Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-12-05
NUMBER II.

~. = 80 Ai4NFs WHIEH nv h0Unrm.
ole competitor thought was all right. Even 4 rish
all my acquaintance with the people Of FredericL.
WAS imposed on rs TO three votes. which wey~ 80.
" upon my ist a. bad, when really The fhres rsr
sons referred 10 did not vote At ali. And q ID !.
~ !" = .he relative zeal Of ths two parties.
Alter an attention In Winch..,s. e
months leaving the business Of Frederick Came.
not ?u''o finished, and after hearing The exuI,irr -
ms.As y come Of the Party to this effect, /. thst
winter would come before We col tbrou,b - -.
suited . lew hiends and determined 20 push N. 4.
vestsataon ontssnroraneousl In The d a,ren, C..a.
svs' 'na' !. 70 say, notice was given on the 2O,h az
september last, that on the SO;h or ,hss rrcrs
should resume tho taking OF deposi,ions ~ L..
SHIRE, on the l4sh Of October in Morgan. ON n. or,
Of October In Berkeley, on the Qash az N. -
month IN Jefsrson. and on the oh Of Nsvemheri a
Clarke, and that, ~ the depositions ~ ons con..
y should not be completed before The tim. a. =.
KING dispositions In another County should ,rr;ve.
sn".'a nevertheless continue taking them, and
should slso commence taking them n ouch other
,oonty." The reasons asAigned were. ths,. ira.
g,,ns from the time consumed In Frederick and
hampshire, We could not possibIy complete seLjn~
nepos''ions before tho meeting Of Congrcss. IL ~
nn'shsd the investigation in each u tho Coprsie.
sonserus'vels. No doubt was entertained &c ~
'a''ness Q. ih's course, snd Il vas the result of ne
eessny pointing 10 my own protection, which ,ndn.
ceu me to adopt Il. My mind, however. ~ 80
uee from aasssust that II Was = course which nI.bs
ihduce q Van buren, to cay was irrrsuisr
and 30 increase the difficulties of the copies,. M
Lucas objected TO the language Of the notice. ana
stated That he would utterly disregard Ii. Al 10
me notice itself, i was not written BY ma, but I
have no hesitation In d~isclsiming, on he psrs q M
counsel ns we'll ms myaelf. all i~ntentit n 10 Is disconr.
'eous. J expressed from the start, by letter. ! d..
s'fe on my part 10 conduct The election In ! f,iendls
and courteous manner. This wish WAS yrciprocs.
ted and have pleasure IN saying. The Whole con.
test has ended, as ! believe, with . good understan.
ding between us.
Soon after this, we suspended he bn.,r... /. r.
derrick, leaving but litlls unfinished. and hsvir.
commissioned counsel 10 Hampshire 10 attend -
tho business there, after an absence from home. =.
cept Tor short intervals Of time, for nearly ! wear. I
sought a respite from the toll and tediousness of IL
inve.tigstion, upon my farm. When I returned. I
found un the language Of the distingnished cropri.
etor OF Asbland) my corns,alks ssanding-mv
fences down-my gales brokcn'--and ! ssner.lai.
iepidation taking place.
ffaving entire confidence in the talented counssI
employed in Hampshirc, l resolved NOT 10 s,tepd
~ person for some ten days. Unfortunatelv. ahe
Two gentlemen relied upon were both absent upon
professional business for some days after Mr.. Lucas
e'enasd' after their return, the business, | am in.
termed. progressed slowly for The want Of witnesses.
a painful indispusition, In the interim, prevented
me from attending, as | designed TO do, after :
snort interval OF reposc. and, to add to The bad
luck, . letter from my counsel was delayed until AZ.
ter they had again, by common consent, suspendrd
10 Hampshire, and the week fixed for takins depo.
s''ons IN Morgan had nearly passed. The krss IL.
umh''on ! had o. The movements Of my competitor.
was, that he had attended in Morgan and Berks.
icy on the respective days fixed upon in tho potiO.
referred to, after | had certainly undersiood hin
a. saying he would disregafd those notices. Ths
whole contest thus became involved Ia some cond,.
