The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-12-04
MAYORS majority, :.

Accordingly, a return was made for the
mhole Congressional District according to law,
showing the whole number of votes polled
for each candidate, exhibiting Mr.. MAYORS
majority to be ssUen hundred and Scpenty-fUe,
and declaring him to be duly elected. One
of these returns was, according to law, placed
in the prothonoary's office, and tie other
sent to the Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
A proclamation was issued by the Governor
declaring the members Of Congress elected
to the 26th Congress, and Mr.. MAYORS name
appears in the proclamation as the member
for the Third District Mr.. Naylor also re-
ceived certificate informing him personally
of his election.
1t is proper, however, to state that Mr. In
gersoll prevailed on the three return judges
on his side not TO sign the returns of Mr. Nay
lor, but to give him one. Accordingly, the
three Loco-foco return Judges made up for
Mr.. lngersoli certificate for half Of the
Congressional district! certifying that, in
fue of the sac districts composing the Con-
gressional district, Mr. Ingersoll had a ma
jority over Mr. Naylor But in this certif-
cate they exclude the Northern Liberties,
which polls, as will be seen BY the statement
of the vote, nearly as many votes as all the
other FIVE districts together, and which gave
Mr.. Naylor nearly fourteen hundred majority
Now the facts stand thus: Mr. Naylor has
a majority Of IT'S votes he has true return
for the whole district, made precisely in &C
cordance with law, and signed by three Of
the six judges. This return has been for
warded to the Secretary ofthe Commonwealth
the Governor has proclaimed him TO be
elected-his return, along with the return Of
the other members, has been forwarded to the
House Of Representatives fthe United States,
and he has the same right to seat in ahe
House of Representatives that any other
member from that State has
On tho other side Of the question, the facts
are thus:
Mr.. Ingersoll has been defeated by large
majority, but he has certificate Of three
Judges that III fue OF the si1 districts he has
more votes than Mr.. Naylor. The law de-
clares that the Judges " shall make general
and true return for the whole Congressional
district" He has induced three of the six
judges to give him certificate for haifof il.
But, weak and miserable as appears the
case OF Mr. lngersol from this plain state
ment, there is another fact which makes il
more so. AT the election for members of
Congress, there were also various state.
county, and township officers voted for. In
gersoll fell behind the ticket Of his party in
every one of the six districts before mention
ed. He was behind the ticket of his party
about 400 votes, and Mr.. Naylor was ahead
oil his about the same number! Yet Mr.. In
gersoll, an avowed advocate of the tories of
20, with majority Of IT'S votes against him
with hundreds of his own partisans voting
for and sustaining his competitor--with an
informal half certificate for half district, will
persevere, it is said in his fagitious attempt
to usurp seat in the next Congress.
The Parliamentary history Of no country
on earth presents parallel to il! And vet
we hear it asserted every day, by men who