Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-31

Mr. Ru,ler said that he rose To ADDRESS the meet
ing in compliance with their CALL un,er the influence
of feelings, such he had never before cxpefecea
when addressing his Democratic fellow citizens. Inc
a,touudn- and momentaus development winch had
Just been made in tins city, had filled ms bosom WIN
mingled emotions in which he had no doubt the meet
ns participated with him, Of sorrow, shame and burn
inc indignation The rights If this city, the rights oil
this State the rights of the free people 81 all parties
of this city and State, had been grossly invaded Tue
integrity and purity Of our elections had been ''anpied
on by hired dcsacIa6ccs from another State III one
instance there was to believe, these audacouS
ATTEMPTS had proved succcssful-that the sovereignty
of the popular will had been ovrrthrown-and that
fraud and perjury in It's stead, had been Pi"cea III ."e
ascendant What lover of has country, what i.ena o.
Tree institutions what honest man Of either party,
could rifle an these facts without gust and horror
Mr. b. said it was impossible 10 eSaggerate the nm
nortance Of preserving inviolate the freedom, the
truth, and the purity OF our elections. Every aei'oe
rate attempt TO defeat the true expression VI the poPu-
lar will: to bring about by fraud and iasehooa, an
operative result different from what would otherwise
be seen TO be the real one; and 10 acquire, IN THIS way
the reins of Government, was an act oil treason 70
our nsttutons-the highest political offence Oh wh'ch
an American citizen conld be guilty. Every Perso"
of any party, who Knowingly and Willingly engaged IN
anv such act should be- marked out Tor punishment
and reprobation Mr.. b. was not less Wiling ana ees
that persons of the party to which ne peio"Seu
who were guilty of any such offence, should Ne hrous
t. punishment and BRANDED with disgrace hxn ne "ss
lively participated in the frauds just disclosed shoud
meet with that fate
II is alleged by some Of the Wing committeeman OF
1873. that the measures they adopted were intended 10
onard AGAINST spurious whom Col Page anu o'her
Democrats of Philadelphia about 10 send on /"
this city As YET not particle OF p-ot had been gwen
to Justify this suspicion. II was the duty OF Inc parties
who had made charge 10 produce their proof hey
had any; and it the duty OF all hencss Dsi"esa''
as well As Of all other honest men, /" asss; to The eX,e
of their power in bringing Col Page aad his acce:n
plices if the charge could be sustained, to the hrr o
Justice Let there be rule, one measure Of pnbic
Justice of pubic scurn, of public reprnoaon, me,ea
out to all men of all parties, who should be proved 10
have been knowingly engaged IA frauds OF THIS descrp
ton.
Mr. B. said that he would only call tho attention OF
the meeting of the prominent points CONNECTED
with the true Issue before the public. That ssue
Was not whetner the nlrmhers d 'ae Wing Committees
of November ISIS, and hpr Isl, :sere coh,isaHt "
Oh. rea, designs III Gien,worh and his acc"h,Piccs
40, whether they knew that the wretccs brought on
BY hun AMI thu IL from tmldrll La nttri'sed '" F"
and did actually vote q, eieciions; net whether
those gentlemen willngly and LEDmia iy authorized
ana acted III those outfagrs on our ii4hts S6-ths
was Mt the real issue. Several OF ih-se committee
men have declared, under their signatures and oahs,
that they neither encouraged approved oi the VII
ainy which was aclua!ly porpe;ra,cG; aud that ticr
intentions proceeded farther than 10 authorize the
bringing Of PERSONS 10 detect frauds anticipated from
the other side-dcclura,lous hich II 10 DC hoped,
IN s,eety to the parties nipple, ~ d, il ia other
son. mig be sustained to The satisfaction Of lie pub
lie Nor, the other l5nd, was Il the issue now,
whether certain individuals at The Democratic party
had conspirrd ALLEGED in the Wing irnis, to inlure
The character Of their opponents b. iac accusations OF
fraud il, The elections. In regard 10 himself, as one
Of the parties against whom that charge had been pre-
frrred and the affidavit II Glenworti:, which vas
