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NO. ICO.
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Klfro neVlsabscribew jwhaJWUl
ii,v the paper . r'.T
jiaa br nfailhe ;satoe class shall
.ffi.fft advance the sum! of
-f4ritrs ho : J- PaT ,D-tJie At
mafa three DoHarsW all cases. H lA
iclll ta-v3I feWceued fur ! less ttiaa
ineaiaaae
commerce
lt day of Jo
stand this" Season,
'Si.)''' - -l ! i ! . ...-
of the Mansion Hotel, the season
on the 1st day uf April, and end uo
!His will tw let to mares ac the rery moderate
IKf11t N dlHno' w price of FtVK DOLLARS the Single Leap.4
It' -Jthiaiior.:etflei allttearjres ' re paid qtEji DOlllfAUSthe Season,arld FIFTEEN
. 1 ! iLiuLiUAiip iu insure uihb WW iij,mc
itor must be po$t iLab roMJeL Lble at ihe time the 'wrTice is
ce rial iily net bejai- I rnWci Seaisui monerit the ex pi rat km of
the Season i-ii the insurance as soon as the fact
: ?V . hiwe they will c
i i l.Un 3 -I, ' if - . '
f?J1y If ADTERTtsi!io-Tl'iIy Ceiilj a wm&iiYmt thkproperty changed CPFifiy
. Liirebr eacftf ttscrftoj uf uncords. cre ni bH taken to Drerentu accidents, bat no
Cfertmen t will! be I inserted tor less lUbiUty ibir briy that may iiappeh4 - f ,
:tl::, ... unnecrymakew labored
lency 01 oiwu
'the Pedigree
that he is of the
either the tnrf,
r harness; I and all wLo wish to raise fine
horsed wilf only havej to see him -his fine limbs.
great muscula : powef and action and his genera!
beautiful furai to he pleased witli' him. .o op
portunity nUW jOffers for the farmers and sports-;
rrtn nf : t hia'oofMiitrv jiT mmntrv tn imnruVA thpir
slock of horses seltlom if ever equalled; and their
rest, cans-upon tnem to emorace n.
"h. i.gfiviseftienis wuioe ciiHucu viu.o i iaieieni of mennsorpassea excel
LieA to stop therii, where oo directions I form.' and action of Jyclypper.'as
H v,iirtttslT ffiren. I - : n l belovf will sufBcienUy. indicate
1 kLliHseaieritsby the year or six months wily best blood iti America j regards
. i t ict Dollar per month for each square, I saddle
i
.-1
ucjsuij rcnameoi- lo be sn lllPTai. woirr
Without this plain, candid Uir' dealing tha
inestimable ri2ht of i snfiirsstt' 1 vdnld ha I il
only to delude and dciYe. v t cm unable
AGAINST GRAUAM,"
Us SELITBEKD XN
1
SPEECH
- 'or '-'
OK THE '
CONTESTED ELECTION, 'wkVffiSZtt&f M
he' sought lb
ivnfsfik.:. .....i til - .Li 4 - ' "
Mien vuu. lepuoiican ngois - o
Tfc- HoM Af R-entAtives. Marclr Hng- A noid tbo pioposUion too clear to
rr " r , i U.pe cotitroTerted. that n.f ini.tli
'ttPUC, from th&arret!to kha lla W
; --j-. it fia rtenriwert nf k,H.I.. ji iiLii. . ...
tniSf contesiea i election :CTr caio ouwioi it j- s .1 -r
" " - T . A.. UiuzJ ihahnottee must he to default and ctrtnht
tion to. ouestlon wbicb U Decuixarllithd !d nd e?PfJ of the
nin andthe business of the people at K,."1 "g""
r--" " 7 ... " .-. ' T -.;? Jl (lima 1 1 UIS iCiear ' Drinrinini i. tntopoiAvan
vitb all bur rightSf and
n HnansAf w M a . a
1...... .1.: .5.1 lcrll UIsre8ardea wheft the great Question
auujw rrgv .utc w W . of i,beity and freedon of elections are di:
nflda Dakota nn In mottPr4 nnft in I i . i .7 . iM vl BIPVUUUS aiO Ul-
....j-o vi ,m u6l v V"' " 2 irectly inoled.
familv ha wniaJI iL.l ! llil I " -.. :
n arrow feath' ivui fPproTe.now.'nor nerer did.
f10"?1 g810 :1?! othera bhat be l hlniseU
naa conn o 8ir. D(r4erimn1RMU!
