Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-09-18

70 the census IS true, and the report ha
70 inducements to be false? The n
d sponsibility Of this language is nc
d mine; let those who brought in thi
q base pile of "frauds and perjuries
q into this house answer to the coun
t try. 1t deserves more than 1 hav
!, said Of it, although it has cost t6
g people large sums, and Congress
a much time, in its preparation. o
9 the ninth district there is no com
] plant; and Of the tenth, it is sal,
: that ten Indians and eleven fire,
. State men, no t entitled, voted, wht
. neutralized each other. Ofthe elev
, enth and twelfth nothing is said thai
. requires an answer.
Of the thirteenth district, the
committee says: ga majority of free
State only twelve legal votes
cast; Governor Reeder says @there
are filty-five southern men and TWEEN.
ty-two free State men," which scat
ters to the winds another solemn
allegation of this committee; and
members on the other side of this
House dare not trust these reckless
fperversioas unless, in their anxiety
to place one Of their own party in
the Presidential chair, they are ready
ito trample all justice, truth and hon
or under foot.
Of the fourteenth district the re-
port admits that parties were pretty
near equally divlded-but strives to
make the impression that the free.
State men had a "smail majority"
suppressing the material fact record
ed in Reeder's census, that in this
district there were two hundred and
eighty-six southern men and only
forty-two free State men-showing
clear mistake of more than two
hundred votes in single district
This is a fair specimen of the truth
of this report. Such s'facts'' as it
contains are not surpassed by the
stories of Gulliver, Munchausen, or
the widest fancies of fictitious histo.
ry. / denounce them as unmitigat-
ed, partial, and fraudulent perversions,
made for electioneering purposes,
and unworthy the consideration Of
Just men.
Of the fifteenth district, the re-
portsays: "the free State men thought
themselves equal, and some claimed
a majority; but the census shows two
hundred and six southern men and
thirty seven. northern men," Such
truth and such honor are truly Black
Republican!
Of the sixteenth district, the re-
port says: ''the testimony is divided
as to the relative strength ofparties;"
but the census shows one hundred
and ninety-two southern mer, and
more than sixty foreigners, who, it is
said, always. vote the democratic
ticket; and yet this committee, in
search of truth, could not tell which
had the majority.
Of the seventeenth and eighteenth
districts, nothing is said that demands
a reply.
In conclusion, the report states
the whole number Of legal votes cast
at this election, fourteen hundred
and ten, with discrepancy Of FIVE
hundred aud twelve; of which num-
Der the free State men cast seven
hundred and ninety-one, which leaves
six hundred and nineteen southern
men. The absurdity and unfairness
of this conclusion is fully manifested
by the fact that there we're sixteen
hundred and>seventy southern men
to one thousand and eighteen north
ern men in the Territory; and yet
they report that, with near FIVE thou
sand AIissourians to help Us get our
men out, and drive theirs from the
polls, the northern men cast two
hundred and seventy-tWo more votes
than the other party. Such a state
ment is good for nothing, except to
dishonor those who made it.
Again: the report says "thirty-
eight legal votes we're cast in the
eighth, and thirty in the second dis.
trict;" thus claiming that every vote
was polled in the first, and not q
sixth part in the latter. This con-
clusion'is worse than a guess--it is
a reckless statement, proved untrue
by surrounding facts; and I must SO
denounce it or retire from duty,
which is not my feeling at the pres
ent time.
The election districts we're laid off
nts representative districts some be-