Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1837-12-05

sentiments of Joy and g'adness. me "h's
Now York since the previous cleo I,
s',n IS nearly fly thousand votes.
Yesterday Congress met. spee'''','"
,e;. n,-xz,ed to conjecture the probable
cb, racter Of The Message. WIN 'e'u -
the Footsteps" of the last, or 'tahe VIC o"Ns
t,,cknq Mr.. Van Baren is so"h'' p'''"
aa tho first comma ndment in the
decaloaue. or polylogue OF democracy, IS.
..Tbou shalt obey the people," WIN he
obey the people? Will Senators Wright
and Grundy, and those from Ohio and
Maine, obey the people2 Will they say
that the Van Buren, party, great or small, rs
.sthe people? Or, holding firmly their seats
will they, when they remember their o"n
call upon others in the same circumstances,
to resign. say as did the wicked preac her
of old. LET others d., as we tell them-nct
MS ~ j - If so, their reward shall be as
was his; they shall be cast out from their
hiuh places with shame and eXecrntIon--
nerey. to he restored to them. We feel sure
that the great revolution in ssNumbers,' Will
lead to the establishment of National
Bank, not perhaps during this session, but
speedily, and that we shall soon again re-
lice in a sound currency and better g.
vernmen'.
/ The only hope of The Van Buren, party
is, that the Wings, unused to victory and
flushed with success, may commit some ex-
ceSses-sso'crleap the modesty" which
should characterize generous victor--or,
leaving some unprotected flank, staggering
wildly in their ranks, expose some assault
bic point to attack. They hope, that the
insane devotion Of different sections of our
country to their favoritcs, may, as in times
past. sever th,t alliance which the Whigs
ihould always maintan--ihat our jealoiisles
nay "divile'' us-and they will thus Soon
5uer."
Another item of political news is unpar-
llclcd, except by the case of Hooker, the
kentucky Sheriff: Ii is the refusal or neg
sct of the SheritFs of certain Van Buren,
.ounties in this State, TO return the votes
yiven for members of Congress. Throwing
,f their true character of ministerial Off
crs Of the laws of Mississippi, they claim
. have the power of refusing to the free
.oters of the State those ballot boxes which
our law prcscribes must, in every biennial
November, be opened for the votes given
O members Of Congress If in their per-
aonaI opinion, the grant of their seats for
wo years to Claiborne and Gholson by Con
yreSs was right and proper, their public du-
y certainly required them to return all the
votes given at the polls.
The laws say:
sThe representatives to Congress from
his State shall be elected by the qualified
voters at the time of choosing representa-
tives to the Legislature, once in every two
years, to he computed from the frs, Monday
in November, in the year 1883, and the re-
officer of each comfy shall, within
fitteen DAYS after each election, certify I'M
der his hand and seal, to the Sec'ry of State,
the whole number of votes given IN his
county to each member Of Congress-
Chapter 10, TN Sec. of the Acts Of 1888.
g An Act to regulate elections in this State."1
The 22nd section of the same act de-
clarcs that if any returning officer, iand the
Sheriff, unless candidate, is always the
returning oflicer,) "shall neglect or refuse
to hold such election or "shall neglect or
refuse to perform the duties required Of
him by this act in any respect whatever,''
he shall, upon conviction before any court
of competent jurisdiction, ssbe fined in sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars, nor
less than three hundred doIlars.''
Are there Wings enough, bold and fear
less men, in the counties thus defrauded of
their highest right, to bring these offenders
to justice? If there be, let thom appoint
a committee to conduct a prosecution
Will not some Wing members of our next
IACsoo'SidtuiC, ctdedSOT 10 StFCnptncn ulfS
too weak ratification of our elective fran
chise eIectred in the act above quoted? In
Kentucky, such crime is punishable by
consignment to the Penitentiary, and such
a punishment is too light for the offence.
The Van Buren, members Of the Leyisia-
ture dare not refuse to unite in an effort to
protect our dearest privilege. If they do,