Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-11-05

and Robinsons, had no ~mcetins, OF c~ou,,I,,,;
about the rule which would be pursued. in u yl
ton TO who should DC voters, those who nail
part Of the revenue for twenty nine or ,II;sanay
agrecabIy to the provisions in the late COW
ti0n, which says, the voter or elector hall tu
paid some portion Of the revenue of the "a'e
ing year. Hence Tor the want of thi, lived
consultation and determination. diff. N'%u'
prevailed at the different precincts. At S,,S
ardsyilie, Capt. Davis strong hold. the rrlo S'4N-
vailed that the payment IN the present wear r rs
right, and many paid their taxes at the 'in,,;00aS'
immediately before voting, and at the copr, S"na
Gov. Barbour's strong hold, a ditcrcn, ruIe % "H
vailed; the High Sheriff. than whnm \ mors Pc
orabic, high minded aud correct man doe: ~, wi
list, decided that no one shOaid vote. ybo L,IsA,,
paid his tax, Or rather IA part Of the rc,euna
twentY-nine, hence many of Gov. b. r.
were excluded. Consequently, on Tue.ia,
was found that many bad votes had bnan''
corded. and mostly against Coy. Il. HI, Cre,j.
therefore. most strcnuously urging, that lie aa'
ton had been conducted improperly. and H..
he must con,cSt ii. declaring. that. if he did r.
they would never support him again. In acco,5
ance and compliance with this wish expressed =.
al immense crowd that collected to hear how. =
matter would terminate, he proposed 10 C,n.
Davis and his friends that The Commi,,iorr-
shou!d take the several polls and strike oF ~
the spurious and improperly taken votes
either side, and that the candidate Layinc ,G-
majority after This should be returned: he m"
posed To wave all legal s~crnpies and forms. Tb.
these propositions were rejected most POSITIVELY
and it was insisted OH the other side that n.,L.
the High Sheriff. the Commissioners Of Election
nor any person had Il right to strike any nam.
from the poll, under any circumstances. uuIs.'
where one man voted twicc-and thu, the lav 70
lating TO elections should be most rigidly com.
piled with. From TIE importance Of The matte
and the prctcnsinn OF the parties, the Ilieh 81.
riff took Until Thursday to deliberate on the MAJ.
ter, before he gave an opinion. He came 70 tho
court house on that day for the purpose of meet.
me with all of the gentleman Commissioners. and
giving a decision which candidate SHOULD h. H.
returned one; before delivering his Opinion. how.
ever, it was found that not one Of tie Cclnni,.
,loners, who superintendent the precinct election.
had been sworn, nor had any certificate accom-.
panied the return polls, or was even the namecf
the Deputy Sheriff subscribed.
Hence Gov. B. by the laws Of the Isnd j., The
returned candidate. And after the los, Of IN.
'' WI WV
polls of the precincts. in consequence Of the in
lormality Gov. b. hasa majority of 9j votes, ex.
elusive of eleven, that were enrolled on tie back
of the polls.
In justice TO Capt. Burruss (the high sheriff
we beS leave to say that his conduct on this try
ing ~exigency has been trucly magnanimous-nor
could he under his solemn oath have made any
other return than the one which he has made. We
understand that Capt. Davis intends to contest
the right Of Gov. b. to his seat.
1t is insisted on by the friends of Gov. Bar
bour that if the polls had been purged, he would
have a majority of from 80 to 100 votes of LEGAL.
ly qualified voters. We are authorized to .ay
that neither Gov. b. nor his friends. wish any
other than the will Of the people should be com
Piled With, and would willingly have gone into a
scrutiny of the polls.
As much was said about the vote of Mr.. Mad.
lson and Judge Barbour, we deem it proper to
notice that they both voted for Gov. b.. NJ
Madison gave the 4tll vote and Judge Barboa:
the IS in his favour.