28 Mar 1840
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1840
Page
1
A minority report to Congress denounces how five New Jersey representatives were seated while five others lacked credentials. It alleges unlawful votes, rushed printing, and partisan obstruction as the House moved to seat unverified claimants, urging citizens to scrutinize the constitutional breach.
The letter from Millard Fillmore and associates dated March 12 1840 denounces a partisan majority in Congress for adopting administration claimants and warns of dangers to liberties. It urges immediate public interposition at the ballot box and cites state legislatures including New Jersey Massachusetts New York and Virginia. It stresses duty to resist encroachment and calls for calm deliberation on the report's importance.
The minority of the Committee on Elections presents a counter report to the New Jersey case. They argue the chairman’s report misstates facts, favoring commissions issued by the New Jersey Governor and Privy Council, and recount alleged frauds, unlawfully counted votes, and threats to witnesses. They describe committee procedures, debates, and resolutions leading to a contested effort to determine five seats by legal votes, not certificates.
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