Morning herald., 1839-08-27

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The organisation Of the twenty sixth Congress v;u
present curious spectacle. Two hundred and fort
Two regular and legal, and about six irregular and
illegal members will present themselves in the Hou,.
OF Representatives next winter each claiminr ~.
privilege Of regulating the affairs and tbs
sia and rascality of this great couatry There are
only two hundred and forty-two arm chairs in tha
great Hall and how two hundred and forty eight If
the intellect of these United States are to occunv
tnem' puzzles many. Dispute, contentisn wrang-
hng' hghting and swearing will be the order If
the day, and Washington will present the same d,-
orderly, and perhaps more disgraceiul appearance.
thaa marked the convening of the Pennsvlvan;a
legislature at Harrisburg last October We sbonlI
not be surprised if an army of fifty Thousand mon
shoaid march INTO the Capital and engage in gene
raj fight for their rights. Blood NAV 5ut ,,ndee"hs
ediy brandy Will be split, and we advise Col. Wehh
TO keep clear OF the Avenue even if his two ch;vi
nc friends 40 attend him We shall anxiouslv
await the coming together ofthe troubled spirits and
IT is with dread or delight, we scarcely know which
we see the day approaching. "'0"'
On the settlement of this vexed question whether
lve of the New Jersey delegation shall be vvh;us ~
locofocos, depends the next presidential eect;an "a
the lie or death OF the sub-reasury scheme beside.
the salvation OF twenty six states and three terrific
re rs is Oh tEe highest importance, therefore, to
SIT ana discover the correct state of the matter IL
Possioie we nave been at much trouble TO pick mn
facts, and are now enabled to lay them before our
readers 0 ou1
For the twenty y-sxth Congress- each Marty - NJ
Jersey puts forth its six candidates. and from the
votes poiied II appears that the state is nol;t;calI
pretty nearly balanced From the returns the loco.
foco candidates have the majority of yotes but Oh.
wings have the certificates of membership which
they OBTAINED In consequence of the reported infor-
ma'ty In the returns from the Millvilie and South
ainooy townships, both Of which gave locofoco ma
Jority' Let us examine more particularly into th;.
point and to illustrate, will give the humber of
votes polled for each candidate: "
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rhar., Tm nal''esa 2ssss Daniel B RyalI ss44l
Thomas Jones York. 2s aal Joseph Rifle ss'1S1
Joseph F. Randolph 2s427 Manning Force as,sia
Ihis shows majority for five locofocos and one
whig They are elscted-if nothing Illegal IS proved
against the returns, according to the law Of New
Jersey which reads thus 80 The six persons who
nave the greatest number Of votes from the whole
the United States from this State So far ii is yerv
PLAIN But appears that the returns from MIlyile
and South Amboy were rejected by the county clerks,
terhe time specified, and the latter arriving w;tbont
the signature OF the election clerk Throwing ont
these retarns the whg candidates are elected. and
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As the majority Of either party. in the pext Con.
gress' VIII depend on this state both factions are
rabid, and will contest the elec ton to their utter.
most Ihe wings have the advantage thus far, for
tner candidates have the certificates but the loco.
oeos say that they have many precedents for the
legality Of their course, that it will be utterly i'm
possible for the wings to RETAIN if thew once Get
possession, OF the seats in dispute. But the wings
and loc1i:cos all lie like Satan and it is impossible
tosay which is right, or which wrong. In the Mill
vile affair, something similar occurred in IS32 and
IN the same township The returns were sent "a
SIX or seven hours after the time allotted but then
tney were not refused, and Why" the Iocofocos
ask " should they be now 7" In the South Amboy
case they say that dozen will be brought
forward but we have no particular one to give, and
mere rests the matter for the present We now rive
ference and reflection -