Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-05-11
ELECTION RETURNS.
Frederick County Election.

"WlxcnEsrEn, April 90.
n,o., in Frederick was warm, though con.
line h reasonable property when it is considered
iarful nower of the banks county magistrates sho
as 'e ,rrayed against us. At each OF our seven
ae'' majority of Wing commissioners supern
,hs polls, aided by deputy or sub-deputy she
fn's' believed, at every place II shews Inc 'ot1e
n and union, that the Democracy were ao'e
10 P." continuation of such influences, under an
deira' . o., ,bat seemed TO ensure them victory.
-ans ", House. and, il is stated at all the other
n "e ~, ,ase holds shaped for the occasion, ana
pills. ", ,,ances involving no interest but thai OF
Shsf ssre furnished ready introduction to the
TIE P3 suffrage IT'S true, that some votes thrust
sseiee commissioncrs at the Presidential Election,
UPON ."e nd ant Of house and lot in town to the
n,nu' - twenty or thrty-to the honor of our Peo-
au"pf' ~ r,sk second scrutiny. The vote, though
PIE GU II I, considerable number of our friends al
afse & only heard of victory in which they had no
hN' NJ, now determined, it is hoped, TO come out, on
sAa5 occasion, and bring M back the msjor'tes OF
sn'"'a ,s The fa,tering vote given 10 Lucas could
Sae' h,m-Federal Berkely has cut out a freehold
's.,os every white male citizen over twenty 'one'
~ a ha- limits and not content with that, mas
s'" ,hs mountains oil Morgan, still her appanase,
t't'' ,.,ds,n consequence of which, Barton s ma
s'' s tbree.fod its amount in these counties. IN
'T liner contest Of 80, Gibso0s we-earned popu'
snt ia mi save him from defeat IN Hampshire
m h,s only returned within year or two, alter
i'ue ncs IN Frederick, which he represented du.
sns ar.I sessions and his delicate health would
ing &c his electioneerng. On the whole, though
mol lot staunch friend Of the Constitution IN
,,sss The Democratic party nave no JUST caess VI
,"sr,,rsment. The astounding majority OF hve
radred last Fall, has been 'saueSa 'tee ,r;I
r ,oss,pc will enable us 10 settle all balances
al hsrn considerable surplus to spare:-With an
.h,snsd people and an honest use OF the elective
,,nchise all will soon be well.
Ert,aci of another letter, Mays.
Tbe result of the election in old Frederick was re-
.rr triumph, all things considered. The county you
"u recoIect last fall gave majority for Gen mar
,son and Mr. Tyler, and, in addition the Wings had
manufactured for the Spring campaign large number
nearly the whole Of which were clearly illegal
,5 fraudulent, and came clearly within the principles
.oconed by the late House Of Delegates, by an al
mos, unanimous vote in the Madison case. Yet the
highest Wing candidate did not receive so large vote
=. was given to General Harrison and Mr. Tyler iasl
n while that OF the Democratic candidates exceeded
i, considerably.
