Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-12-14
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REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS OF TIE
FEDERAL PARTY IN PENNSYLVANIA

in defiance o! the sufragPs al the people
The taken by .he factions f"sered 6y The Bank
in Pennsylvania verify tae letter the prediction "t Mr.
Jefferson. he said il institution " "deddiy hos
tiHg 10 Democratic pi".ip'cS, and rc2uG e0nin"cd,
"Uysct Me Gorernmtm In Prnnsy iyaE.a, where It's
charter has been renewed il has excited AbOiIti0nis,
Anu Masonry and every species Of pnl.tica! phren
sy, until elements have been produced which threaten
to make ply steal force the arbHer Of the GoTe1nmert
To maintain itself. and the power which II obtained
through schism among HE Republicans three years ago.
for It's necronancers Ritaer Burrowes, Stevens, Bur
den. PenIrse. SC The country IS apprsed that about
l"n thousand aborcrs the highways were introduced
by The money thrown hto the hands Of these managers
from the public treasury, and Immense SUMS borrowed
by them without la from the Bank The imported and
spurious votes and frauds perpefaled aPon the ballot
box. still! lrt Rner, G"sernor IN The minority snd
the Bank party in the minority IN the House oil Repre-
senaires Tofemedy hisdsasler the Instruments i lac
Bank Up as candidates the county Of Phisdelpha,
although in minority Of five hundred Of all the votes
returned by the Federal Judges wrs the rest have
repaired to Harrisburg I" claim seats IN defiance at the
majority Of suirages given against Them, and IN virtue
Of 7nNrity re;uTa 10 their favor by min0rny q" seven
out "t the seventeen Judges. and these luGgrs bringing
up the polls OF mrOrty" seven "u q" seventeen cleo.
lion districts 1t evidently the object "f The Bank
party 10 force the Senators and eight Representa-.
tiTes from The county Uf Philadelphia The General
Assembly, as 10 command majority in that body to
elect the other STATE :icrrs of Government in favor Of
that institution. Senator Of tue u S AMI raudulenty
10 continue the Government in The hands ." Rtner. by
setting aside the VI thousand obtained over
him by Porter The right to de- this il inst as clear as
the right 10 set aside the o:I,y given Tor the ten men,
hers Of the Legislature.
All remember, that the p7itisan~ Of The Bank,
c"sc"rs that in its immense funds, controlled by
man, they had the snews III war, have continually
deIvnred 10 carry their point by panic and threatened
revolution They will remember. that Mr. Clay an
nUGDced the commencement at hs struggle by recar-
ing that "tec The midst # reroiu:i0H, HoodeSs
get" They will remember, That Mr.. Webster de.
cared there no Snbba,hs in revolutionary times
They will remember, that Mr.. Rinnry. on the same
Sabbath said that if the Bank could not be restored TO
lis rights (rhe dppGsites psg+ray must be by NE
sic0rd They viii remember The military Wing As
sOcia ton of Baltimore. who To cncamp ten thou
sand Capitol Hill, while the vote was pending.
They will remember tina, during he last year,
j, was proposed 10 New York 20 march ten 'h0usa
10 Washington, In drive President Van Ruren to
submission 10 the banks II found. how ever, that
the attack the General Government was beginning
too large scale bur il seems that RIiner, Bur.
rowes Stevens and Penrose. the Notorious instruments
Of the Bank in the aCGnisioa OF It's charter, hs&e
solved to make experiment al force. smaller
scale To- rnsnain their mercenary acquired political
pIwer and with it, Bank dic'a'Ion within the State
The Democracy hope, will meet this daring treason
with ca'muess and frmness They will not trust.
yield inch, but resolurly assert the rights Of the
majority.
