The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-04-02

i uol ftpufii lhtt We trauW0uY "a lne0W'
plsie. End he paFiisl q he couissi nls
soc, - oIdsFof ne esnmiiies. u hone,
iaking eEi3ehes 70 ssliblish Nhal yau
have lnslrueied " 10 FrpoEl! Why did
they not give 70 that pnhgsni uofd - iorsh-
~iih" H. plata. eammon sense meaning.
as soon ~ prseliesble. uish0ni unneees.
ssry delsyl Bot. instead af that. il ID
made % control The whole resoluli0n.
What says he rspoFIl
When lhs praposillan % insirseI
was originally inFodseed 90 an amend
menl 10 the application wiIh whirh the
eommiIlee had come before the house.
ils inlrni MAS clear that . report should
be Immediately made &c The names Of
those who had reerised the greatest nsm.
Der 0f votes a. the lasI Congressional
election in New Jersey. lf any thing
more was waning 70 explain the mean
ING Of this proposition. % Is % be found
IN lhe proFiso which MAS added, and
which clearly indicated that The action
the house MAS moved 10 demand, did moi
e0alemplale an interference slIh Ihe
course adopted BY the commune Cor The
taking oi testimony. and deciding The
case upon The merits of the eleclinn,'"
i And Jet when The resolution 10 90 al.
tered as 10 require the eumm,lire 10 re-
pon upon the la~ lal votes only. % means
precisely What MAS intended before The
amendment Was adopted. Such coarse
nf reasoning. we take Zoe granted, cannot
be satisfactory. ei:her 10 The hause or The
county.
The report proceeds 10 say:
Al The same time, the commute can
no, entirely mark The verdi ENTIRELY
overlook The word lawful" or su,ks
that from The resolution. shich ~as in
serted upon ennlesl so ciose. as 10 &c.
quire . casting vote for ils drcisien;"
which casting sele may as well be sserib-
ed 20 The chairman 0f The committee, as
20 the speaker Of The house. Cor one so,e
counted as much as The other; and we
would respectfully inquire whether ile
honorable chairman himself, WIN trslled
that report. attached no importance 10 The
insertion Of The word laacfiii. .. The lime
he waited Tor il.
i The report goes on:
There 10 but me other basis leii. and
that Is the prima tacie case upan The re.
turns Of The local officers OF The several
polls; and The nature q! the controversy
taken into consideration. u can scarcely
be doubted that 10 this basis The res.lu-
ZION Looked"
But The very subject Of The controversy
bei"re The house. was, whether The reso.
luton should look 70 that basis or not
whether Il should look 10 The whole so,e.
OF the lawful totes only; and i, had bern
decided by The casting vote referred 10.
thai u should look 10 The iarful vote on.
~; aud not 10 the whole sole given. as
originally propo'ed by The resolu,,on;
and While the committee /. cannot entire.
W overlook the word lawful" or strike
"'s ','.-s vv"iu'svH. rury huu no am
ealty 10 disresarding iis plain impor, anil
meaning. and they report The ve,y m,,.
yer ihey we're instructed. by The house.
NOT 10 report. and this no. from . des,ts
70 make such a report. ,because ave
members Of that committee had eop,,,n,.
" refused TO make report based uoon
any ouch principle but in s,rict obsd,.
enee 70 The instructions OF The house.
bnt. 10 addition 10 this puneen, word.
,os'hwi'h." u Is said " The pruvi,o Qua.
lined the meaning of The word lawful"
NOW, the construction hat ue give n
'he proslso. Is, that il qualities this word
forthwith" and sss intended !, \ on,. |
liheaiIon OF tina. word when FIRST miro. |
dueed. That is to say. ,ha, whilst you
are required to report. forth lib. which
I'VE OF these ten gentlemen reeei,,d ,hs
Rfes'rsi plumber Of votes from The vbol.
s'a'e' nothing herein contained shall b.
>" construed IS 10 prevent, or DELAY the
Ac''"n oi The committee in taking ie,Iimo
ny OF deciding said case upon the merit.
o. Tue election. IL appears to US thai
mere can De but one opinion on this sub
Jeci' mai The prorIso was intended "A
qual'fica'ion To The " forthwith" ,pno,, i,
be made; and il IS totally incomprrb.n.;
Ole !" Us. how the mind. 81 The comm,
lee could have been drawn iu,o The
strange error. that the prosi.o wa, in.
tended I" qualify What. al the time !, wa.
"f''i'n' constituted no part Of tie resolu.
lion. ''" .
The 'ubsequen, introduction Of III. IL
worn lawful. ss We conceive, moi .rl,
ioes' but was intended 10 qualify, contrib
AID explain. the whole resolution: ], va. .
30 explanation Of itself. But the com.
n'iiee haze ,sirrnlntd that III. wo,d
"r'hw'ih, and the prosisu. VII CHI u,,.
Intended 10 be explained. by a.. v.,d
awful, themselves explain The ss.l,pa 6
'"n' or. In o'her words. nnlhiies and ron.
'ers altogether nugstorv, this mos, =,
'orian' aud alI-eOulrolling explanatory
There is one view Of ,hi. sutieer ,h.
truly singular. however. and ill.,, !.
"a' I'D The 'arly part Of the ,e,.;o,
Wien The sane f.ris we're adn;,,sd y. T.
pre Tie hnnse Thar .ra -,