The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-03-31

PENNSYLVANIA THIRD DIsTICr. The rh''a
delpha u. S. Gazette, contains comm""ica
,;on from the Hon. Charles Naylor, member OF
Congress from the Third District OF Pennsylva
mia. but whose election is disputed by MIR lnger-
soll the Van Buren Candidate. In relate n 10
the investigation now going on before Com.
missioner, Mr. Nayor says;-
J,ooked upon the present procee ding before
q conon,issioner as the mere taking Of dispositions
and nothing more. As such | forbore TO make
Implications upon the subject, for considered
!, contrary to all right, and justice, an even com.
moi decency.
Isupposed that the House of Representatives
of the United States was the Judge of this mat
ter, and that its decision would he pronounced
after hearing the evidence on both sides.
With all these views OF this subject; would
have remained silent, even if the evidence had
been published as it had been taken. But
when the columns of the Loco Foco press are
daily tceming with such articles as l have ex.
'tracted from 'The Spirit oft Times all equal
ly false and all designed to prejudice my case,
deny me hearing, injure my character, and eff.
feet injurously the great cause which look
upon as the cause Of my country, l am con
strained, by of duty TO others, to lay aside
all scruples upon the subject, and TO give pub.
lie DENIAL to the vile and monstrous fa'sehoods
that thus publicly uttered
now declare, thar so far from IFS appearing
that Ingersoil is clearly entitled to his sent in
Congress, 81 has been twice shamefuy wrong
ed out Of his rights is alleged in the article
have extracted there has no been n single illega
vote proved-there has not been single fraud
of any description established.
The whole Of the testimony bearing upon the
case ut all, has been hear say. Such testimony
as would be secuted with scorn from a court OF
Justice, or any tribunal of honest men, and such
as no man of sense would attempt 10 introduce
any where. HedrSdy testimony has been on
some OCCASIONS introduced when the witnesses
themselves were Mt hand TO testify.
The whole story snd to have been related
by John G.. Gill, of the addition Of the nine
hundred fictitious names to the registers of the
four wards fthe Northern Liberties, and the
three thousand fctcious names TO the registers
of the city of Philadelphia, is utterly false-l
KNOW it TO be false-havihg no shadow Of
foundation.
All the Charges made in the article that 1
have extracted, of Startling and martping dis
closures, are false; and l repeat what ! lrve
| before sad there has not been n single illegal
vote, n single frand proved.
The above is n sufficient reply to the story
circulating at this time by the tory papers
around US, of eight or nine hundred votes for
Naylor having been put into the bnlot box be.
fore election! The authority for this absurd
statement is a man Ivy the name Of Gill, poor
shote, who, as was testified at the recent inves-
tlgatisn, WINS not to be believed on OATH! But
even ellis statement comes only second hand.
Why does he not appear and give his evidence
at Philadelphia Certain witnesses assert that
they saw him mt Harrisburg, where he made the
charge above noticed, and said tina, if he had
not left Philadelphia Gust on the eve Of the in.
ves,igationl he would have lost thousand dol.
lars which he had with hun! The truth in re.
gard to this whole affair, will soon come out,
and we believe it will turn out to have been one
OF the most Infamous plots ever heard OF in
any country. We believe Gill was hired by
The Locofocos TO make the statement he did 81
fearing that close questioning would make him
contradict himself and thus blow up the sche me
they paid him n thousand dollars to leave the
place. But this hearsay evidence will not nm.
swer. Why don't Gill step forward and give
his testimony like an honest man? He is a
'knave and are not do it. This plot will 500
he unrayelled- CldremOnt Eugle.