Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-17

Adhms Sa5 appointed Chairman Of Inc 1ou6s Bin
that mrasrre produced no beneicia result Ard ofle
repetition h the most disgracrlal scpncg the Hors
ultimately dispensed with the agency ofSlr Adams an,
chose lis ordinary officers without irving seats 10 ei
thrr of the conestng parties. A special committee q
elections was then appointed, consisting of q members
ni each party, while Mr.. Campbell from : Carolina
acted the Chairman and umpire ofthe political s,rus
gle. MIR Campbell acted the character ofn0 1ary man
But if there was any political bias his mind il va
IN favor of the Wings. He had beaten the Admins
trntion Candidate. for Congress-; and before the Com
Ertee, "t which he acted as the Chairman was an
pointed, he voted in the House in favor of the qua
cation Of the five Wings who held the Governors Ger
tlica.c.
Yet the Democrats trusted ms fairness and TO III,
spoteSs character he had always borne No objection
from any quarter was made TO the appointment OF Mr.
CampEnii. BY universal consent among the member:
o; The House he took hrs seat Chairman nf the Com
nItrr and hed the scales public JUSTICE IN his stead
and impartial hand
Now let us the result.
On the 10Th of July, lei0 after six months labor on
The Jersey Case, Mr.. Campbell, from the Committee Of
Elections, reported, "that the committee had nvestGa
ted the subject rs thoroughly practicable with view
OF Purgng 10 their all alleged frauds and iTregu
arItcs, aud with view of placing their seats those
who had received the greatest number of legal
polled in conformity r'h law The result, in the pre-
sent case, must BE- gratifying the people OF New cr
scy; for, Is calculated to remove the iGputation Of
fraud, charged 10 have been pcrpctratrd III the conduct
OF The election, and To obtain from all parties cheerful
acGulesrence III the will Of the majority legally express
ed Indeed II is worthy OF general conuratulaon, and
must tend 10 increase the confidence Of all in the purity
ut the ballot box and the political virtue Of the people
that, IN nm excited election, extending the entire
state, followed by contest whIch the amp!est op.
pnrtunity for the attainment OF evidence SIM
fraud, or even rrcguarity, proven have been know
ngly committed by single officer of the election and
that, the most thorough scrutiny that has probably
ever taken place, either IN THIS any other country
less than 300 votes out of 5000 have been proved
Illegal; and that many of them thought at the
time OF their reception both BY the voters aud the oil
GERS of the election under mistaken construction Of
law, to have been lawful votes =
The Committee do not thank II necessary TO com.
men on the extraordinary transactions which occurred
IN New Jersey shortly after The closing of the polls,
and from which, it believed, all the difficulties of this
originated farther than to say that, in suppreSsng
the votes at Mvillc and South Ambov the Clerks oi
MIddcsex and Cumberland were guilty of gross vo-
laon of the election franchise, calculated virtually to
deprive the people of of their dearest rights, and
to keep from this House knowledge Of those facts By
which alone Judge Of the election of It's members
The duties of these Clerks, in returning officers,
were strictly ministerial and when, instead of max
faithful record OF The peoples will, expressed al
the polls, and transmitting those records TO the Cover
nor person administering the laws Of the State they
undertook Ia decide the legality ~. the polls aud to
act ~ acc"rdauce with those DECISIONS they exercised
months scucsd the voices of five out Of the six mem
hcrs to which New Jersey entitled IN the House oi
Representatives, and for which their conduct must
meet with the unqualified disapprobation of the honest
and intelligent, Of every party
Here then, it is proven by authentic record Of the
House of Representatives,, that III the New Jersey
Election five Democrats fairly received the greatest
number of legal votes; that the conduct of that cleo
ton, n single fraud irrcgularity com
mttcd, m short, that II was election IN winch the
wIl of the majority fully, fairly, legally express
ed The authentic record proves that the Clerks
nf Mddlesry and Cumberland who were mere MINIS
tcrial agents 10 cousummate the public WILL deliberate
~ suppressed the legal VOTES of AlIIlvic aud South
AmbOy, and we-" guilty of n gross violation Of the
elective franchise and entitled 10 the unqualified
dsapprobalion ofcvcry honest man.
Yet, no sooner did Federal Governor, the Chief
Magistrate of jersey, his broad official SEAL
and conceal tins vile and damning fraud, than the
just and honest Wings up in solid to Justify
and applaud The act
Those Just and honest Fcdera!ists no more extol the
integrity OF the incorruptble mpbel. They hate
the virtues which they initiate And the moment
they failed To corrupt him, TO divert this honest man
from the law, the virtue and conscience of the Jersey
election they attempted III the house and every where
else iinpugn his official conduct, and TO weaken the
irresistible conviction whcl. his report should produce
the public mind
tmpudrncc deny it, defeated viilainy may eject
i, and ;alschond give 1t different appearance Bat
THIS is the truth and substance of the Jersey
JUSTICE