New-York daily tribune., 1843-12-13

House n this case ie, therefore, this-Was there
any such rain on the day Of Election as to re
are and Justify the holding open of the Polls u
Madison and Greene On this point, the eVi'
| tlence submitted by Mr.. Goggn is most tnun'-
phant The rain did not begin until very nearly
or quite noon-ong after every body had gone 10
I the Polls who intended TO do so--and hardy con-
timed two hours. No streams were swelled, no
voters incommoded Several who voted i"r Nh
/ Gimer swear that there was no excuse al all Tor
/ keeping open the Pols-tflat> they saw at the
Polls old men from the most distant parts OF the
connty-,hat they knew many who oatald st home
because they would not vote for Mr. Gimer, but
none who were kept away by the rain, &c. One
man rode from Madison to Charlot;esve--s2:5
miles distant-and voted returning the same day
without getting wet. 1t rained little whiEe he
was at Charlottesville, but none at al while he
was gong or returning.
Now it being notorious, undeniabie, that If the
Polls had closed throughout the District at the
close Of the regular day Of Election. Mr. Goggln
must have been returned, while ii Is morally GER
tain that if they had been hept open thr0ughom
tie District the result must have been the same,
it does seem impossible that an honorable man
should hold seat by the tenure Of Mr.. Gilmer's
How can he The only thing | have heard al
lodged on his side imports that at one precinct IN
one Of the Wing Counties the Polls were Kept
open the second dav on account or the weather.
do not know, how this IS; but thli' know, that
If he will allow the Poll be reope ned at Bedford
Court ouse for one hour only, fer those TO vote
who did not vote in April, and Mr.. Goggln has
not one hundred majority, he (Girner) may keep
the seat undist,lrbed As it. is, ne holds ii by an
unfair advantage, which ven gentleman gam
bier would scorn to profit by. / do not see how
the House can refuse, IN common decency, TO
send this election back to the People II they re-
fuse to give Mr.. Go4gin the seat.
And now to the case Of Mcssrs. BORIS ana
JoNFs Mr. Jon IS has been in Congress since
1885, when he defeated VIM. 5. Archer nov
Z. S. Senator) who had bolted from Jacksonisn
on the Removal of the Deposites tie is an aoe
though no, a brilliant man, and popular mere aho
at home Mr.. Bolts has been but four years IN
CONGRESS. an ardent aud active Wing, personal
and intimate friend of Mr.. Tyler before his apos
tacv. but since then his decided opponent, having
moved Resolutions of Impeachment against hlm
1t became thus darling project with the allied
powers of Tylerism and Loco-focolsm TO keep
him out of the present Congress. 10 this end he
was thrown into the same District with M
Jones. and that District made as Loco-Foco as
possible After it was of the proper SIZE, the
County of Goochland was added to It, Tor the
simple purpose OF securing the defeat OF WI
Bolts. The District, as formed, consisted OF
Chesterfield. Goochland and PoDhatfan, OF
Joness old District, with Hanorer, Hen1co and
Richmond City of Botts's, and Louisa, strong
Loco. Foco County from Gilmer's or the whole,
only Richmond City has been uniformly and
Henrico more frequently Wing. All the rest
cave maioritics for Van Buren in 1910 while
Chesterfield. Goochland and Louisa are among
the strongholds of Loco -Focoism. The new Dis
,rct gave in l840 a majority for Van Buren, of
l90 and in any previous contest for many years
three to five times as many. And yet from this
District, where the Wings were depressed by the
conviction that success was impossible, after an
animated face.to- face canvass of three weeks,
Mr.. Jones was returned by 80 majority, or ono
sirth that of Van Buren, in l84O And in every
County the Wing gain or loss Is proportoned TO
the heaviness of the vote: where the vote falls
of much from that of 40 we lose; wherever ii is
increased VIC gain heavily.
Mr.. Bolts contests the return Of Mr.. Jones on
the following grounds:
I. That Mr. Jones's majority s made up of
illegal rotes. Mr.. Jones, in reply to this, al
lodges illegal votes on the poll Of Mr. Bolts. MIR.
B. is confident that. when all illegal votes shall
have been stricken from each poll, his majority
over Jones will be from 5 to 10 votes.
H. That at the poll of Poes Creek, in Gooch.
land CO. the Judges Of the Election were not
sworn This, by repeated decisions in Virginia,
is fatal 10 the poll held by them. Strike out the
vote taken here, and MIR. Bolts has a clear ma
jority
III. That the vote of Chesterfield (]ones's own
County, is entirely v!tiated by non-coniormty
with The law. The law expressly requires that
the Sheriff shall appoint s t,oo or more Pol!
Clerks to keep independently a record of the
voting. The Importance of this will be realized
when we consider that in Virginia there is no
voting by Ballot--cvcry man declares by word
OF mouth for whom he votes and his vote Is re-
corded by the Poll Clerks, on whom there is no
check but each other. A dishonest or careless
Clerk, in the hurry or heat of an Election, may
set down fifty votes in the wrong column, IN the
course of day, making one hundred difference
t in the result. There ought clearly to be two or
more Poll Clerks, as the law says there shall be,
for each party should have one at least But tins
law disregarded, and the election kept en-
tireiy in the hands OF the dominant party--NIr.
Jones receiving 3l4 majorty-the largest ever