Eastern times., 1856-04-10

10 against MN.
The Sd election of this kind was Dec. %,
so, whole number was 20. Samuel Robinson
had 16 to 4 against him.
| The 4th election was March 2. '52. Whole
number was 81. b. +. Foote had "a to
against him.
The 9TH election was March 1855. last
year, and the whole number was as. John
Hayden and Ebed Lincoln had 45 each, John
l.. Spofford had As, none against them.
The 9th and last special election was on the
oath of last month. The whole number was
100. The sitting member had 20 to 80 against
him. BY far the largest vote ever cast in the
ward at special election, and yet you are told
that the successful candidate has no right
here, and that you should declare his seat va
Gated Mr.. G. said be had taken special pains
to get at the time during which the polls had
been kept open in these several elections, but
while all concurred that the time had never
been over an hour, the records show no vote
in relation to closing the polls except at the
election st year, and here he wished the spe-
! cial attention Of the Board, and regretted that
the worthy chairman Of the committee (Nlr.
Baker) was not in his seat, as the records
referred to might prove especially inter-
esting to him. 1t is perfectly fair to consider
the vote of last year as conforming to and as es-
tablishing usage in the ward, especially as the
charge of departure from usage now comes
from the very party and the very persons who
passed that vote.
What was the vote referred to-the only
vote of the kind up to that Tina found upon
the ward book? What is the usage of the ward
thus recorded? The record shows that at the
meeting on the 5th of March last year, the polls
were opened at ten, the voters proceeded to
deposit their ballots for three Common Coua-
cilmen, aud then the record says "On motion
of j. s. BAKER, Esq, it was voted that the
polls close at ten and a halt o'clock p Here
then is usage, the only recorded usage, estab-
lished by the vote of the ward, offered by the
Hon. Chairman of the Committee whose re-
port we are now considering, the same gentle
man who in this report talks so beautifully
about what is due on the score Of courtesy
from those early at the polls towards the mi
norityl What glorious thing is consistency !!
How beautifully does it loom up in the transac-
tions under notice.
Under this vote to close the polls IN
half an hour, three Councimen were elect
ed without opposition-poliical friends of the
Committee who have made this report, and
all was fair, honorable, open-handed, while at
an election in the same ward only one year af-
and hUenty minutes, and the man elected by
nearly as much plurality as your half hour
men had votes all told, you are gravely invi-
ted to set asi ie because he was hustled in and
the polls were closed with uch hot haste The
recorded half fhour usage had been shamefuly
disregarded Not only so, but on the same
oath of March, at the same hour ini the fore
noon, an election took place in ward I, ward
twenty times as large in territory as ward A,
and the polls were not only closed at eleven
o'clock, but there were actually but % votes
cast, all told Yet, by some strange rules of
| equity, the man elected in that ward by 81
votes is allowed to take his seat without word
| of complaint, while the member elected by
| 20 to 80 votes is demonstrated agaInstl Gen
| tlemen have doubtless read the story Of the
lawyers bull that eored the farmers OK, and
in that story is a perfect exhibition Of the
principle by which the remonstrants are gov
| erned
Mr.. G. said he should close with a very
| brief analysis of the remonstrance itself. This
remarkable paper purporls 10 come from Sam
uel Parker and 40 others. Why beaded with
the name of Samuel Parker He knew Capt.
p well-had known him intimately for eigh-
teen years, and was proud TO reckon him
among his early and well tried friends. He
was a gentle nan whom he esteemed above re-
| proach-as he did several of the remontrants-
a man who would wllfu'ly do no wrong or in
Justice. Why was such name at the head OF
this paper? Why simply to have respecta-
Bile handle tor the dirty instrument Weak,
inconsistent and shameiuiy dishonest as the
geters up Of this thing hac proved themselves
to be, they realized the necessity Of having a
name which would carry with it some weight
of character to head their paper. Capt. Park
er was doubtless cajoled or cheated into the
unenviable position he occupied. This re-
mark was doubtless true of several other per
sons whose names were mixed up in this dis
graceful association. Such men were to be
pitIed rather than blamed fer lending them
selves to so blse business. The same could
not be sall of some Others There were in1i-
viduals on that paper whose names he would
not mention He would not crafty their van.
Ity SO much as to name them. There were
some reptiles which crawed so very close tc
the ground that you could not even tread upon
them without elevating them. They would
squirm around your feet and thus attract at
tentlon that otherwise would not be given tC
them. So among men, or those in the form OF
men there are those who are so despicably
mean, so utterly unworthy of notice, that tc
call their names even reproachfully, would give
them distinction totally undeserved. Fol
this reason, said Mr.. q. he should refrain from
calling LANES that he noticed on this paper
He knew the ear-marks, the hand writing, who
had been most industrously employed in it:
circulation, in securing lis presentation, ant
all that, but they would not find him stoopl?g
to repeat their names, for the reasons already
assigned.
There were f5co names he would mention
however, for they were curiosity on paper
of this kind, and went far to exhibit the con
sistency and honesty Of the party opposed tc
his occupying his seat These two men were
required to make out the Al remonsrants.-
There were 80 who voted against him. He
should take it for granted that these all signed
the remonstrance. But who were the others
Number 40 was John Ham And who ]:
John Ham? No such name is on the ward
list of voters. Your City Clerk knows Of nc
such man. The City treasurer and Collector
of your taxes knows Of no such man Who
then is this fortieth remonstrant Echo an,
swers, who WE'LL then there is the forty first
remonstrant,-who is he !? Who but aaron
Gatecon,bl an unndtural-ed foreigner, whose
name by fraud stands upon the vo'ing list, but
who dares not vote when his vote is challeng-
ed Here is know noihingism with ven-
geance! Invoking the and of unnaturalized