The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-11-05
HGr. Va!3and iSF aHEl's Notice OF COM
test TO Mr- Campbell.
rFrom the DAYTON Empir

The THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DIsTRICT.-Thc
faoung is the notice ofcontcst served upon L.
D. Campbell:
10 the Hon. LesciS D. CtmpJeH,
SIR: You will take notice that I will contest
your right to a seat in the Rouse ofileplesenta-
tives as member from the Third CoRgresSon-
al District of Ohio in the Thirty Fifth Congress
the grounds of contest being as follows:
lst. That on the election held on the 18th Of
October, 1856 in counting cut, sunIry ballots
were rejected by the judges Of election, which
should have been counted for ans.
I'd. That in counting out sundry ballots were
counted by the Judges Of election for you which
should have beenrejected
3d. That sundry persons were permitted to
vote for you in townships and wards of which
they were not legal residents
| f. That several qualified electors who offered
to vote for me- and who were legal residents of
the ward or township in which they ofFcrd to
vote, were WTongfully refused their votes on the
ground of noa residence in the ward or town.
ship.
5. That sundry persons not legal residents or
electors Of Montgomery county were permitted
to vote for you in said county, while sundry 9TH
crs, legal residents and electors thereof who of
| fercd to vote for me, were rejected ?, ..f-.
6. That sndry persons not legal residents or
electors of Preble county were permitted to vote
for you ia said county, while sundry others, le-
Igal residents and electors thereof who offered to
vote for me, were illegally rejected. NJ
Z. That sundry persons not legal residents OF
electors of Butler county, were permitted to vote
for you in said county, whlle saMdry StheFs, le'
gal residents and electors thereof who offered to
vote for me, were Illegally rejected,
g. That sundry electors were permitted to vote
for youanofe than once at said election.
8. That sundry qualified electors were, by
threats, procured to vote for you, wlio, but fol
said threats would have voted Cor me, and sun.
idry others, qualified eletors were by threats de
tered from voting for me, who, but for sucl
threats wenld hage voted for me.
). 10. That sundry qualified electors, some no
able to read at ALL and sundry others not able t.
read the English language, were fraudnlently
furnished with ballots which they were led t
believe and did believe contained nay namo, whilt
in fact, they contained yours, Or were blank; b.
reason whereof said electors were prevented from
voting for me as they intended
II. That in the second ward the city ofDay
ton, John b. Chapman, one of theeeuncilmen 0
said city for said ward declined to serve as jHdg
of said election, and ofhis own authority ant
without any choice rlva roce or otherwise, b.
the electors present, appointed ShthM M. Sullivan
to act as Judge Of eleetioa in his place. objection
to his (said Chapman) right to appoint being a
the time made by electors present. @.
II. That sundry persons not of the age Q
twenty Johe years, were permitted to vote 70
I YOU or aas s.sE 'rJy4a -
'llnlas That sundry persons not residents of tn
Z State one, year next preceding election, wer
n permitted to vote foryou
Y, IA. That sUndry persons idiotand insane ,wef
q permitted to vote for you. 'AH3
3 a15. That sandry persons, mot white male cit
liens of the United States" were permitted t
: vote for yoiL
is. That Alfred j. johnson, John NJ Mitch
lell james Robbins. Reuben Rednan, 4Tliona
y ~lFesteF, John d. Robbins, ,AlexanderP Proctor, {
. Iii. Cowan, Robert Goings w. Griffith, an
a twenty-five Others, muattoes, and persons {
color, mot qualified cletors under the Constitu
ton sndlags Of Ohio, were permitted to vot
91oryo s ,1ol.v i s alaa9q fse so q a
, IL. That spndrypcrsons,no not having all lthele
gal and Constitutional qualifications Of elector:
!. were permitted to vote for you 80
r. 18.glhat sundry persons, having all the leg;
ad constitutional qtlalitieations Df electors with
lin this State and who offered toeote for me, wei
!, tTejectcd. 49,. H.. s.s,, lsssd NJ q.t.
4 40 That otD6f Irregularities, defects and lille
galities were Permitted or occurred in conduct
Hig said Selection, whereby my rights a. eahdi
4date were preiadiced. d..,a-s--s.--s-gs.a--------
You will1pFther take notice that | claim t
have received 0 majority Of all votes legally cas-
Ut sDid election, and that am therefore legal
untitled toreprcsent the qualified electors ofth
( ThiFd Congressional District Of Ohio, in th
Thirty Fifth Congress- aeaos-a---~-----
! ls y II g L. YALLANpIGllAM. =
Il DpF9F, Oct 25, 1867 ls8 .ga---a