precept. I . I he toet if Kn.r
tbw , dimcultT. sutel ! hn'it..'. . f r :
dys since; tbaithooghjbelbad Yotld in
toe. last conrrressionai plprilon -vn. n
ooontj in which be Hired, slit! he had abne
my head Sdiji my heart, I regret tOBsVe Wit h
I cannot per ceife why
,iA rbe pfirilege of changing the or w erery
Bri;:--rmt
mT - - m - - a
rr"u': ! : ZT ' i"., : Wnw mony, presented me
wneu iue nouso j"u,u,. Tf oTlhe names of toe a
CO
PAR
r.:--!iJ
DES
yUXUUYlt'FKti is a beautilul chesnai fmrrei,
HE bnsc8f condticting ythis paper has wc
J... Utiliancnma - that I not ilrt it 1 tnt
.rd dl rarself iastice in other respects I
;ii h tbfcreforlto lake a partner into , the Edito
ltopartmdl!of Watchman. I, should fe-
rf wheiheHthe -present EJditor possesses sixteen End k half hands high, fife jyeara old this
t'ittt ake to show nctotfestabU'nroqf Spring;! perfeci inll bis limbs,., iexcepiing his
iuLh estabbbment is in a bigh degree prp- right hind lg, whih was injured in his first and
fi'jblff ana every ay lmproTiug. ; 'jcaiuuu um " -umu
I tl'W-SnM p4fef a gentleman of the bar; who fully profedlhimself to possess both bottom and
'ou!ibfl winipg to form a co-partnerihip in the speed and was thought by his owner Col. J. C.
w-WtioVajwiLetlers ( post .pajd) will be Giiode, bf Virginia, to 'be die best colt he eer
r jjjjptj- i answered, 'detailing ; the affairs raised and le ias raised some of the best Crack
SffifSfmore thari ought to be done , LVag of Virginia - fur iosiance the fai famed
Inia MTertistoaeni; ano giiog my viewu w an j iiupiira, an diwci rj;vjjf, "
ran upwarusi v wviiijr7iw, gsiicianj fir
rious; and when taki-n from the track her eoal
or Superior was not supposed to be in America,
she . was thin jpurchased for the large sum of
oOO.and sntjto England as. a breeder,
id'lagei-bf the proposed arrangement : a
;t6tfrjbpice, haweffr, would be necessa-
jt bewe ciostsg saon a couuavu - , -
sWifclimaa Office, ? j .
il .K.t. 1ST I! C I
r : 1 : ' 7-'- U . "f ' - .
tr7 Paoers with' whom I exchanse willio-
iblse art bf giing. this a few insertions. j
JUST EBOBI VED
Fomii &ellis,
i tbeir tore1. near the Court House, Sallsbo-
U t V J ' .i t r -T i.L" 7 1- .
"i y orm Carolina,
JYCLY 'PliR was got by Cacjmusjbisdam
the dam . of PilyJ Hopkins, by-the " ia ported
Archduke, impo ted Sterling, imported Obscuri
ty imported Wi Jair, iro ported Cub mare.
l' I Cadmus "oi by Sir Archy : LK dam by
Shy luck, imported Bedford, PoSoV Old Celar,
imported Cluclcfiist, j out of a young Fearnought
mare, t i - T - '
SalUbury,)April 2,1856-37tf i
of these regrets, I hafe one most cbeeiing
consolation and reflection. 1
House andf tbe country will bear in
that I hafefiad no agency .neither part nor lot,
in i
ted
matter. 'J iam'th defendant, and a tnost
to comply with this
tbe fan
before ta-
with a list
lleded l illenal voters.'
cueeunv i i-t i -. " , ; o, r
hW the f ana ine Parcuiar objection to them, then
would have informed tbemiof ithe chare
arge,
o
The committee aav lhey will, add 5 or ft
rotes to Newland's poU,thatneferwerii
t uu"cu P7 in t juoget,
rT "5u'a.- a cannot assent to tne prop-
wimwu Miai a yote a nail j i De coanteu that'
uctct was giren, rue mtenuon to do an
act is one thmgf and the actually doing it
so in a mera fct ne iAii ai " Tti ru"c noic we noose cart de
c.w.r" r F? e"lJ.ir a my upon the votesl
ZJZ-71?Jr7 ra' Wa ?.1. I concede, if a sufficient
Pfen.
of eood
a'nd.tbcy could bare bad an bpoortumtr
il ntfenaa no.genc,,u...p.u. defcndmg (bemsel.es. But it is i polit.cal
ns.itut,ng and int.oduc.ng this jprotrac. lbbry 8to fifcj, freeman's t.gbts awT.
