The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-12-21


eafo.ng e ne SIKH ernsas." l. was en-
arlrd : thai in esery ease whrre 4 staar
= entitled - more Ihan one RepIssen,s-
nse. de nBmbrr 10 which paeh siass sLsll /
g sniiiled under The appoEsi0nmens shan
= elected BY districts comprised ef conf
gsous trrEasry. equal ihufnbsr % he
namber of Representatives. 10 which said
state may be enilled. No ons district elect
lng more han one Representative"
The several states sb0Fe named have
refused o. failed 10 prOFide BY law fnr lhe
sleeiisa BY districts Of Representatives.
from Hose states respectively 10 the 2sIh
Congress. each Of Them bring enlalsd 10
more shan one Representative, end The
people Of hose stairs have failed. there
fore, 10 elect Representatives. By districts,
- The Law Of Congress required.
These facts are notorious. indisputable,
and undisPuted; they are known To al.
and admitted BY all. Failing 10 slecl by |
districts, they have failed 10 elect al ali,
Tor all legal and constitutional purposes.
They could not elect. because there were |
no districts in those states from which 10
ebert. Election by general ticket 10 no
election. No existing and valid law au-
iharized any such election 10 be held:
and no election, therefore, has been held
in those states al which Representatives
for the 2sIh Congress could be chosen.
II Is understood, nevertheless, that The
persons above named propose and intend
10 vote in the election Tor Speaker, on the
ground that they hald returns or written
certificates TO be evidence OF their cleo
ton a. Representatives. We hold that
any returns they can have do not give
lhsm any title whatever, when they are
considered in connection with the known
law Of the land. Al the same time, il is
undoubtedly true That. BY the Psrliamenia-
~ law, returns or certificates in regular
form. BY authorized funciionaries. made
according to law, are, in all cases, prima
faeie evidence Of election, and conclusive
evidence Of a right to assist in organizing
the body TO which persons are thus re-
turned; and il is under color Of this rule
Of Parliamentary Jaw, ss we understand.
ihat'lhe persons above named presume to
call themselves members Of this body.
But rs no provision has been made by
law for elertiOn by districts in these states,
and no such election in fact held, how
could any officer or functionary in these
states make a return Of any such election.
And as these states are not authorized by
law to hold an election by general tick
ct, or otherwise than BY districts. how
can any officer or funciiosary therein be
authorized by law TO make return Of any
!, such election! We are not prepared to
admit lha, any person from any Of these
states can have in his possession any le-
: gal documentary proof of his election
D as a Representative for the 2sth Con
: sress. We are well aware, however,
thai an attempt, il now made, by motion
or resolution. before The oIganlZa!Ian q
IN the House, to exclude these persons fror
.. all participation in that act. would be al
~ tended with great embarrassment an
o great delay, and with the hazard Of con
% fusion. violence and anarchy in the Hal
he We have concluded, therefore, to cor
be tent ourselves in This stage Of the bus
ness Of the House, with declaring. in hi
t. formal and solemn manner. our condem
IN nation Of proceeding on the part Of III
m persons we have named. which, il pei
81 formed, we shall hold 10 be lawless an
OF essentially revolutionary in its charac
'e ter, subyersive Of The Constitution and q
o. all law and order, and tending directly Z,
% the destruction of our Tree Government
We declare that we shall regard the cleo
ton Of Speaker, If effected by the vote
Of these persons, as an illegal election an
q, legal fraud upon the nation: aud W
= shall not fail or cease, after this body sha
" have been organized, and in the progress
he Of the session. TO make every effort will
in our competency to indicate the law
10 to purge the House, and bring it back
II. a condition Of constitutional soundness.
A SIGNED By FIFTY MEMBERS.
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