Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-11-06
(Erom the .3ibdap .7rgns.l
THE DEVELOPMENT.

proofs conc,usiro of Gross Fraud-Erplanation Of
,rer;ors Election Rcsuts-Sir0ng Reasons far beter
inc there is a Concerted Scheme, through the PfoSt,ta
lion Of the Police to scamp our State uh ff""awen
P0terS. =,
We have from time to time, given 10 our readers the
proofs of desperate fraud upon the baotboxes ~ Penn
sylvania in New Jersey, in Baltimore, and IN ~ YORK
To these repeated and alarming disclosures, which
ought call for the stern and indignant nprohaon OF
every friend of his country, Democrat or Federal the
Federal presses have offered no reply The atrocious
frauds in Ingersoll and dstrct-te desperate
attempt of the rlnn LETTERS Of Balimore-the Penning-
ton outrage in New Jersey-the C"lson and lhayer
prnpacy here-the robbery Of the balo!bnxes IN Sche
neciady-each and ALL have been either defended or 81
len,y acauesced in by the Federal press OF the Union
In this State a broader, deeper, and more systematic
scheme of vainy may b. distinctly traced, than IN
ony other The power of the Government is IN the
hands Of Thurlow Weed and the bare mention of that
fact sufficient awaken the worst suspicious ct every
homes, man. And what are the tools he works with IN
o,ys DR. Kane, an INSCRIPTIONS ana active poll,
teal pertizan is the head OF our p"lce-oei"re and
since his appointment he has been habitua and warm
electioneerer at the Second Ward Poll in this cityhis
selection to The post of Police Justice effected by
conceded violation Of the Constitution and Laws: and
his mode of dscarging his Official duties may be in.
ferred from the fact that he secured the admission OF
partzan into Aims House by the following brief
note to the Superin,endent-"ChasM Munro has voted
the Wing ticket in the second ward H. KANE, Police
Justice" Coulson and Thuyer, who are proved by
Ferris s affidavit (Which never has been questioned
or denied) to have carried % to n. York to vote
at the spring election and to have paid their expenses,
were high consabes Of the city, and one OF them stil
continued in office. The Unonlst gang, composed OF
Chestnut, Post, DAILY and Others the active aids OF
Weed a, the 4lh ward poll They mostly pardoned
convicts and men of abandoned and Infamous charnc-
ter They are encouraged here by state officers, and
entertained by the Governor The character of Weeds
appointments in New York, in Syracuse, and in other
places indicates the general plan OF prostitutng
the of the public peace to the uses OF iaclon and
by the selection Of incompetent men, and the retention
Of desperate and abandoned ones to give freedom to
fraud and corruption, and immunity to political Often
ces Accordingly, we find that, IN the city OF New
York, series of appalling frauds have been perpetra
ted for series OF years upon the unsuspectng Demo
cracy Of that city, which stand without parallel IN
the history of any free Government, md which must
consign their authors to the lowest depths oil inamy
The accounts we publish to day will convince my
man, that the elections which were held IN New iork
in the fall of 1885 ochtry-that the ftdera
members Of Congress- Senator and Assembly men, 'eers
in an actual minority Of screrat handrfd rofes ana maj
there are mcn saadn heh in The confidence Of The fede.
raj party serera States Of The Union, engaged as ace
stated tie 0her day. deliberate and concerted scheme
to SWJvDLE tie Democracy out IF the Presidential Etec
ton.
We publish to-day all the nfidavits and testimony
Of the parties implicated and of their accnsers, that
the public may fairly examine the whole matter we
entreat them 10 do So 1t the cause OF Tree
public 1t above the party politics OF the day,
and demands the solemn and unbiased investigate oil
every patriot. If these ourages upon the rights OF
naiorty-upon law and morality-are not trowned
down by virtuous and Indignant people, without re-
gard party, then there is end to orderan end TO
law-an end to good Government The reign oil wee,
of crime of riot and Of violence must ensue Men
will not stand still and be robbed of their dearest rights
and principles by outlaws and desperadoes ~ HIGH
PLACES, without forcible resistance We call then on
the members Of the Federal party to READ THE EyI-
pEScE--sift IT for themselves-and then TO answer
whether administration brought into power by such
APPALLING oUTRAGEs, and sustaining now and elevat-
ing to OFFICE the authors OF Them shall receive
the support of an intelligent and virtuous people.
What are the uacontradietcd facts developed III the
documents publish to day
lst II is proved by the afiidavits of Stevenson,
Young, Wing Police Constable, Shultz, a Wing
steamboat captain, Clark his clerk, Glentworth bis
examination, and McArde, Wing prison-keeper, and
il is denied by nobody that large number of men were
imported from he City Of Philadelphia TO role in the
Civ of vsp York in the i Of 1888 and the spring Of
1889.
ID Tia, these men did each cote the Federal Ticket
in sfrerai Wards Of the city of New York, amounting
N the whole to ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED
VOTES That Moses FL. Grinnell, Edward Curtis,
Ogden Hoffman and James Monroe, osre by Mis
ATROCIOUS FRAUD RETURNED TO CON-
GRESS, and majority given in the city for GOV
SEWARD and the Federal members of Assembly.
3d. That the agent selected TO accomplish this STU
PENDOUS INIQUITY was james B. Gicnt,corth,
that TO accomplish it he expended SEVERAL THOU.
SAND DOLiARS-and that this enormous sum of
money was advanced by MOSES II. GRlNNELL,
RICHARD NJ. BLATCHFORD, SIMEON ORA
PER, Jr, and JAMES BOWEN, some one, or all of
them The amount of money used, is gathered from
Serensons affidavit, from the receipts of Young and
Miller, the affidavit Of Young the affidavit of Hauens
and the examination Of Glentworth, and 1T is NOT
PRETENDED TO BE DENIED BY EITHER Grin
nell, Draper, Biatehford Bo,oen.
4th. The afidavits of Grinne and Batchford show
what the silence of Bowen and Draper admits that the
statement Of Glenworih is true, and that Grinrell,
Blatchford Bowen and Draper ALL KNEW THAT
ILLEGAL VOTERS WERE BROUGHT from PHI
indeiphsa, and PAID FOR BRINGING THEM II
The letter 10 Glentworth which they produce, and
which was undoubtedly written, and copy kept to be
against exposure, Grinnrll swears writes
because he heard in 1885, that Glentworth acas IN Phi
iedsiphia, employing persons TO CONE ON Tol
VOTE" and in it they tell Glen,worth to stop and