The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-10-18

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The elseIian Of GaFsERar was. fnf he
hssl aimr. bY The people. TIE Wig
candidate hsd FaIeJ en The Fefarm nf lie
Constitution. against giving - the people
lie right Of choosing their Chief Magis-
lrale. md this. u i believed. opeFslrd
materially against him. We believe. wilh
ihe Nsssansl Ialslilgsnrsr. thai "a FIJI
pull # boih parties throughout The state
would show Wig msjasiiy Of ~ least
1. 900 Fnisrs."
The lnliasihg article fr,m The. Bsiii-
more Chronicle details snmr If iir lie
al and seandslnus rroeeedings. rssOEied
10 by lhe Administration party In deprive
The Mhigs Of Eoling: Register.
"in = brief paragraph in yssleriay's
paper. ae promised ~ lay bef,ae The pub
lie hisiary Of the d,sgrzcslnI events
&hieh marked The elersiaa al WedGes-
day last. aud tie night ri thar day. We
fear thai We have been Inn rash. The
hisaory nj thai day and night can never be
fully wrirea. Il walI he suiFic eni fnr our
purpose. IlaaI Ne present such view ol
The eunrmiiirs by ahleh il was dlsgTseed.
IS may ssre Ia eonsIga Ia mer,Isd Inla-
my those by whom they weEr lnsligaled,
and 10 lead 10 such CORRECTIONS by lhr Le-
glslalurs - their nature loudly calls Tor.
" IL became sppsrehi, as snDn IS The
polls were opened. that n Was The design
Of the Van Buren, party To take posses
zion Of Them. and 10 prevent lie lrgsl
Wing voters from giving in their suiI1a-
ges. This plan was the result III deilbe-
rate coaeeII Their speakers rounseiled
them. almost in terms, from the stand, 10
adopt u. and Immediately after the OPEN
ing Of The polls. strong deIachmenIs Of
bullies were observed TO take their stand
bel"re them. blocking up the entrance.
and preventing respectable persaus from
/ giving in their ballots. In one Of the
wards. the seventh, the access 10 The polls
had been made large and convenient By
the erection Of kind Of barricade; hu. a
majority oil the judges. Cor some purpose
uncomfortable ~ Us, directed IL TO be la
ken down. In the tenth ward. the new
| ly appointed presiding judge refused To
interfere TO keep order. alleging tina, his
power extended no further than 10 The
keeping Of order within The room in
which he sal! In the eleventh ward. the
presiding judge. also newly appointed.
and noted ior his Inscriptions character.
showed the mos. open and palpable par
tally in The receipt Of votes, shstrucling
instead Of facilitating The voting. ny all the
means in his power. In The first and
third wards, the polls were blocked up IN
The early part Of The day, ~ such maui
ner as 10 prevent many oi lhe Wing va.
sers from casting their ballots II Was BY
such means as these that hundreds oil
Wings were deprived Of The right VI SUI
frage. To call such an election free. Is a
mockery Of the term. Instead Of being a
struggle for the sscendsncy Of principle
and opinion, il was a contest in which
brute force and violence sought TO bear
sway. II was in all lis aspects aud fea.
lures, with few exceptions. the most d,s
graceful scene which has ever occurred
in the city OF Baltimore.
or The scenes winch f"iloweti--the
riots in Tie streess--lhe ncendiaty APP
pea!s ol partisan orators, and the threaten
ed attack upon the office of This paper
We shall speak al time when there can
be no suspicion that even the remains 81
excitement may mantle our clearer reason.
Unwilling 10 add to The excitement AREA
! dy existing. we leave The subject. tn re-
sumo il at a moment more pr"pllious for
its clear aud deliberate consideration"