prosecuuon. I am no volunteer lnjh.s w.tl.put!p,eioOS nUee .b bin, or
ii: .u; 4.., i iu A, i t 3? : !"" wuMga bid
uuwuiiug , M. u ! tMliy, and present the accusation to-mor
t. nn mv urill. cnnnBcta me with this vex I . . -.f. . . - 1
vj : " , -7T T,v i U' i oeiiefe some good lerai voters
alronscont lfTrferdict deprifed of Li'r 1qual gh s
f"l1 flighestprifUeges,.b7 this ulijust W
ceaqie.; , , ; $ ;
; Alt. Newland j proposes, and asks the
House, to strike from my poll a large num
ber 61 fotcrs who voted out of the
L foiununly,auandoned A deep f fse wIc, they Ulde s arelwo o.
uuty, as a ingix regaru ur iu Mg"V " piniQ08 in North Carolina arnont
sworn officers, solemnly rendered on j the
faithful finding! the ballot-box, has imposed
opon roe obligations and duties which, I
should be recreant to : freemen and freedom
if I voluntarily abandoned. A deep sense
of
h , "wT" "i'W If 'otes had been tendered Hnd refused. S
J?ke'"J??D?;V'i!i'0 'KPOM teoderinr theln hSS
r ".t" " -i- lMet Poop'f- wr o their qualifications, and that their
nope this petitioner, will not cirr h
so far as to deprive my honest constituents that might constitute a good irroand to or.
OI ?,r cwlon Mp&tm'r der a new election. if the! number so ofier
r N"T wun.this pregiiaat proof - and dis- ed, would hate changed the result: Tnrf.
tmguisnco example before ypu; what will pendent of other objections lo all this class
Uvuw.auiF uou5e;oowiiu mat largest oi persons as legal voters Lnot one of them
. , yui m iuo couu- prupuseu to swear to fits quaiiticauons,- or
lies in which llbey lived ? because without that he bad no, before foted in t the elec
stnking tbem from tny poll, this petitioner, tion. i , t. , 1 - , .
every one sees has not hope of succesi 1 Hearsayef idence has been refected by
will tell you what you ought! to do: Re- the committee ; of that ind, however. I
w..vv m iupic uu noi petition to aisturoi ave proven one hnndred and five Illegal
tbeir own verdict; no sir, the jurors are all votes against the petitioner, and he has f but
iwucu, uui tne aeieateo party, single and ntty-tour against me. Two' ot tthe five
aione, peutions to set aside the verdict . of members that signed this reporC have been
tne oauot-box. l ou ought to say to rhira sick and .unable oiirfelf their time to at-
wnat a court ot equity would say to him if tend the committee room. Another roem-
ne were to apply to tbem to set aside this ber went home during the Christmas ' holi
class of voters: lf you Mr Petitioner, can days, and stayed about three weeks ; hence
show merits on your owri side,aud wi in- you find so many mi JsUients and mis-
jury done to you, we .will interpose oaf au-1 representauons in the report; : My deposi-
...w.nj uwiiui, twutcsai t un papers are j uu cnucuco iiave utrcu upwing, in
read, and it is seen that the family of the from the people of my district, until every
petitioner and himself ; have done the Iveiv man without an exception, who has read
thing which he complains bt mothers. The il admits that lam entirely and larnelv a-
-.1.1.1 - . t ' . . .1 I l . I- f I " 'WW
luaoe iooks wun astonishment.and address, neau.
among the Peo-
. 1 n.LLI -
has been collected 7: ;r;-r 1"
It
j t
2Ve Vilebfated Washington JjICK,
hionable supply oj
MODS
PULASKI,
wV?tcd with great care by one of the firm from . .1 .
itiu. Vrt iopariations at New York and Phila- L lP e iow
(Mohia. tmoog whieffare
I f Jl jrenbrdl assortment of i
ILL Qummence bis Sprin? 6eason at the
Stably the proprietor, un Tuesdav th
15th Inst.; a id end on Saturday 18th June next,
.t ar . f i t
-7 y
I ctioice variety of CtOTHS, (su-
ms, a ncn stock Muslins Lin-
ticai-Challey s4-tlandkerchiefs, SU:
116
1LSO
QUEENS
BOX-
MWrncuTimRv,
mEi BATS. SHOES.
fi
rates of $2 cash the srnzle visit : 44
the'seaison, td bef paio in the season, and S6 lo
insure a uiari to be in fual ; the insurance money
vi! be claiinlid iti every instance when the fuel
is ascerfained or the property changed. All
mares brought tt Pulaski, will be considered as
put j by tii e 6ejaso a.id charged " accrdiogly, un
less otbefwistd jordered wiinn. first1 put. Care
will be taken! to prevent accidtnitf, but 1 will not
be liable for any that may happen.
