Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-08-04
(From hr T'rrnion ..npoc,nm:l

TIiE %lSuRrERs RERUKEm.
uJLr;,e j. he aratd ,ch0 hath his qmarrc! Just.
va publish below a card from Mr.. Campbell, Char
man If the Committee on Elections, III winch II WIZ -
perceived that he settles the ma;tcrat once, ano Pn'' an
and in the intended effects of the Minority Report.
The minority of The Committee, It appears TO us, nu
themselves or the Governors commissioned melipels'
no honor in presenting 10 the world a report hiira WIN
Recommendations and unfairness from beginning ~
end And in what light Will these gentlemen now stahu
L"rnr. ,hr yorld-convictcd as they lave been, by one
NJ tLcjr arm pnrty, of a gross attempt to deceive the Pe",,
No ne Now Jersey, and still contend that the Fedora,
claimants should have their seats, when alter u iuii ""-
fair investigation, a majority OF the votes nave peI"
found for the Democratic claimants: Hhat, We :"
could have induced these gentlemen to putthcir names
10 \ report. which they knew was not supported ny 's
facts IN the case? 1t they supposed that Jerseyi"e"
were too ignorant to discover the soPhislry ana pe''''
sions of their Report, we can only tel lhem ih'y ~
much mistaken. The people OF this Stale unoefSt""N
the whole ~casr-tllry were eyewitness 10 ms s'"PI"
dous fraud-it was committed upon their own sou
AGAINST their own dearest rights; and 1t Ill becomes
these gentlemen in the face OF all the iacts OF the c"s.,
so ably presented by the Report OF the MAJORITY -
make an attempt to smoolhc over the iraucs co!hi'tN'
BY the Governor and Privy Council, and the pair'oic
v;ol,,op of law by The clerks Of Mitdlcsex aud Cum
brrland. We ask the attention OF the people 10 'e
following card, and be it remembered, that Mr.. lamp
bell is a Wing, and that a II majority of the Con,nnitee
who reported against the WING Claimants III ""E'
!, ,to renor, of The minority Of the Committee OF
Elections. in the case Of The contested eieetiom '""
the State of New Jersey, signed ny Alii''lu p n'" !"
Truman Smith, John NJ. Bolts, aud Benjamin n'"ar",
,l,rrc is nm attempt made TO produce an IMPRESSION 10
The majority Of the committee, consisting OF 'irmSss'
ichairman,O Rivrs, MrdIll, brown anu ~
mas. have been ruil.y OF great injustice to Ar' Ascf'9s,
and his associates: and twenty-s'N cases ar %'."I
out Of near SIX ur>nREp-thiricen on one s'de, ana
thirteen on the other, as ylar;ns examples OF lncoHs'st-
encY III our dec SONS. ~ ;.
II i altered that The votes Of Charles I. Poole, OF
lanes Il. Folton, Of Philip Schct!i"r, OF Marshall 20
mart, Of William Kcv!s, ofIolIn Irats, OF I, ! Hi"iHS'
NJ Jerome b.. Pratt, of James Hoffman, OF i'nos DICK
prson, Of ". J. Ayrcs. and john cSiarr''nah-t"e'
IN ,li-wcrc declared to be unlawful and deducted
fam he votes Of Mcssrs. Aycrig% and aSsncia:'s. N
consistently with the decisions OF III" conln'''' IN '''
!us;ng 10 deduct from McSSrs. Eroom ana aS:"c,h',s
the Votes Of John McC"nchv, Condar 'afF, hfcI,DA'"
NcCamariGgr, Augustus Moore, Saimn'i - ) ~
Thcn,as A.. Drake, Robert Grrcnlca:, VIM. lem, Ira
Halt win, Isaac ,Jobrs, Nathan +. Randolph, and Peter
SNYDER; and that The committee also refused t" reverse
the decision rendered at the polls, whereby IharIes
Swallow was not allowed 10 vote, upon The GROUND o.
non rcsidcncc, inconsistency with Their DECISION re-
fus;ng to deduct The vote of WIN. Baker IRON /. ~
Sroo.n and associates.
The above, we believe, are in all the cases cited IN
the report Of the minority with 4 view OF showing that
's,hc conclusions and judgments Of the majority 81 thr
committee are unworthy the sanction oil Tie llcHSe anu
the confidence oil the country.
The first case mentioned rs incnns;s.ent!y and IN,
Justly decided 10 the prejudice OF NIcssrs. AycTlgg and
associates, is that Of Charles T. Poole
In relation to that case, the Journal oithe committee
has the following record:
Rcs,'rcd, Tlat II" vo," ofC!nrles 7. Poole was not
a lawful vote, and that it be deducted from d. Ay.
crirg and his associates.
leas-Alcssrs. Rivcs, Fillmore, Mcdlll, Brown aad
Fisher.