'ion' y proceeded to give new notices, smbra.
cing Morgan Berkeley, de-, my competitor might
say, I" ] disregard those notices. have slresdy
attended Morgan and Berkeley, Ii pursuance Of
your former notices, and you did not choose 10 a..
tend. II reminded Of The fact thar he had stated
he would ~disrcgnrd those notices, his replv might
be--'' true, brt | reserved 50 myself the rieht Of be-
ing guided by circumstances, and ~ your counsel
artcsttd the bus'ness In Hampshire with The visv
Of proceeding in Morgan. their set Il yours. end
having gone once to Morgan and Berkeley, / viii
not DC troubled again" You see, then, ths dir.
cuities which beset me In regard to these notices.
But l might justly be charged with a want Of can.
dor, y withheld from you the fact, that about the
period of time referred to, the news thickened uuon
Us OF . series Of Wing defeats. This increased Tho
difficulties Of . contest, and Icssened my desire 70
take my scat il could. / am ALWAYS willing 20 h.
i.,ed by my peers. but never by a packed jury
Who - not admonshed by the history Of coptssted
elections, that there never was vet I decision az
one, in tirnes Of high excitement. which was NOT
more or iess tainted BY the rabid poison Of parry
l have had experience enough 10 know that thsre
election. and IL backed BY . party msiorisy. .hers
10 a more subtle prejudice which t" slyly and insidu.
ously cresps in upon the floor, and whispers soGIv
and kindly in favor Of the sitting member" Lea
ne call your attention 10 Q few cases. In The wear
1919, . man Of The name Of John NJ. Bowers WA
returned as the member elect from ons Of The Con.
eressional Districts Of New York. vbo had -.
beaten BY eos votes. but owing to sons technlcsl
objection TO The vote OF his competitor, Tho omissfon
q junior TO his name. he, Bowers, Obtained ths 81.
iNhcste OF return, retained his PLACE the whoIe cftha
hrst session of Congress. and sometime In the midss
OF the second. The injustice was 20 nagrant. thas
no excuse could be urged for further delay. and -
ne was !. last oas,ed, and his opponsnf Psrmiisad
to take bis seat by . unanimous vote. The inius,
nee IN this osse consisted in ths delay. Take ana.
Their case from Kentucky. Judge Letcher. ! Whie.
had obtained a majority OF the popular suhfrases
over !" Democrat" par ercelenes, Thos. Moore.
commonly called "Free Tom" from his abuse az
The Thanking privilege. Msorssos the return BY
tho palPable fraud OF the Sheriff n one Of ths Caur.
ties--for which fraud, the said Sheriff obtained ii.
reward IN his appointment 10 q fat Office, and a. he
deirnuded the people 80 no afterwards defrauded
The Government, and, with q large sum Of money.
fled to Texas. Well. every body knows Letcher
was entitled to bis seat, but the House bsinr Anil.
wing. y did not suit the purposes Of party to a.
=" nun M just rignt, onn, AFTER he had been dam
eng attendance nearly a whole session, the matter
was referred TO the people, who did him ali the ius.
lice they could by re eleeting him BY an increased
majority. So in the case OF Graham and NEWMAN.
from Norih Carolina. Tho FIRST was elected clear-
~ bnt II suited Party TO return the election 10 The
people who elected him BY 600 ms;Srity. Take
another ~exsrnpls, that Of the gifted PIeniiss from
missirsiria. He was clearly elected under tbs
Ionsi.sa.icn ard laws Of Mississippi to a seat in
I~ongress. but Ghclson obtained the return. Prem
.iss was permitted to appear at the bar Of the
House 70 enforce his claims, but all the eloquence
Of this distinguished advocate-ihe most in,passiox.