Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-12-22


tslI, yoa eisl.rr eonspsl many voter, TO for 20
shssr rsrhss, or lo ts,sdgc fooe, through u'e
v.usI. to sle ,cl1A 11srir very occupations en-
title ,i..sn 60 cuasiicrsaioa for v - haPpcns. dat
the absence OF osr srusorvr gu mrp~ several
oshcrs ijic, intimately arr tlsssr s'ihsrca du-
tie, in the srrsc~y blended. Bcsidss, s'r, ~
ros f.,r m, ir a~cpspmo<iueiDa sione A ecn>'d-r-
able number If VOTERS reside lea the neigiiho,fod.
Who would also b. grrss'y benefttrd ',s this pC-
einc,. A. to the application from sn''h!icid. 70
u'ilar rascos III apply, ,ho''nh perhaps ln cam
,Iour) not ~ strongly. The ,-ts,ioacr> very trui,
state that thu elections take place in The farns'rs
busiest season, when il is ,crimeutsi To their i,.-
tcresis TAI leave their plouxhss many al the p't'-
TONERS sss and iohrn; and mostly all at them
aso mecll.nies and hard ukiug farmers, to
whom time IL prreioss--as,j that - time Is mo-
ncy," 10 nov universally admitted. Many new
sut-rs also rcsssIc this prvcinrt, no do not
own bNsss, and - ho cannot casil, procurc the
, s~sns of csAs, ysasc. The fact ~ tscrc Ia
ing before Ale committee at privileges and cleo
tios, eight ten couse scd elections, should
not have any inhurnec upon this rssc, for Mr.. e..
hssi doubt that intrilg,~ nn.ittce coni dr.
Wise, and would I,Irost Co the hoaSe, bill ehSe-
,ualy guarding the purity of precinct elections,
n 20 IrsSent, in great measure, similnr
tests; bat that committee had better b. cnylo, ed
few tixy in each session, than that large num-
Der of voters should be- deprived of thu exercise
of their dearest and highest prvroxati,c--shat al
a ,oicc im the selection of thcir Ew-iuak.rs--
in elections n separate polls, will certainly De
adopted nj this sssson; snd surely, IL sbcrihs ar,
capable OF managing cieet'oss properly ri the
co,rt-houscs, commissioners, selected gcncinliy
fr their great sycet.bilty, impartiality and ii,-
telliscncc, arr equally we'll qualified To conduct
prccint elections lie hoped the bill would b,
allowed TO pass " itbcut further opposition.
Mr.. LEIGlI said le knew something Of shs
county of Jefferson, and did not believe il wH
more than from 10 To- - n,ilts squasc; he sskes
IL both II the proposed polls were not With,
eight miles at the court-houss' II 20, u coul,
sec no necessity tor the passage Of the bill.
Mr.. GALiAilEk replied. Il 10 tr,s., one O
these places Is ~ithin eight miles Of the court
bou-c, and the other " itlin ssVen; but he put 3
To tbe gentleman, snd the house., whether, II vo
tiers we're without the Of travelling, the,
~crc not as effectively cut Of by distance nj
ven M OF seventy miles, A portion OF tbei
would be- ss completely debarrcd the exercise q
their right, on nsny ocessioos-in bad ~csth.r
| or whcD horses were employed in agriculture
II they rsidcd double that distance from tn
eourt-housc.
Mr.. WILSON believed that the polio,
which had dtctsied the first establishment O
precinct elections Was to relieve the peopi
OF large counties in the West, where the d,i
feren, sections vcie divided by high noun
ts'ns, and deep and rapid streams. He be
heved, that the principle on which they ~er
established. was tina, they should be SO siius
ted that the voters could 60 and return 4
their homes on the same day Applying tti
principle tn the people Of the county Of JeHeI
son.'he did no, seem entitled TO the two oey
precincts; for they could certainly go and re
turn from the Court house, a distance of onI
eight miles, on the same day, even If the
went on foot IL was true, the roads NIGH
be muddy But they would not regard th,
" they were determined tn exercise tbei
rights rs voters The evil eifr cts of increa.
ing the number of precincts had been sir r.
dy sufficiently she~n. in the number Of cor
tested elections that had come before the le
g'slaiure this session; and he trusted thos
evils would be allowed To 60 no farther.
Mr. lAlI-AfiER again expressed lis sirpris
at the Objections started On this BILL when sever.
bad siread, passed, granting. such privileges i
counties much smaller than jefferson A. thcr
seemed, however, To be upex pected oppositio
10 the bill, and ss his colleague, Who had bee
specially charged nth of the petitions, "a
not now in his scat, tbeing engaged upon the com
mistec Of privileges and cIcetions) he voaI
move To Law the bill ON the table for The. pr, sem
and await TIT decision Of the house on similar ar
plieations.
On this question a count was taken
and II was decided In the affirmative
62 10 SO.
MIR. Broadnax submitted the follow
ing resolution
RssoFred. That the committee Of Courts y
Justice be instructed To inquire whether IN
act OF Assembly, made to proven, DueLi.ne
ne nov IN force or not, and IS not, into TN
exPedieney ~ re-enacting the same, or som
other provisions on the same subject an,
mat they have leave to report by bill or other
wise.
The resolution was adopted.
The Bill changing the time Of hold
ing quarterly term of the Count,
Court IN the county Of jefferson, " a
read = second time, and on motion O
MI Gailaher, was committed.