Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-11-07
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From ,he kentucky Reporter.

aHAuTTEs or JACKsoN1snd-
From the Kentucky Reporter
Look out for Spurious Votes!-G'sard
against being disfranchised oy 1e""esSee-
ans and hired pOfers!!
The following is . letter from gentleman
Of high responsibility in Tennessee, to gen.e-
man in Lexington, dated October 20.
81 think il well 10 advise you OF a Tact when
cannot 100 soon be made known TO everylrieno
Of the Administration throughout your State, !"
order that proper measures may be Immediate
" adopted TO prevent The illicit designs oil their
opponents from bring carried into effect.
"A friend of mine, citizen Of this State,
who returned from Kentucky about two weeks
since, informs me, that on his way home ne met
a number Of men, IN all about so or 70, traVei'
ling on foot in gangs Of five 10 hf'een each, IN
a direction towards Louisville, some OF wnom
he recognised as cit,z ms OF this county-on en-
curing Of one Of them, whom he knew, as to
their destination and object, he was told, that
"they were all gong to I.ouis,ifle to vote Tor
Jackson and work on the Canal" From the
same person he learned, that the whole number
on their way, with the same object in view, a
mounted to about 100, all from the upper Part
Of Davidson and from Sumner counties, which
the residence Of Gen. Jackson himself aid his
| immediate relatives and friends.
"Whether or not this movement has any
connec ton with the business oil your Hon. Sc
na,or Rowan, who lately honored this place and
the Hermitage with visit, am unable 10 de-
| eide But thisL can say with confidence, II
you arr not exceedingly active and vigiant
throughout the whole Of your State, a, every
precinct, you are in grea, danger OF having
palmed upon you very many votes in favor OF
the "Hero" OBJ aimed by means OF reaohery and
dishonor.
| "If mistake not the signs Of the times, the
plan is laid, and bold at'emp: will be made TO
! in,r otuce votes Of this description into Ken
| lucky, not only along the southern border, but
also in,o other sec lions Of the State, where 1t Is
supposed that treachery is less likely TO be sus-
pecied, and therefore detection is less to be
| feared
"Be on the alert. lie, your committees and
sub. committees be finn and vigilant in the per-
| Torrance OF their duties; keep bright look
out for travelling voters hired BY the tools oil
the party, and when The first a,iemp: at impo.
sition is discovered, let the individual be fined
| and imprisoned 10 the extent OF The law, you
will thus very soon clear the polls Of such In
famous characters and ensure the good cause
glorious triumph.
The following extracts ola letter from Bow
lnggreen, dated 10Th October, have been hand.
ed to US for publication.
| "rhe Tennesseeans have commenced their
movements into Kentucky by platoons Of twen-
tv! The platoon alluded to, stopped at James
VI. Blakey, Esq's, in Edmondson, on their way
as they said to Louisville, 10 work on the ca
nal They had one pack horse in COMPANY
| heard Of ann,bs- rJate~-, n, nuins on A"eih.~
route proiessedly for Louisville. 1t is some.
how the generally received opinion in this quar-.
ter, that any body can vote in LOUISVILLE
Tha, being the case, you may expect crowd
al you polls"
81 received the information OF The twenty
Tennesserans going on 10 Louisville profrssrd-
| ly 10 work on the canal, from James NJ Blakey
| himself. H. is to be relied on. He believed
their business was 10 vote, not to work. The
other platoon is rumor, for which cannot
! vouch, but give it as received it. We are
pretty active here, and our activity and energy
seem 10 promise al i'm tease as tue hour Of trial
! approaches. Can yuu not fall upon some plan
to prevent The illegal votes a, Louisville being
taken!"