Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-02-27


The .Nr,, Jersey cnsc-Erplanaons cfhe Chairman Of
Tie Committee cf Elections 10 The House.
1t is known TO the public, that tie great seal mtn
have obtained time until April and gone home to see
ifthey make discoveries about the ballot
boxes, which will councnance their fraudulent at
tempt take seats in the House. II establish
ed, beyond all question, that their great seal was
great fraud The Chairman Of the Committee, (NIr
Campbeil) who voted in the FIRST instance that the per-
sons commissioned by the Governor under the great
seal, should take the seats, having prma lce cr:-
,cscc OF Site, in effect declares to the House tins
psia frcic evidence 10 BE- Justification Of the true
state Of the case. The chairman now says "Iod Il
been '.i 10 hm 10 Gcridc brrccn GdOiar Tie GOy,rn-
ors ercdeai@is aadMe majority Of roics indicated by
the poll hoohS &c eoujG not hare heSi,atcd moment to
hare pretcrred the kaucr.'
We give extracts from the charmans explanation of
the present state OF the from his revised statement
which we published at length yesterday We would
fix the eye Of the nation the RErURss-tle point on
which the right scat in the House in the first in
stance depends. The chairman says:
"hud The committee determined upon preliminary
report in Mc abstract, which it might easily have done,
would have endeavorcd in good faith to have carried
ont its views. And although did not feel myself
called on in committee to express my opinion Of the
basis which such report should be made, if made
at all, do not hesitate 10 sag Hn, had preliminary
report been deermined upon, aad had been c 10 mic
10 dcidc bct,rccn nGOptiRg the G0rerROrS credentials
and the maoryof rofcS as indicated by tie pail hooks,
monid not hare heStated m0ment 10 hire pr.tfrred
the UTTER.
Mr. Campbell again said:
"llc had heard it stated objection that the pro-
crastnaon of this trial the part of the Committee
of Elections, would be, indeed, that it used for
party purposes. He at loss TO discover how
could thus be used Bm TO ar0jd NE possibility Of Snca
result so FIR he concernsd, he 'r0ad take II
upOR hmsrf tn say, TINT Mcrc ecidcace b-orc the
commtcc rsreircd by as ronpcicai, h0ngh is sniff
rim brT, M
GorcraOrs credentials bGscd Up0n imperfect
hraS, aad thar tie gentlemen rho ciain in Opposition
10 these credentials, rccsirrd mgicrity Of ne RITES
poi'td."
The chairman then goes TO explain why, under
the order of the House. he felt himself obliged to give
the claimants under the Governors rejected credcn.
tals, now repudiaed by the committee, formerly hy
the House, time TO make issue, and to take
testimony to support in regard to illegal votes The
chairman opinion with regard to the intentions ofthc
House in making the reference of the to the com
mittee, certainly forms proper consideration in d.
rcctng him in his conduct Of tine 1t will not, how
ever in the slightest degree, influence the public de-
csion upon the aspect Of the presented 10
it,
Every body knows that no general election can take
place. embracing whole State, in which allegations of
Illegal votes may not be made All know That instan-
may be given of individuals voting, without right,
in almost every election, and that Slate Legislature
or Congress could he organized in this country if the
allegation of Illegal votes having been given for the
successful candidates were sufficient to paralyze the
force Of the majority returned by the Judges of TIE
election, and exclude the party entitled b. that ma ority
to seat, until il established by an investigation,
that all the votes returned by the officers at the polls
were legal The general usage Of every elective body
has been 10 set aside all technical objections at the
threshod-to go at to the main fact, the majority
the polls established by the original authentic re-
cord of the popular act-to give effect this by admit.
ting the party producing it, without permitting forms Of
fraudulent seals TO intervene and prcva-amd them if
there be proper and legal grounds made out to Justify
an inquiry into the conduct of voters or officers at the
polls to appoint committee, and 20 into the investi-
ton
The present House of Representatives. have taken
precisely this in the of Inpersol and Nav
Tor, Naylor came into the House with an imperfect
certificate of the returns signed by only three Judges
out OF seven. He claimed virtue of majority OBJ
tanned in an election, which It had been ascertaned BY
the Legislature of MS State in testing the claims
OF persons running on the some ticket with himself
had been polluted by the enormous frauds that the
corrupt civil administration Of the State, and the cor
rupt bank administration in the city, could bring 10
bear upon IT; and yet the Democratic party did not he
state to vote Nh Nayor into his seat bv reclamation
simply upon the ground that he had the majority upon
the polls however obtained and howe or
irreguarly certified TO the House. They turned Mr.
Ingersoi TO the committee to establish the frauds
which not member Of the House could possibly donbt
the existence Of after the exposure of facts at Harris.
burg in relation TO the election.
And why was not the course taken in relation
to the minority claimants from New Jersey These
honest HhiggieS had seen another election in New
Jersey-had seen that still larger majority was given
against their ticket under scrutiny, and new tests
established by their friends to exclude Democrats at
the pol!s-tey knew that frauds there as at Phadel-
phia and elsewhere, were always the side of banks
and Federalism, and hence the poor men scE to their
rar and Nhggery, true 10 its character stuck TO them
TINS IS the PLAIN why the oreFbearmG and Ges.
perate of the faction in the House have gh 10 give
new turn to this OF their friends from New Jer.
sey, and seek to cover BY proGra..na.on case theY
know will not boar the light