Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-11-09
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Council Climber, Oct. 81, lcSS.

we'll Tor lis inieXh!e poitlcai integrity "tie Ftue
ralism has scarcely been able I" make show OF
opuos,on sufficient to call the polls all lis suilrages,
was reused BY The fury Of The late battle and the great
questions put forth its whole strength II gave the
Republicans upwards Of eco more OF majority Than al
the previous eirc,ioa-the Opposition force Shrinking
under the awakened enthusiasm OF The people l lie |
Federal prints have challenged This evidence OF The
same species Of fraud that prac'ised in Adams, Ale
gheny Erie, Huntingdon, Dauphin, Ph'!adeI PhIa city
and county, NC, where railroads, canals and pubic
works were made the pTetexI Of introducing thousands
Of Illegal votes, and packing the ballobox with false
ballots You'd The number of the imported, I'M
der the of this multitude of strangers. The Ec
publican press oil old BeIks hus responds and invites
scrutiny:
at indeed lauchabe to see the Federal papers pratt
ing about election in Old Bcrks, and in their endea-
vors TO get something up blast the fair fame OF her
integrity they sve eso:led TO stories so ridiculous that
their own rartsans here are ashamed o! ticm:-
Among the foremost in sIandcrng the character Of Old
Berks we will name two British presses the L. States
Gazette and Pousons Daily Advertiser both bound hand
and foot 10 the Of the Bank in Philadelphia We
would merely ask these honest chronicles what part tEcy
acted in the tragedy Of fraud practsed in the election III
their Federal city-whe,hcr they could not tale
unfold that would stamp their characters forever with IN
fanny Perhaps their extends as ia! North as
Adams and huntingdon, where the blacklist and most
infamous conduct enacted that would even disgrace
the most tyrannical monarchy in Europe. The Demo
cr0cy of Old Bebs invites investigation OF the cleo
ton Of the 9Th, when these sandererS will discover that
her citizens, Of all parties, "l step forward To vnd!cae
her honesty and her integrity, aud will not shrink from
investigation like their and patron did when
the from Congress called upon hin 10 give
honest account Of has stewardship To compare Bsrbs
county 10 the Fedora! afsocracy of Philadelphia would
be committing unpardonaLle sin against her honest
yeomanry.
Ex-Governor Vance AID ABoLITioS-lt is pre-.
tended that the defeated Governor of Ohio los. his cleo
ton in consequence OF the hostility Of the AboliIlonists
This is assumed, because il is known he surrendered
citizen Of Ohio be tried in Kentucky for offence
supposed not 10 have bern committed in Kentucky, hut
surrender Of the jurisdiction of his State the pot
cal offence urged against Governor Vance by The De-
mocrats; and if any thing could Federalism, of
whatever clan, 10 oppose their party Governor! would
have been this case, in which of the jealous of
their patzans was loaded with irons and the State u
risdicton subjected 10 that Of Kentucky by candidate
asking their su.!rages his lease of Executive
power. So far from having this effect find his vic
tim writing from prison 10 counteract such result, and
The Governor running ahead Of his ticket every where
NOT excepting the counties in which Abolition Elos.
