Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-01-12


VOTES pnll'd ia seven unis of the seventeen cleo.
tnu Districts Of the corn,y Of phlndclrhs. Ne
objection whatever lad bern made certainly me-
testimony had been offered Ia impair The validity
81 the election n any oue Of The uIhri tea dt,ian.
eh'ed Districts but it vas necessary 10 eSrlud,
the votes Of these ten Districts IN order 81 fur
nisha pie'rN, ;ar the minauly % uSIrp the right
ct The malrr,ty. The only reason uhich have
ever heard assigned fur this attempted vi"lalion
| "l the ughi, al the proplc, was, that mJur "
! OF the Return judges had excluded the woes a.
the District of the Northern Liberties. and lhcrr.
by hdicurned NJ Iugersoll Us duly tlrr,rd 10
Congress, therefore the minrrN of the judge
frrc justified IA rVciilnt the votes OF these ten
DI,'rt,iS Is. and tins ,clurnmn the defeated Wing
| candidate, elected 20 jbr Senate and he House
of Representatives.
! Ia, ~carctiY necessary tn state TINT. IN p1nt
of law, tins minority return, .iaucd hy six judy.
Is, Whrn Il IS a uolurnns fact that there were.
and from lhr Nets Of Assembly ihnt there mt.l
hc, seventeen tJges ~ the county oi phadel
PIMA, VISA perfect nalhl and must ever con.
,Iuue such, uuld II can Ice established that The M
ually shall illr the miiuly.
4" TINS mn MY rriin was delivered 10 the
,heutI and hy hun sent nv expires, on Il slcam
engine to the Srcreliry Of tn, Commonwealth.
and was received q, hs .iliee before The clicml
lm,jpruy return had arrived. Thus slmd the
facts.
Shortly nirr hr election, rnmor extensive.
| " prevailed hal he Wings intended, il possible,
to force uln lhe Legislature, Al, sitting members,
hc,c Ten rejected candidate. iion thu county Of
Pnllldelpha and, by their VOTES, before they
could be removed BY cnnie>lmg their rleetlon 10
! pass. laws, to elect the canal commissioners, ihr
/ L. s. Senator and other officers, aud TO govern
the State IN direct violation If the legally drchr.
ed viii OF majority of the people. | did not
believe the mmur; and thought, thai hp minority
return bad proceeded from the excitement and
eya.prnuon which defeat often produces after
! Ii ly conle ,tcd election, and ha, Wc should hear
ma mure of il. Br,ldes, could not then ina.
slnc, uhai such palp,be and daring u,ufpalinn
If the musi sacred nights, not orly o' the electors
Of she county Of Pmladelphm but u the Com.
munweahh al large, would be attempted IN ,hi-,
It appears, have been mistaken
Brlue aud at the time of the meeting or l'r
Legislature, thrro were. N the office OF the So.
rety OF the Commonwealth, the immunity y turn
from The county Of phaad,Iphln, aud duplicate,
IN, SL.,,G 49, th, h,o,,,,, ,o,,,, L.A ~ a,,J
tho ,,h,, .h,on,h mo p,., on. yh,J, u,o,n.
IL L,,ol ch,,,l NV &, !, u,..,, 8, sam,
question:, can inform you thai lhr sole cause 81
NH The Disturbances n Imr,bry !. ,hot M. III
tod. .....,, h.lf Tia. f.,ri n-,...,,.a..i., "a
Rpmes entaye- the returns Of The malnlny oi iht
judge, If the county Of Pb,lad,I ha winch haC
brcn directed to these Bodies respectively, an,
delivered 10 them The minority 'ctuius only lla'
he d,li,crcd all these retUus, a. vas clearly h'
duty. the Legislature would have been organtzet
IN peace. The wig members could n"l 'h''
have commended, a they have doHe, that The ln'
uout, returns, delivered by hc Stc"ia'y :" w
senate and le House. we're the only legal "'l
,rn,e OF ,lrcrou Winch could be tec'rrd h>
, then, N the hr,t N lure, and wrr conclusive "
. the NH, of he defeated Wing Canuida's Ia BE-
. came the sitting members II /. upon thls pm
cple, and this alone, tIia' they have p'occcd'd +
n form revolutionary House Of Representative
:, con.i.,ipg of I,fy.iuur rruularly t'tccd Nhu
:. mcmber-. and lhc eight rrrcled Wig Candidate
p. of the equally OF Phlmdtthm
= "ln defence Of the Secfrtrty II has been saif
: NAT n. he hr,t received me mnrrly rrlutp, Il N'
:. hi, dn'y f. consider It The only legal 'rlplu, nn
!. to Withheld all those which came nlirr h
II, would uakc the political nights ~ he Pc pie
. PeunSyl,arl, to depend upon the event oi g ihr'
Il II this we've lhc lA"' hrir'rd r'"oiua'f0 hi@'
IF al,ny~ .cze the seats % llr Nrha'ot' h"d ne
9. tc,cu'alsc- r'rc''d 10y ~ pe"ltf' tf"''o'u W.
Al could obtain la'-r return 'f'm mummy :" "
o. Reium Jul-r-, oud t"nh'nd 'hr h''l''' ecu
IL ser or the -WhIr-l loco "'tvr' l'd.fa' " ''''
M n,tlncr, they c"hd drh'rr men I''afh' Hl'''
az express, TO 'hr secretary - NE "'''""N '''',
nl because TIE Va" ttllifs we Irs"' '',"" 3"
al Transmitted through tae f"0t YIN e Wy que ''"
H. al mit
he But there g. no peek ~ '"' "" :" W.
10 fence Of iar conduct - 'h' 9'''''''f'
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