Customerslto ulaskt need be under no fear of
being detained, as is j tuo often the : case wii h
Jacks, utiles: he should be tuu. thronged. And I
wil here remark ;h is colts are of the first oHer rs
a proof f which,
suffrage and the majesty of
i 7 ; L7 : ii l i
wnose aovereign wui iias oeeu concpicu ybndlthe limits of the county wherem you
and proclaimed 1 From tbe ballot-boxcompel f. p-nMM '
ril , .SnJ.UiiTi' Fldl for Coogress. One opinion is, you
WKr7u"?.F-9t mustefote, aefcording to the letter of the
righU, & pr,v,teges,& honor of my const.tu- Constitution, in the county only! where you
ents. These very constituents are looking The other opinion is more broad
w.th an eagle's eye, and turning an alien- afid aberal, .Supposed to embrace thespir
tjve ear to the pioceedings of this body. Iti)fe consut.on, and permits a man
Tbey arequ,teanxioustoJearnandascer in1Q the cSngressiouai district, to vote
.s. w...w-. -ri fQl Congress in any county therein. In
Georgia, a citizen theieof, I am informed,
elect their own asents, which is the highest
privilege of a republican freeman and an A
tnerican citizen, are to be superseded and
sacrificed. They desire to know whether
their old, known, and well-established cus
toms, usages, and habits of themselves and
their ancesters are to be violated arid rJe-?
stroyed. to defeat their own expressed Willi
Mr. Speaker; these pure, plain patriots, who
:,.-r7Ll '..I ' 1 i-.l. -k-l
arc tne sail oi tne eariu sou tu 8.r,,gu, &i did, y outes3 ; f lnis
llIU IlilllUU, Will UUI UUIU UIUI gUIUICSB Vuv
shall attempt to take away their privileges,
and overturn and trample upon the gpod old
holiest cusioms of liberty. i
In the twelfth Congressional district; of
North Carolina iaeie rre six counties, pit
is upwards of two hundred miles Joug, ind
about eighty miles wide, intersected With
lofty ledges cl tuoudlains. There ale sixty-seven
separate places of holding elections
can vote in any county in the whole Stale
for Congress. In South Carolina loo, 1
Iear lyou may Vote any where in the con
gressional district for Congress. u Now, sir,
whenl there are two opinions; emanating
from jfespectabfe sources on this subject, 1
presume it becomes this honoiabie House
to income on too eioe ot tibertrr l- can
weren open ques
tion, and never bad heretofore been decided
otherwise by the inspectors of the election,
and tle reople tliemsekes in my .district, 1
should say a man could only vote in the
county wherein he resided, j But; inasmuch
as thefe are respectable persons entertainang
opposite opinion; and since there is positive
proof bat it has always been customary for
men living in the 12lh congressional district
to; vote for Congress at any election in that
RGCE
tOXTAlNING A VARIETY Off
HZBSi
W H I Bomfef of SCHOOL BOOK, em
rcitigti08e" lately introduced in ( the Female
Wawtwr.i .ui nlav Allnf ihi.h thoi will
fcrtwi, or oq a short credit to puuctoal teims.
iCp Messrs. F.7&iEf feel grateful
T; liberal s&areuf uatronaire wtih which the
o . . -.-4-14
UTered tbem, and they feel ussured
lu such a district how can any representa- district; and since the real result of the elec-
. i . J1 I i ' ' m - . ..... v
live, without' know ino the names ot j voters upn would not be ; changed j so far as this
hlsi Vearlintr mule oiu have aneugea 10 oe iiiegai; wummi """8 . 1 class Oi voters are concerned, it tney nan
been sold in the fifeitrliltfirhiuKi U,r Z -nnh I cattlCUiar obrevtiouS to them, lhepf?Cli;t'lS vntpl far the Rme aiiiliiltv in their hin
Ijdeem thelDestiiption and Pedloiee of Polas- at ffVliich.ihyy voted, W abie to protect ihd vediinlies: arid since the obiek antl dutv of
aty ai he is s well known, .further defend the lights of the ballot-box aod the Congress should be, not to deprive freemen
... 11 - 1 I a l. il laarv arl2t lfl v I ji . : I t ! '1
puvuegua ui -mo iteoptc. n ia . iwraniyic. ineir n4 ivueoes, but to protect tnem in
llielngn perogative privilege, tue figut oi
sutfrage, cannot be understundingly protec
ted uhd defended, unless and' until" the
charges are rendered cettain, delinite, and
pellicular. There is in this vexatious con;
test no allegation made against ine. j It) is
made against the People and ojficcrs pf my
t r -
KJ unnecessary as
say, that he came of a lonr li(ei breed,
his Tatnd Sire living ;io the advaoed an of 97
years, (as appears by ia former advertiseoifni of
Mrmawkin4i arid he is 7 years old this siinn-j.
is foil of vigor, and a sure foal getter.
