Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-10-27
RICHMOND, TUESDAY, OCT. 81. 1910.

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Gibson Hampshire. for that OF Heroine L. opc OF Jefferson
In the Tickets already lssued strike the nom the lame
W. Taylor u Rockbrdse
r-Js Printed Copies of the above Electoral Ticket
will be furnished to Committees &c, al this Office
| Treason against the Liberties Of the People!
| Arise arise Fellow Citizens, or Je forever fallen
1 The Wings must be put down, or the principles oil
YOUR Constitution must be prostrated-and your pub
lie morals must be corrupted to the very hearts core
Little did We dream of the ln.amy OF the means
TO which the Wings Of the other States have descend
ed We dctested the arts which they have been prac-
Using here as well elsewhere, TO deceive the People
BY hnmbugs and to stutfy their understandings by ap-
peals their and their passions But the cur
| tain is drawn up. The most startling develop
ments are making The most corrupt frauds are IN
the course Of exposition. They corrupting the
great fundamental principle of the elective suffrage,
and poisoning liberty at lis fountain head. Arise, el-
citizens, all the majesty OF your strength, and
put down means Infamous, and party, whose bre-
thren and agents are 50 corrupt Well may the Wings
boast Of anticipated success. Well may they count
upon yctorv--and consider the battle as fought and
won. Well may they toast VIM. ii. HARRISON at Nor
folk as the sPresdcnt elect when they have seen
State after State them; and when we now come
to see the machinery BY which they operate elsewhere
when we see money poured out like water to buy up
votes when voters carried from State to State 10
troll the majority Of the resident voters and the elective
franchise itself sapped by the most nsldous arts and
Shameless corruption The whole matter seems 10 be
reduced 10 sort Of system Take the following facts:
GEoaGiA.-Ertrae If n letter from a distinguished
nun, October l-.-"So you see we are beaten. This
result was unexpected believe to both the friends and
opponents of the Administration in Georgia. The
most sangnne Wings did not certainly calculate on so
arge a majority. We entertain bet little doubt that the
most outrageous frauds have been committed IN this
Election 1t is impossible that il should be otherwise
There was full for Governor last year, and screen
M0nsand votes cast IN the late Congressional
Election thar in that. Our Ticket has received lar
re. vote than Governor Mcdonald did last October,
and il is still beaten four thousand votes. In some
Counties fifty, sixty, and high two hundred more
votes were cast said than there voters. fou
remember the frauds developed by MIR. lngcrsol The
whole country ought to be cautioned against them,
and the friends Of the Administration every where
should be on the alert to prevent them. II We are
beaten will be by the corrupt practices OF our oppo-
nents who have ahured honor. and discarded principle
in all their operations. We shall make an effort IN
November.
Il am happy 10 sec tie spirit which animatcs the
Democracy Of Virginia II cannot fail TO carry that
ancient Commonwealth that has never given Fedc-
raj vote for the Democratic candidate.
FaoM OnIo.-A letter from one of the most ds,'n-
puisbed men in this State, says, that Governor Shan
non received at the recent election $4,000 votes; and
that two years ago he had only lG7 900 votes after an
excited contest with Vance Thus Shannon increased
his vote COO and yet defeated by perhaps lo,OoO;
that "a countless number of awless mercenaries were
! Smuupled
clear that some Of these voted at five different places
on the same day. In Cincinnati alone, 20 of these
wretches have been apprehended, and confined in Jail,
TO await the of criminal justice. And prosecu
tons punish the sort OF valny have been COM
mcnced IN MI quarters of the State.
FRoM ALABAaA.-The Mobile Register Of the 18th
says, that mo supposes that at the last election
lin Mobile county, 1900 legal votes polled The
thing is unprecedented and there is possible way of
accounting for the excess except BY the argument OF
fraud. Yet with this fraud we were in the minority
only about % votes
The same cry OF. abominabe fraud comes 10 US from
PENNSYLVANIA But li.tle did we suppose, that il was
go outraeeously carried by the Wings, until
il in the case Of letters in Baltimore HIS letter SNOW
perfectly authenticated, appears bv the letter Of Mr..
Hillen a member Of Congress Our Correspondent
also writes us from Baltimore, Oct 23d:
More and more is daily almost hourly, coming to
light on the subject, and high names compromised.
letters is admitted, on W hands, to have written the
letter and our Grand Jury has found bill against
him. Yesterday his Counsel ,cuhout bringing him into
Court asked Of the Judges of the City Criminal Court
what bail would BE- required Of him. The answer was
$4,000 The chief Judge OF the Court says he knows
letters handwriting and that there doubt that the
letter written By LETTERS. The Chief Judge IS
warm Wing.
But the startling developments just made in New
York, throw all the rest into shade. We lay the dark
details before our readers They are calculated TO
harrow up every heart, and to arouse the indignant
vengeance Of insuted people. Read-read the IN
famous detas-and down, down with the corrupt per-
petratnrs of these revolving ourages. letter from
New York Of Friday morning says
"The excitement is tremendous. | am too busy to
say much to you day You will recollect that Gov
Seward has rewarded the ring-leaders by giving them
some of the best Offices in the city Our Liberties are IN
danger No wonder that the Wings aud AbolitionIss
are SO certain Of electing their canddate General ar-
rison Should he succeed, God only knows what would
be the result.
We have no room this morning for the indignant
comments which they should call forth. We must re-
serve them for Thursday Our respected Correspond
ent says that Stevenson TO whom we are indebted Tor
bringing out their development, is gentleman OF sense
and unmpeached credit. Every honest man, who will
read his affidavit and the evidence which supports IT.
must see that this deep seated and costly scheme 10
purchase political power, neither originated with, nor
could have been supported by obscure and necessous
men; but that crafty politicians and opnlent tund-mon
gers projected the plan and furnished the means--and
pushed forward holder KNIVES to do the dirty work. and
to receive (as they have done from the Governor OF
New York; lucrative rewards in place-besldes money
from others"
| An efforthas been made by Grinnell, IA member OF
Congress and also one of the famous Wing Executive
Committee at Washington,) Blatchford, &c, to swea
off the fraud-(we shall publish their athdavts IN ou
next But they only add prevaricauon and hypocrisy
to proagacy of raud They confess to the money, but
pretend that Gentworth was sent with to Pliladel
phia only get to come on to detect the Van Blu
rem ntelopers The N. Y. Evening Post thus tear
these miserable devices to atoms:
ITO give the persons whose names are connected
with the prodgous fraud, yesterday exposed every
opportunity to clear themselves publish this day thu
answers and exculpaons such as they nre, of Nose
| II. Grnnell, r. NJ. Batchford, James Bowen, Simeon
/ Draper Robt c. Wetmore, Noah Cook and others. d.
they give any different complexion to the transaction
Let readers look al them and judge for themselves
/ "Thet were brought on from Philadelphia to at
tend elections in 1899 is admitted By the parte
implicated. 1t is admitted By Grinne'i IN his afidav,
of this morning, and by Noah Cook and by Batehford
1t admitted by them that they assisted IN paying lh
men who were imported for this purpose, and it is no