Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-04-18
Now loIk cir I,IArIinn.

This annual roe hiss agsin resulted adversely 10
,h. Wigs Frauds tie mos, ouirsg eous, and brute
violence. as british as II could be, 10 charged in
home ihrasn upon The loco,. !, is stated that 200
PIP. layers from Phiisde phis were brougm in by
,hs al one lime, and wer. Immediately con-
dseieJ OF and distributed through the differen,
wards by thioc well known Drawing locofoco lead
er, Ia Que Of the wards man was beaten to-
death with club The Tribune says:
$50 many acts OF outrage and fraud never before
dissfsced a CITY election. The sixteenth ward was
carried sgaiBsi Us by virtue Of five hundred bludg-
cons. whereby three hundred Wing voters we're
kept IN mortal fear from tho polls while organized
banCs al locoioros, hundreds IN number have
ranged from Ward 10 Ward, casting three, FIVE, and
seven votes eaoh for Morris and HE locofoco ward
tickets. We are confident tho official canvass will
clearly show that not less than fro horsdnd fraud
uleht votes hav. hus been cast for Morris and the
loeoioco charer tickets, giving them all tina, they
siroye or cared " carry
The naked, sm1e truth 10, tina, in this great city,
with three hunlfe1 Thousand lnbabitsnt four thou
sand legal voters IN thousand adult males who are
not voters, and seventy three polls, election with
out registration Of voters is a game IT, which the
mnst INSCRIPTIONS will win. Five hundred reck-
less men, 10y lay.ng their PLANS skIlfully, at any
time pot IN Illegal votes enough TO give whichever
parry they please an overwhelming majority. They
vote. II they are sqveamish about that Formally
They have only 10 khoU certain places in the sever
al wards 10 claim their residences, answer all
questions promptly and with perfect self pos session.
and their votes will go in unchalisnged. Thus
while the mass OF both parties honestly and in
utter ignorance Of all fraud, small knot Of gam
blefs and kAaves may impose on New York Just
such government as they choose. This is virtu-
ally. clearly asserted by the loco focos themselves
IN their claMor about pipe laying but TO every effut
10 establish an efcctual barrier agains, such frauds
thew oppose stubborn and rnreasoning hostility
ihey have broken down tho only law which could
stop such inqul'cs, and do not even propos, or de-
slre any thing IN its stead They have opened wide
the door TO all msnner Of Election Frauds, and
Nalniy viii they seek to escape the odium Of the
consequences which ensue, while they suggss, no
remedy and quietly profit BY the deugs OF corrup-
ton and fraud which they have let in to trampe on
the Rights and destroy the Morals Of the People.
ouF friends were driven away from many of the
Polls and overawej al Others by violence; and
hosts OF fraudulent votes cast by men who had
already voted in other Wards. For one Wing
(Nhneield Case) in the lsth Ward aud one in the
l6ih. were bludpsoned utterly without rrovoc alton,
aud most severely If no, dangerously injured"
Now we ask any candid man If the destruction
Of the Registry law BY the locofoco., wa, no, the
most undeniable baIefacei proof oftheir determine.
ton not 10 be bo1n1 down by wholesome and safe
law, "oieh would inisliby prevent all illegal vo-
siHg, on purPoa TO ee act JUS, such scenes az this
shd 10 commit the greatest possible amour, of
fraud upon the bsllo, boz which tho peculiar cir.
eums,ances even Of a New York city election can
affordt
The essmoreus pre,ensions Of our opponents TO
regsrd for purity Of the ballot boz" and their bus
,erins charges sgains, the Wings of"corruptnp" it,
illegal voting. pipe laying. &C., is the mos, brazen
faced piece ct shameless hypocrisy and mockery
oil all forms of,ru,h. thai the sun ever shone upon
s.ssPed 10 political infamy making fraud a pir.ue
aud vislencs trade. they have the Astonishing i'm.
Pudsnee "a stand up among nea, with their hand,
reekins with blood, and charge crime upon the
Whigs.sgans whom shadow Of proof eris,,-
The soul sickens at the contemplation Of The loa,h
come couupiions OF locofscoisa.
On the Governor ticket. the loco candidate lead,
MS opponent b. e2i7. The city board. Of course,
Is strongly loc.ioeo