Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-10-30
INSTRUCTIONS--agntn,

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vehement Jacksonsm, TO earn cei brly md :,
aught we kuow, The light TO print ic laws, poa =,
Fl advertisement ct 1ltcra, by at,,horIly.p h.,
hoDoreG US with occasional notice, N It's ree,
liar way. II hunks that tie reasons which u.
have nd !uced ngalnst the presen, mode of i,st,,,
ing our rcar sc.atvcs in ;lie Lesisa TIRE wogll a..
ply with equal force against etections MOI g.
Elections are conducted Opentg; signatures Ia IN
siruciion obained seefeiiu II r0tcr is decl,.
by false representations c has the his Dos,
session OF Obtaining co,,tct information the II.
vers' is true oi the signer who mnY be told tia,
the paper handed 10 Inn is Of character directly
the reverse OF the truth, and the enor may never
he corrected AT the polls, every mans right 70
vote Is scrutnseJ in Obtaining signatures 10 IN.
struc,ions, The names of persons MOI entitled to yo.s
may be used With perfect impuni,y. These arc
few Of tn! objections to Ins'ructons THAI do no 81,
ply 10 elections and they ere HE more rolert
when recolec 'hai the former are designed Il,
counterfeit and render null the later & It al secr
and dishonest sy stem OF obtGinin. signatures 10 T..
sirucliou papers il signed 10 reverse the honcs
md open expression o. the peoples sentiments II
the polls. We ADM, that the people have The riet'
by INSTRUCTIONS TO reverse decisions mAdc M ltr
elec'ions they think Fl; SO d. bu, we con,,.fl
that the representative should have senlv stronger
sen,a,on to him Of ccrtaln papers containing q.
ven number Of signatures. That stronger VIDE. co
is, that these signatures have not been obaneG By
fraudulent and deceptive means-that 10 sff1in.
theta 10 these pagers the signers acted undert.. j.
in2ly, and from far representation, not onsy OF
their contents but of their design. The present Is
exactly o'e OF those cass, where freud may DO
easily perpctr aied--@l.rc the cucuiators Ct II
aper. may speak literally the trait, and YET su,qk
ialsely-and we have good reason 10 Leiie,e hat
some OF them have So acted For xsmplc-tl,ev
tell some Of the voters t;iat the pappr which In
erequesed o sign is against tn Baok,-bai tFY
10 not adj iha, II is eg Ios' Mr. Leigh also. iae3
descr be il a in favor OF judge 3arbaurs elec -
TO the Scna.c, whenever 1t SUITS the par HAAS
Of the individuals approached bal they 10 not yaf
TO the possibility that the Judge may rot he ,odi
Tor al oil s that If he be not, Nj Rivcso u, ST
venson, or some other man, whom h. voters @oDl
no, prefer to Mr.. Leish, viii be the alternate
candidate. Indeed they 90 even farhes hen tt's
Did VIC not publish in our las, pdper, A,ci n.pl-
toned by the Abingdon Statesman, that 8 map IL
that county had been induced to sign apeper, coz.
demning the course Of their State Senate [Cet
Kelier) last winter, and insttuclns bin 10
gainst Mr.. Leigh, by assurances hat hat paper az.
pyeved OF Mr., Kcilcr's votes Have uot otHet sIa.
liar frauds been brought 10 lightl W. have IL.
deed, ano'hcr instance now before ms, from the
Farmvillc Chronicle. We untcrs arr, fsars that
papcr) from unq1estionsbIe authority that oos Of
those who carried ms rucion papers in Peaha'an,
presented 1t to Il whose pr JUDGES he knew
were strong against Notification. lie told him
that the sljcc Of the paper was to pu, down naIi
fcaton- that Leigh was a nrllli.r, and N tbs
way attempted 10 induce him TO sign IT," This
mode Of procurin3 signatures 10 lnituc;ions, uay
accord with the Observers IDEAS of t.opricly but
to us il seems TO be. fraudulent and dishonest, and
consequently Tho instructions themselves deserve
not the slightes, weigh, in Influencing the coursee
members, who were elected fairy by tie people,
with full knowledge of their political principles
and Of their ncnded votes.