Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-12-11
1l.aGg 47,2nI 500


taken fr,m the Of the election and the census
Of The SAFE, afford demonsrablc proof of the most
whnlcsa fraud. The first nine counties gave over
500 woes marc than the whole male inhabitants over
lwenyole years of age and in the last nine counties,
with buta ltile larger poPualnn the votes poed were
about 40 less than the males twentyonc years
Of uge The poll in the first five per cent more than
the whoh males in the counties; whilst IN the last, 1t
is more han II per cent. less Surely OLD Iir must
have been popular the first nine counties TO get over
five per .ent votes than the whole males they
contain. IL every where popular with the pipe
LAYERS. These results occurred in election III which
there WIS great and universal excitement over tne
whole Safe which would be likely 10 call out all the
legal vorrs, condition To attend any county, and
winch would have produced vote any where bearing
very nearly the proportion TO The population;
whereas in these j. counties, there is difference OF IL
per cent Ii suppose the full number oi legal votes
were poled in the last nlne counties, with the cScep-
tons Of the sick, absent, Nc, IT follows, that IN the
first nre counties, there over seven thousand IL
legal fraudulent, fictitious votes. 1t is possible the
full yo,.was not given in the last list Of counties but
there onnot he less than FIVE thousand fraudulent
votes il the first nine counties. Who can doubt the
popularity Of Old TIP in his own State;
In Illinois, there similar results. In the county
Of San.amon, there but twentysix hundred males
over twenty years OF are, appears by the census
ust laen and there poled th'r,y-two hundred
votes, eiug six hundred the whole males over
lweuiyone. And in all these counties there was an
immcne increase Of the Wing vote.
The elections in Illinois afford the most conclusive
croo tins abomlnaln system o corruption aud fraud
At the election in August, which turned entirely on
naon;l politics. the Democrats had over 5000 majority
and at the Presidential election. two months AFTER tins
maorig reduced 10 about 900 How IS tins TO be
explained, In other way but by the fact that the
Wing ystcm Of pipe laying and fraud had not been in
;rodmcd into that State before the August election
The Site was probably thought safe enough without
IT, the urty last year having been small. But they
found ter mistake. The new system was therefore
introduced and this large majority was nearly over
come md would no doubt have been entirely, had
there Mt been some miscalculation. We now I'M
dcrs,an, why il vas that tie Wings every where
claimed Illinois, after they had been beaten by more
than 500 majority. The State, they said had not
been attended tot had not had lis quota Of the
corruption iund-thc new system had not been INTRO
ducrd
Fcllov.citizens, we now submit TO your decision
whe,herwc have not established the position as
sulred, hat the elections Of the present year have
been carried by a general system oil corruption and
fraud although Of the vast volume of testimony which
this d,sgnceful and Infamous campaign has disclosed
re have merely touched The leading and more pro-
r.iinsnt hcs. We have occupied so much space IN
this examination, that we must fcrbear the reflections
which til, subject demands.
The people Of tins country have been wron@cd their
intelligence insulied their understandings trrd with
they av been cheated out of their rights; pr"igncy
villany, md fraud, have prevailed and for the first
time in history, overthrow the popular Will liis
n mockeY, insult to common scnse tn call such pro-
cecdngsln election. The whole matter has been
Job man. ed by the undcrakcrs. An example Of sue
ccssiul polsacy and fraud has been furnished winch
if not speedily arrested, and lis guilty authors and
agents ouked and consigned 10 mcrlted lntany, will
soon plunge this country IN revolution and blood.
As Americans, as Republicans, and patrios, We So
lemnly appeal 10 you IN the name OF your country, IN
the sacre name Of liberty, to take immediate steps TO
redress Lis grca, wrong and TO provide new guards
for the security of those free popular institutions, now
for the rst time, vitality assaed, winch were Pn'-
chased " the blood Of your fathers, and which you
mus, vale as the most precious inheritance of your
children.
As to the vile instruments Of these enormltles, it IS
not our purpose 10 speak Of them. They have, IN The
languag, Of the great Chatham applied to a corrupt
minister 'dank of that poison which, according to Po.
etc fcin, makes nen forget their country, their God