Southern telegraph., 1838-03-13

= law, and which were issued by The Gov
ernor, within the control of the gentlemen
u bur not produced before the committee. wer,
limited, aud only asserted the yentleme,
0 elected until The general election in Now
" In proof OF the character Of the cred.n
tiais produced at the special session bcin.
as abo"e SET forth, Ape. to the perso., j
knowledge ofthe members of the COMMITTEE.
AMI request tll,t the committee specify. j.,
their report Of the facts nov before them.
such facts and evidence as were before
them on the former occasio,. deem II
important that the House sho.,Id be inf. ,ru,ed
OF ihe character and extent of the evidence.
ipon which the report of the committee aud
the action of the House were at that tim.
predicafed
! Ito. Upon the evidence produced befor,.
the committee, as above stated, the com
nlttee reported the following resolution.
which was, after debate thereon, adopted b.
the House:
"Resolrcd, That Samuel ]. Gholson and
Joha +. IL. C!aib ,rne are daily elected mem
bers OF the 25lh Congress, and as such arc
entitled To their scats.''
II. During the debate upon the above
resolution, Parol proofs, or Statements. as I
have been informed and believe, were made
To the HoIse In relation to said election.
strongly calculated TO inf fence the iIdg-
ment and decision Of the House. If such
| statements were .ada, they are of coarsa
within the knowledge of the c,mmit,ee.
"ae;her parol evidence was given either
before the committee of the House, as we'll
as the character Of such evidence, cog
slider important facts; and if the committee
ssess any informa!ion on this point, re-
spcctfi'ly request that it may be coilnlu-
nlcated through their report.
IS. L assert positively and unequivocaI-
! ly that the q 'vernor of the State of Mis-
slSSIppi did no, intend, in the writ issued
by hin, to direct election To fill the
whole uncxpircd term of the 25ih Con-
gress. Neither diJ he intend to interiors
with or annul the next regular November
election :or REPRESENTATIVES, to, said Con
gress, as provided for by law; bat he only
| intenicd to direct an election to fill the
term until the reg ,l,r November election.
An bic r'oi of tnS ap. Gears upon the face
of the writ itself, as we'll as upon the Gre
dentials issued by him after the election:
upon bath Of which the election is expressly
specified.
-. l assert further, that the people OF
the State Of Mississippi did not intend t,
vote, nor did they believe they had voted,
at the Jaly election, for Representatives to
fill the whole term of the 18th Congress,
then unexpired; but they intended to vote,
and believed they had vote d, for Represen-
ta:ivcs To II | only that pori,oa of the term
anterior 20 the regular November election.
They did not intend the election Of Messrs.
Claiborne and Gho!son for longer period;
and the people voted in July through rat the
State, with The tall Understandable. that, at
The regu ar election in November, they
were again to elect their Representatives
to the 25:h Congress.
In proof of these assertions, offer to the
committee, LIST. The vote cast for Repre-
senta.ves 10 Congress at the regular No
vember election, the largest ever pol'ed for
those officers ia the State, and very con-
siderably greater than that po.led in July.
This vote is direct assertion by the peo.
pie of their right, at the general election
in November last, to choose Representa-
tives 10 the 2o.h Congress; and is an equally
direct denial Of the assertion that they had,
lii July previous, elected members for tho
whole term. In addition to this direct evil
dence of nearly 10000 voters, offer as
evidence of the intention of the people, the
off .ial acts of the Governor and Secretary
of State in relation to both these elections.
They are before the committee, with the
exception of the credentials issued by the
Governor, upon the election of Messrs.
Claiborne and Gholson, in July, which
wish also TO bc produced. These official
peached, that the people intended to do
that which, through their highest organs,
they dcclare themselves to have done, and
that they intended no more. shall, if IL
is deemed necessary, offer further evidence
on this point.
If the above positions are true, aud 1
challcnge their refltasion. tho, will the
opposing gentlemen, it they hold their
seats, hold them by mistake, and not by tho
will of The people Of the State Of Mississippi.
The abose statement is respectfully sub
mitfed to the consideration Of the commit
tee.
have the honor to be your obedient SER !
want, S. 8. PlsENTlSS.
Washington, Jan. 2, 1888.
The Mississippi Delegation and taeif
Mileage and Per dicm.-The Baltimore
American says, that ssIn the House on The
9Th, Mr.. Rhett introduced resolution for
paying Mcssrs. Prentiss and Word their
mileage and per diem, the same as paid to
Messrs, Claiborne and Gholson from the
a. IL