JUS. CKAMBKIIS.
Farmviile
Iredell Cofiarch 8 8w35
Mares leift with me to be nut io Polaski
shatJ be' wellitaken care of un accommodauny
frlywsiNtter prepared , than ever to trive
Iut4 customers, 5 ' If '
Jfry, April 16. 1836 1!39 I.L
! !
the real enjoyment of libeity: then, for these
reasons, founded in justice and; equity, 1
contend the honest freemen who lived in
the district, but voted out of their own
counties, ought not to. be deprived of
their votes. ".
Th proofs establishing this custom ot
J. C Uwfrtc, whose public tttfrirs in this Mouse votersllhving in the congressional district
LIST OF LETT Eli S
have, (or a time, beeu v .-ui milled to my
emaininjin the Post Office at
5'
if
in
GOiJuyrJSSIOIT
ANDIj..s..,, 7'1 -
nil Stfltnts,
HE Sobscribers, eaccessors to the old For-
VtWiri HoilSA nf Willtrinmi l&r H nfTor
gmcet id the Merchants ot j Rowtn, and
iw.i.ljh't- knowledge of tbe kosiness
experience, with : strict and personal
rtoalt Goods entrusted to them, will,
Con the 1b! day of April, 1836.
A Beujaifcin Alexander, Abram F Alexan
deriM D. l! I ' : 7
R A B B liroon 2, John Barbie, John L
Beard, jMoselt Barger, David B.adfjrd, Juhu
Barnhatt 2, Maj ) M Barrinoer j
,D Robert H ICrawtord, Christopher Criin
mingeri Jacob Coleman, Robert Carr'gan, mic
AnoCrawfoid, James Carrigan, Julu Cline
DBarneit Dewese, Dr George ,V Duolap
F John Furrj !
C N VViGroner, RevM Henry Graelr, Ka-
than, ureen, ptlenfy Ii Urnner !
. H Fran (il in iHudsun, Mrs Jane Houston,
Greenbury Holebfnoks -
If v II. L i trr !l. i.l .' .
iv ixooeri ivuKpamcii, -.ttxanae1 tvtmmms
care and keeping. Now, sir, in their
Concord X. I and in their 6 1 hull, 1 have herelolord
name
h)ed;
my protest, and demanded of the petition
er, Mr. Newland. an express and written al
legation against them, before toey, or anyi
votiijg 'in any county therein are clear & coo
ciusive; first, by the positive proof of ttob-
ert laI, one ot tbe judges oi the election.
2d byHne fact that the sheriffs cy inspectors
of ievefy county in the disiuct received votes
one oi lhe:n, should be called upon to su- 'i'hird-1 perceive ti om the poll-hsU cy proofs
swer the charges made agaiusttuem,5r Welore l tnat jyl James Tate, who is a first cousin of
Aiiv evidence ; was taken in the depoSilions
coiicerni. g their votes. The petilioofcr, al
though call upon before one deposition
was takcu, lo luruiali a hat of the aliideil
illegal voteis, declined and refused solo do;
aud thereby has produced all the deli)s,
difficulties, and wasteful expenditures j ot
time and money have since iqilowed. j W:by
must 1 be compelled to go into tbe luvesti
es the petitioner thus: 41 see vou. yourself.
have voted out of the countuin uskich Ivnn
live. This is a oourt of enuitv: and should
not do iniquity. The principle of this
honorable court of conscience is the repub
lican rule. Equality is equity, and must be
dealt out to all alike, without distinction of
persons. You must do unto others as ye
would that they should do unto you. Mr.
Clerk,dismiss the petition at the costs of the
petitioner. Although tbe committee struck
thirteen voters from my poll, for voting out
ot their counties, yet the petitioner; Mr.
Newland, is permitted to retain on his poll
the votes of his cousin and brothers that
have done the very same Hbing. This is
left handed justice, sir, and a burning shame.
