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

Issoluby associated, in the minds Of all Americans,
with The employment of foreign ncrcenarrs disclosed
10 the comprehension OF Capt ohui'z' 11ehi"o''i
whole scheme.
MIR B. sad he would pause for a moment, 10 make
opc or 80 observations relation 10 those unfortunate
mon :h- fcsssns, employed III the war oil 'e !lmei'
IN, Revolution. They came here, not through any
cn,, mr. agency of their they were born suhecs
~ p,;,cc WIN had the power 10 dispose OF them at
,i.,.nre and who hired them 10 the King oil Greal
Britain at so many pounds head, 10 assist IN e.'
,pp The defenders OF liberty IN the New World why
:, TINT onr condition, al the present day, differs $"
- =, - ,,,,t nj those unfortunate Germans; 1t Is
t.,,so o,r institutions are founded on the principle
hat men are entitled to be governed through the m
strumen;ality of agents elected by themselves but
how can this principle, be maintained, unless inc III
,o;,v and pnrty Of elections be preserved: Let
H. ,,sot;c. or CARRYING elections by fraud, once be-
como neucfal-le. the measures that were resoltu 10
IN tb;s city in November, lc}o, be extended ihroush
ont Tho Iinon and free institutions TALL 10 the
ground; anarchy and desposm -w''' a'.e,""ty pe
vail and We if escape, our posier'iy, ike the
pnor uessans Of 1916, may be sold as catte IN the
pa,,rn;rr from this diCression which Mr. b. thought
could not be deemed InaPproprlate' ne remarked .a
C,,t,;n Shnliz also stated that he immediately toia
(lnor,b he could pick out the men by Their appear
once. and that on going forward he did So with s'n
yln cxcrpton They were al once tdenthed by ther
a,,earance and he always believed they were hnughi
,,s c,ty 10 vote. This evidence OF Capt Shiltz
i; ,nlst.u,iajy confirmed BY his clerk, jacob Clark,
who GAYS the number might have amounted to twenty
a. ,h facts thus established in regard to the cleo
! .o, ~ Nnycn,bcr, lSiS, Mr. B. said there were two
| - ,hroa comments too obvious and important 10 be
omitted. ,.a ,h,
t In the first place, it should be remembered, that
wholesale frauds like these could only be Prrpettaea
lhv marty which possessed control OF great moneyed
means Prior to l532, when the Bank OF 'he y ;" ifs'
anp.orcd in the political field, frauds at elections, al
though occasionally practised by al! parties were al any
,cn e,eoti,n usuany e"ninnd 's" md U'.a 80
Stances. The importing from another otase oi 'a'se
,oods Of spurious voters was unknown
Every operation of tat kind must necessarily involve
I.rse expenditure Of money. Such operations have
been for the first suspected and charge" ny .e Deo
cratic arly upon their opponents since lNe Hhahces Vi
The country have been involved IN p"'''rs anu s''0e
the contest has been between the Democracy CT num-
hers on the one side and the moneyed power on the
other Our political contests, Tor several years past
have been and yet are, OF this character onr oppo.
nep,s have the means to practise these wiloiesae
INT the Democracy composed Tor the most part OF tue
I,b,rnr and middle classes with comparatively lev
persons of large property II rs therefore, from heecs'
;y less likely than the other side, To- engage III suci
measures There also another safeguard with respect
to them the fundamental principles OF the Democfa-
tic party are utterly inconsistent VIVA any attempt "
control or degrade even the hubest e!rcto or to de-
feat; nv fraud or otherwise the true wall OF The people
On the other hand, party which is allied TO lie mo-
neyed.power of the country, and which labors ior po
,cal ascenency, by the aid and for the benefit OF that
nower has not only the ability, but strongly tempted
10 exercise H. of carrying these expensive anu @de
reaching frauds In such contest, notbirg but con
slant vigilance protect the party which IS weakest
IN point Of pecunary means, from being overwhelmed
by such measures.
