Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-11-29
VOLUME XxXyI.--No. 81

,ior; if there was the House had already surmnnnt
I'd II. by deciding all The Questions Of princ'p m
v"lred. What remained WAS easy; and II thr House
would only proceed j, had re"n occupied they would
arrive without difficulty Of just result And he, tor
one prepared 10 sit and v"r I'LL IL should be settled
| TIL, dtfruiy lint arisen IN fraud
| Mr. Binnpy nf Pennsy lvanA remarked Were tie
v"'es illegally received illegally rp.cted That WAS
| the first question. There weigh, in the polls;
and unless il was cUnneraclPd by evidence The pills
mist stand II evidence was brought 10 cnunteract
'hrm that evidence must bP Judged of as IT else
where il daily judged Of IN The Courts 81 justice:
and when had been weighed both sides The scale
prprond-rsing must he allowed IA pr,rnnd,rsre
Mr.. Limcnu rspudised he idea al The decision heing
rtnprarricGh!r even d. icut All that was Ia OF done
""s '" lay d""na gust pr'nc'rp, aud hen Try The items
ID rVidr'ce by II great outage had been committed
the npnpr and law OF Kentucky. and II he duty
Of the House vlndcarr those rights. Would tho House
consunnnte the very object in view Of that sher II VITO
had raudu!enrly withheld The poll book Would they
b"c"me instruments 10 fleet his purpose, which was 10
h"frai The election Of Mr.. Letchfr? The House was
hound 10 teach Lesson that subject, which should
prevent the repetition of such outrage.
EItr0rtS from NE remdrES If Mr. BASRs, The House
Of Rspreseata,ires .Nay ~. 1884. the contested
election IF .NssSS .fyOrs and Letrher Of Kentucky
la my Judgment, the majority nt The Voes enutl-d
Mr.. L"ch.r 10 the certificate of election The cerh.
cnte. whith rsn Dr Mr. .Hoore and fo tcardd 10
tie S'croaru IF STATE, not only 'rrtguior Int al.
souieiY r"td II not signed by all the sheris 1t
appeared on the face Of that all the votes given IN the
district were not compared and added up IL was proved
that the Lincoln poll withheld from the compua.
ton. fraud of The law, fraud OF the rights of the
electors Of the district and fraud Of the rights Of Mr.
Lecher. The certificate signed but by three out Of
the five shehs in The district 1t principle OF law,
that should presume that Ulcers had their duty
absence OF proof 10 the contrary But this presump.
ton be nude in favor Of what irregular on its
face; much less be made IN favor OF that winch 10
found 10 have been done IN open violation OF law and
public duty Nor, in my opinion does this certificate
derive any additional force from the fact that IL was sent
by The sheriff TO the Secretary of State and that has
been warded here This does not cure the detects
this gives it additional authenticity II was, IN The
first instance, void and in my judgment, is stu void
do not think that entitled sir Moore 10 hls seat and
believe large majority OF the members OF ms House
entertain ths same uEnlon.
The production Of hgai certificate entities The person
in whose favor il TO his seat the first ms lance IN
The absence OF this certificate the polls as high not
the highest evidence of the person elected in the first
instance subject: however, TO be impeached The ma
orty Of actually given entities the person to GER
licale II no certificate given, then The majority OF
does entte the person Ia whom they are gwen 10
his seat MIR Lecher should then IN my opihi"n, be
considered this trial and discussion. as IN posTrsson
of his seat and Mr. Moore should be held to prove That
The majority Of legal votes vas gwen 10 him. ana moi 10
MIR Lrtcher THIS he should do BY clear and sa'isise-
tory evidence.
This APPEARS TO e the obvious ~hch should be
pursued This puts the parties thu position IN winch
the electors "f the district hive placed them
SIR the great inquiry ouTh III all cases 10 oe, was inc
election free, full and tnr, the part =" the 'o'erS;
II free. full, and far would iaHe u ~ we TX
preston al the public villas the voice "i the people
pctIinalely made known. and which hope VIII ne
YER disregard This Will Is too drar 10 reemFn zoo I'd
cred Ia - mpr people to he siitrd or lost IN I"nl
This Will The substance of the 81 ctI"n-'he form IS
hut The shadow. | 90 tor the suhsancp-' g" Tor we
votes nf epmpn, regardless at mere fofui care not
Tor The SD udnw This will If the people. az c"mmuni-
Gated by their votes Of The pns IS The essence 81 every
-I-clIpn YEA, more, II IS the hcn"n ''sel'i nno ought
MT, br controlled by mere i"rH, "uh'n' de-
-'r"y my our Republican firm of Government. Uh"'fe
these pity filters h"inre mork,d up INTO suoh mgbsIm
instruments appointed BY law merely 10 receive the suit
irsg uf ptnIs. The great ard paramount rsht
consists the of voting II IS the voter no sP'"ke
The and act is ms; and I" tins ac alone 'nld we
look and by this alone should ". be guided 10
This act vii look 10 this voice will listen; aud never,
no. Sir never will permit enIer the mistakes n~gi
pence or fraud of inferior officers 10 alter q" snnhae
this of the voter, no matter how humble sho eeo
his situation Of lie may be.
