Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-11-21
FREEM n. MONTPELIER, VERMONT, 1850

Iha', II so, Tie design was to elect Mr.. hyae
~ VIZ ",anneii aud having isiled, the sttta'ps
was u MAKE The ltaud appear to be on tue sue 1n.
OF MI mas add thus defeat his election r. ~.
,is PUT ose, tappeared that votes wrl''en ~
or. ' haS were o8ained by the friends OF M ~
Hyde, and cut down to n small size during me
second ballot, and I portion of them, in addIlion
to about the same number. put in for MI. Hyde
on the hrst ballot. leposited in the second ual-
lot during the @nino and counting that there
was about an equal humber OF fraudulent votes
In that count fOrbosh candidates. but that there
was decided aijdFity of the legal votes for MT
was as on ballot. ,,.,
1t further that no votes for Mr.. Villas
less than an ordISFsE s;ze had been written by
his friends that ii snch votes which had been
ciIcnlated since ba election, some Of them must
have been cut DOVE TO a small size since the e.
lection, and that yak MANY had been written IL
imitation of the hand. writing of some friend OF
MIR. Villas, by the tr,ends OF Mr.. Hyde, for the
purpose Of covcngtbs fraud which evidently
was Perpetrated bv bIs opponents. It also aP,
peared that these nsrsons, who il was shown an(
believed, were tngaued III the fraud, possrssec
character aud rpusaton that would not be IN
lufed, III the public estimation, by being detect
ed in transaction Iof this kind. 1t further ap
peared, that the enemies of Mr.. Villas, had selz
ca upon his necessary absence, ana laiSely IN
slhuated teigned sickness, thereby INDUCING
the House to act and decide upon the case w.ll'
ne was unable Oatttnd personoly' Inc enof,
IN the matter, gu the other side, has seemed u
be to assail the democracy and vilify the person
al character Of men who are beyond suspicion
and whose regulations are above reproach, when
they are best known
The evidence before this convention consist
ed vt atfida its and statements OF honorable gen
tlemen, and neu of such character as to sho'
that had Mr.. Villas been notified and III con
dlllon to attend the taking Of the testimony use
beforelhe House, or to take rebutting testimony
a different result would have been arrived at D
the House, and that the result of the vote IN IN
House Is to be attributed to the fact that Mr. VI
los was unable to appear in the taking oil the tel
tinOny.
In view of the facts which appeared, tn
committee submitted the following resolu
TONS
Resolred, That on full investigation we al
satisfied that the Hon. LEVI B. Villas was dul
elected By The legal votes cast on both ballots, IL
representative Of The town OF Chelsea, on the J
Thursday of Sept A. D. 1850, and that he hi
been su1ius'ly deprived of his seat by frau
talseh'od, and party majority on an ex part
hearing.
Reso'Ued, Tha! The proceedings of this col
ven'ion be signed by the President and Secrets
ry, and published in all the Democratic pape
in the State, and such others as may be dispose
to give publicity to the facts, and do an act
simple justice TO an injured party.
The resolutions were severally ad and dl
cussed by several gentlemen aud adopted una
ncusly BY the convention
On melton. the convention adjourned.
J. " D. PARKER, President.
A, M. DlCKEY. Secretary.