Mr. Speaker, if this House bbould turn
one member out and turn another in, by ta
king such unfair advantages of my constitu-
eivs, there will be fire im the mountains.
Sir, there will be one general burst of fiery
indignation. (When you improperly inter-
fere with high privileges, and infring up
on the rights bf the ballot box, you touch a
magazine. A single spark might cause an
explosion which will wound; cripple, and
perchance kill those who may wantonly! ap
ply the match. , ' I
Not withstanding, the commltee have skid,
1 shall not have one of the votes which was
given to me out of the county in which the
voter lived,yeitl.ey have said that Newland
shall have 3 votes added to his poll that were
given to him at the Henderson precinct in
Buncombe county, from three voters living
in Yancy county. Is this even handed
justice? Is this weighing out impartial
justice in golden scales ? No, sir-: It is the
game ol neaas, lie wins tans, t lose.
A good rule ought to work both ways. ;
The committee have done me and. my
constituents, in another respect, great! in
justice. They have said that Mr. New
land shall, athe Franklinf precinct in Ma
con county, retain Jive vdles that are ex
pressly proven to be taken, not from the
Congress box, but from the Commons box.
Mr. Robert' Hall establishes this fact; and
Mr. J. W. Killian also swears that all the
tickets taken from the Commons box for
the candidates for Congress, were given
for Newland, and there were 5 or 6. They
were ail counted for Newland1 in the cbn-
! irressional election. The return of the lot-
of thaclassinthe last congressional election, j cers 0f that election coufirms the evidence
of these two respectable Witnesses ; for it
shows only four hundred and forty-five
the petitioner, made a public spoecu, and voters' Lames registered On the poll book,
thep voted jagamst me out of tbe county if! amj yet jour hundred and fifty 1 votes were
L John LitwderfL John Long, J F M Leop- gallon of this matter in the dark and blind
rd, John Jjowdr or Mr Freesland 7 folded? What crood reason can be assitfuei
ncoraw.
hv&3& ihriT rmiuM Alfred 'T.l "M-"
fc:- ' ,"'" UHHO BCCUIDi .IU 1 1 UUI
tiin Y5tw,eeiwl Maxwell direet)
leilcttlajed forthe business Cotton aod
tfc, Ik- PMucereceied fof siorageate.
iiuuwni 9iai AauL . -i . - I a - . a . i . 3 .
t auTances maoe ou tne i (J-Fhilin Ochlpr lmd ,n;.i.
UiJ- . -i f . 7 ' I P Rsi.lr.kt Parr .fntin Plr Tl;,, T.M I 7. J j.l
if-"SrS?'C!& "-ai!lISr-'oi fT1' Capt pamcularly.ih what way the de
John Ru8sea, Ehzabelh Rogers - ! -. Z.nm ; ili!. iv 11
$-Mar4 Sh ve;Ceorg?Sui2ner Elder Sol- camo nd bled M? m. IV ell,
omoodnydef, John feuther, Philip Shive
T Seneca Turner . i!
V Moses W Wilson, Solomon Veaver.
! I ii R. IK JlLLlSO.m,p. m.
folded? What good reason can be assigned hat 6ticks closer than a brother.
... K U nr 1 1 ...a- Iia.iII nM liovcispl tiirlii 1 7.. . : ln I -7a r'
nofoufthe Slate in which be lesidedi Fourth,
Samuel Newland and Washington New
land, ithe two brothers of the petitioner,
voted for him in August last,; for Congress,
out bf the county in which they reside.
Mr Speaker, J have still more important
and titumphani evidence to establish thb
liberal? custom. 1 have proof nearer home,
1
ennnted for Couffress. Bv adontinjZ tins
unjust rule, you put it in the power of One
voter to give as many tickets as there kre
different boxes to one candidate ; and yjou
supercede the necessity of separate boxea.
In the case of a contested (election in this
House, in the year 1830, of WashburnJ a
trainst Uinlev it was expressly deei-
ts 1 j - - a :,
I have been surprised to hear gentlemen
from iall sides of the House introdnce the
next presidential election in this debate.
