The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-08-12
The Eighth sonatorial DISTRICT.

to the public we must accompany II with
arcmarl The county of seQuaohie sns
created BY The last Legislature by taking
territory from IIamApn, Bledsoc and
6rupdy. The Constitution plainly and
specifically provides, and every INTELLIGENT
man Is presumed to know the fact, that
where new counties arc created. until the
nextapportionment is made thecitzens of
such new counties shall vote with the
couniies 70 which they respectively be-
longedbefore. That iertion Of sequachie
county--the % and StfDistricts- former
y belonged to Grundy county. and is in
tho 10th Senatorial District, and in the
ith Congressional District, Therefore,
the votes Of those two districts-tlie ID
and sth--belqnEanot to the eighth Sena-
torial Distridi And No. Sd Congressional
District whot Nv INC been counted.
but to the an congres.ional District and
the 10th Senatorial District. No ono
ought to know that fact better than Col
MINIS, and nobody does know II better
than the individuals under whose advise
ment the certificate Of election was pre-
sumed to be given to him. We have a.
copy Of the vote Of sequachie county he
fore US. Recollect the 2d and 9Th dis
triots are territory That formerly belonged
to Grmdy. In the 2d district, Harris
received IA votes, Smith IA, MINIS Is,
Pope -, Stringer, the Democratic camdi-
date to represent ITamilf ~ 6, Netherland
none, Brabson mono, s..none, Giles
pie none, 1rewhitt none. IN the Sth dis
trict, also formerly Grmdy territory, the
vote stands, Harris 90, MINIS 20, Pope
20, Stringer TO- Netherlaud none, Smith
none, Brabson |, Tibbs none, Gillespie
none, Trewhitt none. Harris for Govern
or, gets the whole vote of the district
2O--Minnis for Senator, gets the whole
vote of the district Where is the vote
of that district for.Congress? Did those
20 democratic voters decline to vote in
the Congressional election, or did they
east their votes between Savage and
Stokes, to whose district the entire terri
tory Of what was Grndy county, so far as
voting IS concerned, properly belongs?
We are not at present sufficiently in
possession ofnll the facts to charge any one
with attempting wilful and deliberate
fraud in this matter, but as the question
stands there is something rotten in the
State of Seqlachie." At least the sub
icct demands speedy explanation, and
that in an unmistakeablc manner, without
bubble or equivocation. The Legislature
elect is Democratic without reference to
the eighth Senatorial District, and in
political point of view the simple election
or defeat Of Mr.. Tibbs, is a matter of no
consideration to US. But il he is elected
by a majority of the legal voters of the
Senatorial District, he is entitled to the
seat, and there is no authority or power
to keep him from it.
Before concluding, it is proper to re-
mark that despatch was received here on
Tuesday evening of this week by prom
inent Democrat of our town, which said
"Minnis has the certificate of election"
If the gentlemen sending that despatch
will allow us, we will suggest that a des-
patch reading thus, "jf,p,js IS clcctsL"
would have been much more satisfactory
to their Democratic fliends here. And
the proper course, and the legal course,
when an election is in dispute is for the
officers comparing the vote to give each
candidate a special certificate setting
forth the facts of the case, and then they
go before the proper tribunal upon equal
and honest footing. 80
CLEVELAND, Tenn, l0th'Aug. 1859.
Mr.. Ehtw:-Much inquiry exists in
reference to the election of Senator i'm this
District. The facts are briefly these
Col, Jno. A. MINIS and myself were the
candidates. The District is composed of
the counties of Bradley, Hamilton, Rhea, !
Bledsoe and Marion. At the last Legis-
lature the new county of Sequatchie was
created from portions of Hamilton, Bledsoe
and Grundy and Sequatchie was added
to this Senatorial District. BY the Constitu-
ton of Tennessee, Art. TO- See 8: page 4S. !
of the Code: "rhe citizens who may be in
cluded in any new county, shall vote with |
the county or counties from which they |
may have been stricken off, for members |
of Congress, for Governor and for men, |
bers of the General Assembly, until the |
next apportionment of members to the |
General Assembly after the establishment |
of such new county" See also, Sec. "a; |
page 30, of the Code. The new county |
of Sequatchie was formed two years ago, |
and no ~.
to the General Assembly will take place |
in 1861. Two districts in Sequatchie coun-
ty 1.-THE I'd and Sth) were taken from
Grundy, the remainder from Hamilton
and BledsQe. The returns show that my
majority in the Senatorial District is sew
enteen votes. This is the vote of the
entire district, including the fractions of
Hamilton and Bledsoe, as they were orr
ginally in this district. understand that
the fraction from Grundy, which was new
er in this Senatorial district, has also been
counted, which would elect Mr. MINIS
by eighteen votes. The public will at
once perceive that this is contrary to the
Constitution and the law of the land, and
II persisted in will of course result in in
justice TO me, and will be a fraud upon
the ballot box and upon the people of
this Senatorial District. ! am Informed
my late competitor has been furnished
with q special certificate, stating that the
districts from Grundy are counted and
that he has a majority by including that
vote. ! do not know what course Mr..
MINIS intends to pursue. He is a lawyer
and must at once perceive that by the
legal votes Of the district he is in a mi
nority, andcannot take his seat upon such
certificate. That have majority of the
legal votes of the District, Mr.. MINIS
himself knows, and no man in his senses
will pretend TO deny, unless he is actua-
ted by. imDrOner mnIiNes md a snch |