Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-27


oigoted, Republican, cannot but express sur
price, entertaining these sentiments, that he should
have solicited scat in Congress, not legmatey his
md accepted from tho hands OF party in that body
what had been refused him by the people ofhc Nor
folk District. Iii our opinion, from examination
Of the circumstances of the election, and pcrusa
of the speeches of Messrs. Spencer and Doddridse,
that AIR. Loyal has more title at this minute, to
scat in tho House of Representatives, than TO one in
the Parliament of England \ letter writer in the
Enquirer, some days ago, made the whimsical COM
plant, that every opposition had voted against
Mr. Loyal, it escaping his sage observance that
cry Jackson had voted for him! 4 New York
paper however, with dishonest honesty has let the
cat out of the bag, and only avows, but eSults
the fact, that the vote on the contested election of
Mcssrs. Newton and Loyal, made party vote:.!
Hear what Mr.. Van Baren's official organ in New
York says
ZONE OF THE MOST DECIDED PARTY
VOTES TAKEN THIS SESSION IN THE
HOUSE OF REP WAS
THAT ON THE CONTESTED SEAT OF
I"BY MR., LOYALL THE LATTER Is
"FRIEND OF JACKSON, THE FORMER OF
adams. BY vote of 81 To 81, Mr.. Loyal
"dcciared entitled TO his seat. Mr. Newton then gave
"It up. We like this Let The lines be drGpn, and
"hghtiy drdcn."
| Such Is the avowcd sentiment of loading Jackson
pint, and one that has recently with the countc
nance of Mr.. Noah its late editor, aud present
sulting counsel, the Presidents Surveyor the port
of New York; assumed the responsibility Of nomina
| ting Gen Jackson tor reelection. Doctrines like
tins, acceptable, for any thing know, to New
York, but they and their will be held a5an
| ovp Nvh 81 Run will H..
tertaincd, when 1t is known that they come from tho
same polluted that maintained that ''all was
fair in politics -tergversatlon lying, sian c- and
whatsoever else that served the occasion. Into such
unclcan hands have the deslinics of tho U. States
| fallen at last!
II The House of Representatives had too much re-
gari to decency to this sentiment, there is the
strongest suspicion that the decision in favor Of Mr..
Loyal, was produced by 1--WE hope the inscnsibe)
operation of party feeling. When it is remcm-
bercd that at the election Of 1927, Mr.. Newton
was chosen by near FIVE hundred m-jority-that
at the last cleo ion, his majority in the coun
try was nearly the same in proportion to the
whole vote gwen. as in lae7-that tho contes,
I was only made doubtful by the vote of Norfolk Bo
rough-that IN that Borough moro votes were given
by I'VE belere) I2o, than were ever before given
that the polls kept open four DAYS against law
and without necessty-thst the streets were raNe'
for voters, some of whom could never afterwards o.
identifed-and that in spite Of these illegal PToccc
Z or SiXtcen-we say, when all these facts a-e t,Lo,
into consideration, no reasonable man in our onino,
can doubt that Ar. Newton was fairly elected tbo
was the intention OF tho district to elect him, nm,
that the will of the people violated BY the de-
clslon which gave his to no her 1t is the con,
mon opinion we understand, in the distrct-,bo
were the election 10 go over again, Mr. Newtor
would be returned by at least coo majority
Bot the appellate tribunal has decided, and fqbl
or wrong, there is no redress Such things will he
done in high party times. We hope it will serve n.
warning to the people to attend the polls NOR,
Punctuay, and discharge their duty to their country
and themselves. Had this been done by Princes.
Anne and Norfolk, it had been PIT. in the MOVIE,
Of others to annul their will
We invite attention TO the eloquent addross IF The
Committee of Mr. Newton's friends in Norfolk Bo-
rough, and 10 his answer.
I NoRroLE, March 10Th, 1880.
! SfR:-Your late constituents and friends in ,h.
Borough, have dcputed to meet snd TO addyees yo
immediately upon your return home.
Deprived as they have been OF n LEGAL Renrcecn
tativc-by means which, as witnesses of the inc;
dents ofthc late CANVASS and Of the sulsso,,, @
tiny ofthc polls well appreciate az tben,
selves -neans, which have tainted the purity of
Siec'lVe franchise and annihilated for time the
dearest right IN Free Governments thov conno, o,o,
IN their strength OF feelings toward your person cast
/ ven over their own Injuries nor forget Tsince
yourself have reminded them Of II that it Is their own
rights ana principles alone which have been prostra
ted IN the issue. 1t is enough that there have CON
spTed to this result party machinery; aided by ne hi
as and undue influence all those agents, whom the
constitution and the laws had designed to be, at least
pa slve IT not impartial in securing to them at once
the purity, os well as tho freedom of election II
Is enough to know, beyond a doubt that YOU had
been returned by majority oficgat voics-thaf rood
freehold votes given IN The country, have been re
Jccted against all former usage. because thew were
not poilcd IN the Borough--that mere NAMES have
passed Tor votes upon the Borough poll, when those
VINO Personated them could not afterwards be idcn
tilted among our population. having no local bnbi
iaton' though name-and that others whose votos
were received upon their oath of possession of per
sonaI property were either knorn Co he destitute or
urk lod, Il -