.Aaps-MeSsrs. Bolts, Randall, and ~Chairm@a-3.
Mr.. Smith present and declined 10 vote.
ID. Upon = similar resolution III relation to the vote
of james Il. Bolton, tho vote is thus recorded:
Ycas-NlcSsrs Rivcs, Fillmore, Mcd.l, Brown, Bolts,
and Tl:omas-t.
Ncssrs. Smith. Randall, and Chairnen-3.
81. Upon a similar resolution in relation to The vote
OF Philip Sctrihcr, the yeas are Mrssrs, Rires, Sedili,
and Thomas.
.yoy<-AirssrS Randall, aud CIlairInan--2.
4,h. Upon a similar resolution in relation to the vote
of Marshall Conant !,
rros-Mcssrs. Rivcs, Fillmore, Mcdill, Brown, and
Fisher.
NnyS--AIessrs. Smith, Bolts, Randall and Chairman
9TH On a similar resolution in relation to the vote
Of VIM. kcvis, the yeas were Messrs. Medlli, Tho
mas, and Chairman-%.
.Yans-Nlessrs Fillmore, and Rnndall-2.
9Th. On the same resolution, in relation 10 the vote
of John Tcats, the yeas werc-MessTs. RlvcS, Fillmore,
Mrdlll, Brown, Fisher, Bolts, and Chalrman-1.
.Nay-Mr. Smith,.
7th. A similar resolution in relation to the vote oil
Charles P. Marks, Che Connecticut pcdiar) was adopt
rcconsidcrcd, and reversed.
Slh. Ii was resolved that the vote of Jerome ID. fratt
is not a lawful vote, and that it be deducted from }.
Arcring and associates. ic0S-Messrs. Fillmore,
Thomas, Randall, and Chalrman-o. NO vote
in the negative.
9TH. Upon a similar resolution in relation TO the vote
Of James Hoffman, The yeas wcre-Mrssrs. hives, Me
Brown, Thomas, and Chairman-o.
.Nans-iIcssrs. Fillmore, Smith, Hotts, Randall.
10th. Upon Il similar resolution in relation to the
vote Of Enos Dickinson, the yeas were-Nessrs. f'li-
more, Medill and Thomas-3.
.NnyS-Messrs. Randall! and Charman-2.
llih. On deducting the vote Of w. J. Ayrcs, the yeas
wcre-sicssrs Medill, Brown, and Thomas.
MessTs. Randall and Chairman.
18th. In relation to the vote of John McMarrlnan, IT
is sufficient 10 state that his name is included IN the Ca
a!oguc OF unlawful voters, whose votes the majority nc
knowledge in their report should be deducted from Mr..
iycrigE and associates.
18th. Upon the following resolution, 10 vii: Rcsolrcd,
That it is not proved to the satisfaction of this commit
that the vote Of Charles r. Swallow, was improper
y rejected by the officers OF the election. The gr6S
scrc-Mcssrs. Rives, Medlll, Brown, and Fisher.-4.
.Nags-Nlcssrs Fillmore, Smith and Randal-3.
We believe that we have now given the nyrs and
noes upon every vote deducted or alleged TO have been
improperly withheld from Mcss7s. Aycrigg and asso-
;iaicS, paraGed in the minority report as examples OF
he gross injustice of The majority of the committee 10
.fFN SS''N ~ az 'N.i ~ wv o''"i '''N $50 ~
pfthe committee, that III six out Of the thirteen selected
MIR. Fillmore voted with the maJarIty--that
n two of these decisions, Mr.. Bolts voted with the ma
ority-t that in one Of them Mr., Randall did the same
Ia: one of these alleged ince nsistent and unjust deci-
,ions was carried By a majority of six TO one-;hat orc
4 them was carried by a majority nfseven TO one-thai
mother was carried b. the vote cf all present, cmbrac-
ng two Of the signcrs Of the minority report; and that
n SIX of the examples, the chairman (Mr. CanIpbrtD
'otrd with the minority, and agains: dcduciIng the
totes.
Thus it is apparcn: that three Of the gentlemen who
signed the urnorily report, have recorded their
'wn votes in 50 pport IF some ofhc decisions which
hey hold forth to the country as examples of the fla
-rant injustice of the minority of the committee to
'lcssrs. Aycrv . and associates.
We could 2 $50 show, by an abstract ofthe ayes and
Iocs from tb Z Journal, that some of these same gentle.
men have recorded their votes in favor of some Of The
'cctSf0as with which they have contrastcd The above
asses; hr we have done enough for the present to ex-
ose tb . character of that extraordinary document,
'hich. impclled, as they say, by "a high sense orobliga-
ion 20 the cause of justice and TRUTH Willard Fill.