The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-07-29
THE NEW JERSEY CASE.

THE NEW JERSEY CASE.
The minority report Of the Committee on E
Iectons Of the House Of Representatives, must
be a singular document. We have not yet seen
it. but the majority of that committee have pub
lshed card in he Washington Globe Of Mon
day, which places the minority gentlemen in
rather an unenviable position. il appears that
Messrs. Fillmore, Truman Smith. Bolts and
Randall, the minority, charge the majority with
being guilty of great injustice towards Mr.. Ay-
crigg and bis associates. (the great seal claim
ants) and have selected twenty-sir cases out OF,
near sir hundred thirteen on one side ard lhr-
teen on the other. as examples Of glarng in
consistency on the part of the majority.
The majority OF the committee consisting Of
Mr.. Campbell. chairman, (whg) and Messrs.
Rives. Medill, Brown and THOMAS, in the card
referred 10, give extracts from the journal of
the committee, containing the yeas and nays in
thirteen of the cases referred to, which prove
that il they were - glarngly inconsistent" tho
very gentlemen or some ofIhem. voted in com
mittee for the very decisions which they now
charge as being gIaringly Inconsistent.
We have not room for The entire card" as
published in the Globe. butwe give tne conclu
sion of it, which sums up the parts detailed 10
it,
We believe that we have now given the ayes
and NAYS upon every vote deducted or alleged
to have been improperly withheld from Messrs.
Aycrgg and associates. paraded in the minority
report as examples oi the gross injustice OF the
majority of the committee to those gentlemen;
and we have shown. from the journal of the
committee. that in six ont OF he. thirteen Sc
lecied decisions, Mr.. fillmore voted with the
Imalori,y-iat in two Of these decisions, Mr..
! Bots voted with the maority-that in one of
them Mr. Randall did the same-that one Of
these alleged inconsistent and unjust decisions
was carried by majority OF six To one-that
one of them was carried by majority Of seven
10 one-that another was carried by the vote OF
all present, embracing two Of the signers OF the
minority report; and that in six Of the examples
1.-The chairman (Mr. CampbelI) voted with the mi
nor,y, aud against deductiug the votes.
Thus it is apparent that three Of the gentle
men who have signed the minority report. have
recorded their own votes in support OF some Of
the decisions" which they hold forth to the
country as examples of the Aagrant injustice of
the committee TO Messrs. Aycrigg and assoei-
ates.
We could also show by an extract OF the ayes
and noes from the journal. that some Of " these
same gentlemen have recorded their votes in
favor of "some OF the decisions with which
they have contrasted the above cases; hut we
have done enough for the present to expose the
character Of that extraordinary document, which
impelled {" as thsy say" by "a high sense Of
obligation to the cause OF justice and truth.
Mil,ard Fillmore, Truman Smith. John NJ.
Bolts. and Benjamin Randall. have sanctioned
with their names and published to the world!
JOHN CAMPBELL,
FRANCIS f. RlVES,
WV. MEDILL,
A. V. BROWN.
PHILIP +. THOMAS.
The above we think. must settle the question.
rs to the fairness Of the minority report. and
convince every one Of the degree Of confidence
with which it ought to be received.-When
gentlemen, for the sake OF making political cap
,.,ai. 70 not hesitate TO rronouee their o,on acts
examples L" Of flaerant injustice" it requires no
erea, stretch OF credulity to believe that the en-
tire report, signed by themselves is " "hagrantly
unjust"