Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-25
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A CHESTERFIELD FARMER.
TO TIE EDITORS Or TIE E.vo UIRER.
CHESTERFIELD

The partizans of Mr. Leigh continue 10 nssoiI and
enuse inc trends OF the Administration in Chesterfield
orinstrucng Mr. Johnson their Delegate to vote
MT. Leigh they avow that the Instructions have fail
eu tlat there are not majority of qualified voters who
have signed the instruction papers, &c. &c; that Mr.
Johnson is not instructed, &c. This incessant Glamour
ana abuse which the Opposition Press and its miserable
correspondents keep ups will scarcely be noticed re-
garded by those who the objects of it. They know
too well the motives which induce these men thus TO
msIePresent the proceedings of Chesterfield and who
WISH by the most despcable means to make il appear
that there 10 not majority of qualified voters who have
signed the instruction papers. They will wait for Mr.
Johnson himself TO tell tbem he Z NOT ;ns,,c,od
and him they hold responsibe--and will not regard the
diry slang winch is daily poured forth from the Press
or clan, OF anonymous writers-all exclaiming that
me Chesterfield Instructions have faed-that Mr.
Johnson is not instructed, &c.-Mr. johnson not in
srncted! The instructions have failed and this
w &c proved to he the fact when the proper APP
Pned Inc only matter OF surprise is that the Delegate
OF the county should have required any written nsTuc
lions at all lie knows that who is opposed TO
the Administration would get up before the
people OF that county and declare himself candidate for
tneir SURFACES Had this been the case, should it
now De so, Mr. johnson knows what would be the
lae OF such candidate. That hc could obtain one
third OF the votes that usually poed at their cleo
tons lie knows also that he has uniformly placed him
sell upon Administration ground when coming forward
candidate 1t rs true that the people did under
stand so well at the last Spring Election how Mr. john
son support of Mr. Leigh could be cconcled to his re-
peated declarations that he decided and warm
friend of General Jackson and his administration =
Hence the excitement which prevacd-hence the In
structons which have been gotten up-and hence b;s
pledges at tie time, that he would obey them
Chesterfield generally polls about 600 votes. There
are about iOOO IN the county, can be come at
not more-G27 Of which signed the Instruction papers
The Commissioners books were examined and every
source OF information resorted to, that the Committee
eouu nave access TO- and the result was they have
stated IT. But how does Mr. Leighs friends manage this
natter They declare that there are upwards of 1000
quahed voters in the county. scurilous writer after
Destowng upon the Committee his dirty abuse and vul
gar slang, states that after the list Of instructors Ind
been scrutnzcd, it contained the names of too per.
sons who were dead. five others who had removed
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who are infants, Sucking ones, / suppose y &c &c
Then he concludes his bill of exceptions by sweep
declaring that "dboa ffy-fve others who IL is 6c-
ueree (0eheTed, we suppose by hm) not possess
ca OF shadow Of right to vote" Again VIC have
ms 6el,ertng man Hear him again-mark!-'It is as
Scrod (Oh yes! doubt hc is prepared TO bccre and
swallow any thing, even 10 the being made Of
green cheese)"l is also teiered that some forty or
nifty others (ayohcre VIC have itO have either snbse.
quenty signed Opposition Instructions or have directed
their representative his writer could not be CERTAIN
which, to strike their from the Letter Of instruc-
excellent hands at subtracof all whom he Bycs NOT
to be entitled to vote the list would be less than five
hundred such IS the trash we published upon this
SUBJECT IL is certainly beneath notice or COMMENT
Ihose who have instructed Mr. Johnson will cxnoct that
gentleman TO inform them officially andbn tmcbsfore
~ any rate, he votes for Mr. leiphif he 90 nicpds %
vote and lay before them his views upon the subject II
he deems his instructions not valid or binding Ills in
siFuctors will then know what course 70 nn5s,o rl
uDdcTsiraPpers Of Mr. Leigh, they will not notice
Let be here Observed that the process BY which Mr.
Leighs friends come 10 the conclusion that the Repre-
~ hic hot Instructed, - THIS They take tie
instruction papersay That there arc 81 upon if-yyv
says the instructed delegate, or his friends Tor him there
upwards Of twelve or thirteen hundred voters in tho
county six hundred is not a majodty-bcsde ON the
list arc illegal voters &c Such is the LANGUAGE of tcso
scruhlzcrs All that are not on The instruction paper
,hey take for granted are opposed to it, They ought to
Know That there number of persons in county ce-
heIay, who care nothing about such mattcrs-vho will
not sign instructions vote election days These
modest men take especial all those in their
ayor es well az all who arc dead residing out Of the
fair TO give tho instructors such part of those nons,
scbing voters to which their list Is entitled according to
me number who have signed IL Or you may only gvo
them half What would the result be then 2
Those who have proclaimed ,brouob The ,.,yo.
Pers, That The Chesterfield instructions have Cled can
only expose Themselves to the contempt Of the public
ny ne own shewng they prove what they thus assert
IS destitute Of truth They have made their calculations