Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-09-11
From the Illinois Advocate.

lats Vaudala Wing, Many Cihzens have
nominated R. K. Mclaughlin, Esq. as
candidate for our hext Governor. The
same gentlemen, not long since, nominated
Governor Reynolds as candidate for
member to Congress in the first Congress
sional district. We suppose the Wing
will endorse for the so10dness Of these
gentlemen's political PRINCIPLES.
We have made it rule to, take no no.
tice of the slang of the Advocate when it
relates solely to us or to the ar tcles which
appear in our paper. All contention is
Improbable, especially such as must be
expected when the Advocate is party,
Contending with him, as says his friend
Jim Grow, sis much like wrestling with
a tar barrel, you are sure to get BACKED
though you throw" We should not now
depart from our rule but for the low at
tempt which the Advocate makes TO insin-
uate (what possibly might be believed,
that we are ourselves the authors of the
communications which have within short
time, appeared in the Wing over the sig
nature of "Many Citizens" We digress
from our usual course; and to make the
depression as short as possible, we deny,
without qualification, that we have had
any thing 10 do with the authorship of the
communications alluded to. We did not
solicit them, nor institute any means direct
Nor indirect, to procure them for publica-
Ition; nor were they solicited OF procured
by the gentlemen to whom they relate,
but came from quarter which the Advo-
cate little suspects. He is entirely mis-
taken in assigning them to US, nor is this
the first of his mistakes or misstatements in
similar matters: we notice it among bis
Thousands, not in the expectation of see
ingit corrected, or that the Advocate will
hereafter change "his dye;;' but for the
eye ofthose only,who,by his repeated asser
tons may possibly be induced to believe
uslcapable of so pitiful an attempt to de-
ceive the public.
As to endorsing for the soundness of
certain gentlemen's political principles,
we are requested to remark that Mr.. Nc
LaughIin, in political matters, is his own
stakeholder, and asks no endorser; and
should he hereafter wish the aid Of names
to give himself currency, his application
will be made to the people.
LETcHER AND MooRE.-These gentle
men were candidates 10 represent the 9Th
district Of the state of Kentucky in Con.
gress. 1t was ascertained soon after the
election, and reported that Letcher had
been elected by majority of about 40
votes. 1t seems, however, that Mr.. Moore
has been declared duly elected by the
sherfis Of the district, or part Of them,
and received the certificate of election
accordingly. The means by which this re-
suit has been effected, if we correctly I'M
derstand them, are wholly unusti6able
and irreconcilable with law or JUSTICE
Mr.. Moore's firmest friends and the warm
est partizans in his district do not attempt
to speak in their justification. The cleo
ton was warmly contested, the utmost ex-
erlions being made by the friends of both
parties, and perhaps some irregularities
may have occurred in the reception of
votes; nevertheless returns were made
in due form and transmitted to the sher-
if; of the district. Before the meeting
of the sheriffs to compare poll-books, it
was ascertained that by rejecting the vote
of Garrard or Lincoln, there would be a
majority in favor of Moore. At the NEE
ting to compare votes the sheriff Of Lin
coin submitted proposition TO reject the
entire vote of Garrard, in which Letcher
had received between 700 and 800 ma
jorty, the proposition failed, and after.
wards the same sheriff refused to submit
the pol-books of bis own county to the
inspection of the board. The returns