tlourlshcs This shows that Whggery knows how 10
Deal with its agents il chaslise them get credit
with ia opponents and make them the subservlcnt
by its discipline The Ohio Statesman justly remarks
on this subject:
az Abol,'unisla other question Of the kind pro-
duced an effect against Gov Vance how is it that his
vote, almost invariably, HIGHER :HAS OTHER
SAME TIcKET Can this he solved by the ingenui-
" of our opponents? II II cannot. why bring forward
for surely this is time for either purity 10 deceive
themselves their friends Even .uakan himself was
forced into the WING arena, and wrote from The Ken
lucky pson in irons five days before the election that
Gov. Vance not To blame, and crdeavorng, If pos
sbe throw dScredt the publications in the States
man, by denying that they authorized by him =
We alude 10 this, here, merely 10 show how ridiculous
is fer the Wings charge The defeat Of Gov Vance TO
question circumstance, which did not lose him,
far learn single vote, and was not known per-
hars 10 third Of the voters in the State. 1t not
treated as an Abolition question by u.s. bot rs proof of
the Governors total untness TO administer the affairs
of State and his singular views Of Discretionary EXecu
tive power, well as the crime Of having
citizen imprisoned and in irons, whom every body
knowledgcG innocent Of tie crime alleged against
him. We alluded 10 it with degree of surprise,
admit, 10 show how the secret ro=c1g between
the Wings and Aboionis:s had arrived OF crisis We
looked upon matter of theirs, ours and in
,oduced it. We have collected proof sufficient to
whcim any who doubts position, and we there
fore assert that this ground Of defeat OF te Wings OF
Ohio is only got up TO vent out that spleen they feel
against the Abollioniss or not bringing votes into
their ranks. .Nuctrtn out oftwenty Aboionsls in The
State rralbOn tde Wings. These voted as they al!
ways did; so did the balance. Never were Democratic
anti Bank and Federal Bank principles better divided;
they absorbed all other questions and all societies,
raj religious, what not. divided on these momen.
tous coacndng doctrines There scarcely enough
OF other qucs,ions local general mixed mp 10 give the
a variety. "JJ0nt tOrgd The issue, was as
the Wings before the election, as it was
notqnous 10 the Democrats, "a Government Of tic |
Eanks G0rernmtHt efMc People, was that issue.
"But the good result will he, TO show both Wings and
Aboonis,s shat the two will no, work together in po
htics Abpirtinnisin and religion scarcely hold TO-
gethcr in the church; how then can Abolonism act
tremendously with political party: This being dis
covered, with Anti Masonry il must soon assume a
shape die. We reluctantly treat II as political
question.
Lieutenant Gorsrnor Trerys Reply to Me Questions 81 tic
.f50tiiioaiS.S.
We invite the attention Of tho reader 10 the concise
and definite of Lieut.. Gov. Tracy 10 The inter
roga,ories Of Mcsss Smith and Jay, behalf Of he
Anti Slavery Convention. II will be that he takes
ground with Gov Marcy, in reference TO all their qucs
lions.-QiJany .irgus.
OXFORD, Oct. Goth, 1888.
Gentlemen Il have received your letter presenting 10
me the following inerrogalorcs:
1st Are you in favor Of law granting 10 persons in
this State claimed as fugitive slaves trial by jury
ID Are you in favor Of aboshlng all distinctions in
the constitutional rights Of the citizens Of this Stale,
founded solely complexion:
3D. Are you in favor OF repeal Of the law which now
authorizes tho importation Of slaves into this State and
their detention here suc for the term Of months;
The first OF them embraces subject which has been
discussed in the Judicial tribunals OF this State, and
Supreme Court has decided that The law have,
giving trial by jury to persons claimed fugitive
slaves, is unconstitutional. The question has been be-
fore the Court for the Correction Of Errors but was
decided If i; should be again brought there while |
remain member Of the Court, shall deem il my duty
to hear argued 10 examine il faithfully, aud 10 cndea
vcr TO arrive Il correct decision You trust would
desire me- member of that Court, 10 PREJUDICE
the matter and 60 to the hearing Of the with
judgment pronounced beforehand, by declaring OPT
mon, or giving pledge what my judgment would he
lf law is CONSTITUTIONAL have desire 10 have il
repealed.
TO your second question, answer, that the consu
ton Of this Stale makes distinction between white Gill
and persons of color respecting The exercise of the
elective franchise. have concurred with the members
Of the Convention who famed the Constitution, and
with the majority of the people Of this State, who ratified
it, in the wisdom: Of this Distinction and do per
ccve any good reason for aboishIng it,
Our statute declares, "Every person born within this
Stale whether white coored is free; every person
who shall hereafter be born within this State, shall be
except authorised by this title, shall be free" There
is exception, which allows travellers, not inhabitants