In accordance with these views, It is deserving OF
special note that the fraud we are now contemplating
Ike others of The like nature heretofore, ami Ike lhai
WHICH Madison LETTERS, Deputy High Constable of Bal
timore recently had view, have had their 'es'nnins
N Philadcphla the seat o. the central m"ney'd power
have been frequently peTperaed there; and hive IRON
,b, pace been extended other parts Of tie country
et also lie remembered that the Wing p0itte otrr@
there a, Baltimore at Albany, and IN other places, az"
the very persons wo all nccas"ns seem y b. the
prime agents in concoc,ing and executing these aoo
nable CRIMES. In the present CASE, Il W. have not y"
a.ained evidence 70 connect the New York police o
. ~:,. and lc9, both OCCASIONS al TIE hands 81 TIC
Wings We have McArdle, The keeper Of one .; ths cay
, Prisons and Raymond, attached 10 the Amshonse, al
ready, BIZ tier evidence, convicted OF IN actVe
participation in the fraud OF ISIS.
Then a. 10 the Police officers who were concerned ~
the conspiracy These persons beng chiefly einployrc
IN ti,e apprehension and punishment OF CRIMINALS, ha'
ample opposiuritts Of becoming acquainted WIN the
h,un:s Of abandoned men, AL birds persons discharge
y from the rcn,;-nafy, and Other wTeehes OF me k'
character. They used this knowledge 10 select sons
r r.l dIfa1 d these classes, ana 'h'H assisted y
blinrng .caan tien u Ne ctyci View York Ia hu'
II au II voters ana hy irnud ami p"af; :" rob tiri
Of ,hr dearest aud most precious Of Their rights ia
e-c ahadancd Police officers ever thrust mt" The re
Dirntiarv or drag 10 the gallows offender more dc
seryins ., either, than themselves:
Mr. g. said there was 10 believe that frauds
Of the Ike wholesale description had been recent,
ncrpctra,cd in urr parts of the United states. Ou
poI seal friends il. Indiana Maine Maryland, Delaware
and OHIO, loud aud apparently nnos' sincere, u
such charges A defeated party viii often prefer tn
charge o! fraud against s opponents, a an excuse i"
its defeat but III charsrs referred 10 are too hume
rous-too many specifications are given-nnd the re
suits Of the STATE elections are III several cases, to'
extraordinary 10 permit us 10 doubt That 'hcre Is nldci
. reason for these complaints The fact that inl ant
complete evidence has not yet been discovered 10 sus
nin them is no proof that they not well founded
In November, -:S the CONVICTION general among
the Dem cracy of this city, that spurious voters ia'
been imported from abroad, and especially from Al
bany and Shiladcph One two aiildavlts To tina
, effect were made and published hut the matter wa
not far pr cceded in 10 produce any lnp"Tlan
5 disclosure The Wing presses denied the ai!ega
tons, and treated them ms the groundiess ohsprn.
Of Lncuiofa disappointment Ana yet 1t now appear
that the affidavit oF Marks, who detected in
second or third Illegal vote, and who declared tia
lie had been biou2l, here BY Police Officer Young
r the cypress purpose of voting the Wing ticket II
as many Wards he could, aud that he was ont
/, Of u rang 81 iGG hired to come here nj So each
was, i'll all probability, substantially true. From TIN
very nature 81 The case, it exceedingly difficult t
obtain complete evidence Of such frauds. But tina
Providence winch watches the actions, and controls TN
dcstinlcs al nd;g duns and oil communities, W'li suFci
brnr light. sooner later, every extensive schcm
: Of III" kiHu Mir b. trusted that such would be Til
fact in regard the frauds ALLEGED 10 have been prac
sed else here at the recent State election; in legar
TO his own c0nncAion With the recent development
here he ilt that the hand Of Providence was in II
Before he closed he would state 10 what he alluded
and leave it 10 the meeting 10 Judge, whether Tvs IN
prassons the result OF presumption, superstition
or fanaticsm
In the month Of August last, it was alleged, by
Wing paper Albany, that he had declared on seve
raj occasions, that he wond bring out an important de
velopment which would decide the Presidential cleo
ton and defeat Cen Harrison. This article went thu
rounds of the Wing papers, and soon received the ad
d,tion that he ,r 81 Ind fixed the 18th Of October
the day when this development was to he made
alr y SAID he had never made any such declaration
and il mds not until the 18th October vas specified
that lie had been able 10 explain, 10 his own mind, The
crlgin Of the charges. But lie then Iecoeced, tina
he had frequently expressed the belief in the months
of June July, and The beginning of August, in
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