the Convention, before and by such Mon
rs Madison, Marshall and Monroe whether Won n,e
to treated outcusts and aliens in the land f o
ONE or THE pFOpI ~
u Inc following correspondence will be read with
Ihtercsf-and VIC congratulate the State upon Gen.
marshas Consent TO serve in the Convention, which
IN conjunction with Mr.. Madsons consent, will dr
fuse universal satisfaction.
Tho first letter Of tho committee is a circular ad.
dressed to MesYers. Marshall, Robertson, Cloplcn,
and ChambcrIayne. Gen. Cbamberaynos letter is
construed ~ tho committee, as n consent TO serve.
no answer yet received from Mr.. Clopton, but his
acceptance Of the nomination is verbally known.
We ask the particular attention Of people of the
district to the manly, caud and strait forward letter
Ofths Attorney General.