Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-09-11
EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS IN
CHARLESTON

The intelligence from Charleston, is to tho even
ing of Monday, but not late enough to inform us
oil the result of the City Election. The following
statements and affidavits, relate to an extraord.
nary practice, and novel as extraordinary, which
indicates the unhappy extent of political excite.
ment The Southern Patriot of Mo.,day evening.
thus prefaces them:-
awe are authorised to say that the statement
OF the Mercury, as, to the purposes of the Union
meeting yesterday, is gross misre presentation
The object of the call was not s.to enter into n
compact for the mutual release of prisoners" but
to inform the executive committee of the State
Rights Party that if the threats used by some of
the followers of that party, on Saturday evening
last TO assal the members of our party, either in
dividualy or collectively, was attempted to be ex
ecuted, it would b. repealed. The other part of
the arrangement was subordinate to tn is main
and leading purpose of the meeting. But the as
serilon OF the Mercury, "that the State Rights
Party had no persons to rclease is SO contrary to
fact, that we wonder it could have had the ha rdi
hood to have so stated. The numerous Affdavits
published by us this afternoon will show tho re-
verse;"
(CoMMUNIcATEp1
Some atrosious fulsehoods being in circulation
relative to an accident which occurred to an unfor
tunate man named 7. b. Stanton, who fell from
house IN Queen street, it becomes necessary to
put the public in possession of the truth. For Sc
Veral elections 1T has been the course of the Nulf
crs, on the approach of election to procure
weak and unfortunate Union men, to care them
up in rooms, the doors of which fastened with
chains, and windows barred; and thus detain
Them forclbly. These men Piled with LIQUOR
medIcated with laudnum, and carried to the Polls
by mob of DULLES, and the tickets of the Nulliers
thus thrust into the ballot box contrary to the free
will of the voters. When this election approached
the same measures were iii agitation, and lead
ing men of the Nullifers having refused to come
to mutual agreement to leave every man at
liberty to vote freely, without any use of mo-
ney, liquors or force it became Indispensable
to secure the Union Party from being forci
bly, compelled to vote for their adversaries and
accordingly an asylum was prepared and Union
men appointed to guard them from being kid
mapped by the agents of the other party. Among
them was this man Stanton, whose political opin
ions were VIGOROUSLY Union, and who was here
afforded refuge, until after the election-and
having fallen asleep. he accidentally fell from
the window and injured himself so that he died.
SO deslrous have the Union Party been, to have
the elections Free that they went before Judge Bay
10 Obtain Habeas Corpus, to release an unfortu.
nate Union man, who was confined by one Frank
wood An offer was made on behalf of the Union
Party, at once to put at large all those who were
with them ifthey the Nullificrs would release the
men confined by them, and abstain from any fur
ther interference with the personal liberty of the
Votcrs' TO which proposition no answer was recei
ved d thus left, there alternative to prevent
the NullIers gaining their election by compulsion
but to secure the Uuion voters liable to such out
RACES under their protection Violence was
IN one instance carried far as TO take man from
his BED, and imprlson him with n well known pur
chased bully, whose compensation has been given
ana promised by the Nullifiers The death of
stanton was itself accidental, and but for the nc
cesSity OF sheltering him from violence, he would
not have been at the house in Queen street