Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-09-27

turns from New York had been received
he wings of Richmond apprehended
fer twenty four hours, that the dav Ia d
gone against them. This impression was
caused by the complexion Of certain To-
co fncO siatetemeuts issued from the cit,
Of New York, on or two days after iLt
election in that state, and which cllimed
with the greatest confidence, that hel
vote had been given TO Mr.. Van Buren,
II subsequently appeared that these state
ments, which came from imposing author
ity we're put forth with the view Of
Influencing tho vote Of Pennsylvania
hat state voting several days sfter New
York.
But this circumstance was not then
suspected by the wings Of Richmond,
who we're accordingly thrown into con.
sternaton; for if New York had thus dis
appointed the sangulne expectations
made upon her vote by the whig party
it was not doubted that Pennsylvania,
whose vote was hoped for rather than
confidently expected, would follow her
lead, and the vote Of Virginia was already
sufficiently in to render it next to certain
that she had voted for Mr.. Van Buren,. -
TIE consequence was almost inevitable
that ifthese three great states had uni
ted in his favor, the wings were defeated
and Mr.. Van Buren reelected. Such 4
catastrophe, then, when the whig party
were wound up TO the highest pitch Of
confidence in victory, and exullation in
the nlorious fruits which they anlicipa>
ted from it TO msrnled country, would
have been appalling. Now, there are few
of them Ipresume, who do not wish
that such had been The result; for il is
better to fall in fair fight, by the hand of
an open and manly enemy, than 10 be
robbed and murdered in the dark by the
Gait if whom you had trusted.
During the twenty four hours of sus>
nense have mentioned, the excitement
in Richmond was very great, and was
much increased by the prevalent, may
say universe conviction of the whig par,
ty of that plece, that there had been fraud.
ulent voting in Virginia to much extent,
sufficient in the counties of Page, Shen'
andoath, Rockingham, and Madison alone,
to eouuterbalance any majority by which
Mr. Van Buren,, could have carried the
sls te. How far this conviction was we'll
or III founded, i; is not now relevant to
inouire, it is enough that it prevailed,
honestly d nd sincerely. lflhen Mr.. Van
Buren, was r>@-elected by the vote of Vir-
oin,a. without whose vote he conld not
have been re elected and il was mani
test and could be il'dicialiy established,
that he was indebted ,Snr his Virginia ma,
iorry to fraud the question Passe d from
man 10 man, what was 10 be done? what
was the remedy? Would the American
people submit 10 be ruled by a minority
carrying their point by fraud? Ought It
TO be submitted to? II such precedent
were acqniescedi in, would ii not be re-
peated, and deIuged as our country oil.
ways was, and would annually continue
TO be to a, constantly augmenting extent
by emigrations of the most iliierate
classes Of Europe, should we not speedi.
" be at the mercy of him or them who
could embOdy the greatest number OF
mercen ries TO drown the voices of the
true and real American people? If the
constitution and laws afforded no redress,
ought not The people TO take redress into.
their owl hands, as a case was presented
when submission to the wrong was tac'
il REIMBURSEMENT Of free government,
and virtual slavery! Such we're the
questions agitated at that moment of ex-
cited feeling and painGd suspense.
Gentlemen of the bar were consulted
as to the legal course which ought TO be
taken if Mr.. Van Buren had been elected
by the aid Of Virginia, and it could be
made appear, that his majority in this
state was fraudulent. They were Of o.
pinion that there was no legal redress
whatever, and that the returns Of the
Presidential Commissioners, were final
and conclusive, and could not be looked
behind. Ifthese commissioners, nfam-
ed By partizan zeal. had annulled the con-
s,itution, and permitted aliens, noh resi-
dents and all others TO vOte--or. if brlb,
ed with federal gold, they had excluded
wings altogether from the polls, and sui
fered none but their opponents to vote
and,ir all this could be established beyond
controversy or the ability of single hu'
man being 10 question it-stillwe were
: told that The law. could afford no relie
/. and that the decision Of the returning OF
. ficers that Is the commissioners, was un
. assaiIable and could not be set aside
The commissioners indeed could be pun
II .ished, but their act which might an
II most probably would suhvert the Insi'tu
v tons Of the country, could not be reacf
i ed or remedied | was astonishod the
IS and can hardly now believe this TO be sC
}, but so was told by respectable legal al
is ihtsity. A president chosen n by sue
, means would as effsctually be Pr'sideI
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