SPACIOUS head in the Senate we'll observed or
hearing the news Of the revolutionary movement on
the part Of the money power. that IL loo late
Er public opinion has already crushed the by
u.
exc the existence of The power il gave them
by force will only expose the dangerous designs long
cherished by those in whose employment they are We
doubt not like other unhappy cunspiraOrs they will he
deserted by the leaders who used and put them for
ward and will be made scarsrosis TO satisfy The rights
e the country So long outraged through It's secret
chinarions
We add simple snipmeri "f he facts in relation 10
the returns Of the county OF Philadelphia that TIE public
may understand the issue pending at Harrishurg
The whole neen Judges from The seventeen pipc
ton districts NJ the county and the Judge from tie CITY
Of Philadelphia met Friday morning. the l2h Of
Octoar. ISIS. in Independence Hall in the State Housr
according In law organ z"H NJ the apnontinenl nr
chairman and two return clerks: and the narrs nf all
the judges heing called ose each Judge answered 10 his
name"
This il precisely the direcipd by statute and
all Tie Federal judges attended nnd participated in the
proceeding
'Ihr judges names then caIlrL in order - thu
votes read By them from The certificates for tho
different Offices ard FIR and against the amendments
taken down he tally lists by ihe return clerks the
additions made M. and The duplicate returns made
we hive already stated and signed by majority of
The judges in the Of all the Judges When tho
uho'" was finished. The meeting adjourned, at about
o'clock in the evening.
"7he DcmocrnEc LrL,t cOmpos,d of C. Bro,rn 0nd S
SrsnSOn FIR Ss"nie. md .hrssrs. Pray Ryan, Cnrpcn.
Ter, Briit1jn HitcnSicjn Nrsbt Hosfon and Crjspin hy
rate IF SIS r"tcs he Ftderai ticket Inning rsrcircd
G25i This rIrn ,rc!udrd HE N6rthrrn Ljb.riiee In
r'wdi0G he r,iecicd n-thrrn Lerrjes ami ,rbrGcing
fh> 'choIS roHrty HE Drmorrntic rOte fGG3G; tic
Ff3srn! q $50
"These the onv regular official made bv
the rnainr,v whicr. conclude the minority One set
was next day deposited in the Prohon"rarvs offre-
another handed to the Sheriff who should have received
only the amendments and the County Commissioners
and then another DUPLICATE So, sent BY mail to the
Secretary of tho C0nn0nweaIth-both Of which sells
are now in his Office.
"Six out Of seventeen Judges with the city indge,
then met nh.ut half past nine in the evening cIandps
finely in another part nj The building and from the
tfcaes from seven election districts only and The CITY,
made out papers calling them returns. emitting the
First District returns and the returns for the County
Commissioners and Auditor. which last ne not required
bv law 10 be sent 10 Harrisburg These acts uf
course all null and void. and, If there other
returns these could me- yer he received recognised
re,urns They were the nets of o minority, fwhn had
been concluded by ma oriiyl-no in meeting Of the
iudr,s but done after the regular adjournment Of the
REGULAR without notice candPstinely secretly
in the dead Of night and after their functions judges
had terminated all that was TO be done the third
dav after the election which includes the making out Of
Duplicate returns.
This midnight meeting Of the judges made out
returns from only out Of The se5en,sen election
Districts thus:
"Wp the return Judges of the several wards, town.
Sims and districts OF the county Of Philadelphia do GER
,ify that at election held the % Tueeday in DC
tober D. 1888, the foiioeing NAMED persons APPEAR
10 number Of ros set opposite 10 Their nnmes cT
,nernbers of assembly. in the district of Spring Garden,
the incorporated district Of the Northern Liberties,
Rlock'ey, Moyamensng, Bristol, Germantown, and Ok.
ford"
Il then gives the names or Mr.. Day and the rest ct
the Federal candidates. the highest as having received
A55: and after these the name of Mr. Pray and the
res, Of The Democratic ticket having received 4,92
votes
"This psperis exceedingly peculiar m its phrase"ogy
does mol cty that the following named persons have
So many votes confines itself to seven election dis
tIcts.
This paper which returns az elected to any
Office is indeed entire and total nuiiy on It's face,
md mich, as well be used TO show that the individuals
named in it were commissioned judges elected
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