Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-12-22

|ers-and contended that the people of Louisa ought
not to suffer from the laches of the returned repre-
sentative who had resigned his seat
Mr.. Radcliffe spoke with much energy against Mr..
Tunstulls motion, and called for the ayes and noes
MIR. Tunstall was willing TO withdraw his motion
but Mr.. Ratclies expressing his regret that they
could not have the ayes and noes on it, Mr. T. renew
ed it.
The ayes and noes were then called on the motion
to lay on the table-and it resulted as follows:
fyescsrs Broadus Irving, Scott Thompson, M'Rae, liam
lett Stephenson of jedeson llason E'hcI'dge Iuna and
pcnsT Wss c aSai ca l,ys aS%s b.
ali Rs @
Cox u,we and W. Vaughan Ts,o' eoams' sSansse
Smith OF G., Guerant, Wilkinson, Eskine, Butts, Taylor Of
Halifax, Clarke odel Smith of Of W. Gregory Davis Dabney
Booton Digps Bryan, Goode Boyd, Clayton, Tan
Chapman Wade oriek, IIae Brown Ct Nelson Taylo
Mpherson, Chea,ham Hncr, Keen Burner Porter Brown OF
m a Roe sy cowan am
Tai Ridley Cutchded, ftzhngh Warren Prince Spots Ste
Fulton"Ios
MIR. Gregory then proposed to instruct the Commit
tee to receive John T. Holiday US Counsel for the ap
plicants from Louisa-but Mr.. Crutchfelds suggest
ing that il was customary for the Committees TO permit
any TO appear before them, Mr. Gregory withdrew
his motion. And thus ends the I'd chapter of the Chron
icles of the Louisa Election.
II seems from the following Gard, that Mr. Melton
peremptorily refuses to resign his seat:
RlcHMoYD, Dec. Is 1910
| To Hugh Gooduin and Darid Thompson, ESgs.
| Gentlemen have received communication ad-
dressed by you, the organs of large and re-
spectacle meeting of the Democratic citizens of Louisa
county, convened at Louisa Court House, on the 18th
inst-and considered it with the profound respect
which is due to the express will of portion of the peo-
pie, whom claim to represent
If consulted my feelings alone, and looked
only to my convenience, those who know me,
need be assured that would seize opportunity
TO retire from the trouble and turmoil SO little suited to
nv habits but | have duties to Others TO perform,
which forbid me to think for moment of gratifying
my own wishes at the expense of sacrificing the rights
and expressed wishes Of those who have conded their
interests in measure to me, and who look 10 me to
sustain those interests and should alike be recreant
to the principles profess and TO the people whose par
tality placed me in the situation in which now stand,
if allowed any other power to have influence over
me, and in my decision in this matter than my duty TO
hem-Actuaed by those feelings, and impressed with
the Importance TO the people of Louisa, that my de-
cision should be such becomes one actuated by
honest motives and anxious that the express will OF
the people should govern, and firmly and conscien-
tousy believing that received decided majority oi
the legal votes in the contest with MIR. Lipscomb,
l deem il mperous duty on my part, to submit the
question the only tribunal which the law recognizes
competent to decide the issue which raised between
dishonesty believing, that by so doing, | shall take
lltical opponents and friends.
You will therefore oblige me BY laying before those
of my fellow Citizens whom you represent this my an
swer to that resolution which they did me the honor
parc ulary to address me- respectfully assuring them
that nothing but sense of duty binders me from
at once yielding to their wishes
Very respectfully,
i E. MELTON