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

memDts uuluihE we com mttSfunt ~ tnf
Gavernnr Of that slate. nnder the seal Ol
that commonwealth. wsre Al home By
leave Of ne commiIlee. taking deposition.
10 prove--ahsi they had al 81 time,
aserred hey coBld prn,e-thaI shey had
received . majafily Of The iairfui votes
given slile polls.
| The proceedings 81 The committee hsr-
ing change Of his subjecI. uiII be seen
By refrfsnee to The report below. up 10
The lime Thai the report Of Tie msiarily
81 The coRmi'iee was presented. and 0
now pr0feed 70 Rive q statement az VIA
has since lranspiIed.
But i must be remarked in advance
thai the eommmi,iee. having determined
that IL IN investigation Was 10 be prose.
euted behind The commission az lie Go
vernon. every principle of equity and fair
ness required that there should be 4 tho.
rough search into tie Legality nf The votes
given for each party. and finding that
there was no sufficient testimony before
them by which il could be asceriained Cor
whnm : majority of the qualified voters
nf New Jersey had cast their votes. such
time WIS granted as The parties them
selves deemed requisite 10 ensble them
10 take snch testimony as they might
think advisable 10 establish their respec.
live ciaims. aud lhA; accordingly the par
lies lea Washington for The slate of New
jersey. where they now are engaged in
the prosecution Of this work.
Du9ng their absence. and Shortly after
their Departure from the city. mo com
piuiaf and no application coming from
Them 20 The house, the chairman 81 the
comnfllee submitted proposition to have
The Documents relating 10 The contested
seats printed for the use &c the committee
This furnished preiext Tor The introduce
lion o another proposition. that The COM
mitisd should be instructed 10 report
forih3iih which of the parties bad receiv
ed . rtajoriiy of all the vo,es given al the
election. After long debate, this was so
modified as TO require them TO report up
on ihs Law lul votes. which expressly, as
matter OF course. excluded all unlawful
votes
The subject went "a The committee. and
with precipitation which we deem in a
high degree excep.ioaable. The majority
ifNertine all the votes given To be reposteJ
as lawful, tnder a most extraordinary
mental drl.kion that the instructions re.
CURED II. because the committee were re-
quired 10 report forthwith. All efforts to
have the ie.limony then before them ex
AHMED wee successfully resisied--fea.
sOnable tint Go the minority to report
these and other facts To The house, denied.
The report was prepared. presented and
received, wilbon, delay. the lille ~ hIch
is we'll adapted 10 create the impression
that The voIes reported were all lawful
votes. while ,he body of The repoi, itself
(Which few comparatively Of ,hose who
see The title will ready labors TO excuse
the committee for not ascerisining whe-
Their the votes were lawful or nnlawiul--a
member Of The minnri,y of the committee
attempted to explain the facts TO the house
the Speaker decided tia, he was EMU
lied To the nonr-ti;e majority OF the
house overrulsd the decision Of the chair,
and refused him the privilege Of speaking
the previous question demanded. all
debate slillej--in the man time coun-
ter report is prepared and offered tn the
house-ihey refused to receive il. and
proceeded al once. wholly ignorant Of
what the testimony established, with a
madness and blindness belonging to des-
pera,inn only, 10 vote by the entire
strength Of their party, that The non'com-
missloned members had terelved ma
jori,y ef lawful votes, aud were. there
lnre. duly elected. and entitled to occupy
their seats as the representatives OF The
state Of New Jersey; and while the pub.
lie funds are 10 be freely used Tor The dis
tribuuon of the report Of The five admi-
nis,ra,inn members Of lie committee, pri
vaie means are 20 be resorled 10. To dis
tribute the report Of the four minority
members.
Ii is a circumstance, not The least re-
markahle in This extraordinary case. that
the individual members Of the majority
refused 10 recognize, or adopt the reason
ing Of the report, bn, were entirely sa'ls-
fled with The conclusions drawn from u.
while the author Of the repor, was equal
~ we'll satisfied with his own reasoning,
but could not adopt the conclusions, as
evinced by his refusal to soie for the re
solution based upon il, though present at
The time.
Far every fact here stated, we pledge
ourselves 10 produce the proof whenever
called on. either bpfare the house or the
country; they are facts on record. TO be
found on The journals Of The committee
aud of the house.
Aud now, VIC ask by whom these Eve
gentlemen have been elected BY the
people Of New Jersey, or by the friends
Of the administration in Congress! Aud
have we said too much ia characlerizins
this proceeding as navel. extraordinary
and appalling! Have we done more or
less, than our duty as citizens of This Re
| oublic and as representatives Of the peu-