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424 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
ROBERT TROUP TO JAY.
New York, 20th May, 1792.
My Dear Sir:
I have received several letters from you since you left us
and sincerely thank you for the sentiments of friendship
which they contain.
Clinton and his worthy adherents (the Livingstons) seem
now to be driven to despair. All their hopes of success
rest upon setting aside votes for you ; their particular object
at present is the votes of Otsego County which are pretty
unanimous for you and which, from the last information,
we have will yield a majority of upwards of 600 for you.
The efforts made to prevent the canvassing of these votes
by forestalling the judgment of the canvassers upon a mere
law quibble are really characteristic of these virtuous pro-
teeters of the rights of the people, of the enemies of
aristocracy, and the declaimers against ministerial influence. The facts respecting the Otsego votes are briefly
these:
In February, 1791, A. B. was appointed Sheriff of that
County to hold his office for one year. A short time before
the expiration of his year he wrote to the Council of appointment declining a reappointment. About thirty days
after the end of his year the council appoint C. D. Sheriff of
the County, but the commission is never delivered to him
neither does he in any one instance take upon himself the
execution of the office. It is said, and I believe with truth,
that the reason why C. D. did not take upon himself the
office is that he could not obtain the sejCJiriiyJ^qatiEffd hy,
l?»wt In this state of things the old Sheriff continued to act
as Sheriff and after the election he received the ballots
from the different towns, put lto a box as the law
directs, and sent them by a deputy to the Secretary's
office. The votes of one of the towns instead of being put
into the box were left out of it and sent down under a
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 3 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000459 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 424 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. ROBERT TROUP TO JAY. New York, 20th May, 1792. My Dear Sir: I have received several letters from you since you left us and sincerely thank you for the sentiments of friendship which they contain. Clinton and his worthy adherents (the Livingstons) seem now to be driven to despair. All their hopes of success rest upon setting aside votes for you ; their particular object at present is the votes of Otsego County which are pretty unanimous for you and which, from the last information, we have will yield a majority of upwards of 600 for you. The efforts made to prevent the canvassing of these votes by forestalling the judgment of the canvassers upon a mere law quibble are really characteristic of these virtuous pro- teeters of the rights of the people, of the enemies of aristocracy, and the declaimers against ministerial influence. The facts respecting the Otsego votes are briefly these: In February, 1791, A. B. was appointed Sheriff of that County to hold his office for one year. A short time before the expiration of his year he wrote to the Council of appointment declining a reappointment. About thirty days after the end of his year the council appoint C. D. Sheriff of the County, but the commission is never delivered to him neither does he in any one instance take upon himself the execution of the office. It is said, and I believe with truth, that the reason why C. D. did not take upon himself the office is that he could not obtain the sejCJiriiyJ^qatiEffd hy, l?»wt In this state of things the old Sheriff continued to act as Sheriff and after the election he received the ballots from the different towns, put lto a box as the law directs, and sent them by a deputy to the Secretary's office. The votes of one of the towns instead of being put into the box were left out of it and sent down under a |
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