Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-11-01

harding Canton having already succeeded in ia
king "A posi,ion on land above the city, and also
having DESTROYED 40 Chinese war junks.
...
We hre not generally inclined TO publish polt-
cal articles in relation to matters under investiga
ton in the General Assembly, during the penden-
cy of such investigation but as the North Star
and the Patriot have mudc some misrepresentu-
ton upon the subject of the Essex county Sena-
tor we give place to the following articles from
the Caedonian, and we think, from what we can
learn on the subject, that there has not been any
legal organization Of Victory, aud tliat the course
pursued by the county clerk in rejecting the votes
Of Victory can we'll be sustained by honest men
of either political party.
How can the Locos have the impuhence to tell
their readers that all the objection to the legal Or
ganzatiou of Victory is merely the correction Of
u mistake, rs to the number and range of the lot
on which the election was TO lie holden? What
will Tel readers say, when they learn that in
addition to the above defect, aud many other OBJ
jectons, it is aledged that the record itself is false
in one place, and forged in another?
ESSEX COUNTY SENATOR.
AS we have before stated, s. Howe received the
certificate of election to the Senate from Essex
county, although by the votes as returned, Moody
Rich had five majority. The vote of Victory, z
for Howe, "a for Rich, was not counted by the
Clerk for the reason that Victory was not an Or
ganized TOWN..
The facts we gnlher them from the records
OF the town and the cert ifcate of the moderator
of the meeting nre these:
| A meeting was called by notice signed by Il
Justice of tile Pence. of 90 tOUr
more inhabitcnis"-lhe law says freehoiders at
the dwelling house Of Grin Hail. ON lot No. g.,
range 8, but the meeting was actually holden on
lot No. 3, range 5, six miles from the place where
II was caled-and the notice altered on the NOR
ming of The meeting to conform 10 the place OF
the meeting, and not posted up all, when the
law says shall be twelve days before thus the
action was all had under false forged notice.
1t is said the alteration made under authority
of Revised Statutes which ALLOW Courts 10 amend
,, their Records
The meeting was organized and the following
votes passed unanimously:
! i. Voted not TO organize.
2. Voted 10 pass over I'd article in warrant 10
choose town olFicerS.)
/ 3. Voted TO dissolve the meeting.
The moderator then declared The meeting dis
solved, lett the chair and some Of the citizens de.
parted.
In half an hour, cer,ifes the moderator he was
:
votes were questioned, mud nujority then pres
ent appeared to favor the objects OF the meeting
and proceeded To choose town officers. The law
requires that votes must be challenged "mnnedi
ately.S In this case the votes were unanimous
and how could they be questioned
The vote not 10 organize" stands on the rec
ords unrcscinded.
The warrant does not tell whether the meeting
: was called in N. Hampshire, New York or Ar
i kansas.
With these facts the reader may Judge whethc
such is legal organization not. IL appears tt
y us that the Clerk might as well count votes from
= East Haven, an unorganZed district, as from Vic
Y tory. We think our neighbor OF the Star will 81
Judge with all the facts before him.
3 1t is not n question much who shall be Sen
ator but shall the laws be made rule of action
observed and obeyed We SO think the Senate
" II decide, and not declare the Statutes Of lht
State mere nudity.
The question has been laid before half dozel
of The best law judges in the Stale, and they al
egrec that Victory is not an organized town.
ESSEX COUNTY CLERK.
, The Star, in ausion the Clerk Of Essex coun
, ty, remarks:
The inquiry naturally arises who shall dpcid
the question of legality? The clerk of Essel
county, it seems, has taken upon himself the res
possibility by giving the certificate of election Il
, his own party candidate. But is this right ]
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sustain him in the decision? We think not
! Neither the Constitution nor the Statute make
him the Judge of the legality OF elections Lii
duty, as we apprehend, is simply ths-to receiv
the votes duly certified and returned to his ofhc
count them carefuy-nnd give a certificate t
. the candidate having the highest number"
= Now let us see where The Stars doctrine woul
leave MIR Rich and place Mr. Howe. The votes
II as returned in Essex county, elected Howe by 3
i rnaiority-the vote of Gudhall being returned b
e the proper returning officer, Howe So Rich 1T
is one. Yet Rich received AZ votes IN u. ii
friends and the Stars friends insisted that thcs
h AZ votes should be counted, and the Clerk did IT
e ceive n second and set aside The first return.
it Having Judged in one he no doubt thougl
n it would be consistent to judge the Victory vote
I'd And If he acted right in the first instance, and ii
m locos contended that he did, he nssuredly did s
in the last. We propose that the Whgs in Esse
ry get mp an "indignation' meeting against the
We honest and consistent Cleri for daring to anei
IS the GLdhall returns!
In Orleans County, ]. IL. Allen, wlig, receive
ed the highest number 81 votes for Senator, hut
On Number OF votes from one town we're returned 4
o. another temmenway than the one who was Il
by opposing candidate, yet evidently intended I
him, the wing Clerk finally judged it right to g
u the certificate to Ilemmenway. This acl recev,
the decided commentator of the Star wilho
at discovering any violation OF the Statute" or Il
ng Constitution"
ny word for The ear of the Wing Clerks-Gi
the certificates of eeclion in all cnses TO the loo
loco claimants, and you will he esteemed as hone
on and consistent, and right good ieliows-by Sc
MS Cushman aud The locoloco papers. Isn't This
=. splendid brbe?
- Revolutionary Claims In compliance with /
" resolution of The Legislature, We learn that ,
'e. Governor has nppointed HENRY STEVENS, Els
he of Barnet president Ct the Vermont Anliqu
On rian Society," TO investigate the facts, and asce
ng tain whether this State has jus. CLAIM, upon
ess government of the United Suites for EXPENSES
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