relied support Mr. t. would refer the meeting
to brief denial OF his winch would appear IN the Eve
nj hs -
the matter except 10 give such advice az he believed 10
be due the public interest," and just to the parties
concerned; he had had agency IN the Judicial pro-
cecdngs he challenged the severest scrutiny, and he
derd the utmost that lar,'2an ipaiice could attempt
The true issue, continued Air. B.-amd molnentcus
one il s-one which should awaken the profound at
tention of every cit zen OF New York and Of the mon
lis AT present neither nor less ihan this: Whe-
ther, the elections Of November, less, and April,
1880 gangs of despc radoes were brought on from PhI
ladelpha this city 1t the expense OF the wing cleo
ton fund; and whether, after their ARRIVAL here, and
whilst maintained III the ike expense iry voted, un-
der the direction of Gentworth and other subordinate
actors for the Wing candidates, several Of polls,
with full knowledge on their own part, and on the
part Of tci' keepers that they had right 50 to do:
Especially, whether this done at the election OF
lS3S-an election which, according 10 its declared
suits, enabled fonr Wing candidates to take their seats
in the House Of natives Of the United States
which ensblcd thirteen other Wing csud,Gltes take
their seats in the Assembly OF this Siatc--whch
tons of Governor and Lieutenant Governor aud Seua.
of the Stae--wnch gave 10 other candidates local
Offices Of trust and northumberland winch secured
the Wing party of the Unlon the moral influence Of
triumph the great emporium 81 tue Empire State
whether this done ut that election; ard dome too
great extent to achieve those great results
This was the trne the sole issue which it need
full TO examine. Other issues had arisen less
important, and would demand investigation, and others
still mirht hereafter arise; bpt the he had just sta
ted was the one which required the instant and most
solemn consideration Of the American reofe.
Mr. Is said that he wonld not undertake TO di.sect
evidence already developed, with the view Of ap
plynr all its various bearings TO the two elections
which it referred He would however, select few
os the prominent facts connected with the election Of
1875, which he thought sufficient to satisfy the most
incedunus, to the true character of that election
IL appears, beyond reasonable doubt, that arrange
ment was made by Glentworth, with certain Police Of
hcers of tile City of Philadelphia, TO bring several
bands of that cy-inen notorious for their depravtv
and desperatlon-to attend the polls in this city that
this arrangement made with the knowledge and
connivancs Of John Swift, Mayor Of Philadelphia ha,
il was carried into effect; that the persons empoyed
for the purpose were brought to this city that whilst
here they voted the Wing tickets some of them ia Sc
vera Wards, and in several instances swearing in their
votes and that according to ms statc ncni ore
OF them, Charles Swnt, the Alano Of the gang
voted in no less than is different Wards Ii further
stated, that various sums OF money, from the Tx.
chequer OF the Wing COMMITTEE, amounting, in The
aggregate, 10 seVera tn"usa"u u''S' WY ApeAoeu
i'm these operations under the direction ut GemtwoTth
amount by the way, tar too great to be required
merely bringing twenty or thirty men TO ld"utty
spurious imported by the other side, and which,
when added to the other expenses of the election,
proves that the Wing election fund raised in this city
in 1893, must have been enormously large. These
facts appeared in the evidence published yesterday
The morning papers contain farther depositions
one Of whlch-,hat of Capt. Schuz-was exceed'ngy
important Tha, gentleman declared that he was, and
yet is, strong and ardent Wing; he Is also man OF
character; and what does he saw He fist tells that
Ceniworh boarG his boat few da IS before the
election of $685. his way to Phadelph,a that Client,
worth then minated 10 him that he going for
some political purpose tia would tel, for the Wing par
". that few days afterwards Glentwcr,h again
on board his boat, returning to New York; and that
Glentwor.h then informed him that he had been bring