Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-11-01

llc .dtc Constitutions, Wl..h savs line yosr or ONO.
Tor shall have paid some portion oftbe revenue of the
preceding year. Hcucc. for the want Of tins p-eyi.
Gus cOnsultation and determine 'Ion different ru!es
prevailed at the different precincts. 4, Stannrds-
viIie' Capt Daviss strong hold, the rule prevailed
t"at the payment ~ the present year was raht and
many paid their taxes at The hustugs mtned,3e bp.
lore voting, and at the court house Gov. par5ours
strong mold different rule prevailed: the HIph
Sherih, than whom more honorable. hiut minded
aud correct man does not exist decided that no one
Should vote, who had not paid ms tax or rather \
part OF the revenue OF twenty nlne, hence many Of
GUv Us friends excluded. Cou.rnupn,'y an
4ucsd0y, II was found That many bad vl,cs had Lcen
recorded, and mostly against Gov. b. tbs friends
.herCi"[e most strcnuously urging that the cleo
Ton hdd been conducted improperly, nnd that no
must con,cs IT. declaring that If he did not thew
Wou'1 never support hun again. n accordance and
compliance with this wish expressed by an Immense
CROWD that collected 20 hear how the matter would
terminate, he proposed TO Capt, DAVIS and his Friends
that the commissioners should take the several nols
ana strike of all the spurious and imprDoeriy taken
votes on either side. aud that the candidate hayinc
tle mHlor!ty after this, should be returned; he pr-
posed 10 waive all legal scrpes and f,rt-. ina, a. .o
propositions were rejected most positively, and il
was ngsted on the other side that neither the IIrh
ShefIh' the commissioners of election. IUr any pe--
son hau flgh to strike any name from the poll I'M
Ger any circumstances unless VIII. re enc man waited
twicc-a1d that the4aw relating 20 elections should
DC most Eigidiy compiled with. From tho iinDor aucn
q! the matter and the pretcnsiou Of the parties the
ilgh Sherlif took mil Thursday deliberate on the
matter before n gave opinion. lie came 20 the
cour, house "a that day for ihe purpose Of meeting
with al 81 the gentlemen commissioners and riyin
decision which candidate should be the returned
ono; before delivering his opinion, however it was
lsuhd That no one OF The commissioners. who suner
intended the precinct elections, had been sworn nor
mad any certE;atc accompanied he return polls or
was even the name Of the Deputy Sheriff, eub.cu-
oec; Hence Gov 3 By the laws OF the land Is The
returned candidate. And after tine loss of the polls
OF t"e precincts IN consequence Of the INFORMATIVE
"oV' Is has majority OF % votes. exclusive of ec-
ven 'hae were enrolled on the buck OF the polls.
In justice to Capt Burrus- (tha high sheriff. we
beg leave TO say that las conduct on this trying cy!-
gence has been truly maguanimous-nor could he un-
der his solemn oath nave made any other return than
me one which he has made We understand TINT
CaP; Davis intends to contest the right of Gov &.
20 his scat
it IS insisted on by the friends of Gov Barbour. that
II Tie polls had been purged, he would have ma
.Jofiy o. from 80 10 100 votes Of cga!!v qualified
voters Neare authorized 10 cay that neither Gov.
D. nor ms friends wish any other IMAM tie vii of the
people should be expressed and complied with end
would Willingly have gone into scrutiny ofthe polls
A. much was said about the vote of Nr. Madison
and Judge Barbour. we deem IT proper 10 notice hat
they both voted for Gov Nj .iadison gave the
4th vote and Judge Barbour the 35rd in his favor.