The rIpbt of suffrage The hands Of the people isthe
all controlling power hs Government II this right
is to be lost the mistake negligence or 'rnuo 81 "'
GERS what will the consequence BE-: You al n"cr '"He
E oil restrain, upon ignorance and negligence and give
uIl lice nse to corrupi"n II you do thus you ~ once
uprnnt and Jverturn oil Their CONSTITUTIONS shfR"n"'
which eau alone secure the people IN the r'J"'"en'
n. their rlyh, uf suhtags How do individuals No."
G,d mir az n.o rh.s The old fashioned ard
common way wirh MS is by ge,tings mnl'ht az p"
,slIly Of VOTES This Is ihr ""y Amen pi''rr ht.
establish rhp principle c"'.uG, tor aud hat rni" 90
Won lh.n adopt; Nrmhrts all thru mo me- WY
b.,e mi nv the lpprtmst cAilo the pr"p'r bn, 'hh2h
The ignorance rt.uchery q, s"nr p"''! th'tf' ~
mo, ,b,s putting hr CASE inmil: @" r""cf's' '""'
, . ,,, ny .hnI nf ,hls Nhrnvr y"u establish %
= governing prncplr that The rtr"r" ""o ""''s'"s
,f t;c.r. shall c"ninl the acis "rd V"'cr "' '"e
vnrer. Won d. ri' ct -ssh-' me r''hr'p,r NOV.
.,a,,6 MIN would lhsn Ind 'hr'f way wv" mr. w."
, h,u, ,I.r the p""pI" tot agh,ii~' me
,,, g., the urnpe Nhru the pr"r'" nave - ~" go"
mndp ,h.ir choice ,her v"rr" T. :" h+ hT'"y'o' ma" "'
! cbncr :. -r.d The people 1t ihi- c""n'ry "''' W
,J,d ma, ~. ppcrivr ifauch-r Should h" mace s"o
at
iwn.h, ricers The great qurs'I"n, az nave or'''e
,,,,a ,uyb, tnle the tlrciInn iul fer. ana hf'
Had those y hn v"rrd ri2ht :" vote, On" ~" 'rS W"
!, . me md manner orec~d by "a" on "r' r"''sr
r. 49,, did ould u,vr Eff 10 II. The right OF SUI
trecp ~ too rrpcnus !" be SUBJECT I" ucn 'r''''
a,d ,.chocslirrrs his is The only RUE "'ch WIZ pr
col co our frpa5lcan i"m OF g"vrrnn'nt W pnry. ~"
maturity mus, rule The person ~h" has The most .'ea
votes IS ELECTED +. L 80, "a i
II appeared to be the opinion OF members ''en, as u
is mine now that Individual sh"uta oe pe.""'.uL
,,ke his seat against he majority 81 tbe 'oes u ~"
d,s,,ft do not see hnw any man can ASK or e1Pfel
10 be permrd 10 represent the people ~" n'''y WIN.
an, bn, AGAINST their VOICE not only whrn 'hey nave
no, chosen HIM but when they have, 10 TACT chosen
,nn,hsr 10 represent them This, III my l"oHm""'r 70
,uv Thing bu Republican in principle It's d. Va''sS'e
with l!r genius of "ur Tree lnst'u'iooS'
"REvoLuTIcS BLcoDLEss As YET Inc Na'ioha' IN
,eipeucer BRET. nds that all The ihreas :" coSos'o"
here which appenr IN It's columns az" Us a. cIh
;o,ox are pretIcaied on me lac. nat 'e oo
- d. month Of september last lnslih-d inc course OF
the us,o.y OF the House Of Representative ." tsnn.
n Standing ou, against the auemp. OF rhscdrus
Sevpns 10 force submission on the part q" INST majority
. H. ,;,o,,,v of " b,p me mbers eked out |" quo.
~ ~ ,h ,aa,yd,aI, claiming membership IN virtue
Of minority of votes Nothing ha, The editor Of The
In,eppncer can say will obtain verde. against Us on
this indictment, unul The present Government o. Ifhn
| -, - o,-,,brovn As the matter now stands, re.
| $3.50, ;, rho sl,rmpt uf 1haddsus Stevens and KIT
no, wos resistance The sankest fraud and usurpaon
~, I,ness,d in this couatIy. majority oil al least
rrenta thousand votes 10 The ss,s pot hfr stamp upon
! ,. such IN The last election An ger~heimirg msIo-
80 n Tho very distrc, which the counterfeit members
srmed 10 represent, has branded them as imP"s'ofs-
IL nooosi,,on 10 this universally execrated attempt 10