Srr, my constituents have a clear risht, ni t
only ip elect whomsoever they please to re
present tnem on this floors but they have
the same right lo vote for whom they please
for the next President ; hey know tny set-
ltffl 4anr! o rail lata 1 n m m . m C n
wu uw ui,i,iaivvi UIHIUIIUAUVU) ill 11IC c-
vent of the presidential election coming be
fore this House, to vote for and 'support
that candidate who sltall receive a majority
of the voies in my district. i
The opinions of a majority of the people
of my district, as expressed at the polls in
November next, in the choice of electors,
will be my letter of instructions on that .
great question, and I shall cheerfully act iu
obedieiice thereto. ;
Sir, Congress should be deprived, in any
event, of electing a President; and then .
you would not see this j temple of-liberty
and legislation continually converted to the
illegitimate purpose of President-making,
and usurping tbe rights of .the people. I
have entertained and expressed these views
and sentiments at home j as well as here.
My opinions in relation to this question
have undergone no change.1 They were,
the same last summer ai they are this will
ter. My honest constituents can neither
be bought nor sold, while their rights : are '
committed to my keeping. I have advert
ed to this subject, not because I feel any
obligation or accountability to any man, or
set of men here: all my rcspontibUitiss we
io the people at home, p
Mr. Speaker, if I believed for one mo
ment that I was not fairly and duly ele ct
ed a member of this honorable body, I
would resign my seat before the setting of
the sun. I do not'desire'a seat here unless
I obtain it as the voluntary freewill offering
oi freemen, i was born tree and mdeden
denl and- by the permission of Divine
Providence, I intend lo live and die so. All
the advantages of the last summer's cam
paign were in favor of tbe petitioner and a
gainst me. He had a yery extensive, nu
merous, and wealthy connexion in the dis
trict. His , father, bothers, and cousins,
pervaded and intersected every cove and
neighborhood in that widely-extended dis
trict, to favor the wishes of the petitioner.
I stood alone, without a relation in the dis
trict no, not one. But the bone and. sin- .
e v,tbe nerve and muscle of the country
yes, sir, the workingmcn, the. farmers and-lax-payers
sustained me, and I was elected
by the People. After th secrets bf the ballot-box
were unfolded and told, and proc
lamation duly made, I hoped, and fondly
hoped that 1 should find some rest, and
that the voice of the People would hard
been acquiesced in and submitted to without
a murmur. But not so, j I have since been
pursued m the most unexampled and unti
ring manner. Through these embarras
sing trials I have had no assistance in. the
have set lorlii .h, ,nrrressional DoU-hooL: jit Frank-
ovv viimw- "'O
names, objections, precincts; and state wbp, lininlJlacon county, the name f Daniel
wny, wnerer j air, in Aortn uarouoa, oeiore jVrtcihtl, the petition
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ilWILLKINGS & BELDEN.
J fcr Mlrphy Esq. Michael
- ijh ; m b. Mm. r - . w - aevi
v,, uiu snamo, ; xq-, x nomas
bamer,! Sidaey McKiuly, Susannah
ChristouberlMfclebor
N-Wm iNichelsoo, Henrv M Neialer. Paul nj court of justice, if this petitioner bad
Nuseman i I ':. I I instituted a suit for onlr twentv shillidss, a-1
O-Philip Ochler gainst any individual, he would be obliged ori-kaino
ioner htrhseljm who lives
in Bure county, at least one hundred and
om wheie be voted for Con-
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reSs, 'passing tnrougnoui eurice cooniy.auu
K.W'tk'W elon pood terms, mr Mtab-
l2,, a1 lM Courthouse
i MZi Wfl. Il has been occo-
ii- ."-'. ill urn IV d a. - a. .
r tLAelciel frrv, John felrv. Briton Pai?e I m nH ri!ar in wriiinn. ifHnitelv arid I " i o." i ti.,
n. ( . . - w ,5" 1 J . "s.i j 1 1 pnii v iirrusj uuucuiuuc auu uainwva
the defendaht be- ..UtiW ,nio Macon, to vote for Consress.
sir, ,ijf ibu j Ani now. since the maioritv of tbe people
must be thus particular io a controversy 'at havi sbiea)ni? declared he j is not elected,
law, tor a few shillings, why should ypujbe he fafa roul;d and Myao man shall be
ieS3 particular wnen tne oearest rignts ano j r<ted to baT- b,s Tote counted for me,
ded that 44 the intention of : a voter is to 6e I management of this cas0. - The petitionee
ttxr.eriain.ea oniu irum ine uujl w c
j 7 '. - j
April9 SwS8
fbeaii-t nnnber ot! years, and v Y m -i
M toffi Wllthe Hoase and Furni- Jl me
dlorgantori Female Seminary, more indifference and less concern
you would require in ratrifiins mallei of
! ! 3 . a. mm . ' ' i 1 It' L v . - - . W L .
