Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-05-30
Messrs. Gogsin and Gilmer.


Report says that "cvcry inch for his SHARE ready
and willing to refer the election back the People, but that
he considers himself free agent and the
bein the hands of his friends and party:
tits cant merely. No has a night to place him.
self leave in his power do what right
Mr. Gmer in opinion kRorcs that he has fa,.
y elected by the unequivoca voice Of majority of that
District and that he be- Will he say either that
he has been fairly elected that he believes he be-
Will he say this as Tho. W. Gimeri
In conviction he will say politically individ-
ualy. Elected he certainly not.-Retrned we know
he is
What poor ambition is it that would, under such cir.
cumstnnces acccp, of Congress To be indebted
for it, all the world Perceives, trick and
the preference and suffrage OF the people, To owe
to eonirdnce what fair play could have procured and
to violation OF the laws OF the people, what the people
themselves did intend TO confer And to hang on TO
the advantage thus ckshly obtained To refuse to re.
fer the back the People To say, to ADMIT as
explicitly ii had been spoken in words, al have the
turn probably should get it, if the matter was
referred again TO the People :"
We have watched this long, hoping thinking and beiev.
ing that Mr. Glmer would abdcae and the decision
OF the again the people. Feeling the utmost and
confidence that he elected and that he
knew he could be- have looked day day for Mr.
Gmer to relnqush his We would believe and
scarcely believe he would deign to hold an
office IN Republic, thus than suspiciousy procured
thus held he hold contempt Of the rights
OF the majority of the people.
We have known fragrant disregard not mere
y of the statutory law of elections but of the fundamental
principle that the majority shall rule this case of the Al
bemae election 10 Congress Affords and shall continue
TO exhibit time after time, the reprobaon the cOun-
Try. That audacious contempt of law and night and
Republcansm, should have occurred Virginia. is dis
grace her ancient character. That small counties
should control and rule five larger and more populous
counties, and tina, by violation OF lar is what
every OF every party should resent as an injury
TO himself wrong To his Country and outrage upon
Republican principles We really did not believe that there
Virginia who would, under these circumstances
whether they occurred regularly whether state Of the
weather made fit the necessity of the case aeeept
a ia Congress!
There is particle, the shadow of doubt that
Mr.. Goggin Is the choice of the Abemarc District by
very decided majority The proof of this the first days
votng-and the tenacity with which the returned mot the
elected member clngs his advantage Does any body
suppose that MIR. Gimer would cling that return if he
thought that by referring again the people, he could get
It in less eXcepuonable form Never
We shall hold this subec up public Indignation until
Greene and Madison will be sorry have usur
patton.
The Charlottesville Advocate saws:
StanardsrHe. Greene City,
NAY 1911, lS43.
Mn. EDToR.-I have just been informed that the poll
keepers the Rapid Ann precinct Madison COUNTY
sworn, which supposed of coure yitates the
lection that place where Mr.. Cmer received majority
OF % votes over Mr.. Goggin and understand Mr. Gil
Is determined hold the Notwithstanding
the unIUsrable in keeping the polls open in Mad
and Greene, 1t Is nothing but night that Mr. Goggin
should hold him to the rigid letter Of the law: In saying
that the unusuiiabe sustained by some Of
the most intelligent and influential OF the Democratic party
even IN Madison County who their
the pursued that county keeping the polls omen
three days At the rapid Ann however the polls only
kept open day though instructions the
Court house 10 keep them opcn but the Democratic Com
mssiOners superintendent (who constituted majority
that place. seemed think there any ADEQUATE
q suppose for continuing the polls open longer than
one day and refused to do am also informed the
best democratic authority, that many bad votes were
given in Madison County for Mr.. Gilmer. have lust
written Mr.. Goggin but there might be some miscar
rage would suggest the propreiy of also giving him the
information of the Illegally the polls atrapd Ann through
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