Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-20
YERTT.3S--Or, THE TRUTH mdeed.

freely and chcerfully We have never excluded Com,
inunication which from Mr.. Legh's friends not
withstandng the course which they have thought proper
TO pursue towards us-and Notwithstanding they are
pushing forward man, the friend of State Rights
who has done c nothing for that great cause-not-
witfsandng he is the quasi alternative friend of the IT,
>. Bank--and though they pushing him forward
upon the ruins of his Report OF 1912, in favor of
the Right of Instructions.
Ofcoursc, did not hesitate moment in laying be-
fore the People the papers rendered us by Mr. Shell,
the Brunswick Instructons-and the Communication of
peritas, the Chesterfield Letters of Instruction
shall probably hear from Brunswick in due But
the article from peritas is met at once. Scarcely
~ II ushered FORTH when of the Citizens Of
Chesterfield comes forth to join issue on the points
OF fact--And what turns out to he the fact p
That the majority of the very Board which "Veritas
proposes to scrunize the Voters is made up of the
Committee who have already scrutnized the SIGNATURES
and the voestlat their Report is in the very teeth of
the assertions of"Veritas they have scanned the
Voters of Chesterfield, with the Commissioners and Land
Books before them-and that they have pronounced the
number of the Electors in the county to be about 1000
instead ofl200, TO which Veras is pleased to run them
up.-But, Notwithstanding this direct contradiction il
is to be hoped that the Committee will again bestir
themselyes-jon issue with I" Vertas' hmself-inves-
tigate the acs-and promptly and fully lay the result
before the world
CHESTERFIELD INSTRUCTIONS.
writer, over the signature of ''vcritas, appears in
the Enquirer OF the 10th inst claiming know more
OF the legal voters of Chesterfield all the persons
together, whom he calls upon re-examnc the letter
oi instructions to Mr. Johnson &c. the clerk and
ms deputy For had he taken the trouble to examine
the names of the gentlemen composing the committee
who previously examined and reported the result their
instructions To Mr. johnson, he would have found
amongst them, both the present Commissioners of the
revenue and the former one least of the acting
deputy sheriifs and the that preceded him. aud
family the chairman present In fact he would have
found all the persons that he proposes shall again ex-
anime the names to the letter of Instructions save the
cier and his deputy, who, it seems knew more about
the legal voters than all the Commissioners deputy She
rms, and the balance of the committee put together
s'h=s pity the committee did not send for those
knowing clerks, and then sVcritas" would not probably
have troubled himself or the public with his great know
ledge OF what he seems TO know nothing about. Will
"Neritas do the people of Chesterfield the favor letting
them be equally wise with himself, and give them the
names of the signers to this paper who says have no
right to votes aud attach TO each the why
re Is deprived of that right? And will 'Veritas" say
that man who has been convicted of Infamous Of
fence and il turns out afterwards that he convicted
upon false testimony, and is discharged being innocent
oil the CRIME alleged to have been committed by him. is
not entitled to exercise the right of suffrage ever after
wards: he will take the trouble to make the enquiry
he VIII find that to be the case least with of the
three votes which he has considered good on that
account
Vertas also states that it is Jeliered lv whom Bv
Nertas OF course thatsome 40 80 have Subsequent
~ signed the administration paper Now if he will put
the word previously to the administration paper and
consequently To the instruction paper for these 40 So he
will probably be right-ccrtanly than in any of
the conclusions he has arrived at in his epistle. But
why does peritas undertake to scrunize the instruc
lions TO MIR. Johnson? Why bring to light the long
lookedfor administrations, and let Mr. Johnson sec both
S!deSy III am not very much mistaken in this Mr. aye
Itns, nc look very active part in getting signcrs to
inc anti-instrucons Now, let him bring them forth
and let us see who has got the good OF bad votes
mat Will certainly be the fairest way of testing the
ier ana much the most certain and he has proposed
board OF scrutiny for Instructions take it for
granted he will let the board with his assistance
scrutinze his And hesitate TO say that if 'Vcr-
tas VIII agree 10 have the of both sides examined
Inc shall have the privilege of naming the time place and
board OF scrutiny pyo1ided e time appointed shall be be-
TORE Me 27M u January, 1885. 'Veritas knows very
well there are great many neurals in this business
probably more than would be absent from the Court
house on an election day-yet think he will not deny
but That large portion of these decidedly in favor of
the administration and of course opposed to Mr. Leigh