Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-18
co1LHUNYCAYEJD.
LAwREScEyILLE, Nov. 26. 1871.

John E. She'll Esq -''' ~'' i''i'
an enquiry which you then about TO make of Tho
number of legal voters of brunswick county and of Sc
Verai other subjects connected with the attempt TO in
sruct you to vote against MIR LEIGH You then inform
cd us that you had invited some gentlemen of The in
strucuon party Zone OF them member of their commit
eD 10 JON us IN our labos, you did wish an -
paTte proceeding, but on tile contrary wished full fhir
open and impartial investigation You informed us that
,hose gentlemen declined the invitation We met yes
erday for the discharge of this duty; and bcno onr
selves so!cous to net the liberal prncplcs indicated
by you, not only to do right hut also 10 satisrv or on
Pohchs OF our disposition, ut least to do So we took nm
on ourselves to request the chairman of their committee
10 JON u.s. which invitation he also declined Aud al
though the place and time of meeting were made
known, yet none Of the nstrnctionsis met MS ON tt
occasion: we wished to get from those gentlemen the
o % Tei, their previous enquiry, had sup
Posed, would enable them TO impart But all of then,
having declined TO act with us it became our duty 10
proceed without their aid or cooperation.
Our rst duty, If appeared 10 u.s. was to ascertain The
rhoe nunher Of quail lied coers of The coufy of Er,s
c,eh-Ihe instructonists had appointed al Scpemher
court, a COMMITTEE to obtain this information which
Committee reported to their meeting at October court
mat they had discharged that duty and ascertaned the
number OF legal voters in the county S5 or thcrca-
bouts We wished The of tile list of voters thus
mace oIt, ana you informed us that they had been
promised to you ON Monday last and would be handed
you when desired On Tuesday, we, on your behalf
asked IL OF Their Chairman, Robt. Turnbu ESQ who
declined giving We applied for it second t,nc
when 1t was again refused. We made third IMPLICATION
wsn for the first time the Chairman informed us foi
%otler gentleman OF the Committee and not himself
had 1t IN his possession We then applied TO that Non
teInan who also refused to deliver il us though he
was informed we wanted il your behalf but urncd,
ateiy, tore 1t up and committed il TO the flames From,
what tins gentleman informed US il had been nut into
him. FF :"
We were thus unexpectedly and strangely derived
oil inc and ct this important documents one carefully
ana deibeTatey prepared to be supposed after n
months labor, by committee Of their own aud ,vbicL
had Dccn reported TO, and sanctioned by, meeting of
our opponents and the result published to the world by
and preparing which, we must suppose was To- csa.
DISH the important matter Of fact, whether You we're or
were not instructed by majority of the qualified voters
we ucn regret the destruction of this important paper
because 1T would have, materially assisted us in MAKING
correct list OF the voters of the county and because
Wouu nave protected us from the imputaon Of error
SO TAR as 1T agreed with own list and might have
furnished explanations where there ght have existed
difference between them We regret il for tho FIR
Their reason, that this paper had il been delivered IN NJ,
as were the land and property books we fully aud CON
ndehly believe, wouid have exhibited the undeniabc
instructed you w NO.
We have used all the means in our power to make out
correct list OF the voters of this county Mr. 1urnbui
however delivered 10 us, and VIC hnd the Of the land
ana Propertybooks. They furnish the Of much
inc larger number Of voters, though there are three
classes oil voters Of whom the information given by them
or in fact my other records of the county tx very inn
perfect, insufficient and unsatisfactory namely the re-
maindcr men and reversioners and the class called
houSc-keepcrs heads Of ames--to which may be
added those who own land, lying partly in this and
partly IN ono of the adjoining counties. Besides tes,
Kindness Of several Of friends amongst whom was
Mr. Buiord, tic acting deputy sheriff whose knowledge
OF the people Of tc county enabled him TO render az
much assistance.
From The lights before US, have made out list Of
al Tie qualified voters, Of Lie county which is here i
handed to you-by which It appears that lie whole num-
5cT OF voters ~ 500 It's possible indeed 1t could hard
" happen otherwise, tatn making out this list we may
nave committed some but is believed that these
Iolsae as lew az the nature Of the would allow
'0cXpect And IN order 10 commit few possible.
adopted tic rule at the beginning Of our abours 20 occu-
y no doubtful grounds and wherever there has been real
doubt, we have yielded it to opponents. We
thus, perhaps. excluded few who may be- entitled 10
vote; but have doubtless also omitted some few re-
ycrsioncrs and remoindcr-ncns who have the right
Of suffrage by devise descent marriage and some who
are entitled to vote land lying partly this and part
~ IN some adjoining county. We thus satisfied that we
have m tins particular done opponents ample Justice
Inc entire list OF on and every person entitled to vote i'm
Brunswick, were they all certainly known, would OK
coed the number on the list now presented.
The list OF nsiructionisis presented % you by tho
committee has ~ names. Or these the Committee
themselves, have marked 81, Illegal votcfs We have
also examined IT. and. after digent scrutiny. aud con
sultng with their Chairnan satisfied that there
arc on IL II who have right to vote OF these
again. 81 have authorized you by testimony laid before
u.s. TO vote for Senator YOU in your discretion may
think best Taking all these from the whole number on
the iat Of instructions the number Of nsructonists