Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-11-09


THE GOVERNOR or NEw JERSEY CoNSuMNATrs THE
GGU>sESr FRAUD truN THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE.
ln the Trenton Emporium and the letter of disIIn-
gurshed friend We hryc the history Of the grcssest Off
Ga. violation Of The right of suffrage rCcnra Five
members OF Congress pnmcd upon the people against
the will Of the majority, by Governor whose special
duty is protect them against fraud neglect the
part Of tn" secondary nn.cril officers entrusted with
the polls: ard yr, h" drPraved 20 plead the very
wrong o his interiors which he TO SET right,
his only yIndCatlon
We State the whole case Che particulars Of which
at length N the letter and article annexed IN
lev words The township judges oi election chosen by
The people Of ~ Jersey authorized by law To decide
the right ol persons presenting themselves to vote.
They act under oath and under hravy PENALTIES. After
h. wing taken the votes. the Judges Of township
election certify the uuubcr Of votes gNen to each can.
dldate the county clerk These returns, summed to-
raher the county clerk is bound 80 transmit "a the Co
vernon and Council that the vote al the whole State
NAV thus he brought together al the seat OF Government
and the persons elected commissioned by the Governor
The county clerks have nothing do with III" election
and M power 10 examine into It They are simply the
d-postares Of the record Of the polls sent in TO
them by the judges oil election Tn" result Of winch they
are bnund to forward to the Governor They have
opportunity authority question To decide
Their claims 10 suragenn duty 10 perform bot that
Of sending in the returns which they receive from the
uGgss Of election presiding in the different townships
and If they fail 10 send them, The GOrcrR0r is togad 10
send express ottcr hsu The Governor lid send for
the returns IN OF the counties. as we are informed
.nce the late election hot refused send for those
withheld By the clerks ni Middlesex and Cumberland
Ilp refused because if he had performed his duty It
would have defeated The conspiracy give The
Federal candidates, although their opponents had
orty Of the votes canvassed received and returned by
the Judges appointed for the purpose but suppressed by
the county clerks IN collision with Governor, who
the responsibility Of The fraud by failing 1ecute
the law by sending express 10 them from the
clerks
This is certainly the daring and open act Of tur-
pItude ever committed by Chief Magistrate in this
country. The has. c0nuiyance with the subalern Exc
cutivc agents to violate the elective franchise, by per-
hitting them retain in their hands returns, which he
knew well they had received, and which he was bound
by aw and his oath exact stamps unparalleled namy
upon his EXccllcncy. But this Chief Magistrate in
the bands of gerry wandered Federal legislature and
his clrc,Inn NJ III hands he has committed
this crime he elected, took the oath Of elfce and
three days afterwards fixed eternal stigma upon the
name OF Pennington, and IN. station he holds as the
price Of his iniamy. The Che! Magslracy Of New
Jersey not conferred by the votes Of the people If
II had been So it would mol have been sought by the
violation Of the right of suffrage.
The inducement 10 this aud other mons'rous frauds
in In. Congressional elections, not the qualification of
the Federal candidates II is systematic party
ment, TO get control Of The House of Representatives
The party have no hope Of eeCng President land
consequence Of securing the charter oil such bank
will subject the Cover nnrnt Ter the muneycd powerO
but by bringing the election TO the House There, the
frauds which have returned Stuart IN Illinois aud the
Federal ticket in New Jersey, il is supposed by them,
will put down the popular vote Of both Ohio and Penn
sylvania for the Democratic candidate. the National
nellipencer claims Casey since The election and f II
has the authority, then Suarts vote carries the State
of Illinois, and The fraud OF Pennington carries New
Jersey for the Federal candidate IN the House Of Re.
representatives.; ard ihus connirymrn viii! see how
readily intrigue and fraud may involve this country IN
bloodshed and anarchy, in contest for the Chief Ma
gistracy of the Union The fraud of t"0 clerks in New
Jersey nufy the popular vote Of Pennsy for
the Democratic candidate when The is made in
the House. and the fraud OF another clerk in Illinois
NAV defeat the yDice of OHIO If expressed for the
Gida,c OF tho Democracy IN ic40 a. strongly the
late month; and would the people Of this country sub.
init to have hgbc,, officers chosen indirectly by such
shocking frauds, aud, further consequence, have
Bank chartered 10 rule the Government, under ptvi.
leg" running fifty or hundred years With powers C!
| perp@tuauon:
Let the people remember the attempt in Congress Of
the Federal party suppant Mr.. Jefferson by Burr
violation OF the known vii! OF the nalry voting for
the first Presden. the last as Wee President LIT
them remember the coalition Of Mr. Clay with MIR. Ad.
ans, by which the latter made President agarns, The
instructions of the constituency OF ihc Representative
body eiecring him. Let them remember that greater
interest and greater power than ever before cospHrd
with Federalism (takng root beyond the Atlantic in
the thirty five million Bank is al work TO establish IT,
srf IN ghod for under the forms Of the Con-
sl!,uton and that It's only hope o success depends on
placing some Of lis creatures IN The Presidency Re.
mpmbeIiup these things, they will not be al loss 10
account for The late proceedings in Illinois and New
Jersey and Why the Federal party encounter The
u,n Of such shameful frauds for little immediate ad.
/ vantage
E1traet fran, ietsr datsd
"TEEsroS, IN. J y Nov. I, 1893.
"The daring deed ia done. The Governor and Pnry
Council have declared John Ayrrrgg. William Hal
stpd John P. Max"el, Joseph Randolph Charles
C. Suailon and Thomas Jones Yurke, tn be the repre-.
sentalves of New Jersey in the Goth Congress- in def.
Of the will Of the people Of the State as unequITo'
caly expressed by their votes The simple process oy
which this high handed mrasnrr was executed, was by
r1ciudnr the votes o the township 81 hiviIie IN u'n
bsrlsud county aud o. South Ambsy, ia bllccese