.rhe leading principle adopted in the Madison case
vas that deed Of conveyance OF real estate, no mat
ir how perfect in point form, or what its tor wle
,er that of deed fgh of bargain and sale made
On valuable considerations confer the right OF sui
,,,rc must have been made with the bona ide inten
ton 10 vest in the grantee grantees real and hene
ca interest in the estate which purports TO convey
AID unless such was the case, the deed IN tins res
pect being merely colorado, cannot confer auy right
10 vote: although in every other respect, the requ'si
lions Of the Constitution, 10 time and the value oil
the proper.y. &c. NAV have been complied with
Notwithstanding this decision, and Ihe act 'hat the
printed report of the Committee OF friviieges ana
Elections which sanctioned as OsIofe ineh'oi',
cd by an almost unanimous vote OF The House OF
Delegates, was produced ana read, 'he partisan
commissioners selected by y partisan county court
admitted at several of the places of voting in Ere
derrick, number of votes on the Wing side, which
came more clearly within the principle above stated
than those to which it was applied in the Madison case
Thus one individual last Fall, by Decd purporting
be bargain aud sale made for the nominal consdera
ton Of think twenty dollars, conveyed, or rather pre-
tended to convey to 20 persons, one thousand acres
mountain land not worth cent, except for the tim
Der and reserved therein the right and as we'll as
now recollect the exclusive right of free ngress and
es.ess forever to cut and carry away the timber 10 Dc
found thereon. Here then upon the face OF the deco
ITSELF was evidence, that it not the design OF the
parties thereto vest in the grantees any IN
utst in the land purporting to be conveyed yet un
dersiand they all allowed to vote and did vse ol
Tie Wing candidates At one of the precincts indeed,
understand that the Wing commissioners, when these
votes were objected to- openly denounced the decision Of
the II OLD which clearly applied to them, asserting that
:wasa violation the Constitution. The Wings having
msjorty ofthese commissioners at each place voting
the county, with the exception of Winchester) the
Democrats course could make available resistance
There were, believe several other conveyances in form
odeeds of bargain and sale, Zone at least know OF
equally Objectionable with that just mentioned under
which large number Of votes were cast on the Wing
SIDE Besides there were others consisting Of leases,
which clearly fraudulent and void, SO far as the
Of the right of suffrage is concerned. Thus,
anumber Of cases. leases were executed and duly re-
corded, purpong To be for term, each OF five years,
Hih resrration Of the poacer to either party to put
ead 10 the term, in some instances, at the end OF
three years in others at the expiration OF shorter
space Of time; in others, at any tae upon six or three
months notice. and in some we'll as recollect, at
any time, without any notice whatever. These were
all obviously, in legal contemplation at least fraudu-
lent conyances resored TO TO confer the right OF suf
age in derogation of the Constitution; for, who can
be said 10 be the real owner Of term in chatel real
for five years. which he holds entirely at the pleasure
OF another and which that other put end to and
dvest him Of at his own free will and pleasure! By
these modes, TO shy nothing of others, satisfied,
ihat.t least one hundred illegal votes were polled for
The Wings in late election The deeds of bargain
and sale were too, have doubt liable to the farther
objection, that the consideration expressed in them was
merely colorado, and in fact in many instances, at
least, no, paid ALL and not contemplated by the par
Ties 10 he paid.
Oi the persons who were thus allowed to cast
votes, many reside in the counties adjacent to Frede-
fch Under these circumstances, what IS 10 he thought
Of The shameless eirontery which could have induced
e declaration in the Wing prints, that the late elec'
ton IN frederick carried by the Democrats by
means Of manufactured votes 1t is true, as under
s'ahd that last Summer, or Fall, number OF our
Trends some of whom reside in Shenandoah paid for,
and made bona tide purchase Of tract Of land in this
county, IRON the executors of Robert Heterck, Esq,
deceased, upon which votes given to the Demo-
cratic candidates at the election But for years
past, wing votes have been given upon interests ac-
CURED FROM the source, or from the testator in
hrs lifetime; and in making the purchase above men,
toned our friends only followed the example previous
y set them by the Wings. Nor it be pretended that
these Heterick Democratic voters which, in point of
NUMBER fell far below the fraudulent votes referred to
above cast for the Wings, liable any legal
constitutional objection whatever. 1t conceded
On all hands, that the eterick votes both sides are
legal the deeds upon which they were based being in
every instance on real, peeuniary consideration and
made with the bona fde intention Of vesng The in
F"es. they purpert to convey"
FREDERICK.
Congress. House Of Delegates.
,nNai, ~ Gss 7es 7S3 737 Gs7
byrd and Wood, (Dem.) elected to the House Of
Delegates
Majority for Lucas 49, DR.. Buck. is elected to the
H. Of D without opposition.