True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-12-17

| JOHN GIBSON.
| Pennsylvania DEMOCRACY. onr lates, dates
the Pennsy lvnnia Legislature was still unable to
| DO business, In consequence of emenaces of the
democratic mob, although week had pa used over
About 1000 or 1900 troops had arrived in the vici.
nifty of Harrisburg, and be,ween and 300 had
been stationed at the Capitol, to restore ORDER but
assembled on the 4h, and our latest dates are to
the 9th inst, when things remained nearly as they
were.
AS this is one of the gre,tcs, outrapes on law,
order, and good government, and alarming to tho
safely of our political institutions, tha, has occur.
red since the famous Pennsylvania IVhiskey ins,lr-
recton in 1895, is ncum bent on all good citizens
to reprobate and denounce it in the most unqunli
fled terms. II is hu, proper. in the meantime that
the world should be correctly informed of the
original cause which las led TO these disgrac.fu
and alarming proceedings.
Al the last October election in PENNSYLVANIA,
let it be horne in mind that Charles Jared Inget-
soil, the Van Buren, candidate Tor Congress, lbs,
his election in the 81 con gressinna district. which
includes part of the Philadelphia county, and
'Charles Naylor, the whig candidate, was elected
by between and 300 votes maj ory.
When the judges of election assembled to count
and consolidate the votes from each precnci,
which was required to be done within three days
from the day of election, Mr.. Inge:s Il came for
ward and claim ed his election oyer Naylor, BY the
rel cotton of the votes of the Northern Liberties,
for some trivial cause. There were 10 V. B. and
Wing judges of elections from the several pre-.
cincts. They met The third day after he election
being the last allowed by law, to make their
returns. Mr.. Ingerso)l, the defeated candidate
or Congress, induced the 10 V. B. Judges to SC,
aside the whole vote of the Northern Liberties
Ghoul 10000 contrary to all law, justice or honesty,
which left him a alt majority; and these V. B
Judges gave hun certificate OF eIecrioh. 1t was
hen too late, as the ma jorty Of Judges thought.
10 count and consolidate the votes Tor the two
Senators and eight members to the LIE ii stature,
and they adjourned over TO the next day. The
wing Judges knowing this was thu las, day allow
ed BY law, met again the same evening, and each
produced the return foT his own precinct, which
gave the wing candidates a ma GRITTY, and they
were accordingly declared duly elected; ctrtifi- |
Gates were given, aud the legal return of the
whole made TO the Sheriff on the same day, which
was forwarded to the Secretary of State. and by
him recorded. This was he return which h. laid
before the Legislature, under which the wing
members took their scats.
The Van Buren, Judges met the merit day, and
after comparing the returns. declared the candi
dates of,her party elected, and made return to
tie Sheriff, who declined to receive it, on the
ground that the time limited by law for him to
make his returns had expired, and he had no
aurhnri,y acccpth it. The V, B. judges made
ou, certificates and returns, and gave to their
candidates.
In this situation things rem -ined until the Leg
isature asscmhlrd when each of representa-
'ives appeared and claimed their seats The Sec
retarv OF STATE, he bound by law to do,
laid the Of the Wing members before each
House, and the other members presented their GER
tificates aud returns from the Van Buren, Judges
The Wing returns were all mndo in pursuance of
law, but the v B. certificates showed the highest
number of votes. This is the true state of the
Casei anu unucr Sucn circumstances Wnat oNgnt
to have been done1 Every days experience, and
the laws governing the action of all deiberave
bodies, declares that ench house shall decide and
delermine all contested elections Of its mem hers
The V. B. member here, instead of raising law
less mob to carry every thing by brute force
should have presented the evidence Of their claims
to be members, and regularly contested the seats
of the sitting (whig) members, and in this way,
the whole matter would have been decided
according to law. But this did not suit their
views.
The whole controversy therefore had it origin
n The conduct nc J. Ingerso aud the ten Van
Buren, Judges, in setting aside the votes of the
Northern Liberties. Til whole election is pro.
baby illegal. in consequence of this misconduct
But The sitting members have RICH, to hold their
seats until the election is declared null by the pro.
per au horty. The returns Of the V. B. Judges are
clearly illegal, because they were not made within
the time prescribed by law. In equity, the wing
m en- bers, in contest, must be ousted, on proof
that they have maj GRITTY of votes. But no le-
gal return Of all these votes having been made the
e. ection cannot stnrd to allow either set of
m MEMBERS to hold their seats The election should |
and in all proha bty will be referred back to the