Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-11-20
TO THE PUBLIC.

the Wing morning plPers as being con
ccrned IN sending voters to the parish o.
Plaqnemines, | deem it proper 10 state thai
|, with other gentlemen of the highest
standing in this community, aud after full
and mature consideration of every cues
lion involved in the case, resolved to char.
ter Steamboat TO convey such persons as
we believed to be legally qualified TO vote
in the county Of Orleans, to the parish Of
PIaquenlnes, for the purpose Of voting
there. 1t was distinctly understood by
those gentleman who had the direction Of
the business, that none but those who
were fully entitled under the Constitution
and Laws OF this State to vote, and who
had been excluded from the polls IN this
city, should be permitted Ia 20 upon the
boat; and | SoemDy asset that - far as
my personal knowledge extends, none but
such persons as were qualified to vote.
did actually vote. understand that the
number Of persons who went to Point Ia
!larhe on the boat which we chartered,
was about one hundred an fifty, Of whom
one hundred and thirty-two voted, The
others having previously voted here or not
being qualified; the other persons went
without the intention TO vote. | am at H.
berry to say that was associated in this
affair with Hon. John Slidell, Denis Plieur,
VIM. A, Elmore, Samuel Locke, ESQ. and
others; and that at an early day, perhaps
tomorrow, he will present TO the public
joint statement of the facts of the case,
and that we deem ourselves prepared 10
show such legal and constitutional proofs
of the correctness Of our position as will
satisfy every candid mind that we have
done nothing which is not fully iastiiabIe.
We shall also be prepared to show that
the views which VIC have taken in this
matter have been sanctioned by the decla-
red opinions and the action of three Wing
Judges of the Supreme Court of this State,
and of those of the following highly re-
spectacle and intelligent gentlemen of the
wing party in this city: Richard II. Chinn,
Esq. who actually voted out of the coun.
ty of Orleans, in the parish of Tensas,
and Messrs. BaiIic Peyton and Alexander
Z. Bullet, who attempted to vote in other
parishes.
| will further state, that on all general
elections in The State, we think ourselves
prepared to show that the usage has been
to permit voters Of the State to vote at that
place at which they might be at the time
OF holding the election.
There vii! be no difficulty in identifying
the names of the persons going from this
city who actually voted at Point la Hache.
believe that in the boat which left here
on Sunday no persons went down from
New Orleans who were not residents OF
the parish oil Plaquemines, and that if
such persons Odd 60 it was without the
knowledge and appreciation of the COM
mltee. Very respectfully, &c.
JOHN CLAIBORNE.
To the Editor of the Morning. Herald:
SIR-I am assailed, again and again
assailed by an editorial article of the
Bee, although the editors speak of their
Why do they not come
out with their names, unless the authors
Of said articles tie men If the same stock
as the Red Rivermen2 To such men. or
others like him, | have nothing to say.
Why docs not Doctor Wilkinson contra.
dict my statementsl lie could not, as
believe, he induced to do 50, because he
would render himself guilty of falsehood.
The editors OF the Bee, or their CORES.
pendent, whom | SHOULD like to know if he
be not another Red River man or fraudu. |
ent bankrupt. seems to be under the i'm. |
preston that one thousand men cannot be
ound in the parish Of Plaquemines. will
)roye to any honest man, that there are in |
;ald parish more than twelve hundred lie.
gal voters; and, consequently, that the
zine bundled votes which said parish gave.
ire by 10 means an impossibility. Re-
crence can be had to the assessment rolls,
What strange arguments the editors of
he Bee, or their correspondents, have put