exeicises ot this institation were re-isnuungs and pencer No. sir! no.tne liber-
k.ii.i. ! ine uoose ana t ami- JL sumedi on 1st Mondav in this month, niwf ties of the Peonle. nrl ihir own fr in.
atirTF; teoaratelv. A,.w I jTj .l. e' Li " w r"T 7 . . Ti i .
httrwrU , ' V;....w.,, nW: UQ WflMUCl l?l UO 1UIU1CI IJ UJUIUQU, I KIllUllOnR. afrt fIltltlAi Vrt h tro4Vrt taiilh
i II JViiJ JUrS. i . Uni ihii 'ltet)omf as to-the irW ail.aii. f-r". "f S. . uul ; permitieti to
highest pnvileges of freemen are at stake (Gihi,) Who foted for Congress oot of
Shall the right of suffrage an freedom .olV lhe bounty in which he lived; and be grave
elections be sacrificed and 'overturned i with .it-:ii- iui. t 1 .n .L.'k. r i,
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AT THIS OFFICE.
likely to afford them than this.
" j --'h j : 1 THE TRUSTEES.
description J The plain practical j result is
this. he says other freemen shall not do that
which 'u cousin and two brothers, and
himself, all did do. Is this equal rights
and common privileges? Is this just.equit
able, reasonable, or republican? pur bdl of
rights declares that no man or set of men
ticket is deposited '9 The majority oflhe
committee (ifthere beiariy majority,) hve
entirely misconceived aria misrepresented
the evidence,both of Hall cy Killian.as any
gentleman will see by reading their evidence
comparing it wun tne reporn x wc .cjy.,
makes Robert Hall swear whit he nepr
said. It represents him is swearing that
it was the custom to change fotes from One
box to another and count litem. Now,
Mr. Hall states no such lhin; hear his
words : 44 1 know that it has been the cus
tom for men who lived in the district j to
vote in whatever county in the district
where theyjmay be atj the election
and - yet wonderful to tell, he is mis
represented Jin the report, ;page 3,to
say as follows : 44 Robert Hall further stales
that it is customary to cdrreci such mis
takes,' that is, to change' voles ' from one
hi .:ii - . ( : us uibi luiuicui eiisuiw wiBKimiuiiii , . 1 1 : . 1
-i'iunnLi entArtmn mm I a- ei.' LI r tt 1. 1.1. . , 1 1 bisuu uen nn mKlcn tialterv rtn mnf twil ? t-.il ti,z 1 L .Ji
.'ttStotnat 1 T 1 tages OI inis?pcnooi.s 11 ueami.iuei, luurai auu 1 . 7 r v , - r ibbsu w euuuea 10 ciciujitb pr;Tiirgs.
I ! ( u I liters r inatrntmh he aimed at. thev sav will. I " w me oari., aim ie. luem set.
I
nf.rit7rnn4a.nt tkr mi irnrlri nnrtltlientS
confidence that there are few institutions more 1 from the crown ot his head to tbe Wei of! shall riot n.n f.nli. ana lihirtv with
employed an able Federal lawyer of .this
city 10 prepare and argue his cause before
the commitie. He made; all his arguments
for him and drew up all the papers attach
ed the report of the committee signed by the
petioner, and has been his constant coun
sellor opto this time. !
Mr. Speaker, I am exhausted and tired
of this contested election ; you sir, the,
House, and tbe country know it is not one
of my seeking. Tbe People at home know?
that dnty to myself and to them imposed
upon me a most unwelcome participauon
in this unprofitable contest. It is true, rjy:
majority was amall, but he who lives in at
small log cabin is just as much bound to
defend it as though it were a large castltv
His house is his castle, withont regard to;
size ; and be who will not protect and en-!
deavor to defend it, is worse than an infidel.
Tbe People placed me in this House, their
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box to another and count libera. Neither Capitol, ana commanaea me to uejena .11
Hall nor Kil'iati says there was any mis- and keep out intrnders. Yhert T ask the
take. I am pleased to see one of the five ; honor of a scat on this floor I shafl ask
member wlio siirned that reDort nse tin ; it, not 01 tne memoers 01 tms .nonse, no,
his foot. He should, Ufbre the evidence; other men: and be debarred from the ballot- his place and disclaim arid deny that he sir, no, but of the People ofmy district. It
was taken, have given the particular and) boxand depritid of their' privileges at the ever agreed to this part of the ? report ; but is my Geiioeraie convici oo iinu r .an 1 iw
specific cause of complaint against eich when thtitioner Waod his 1 .till, regret to see'liis nfme sanctionmg ly and duly elected 1 but, if tbe House are
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