New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-07-11
A Farce-A Broad Farce.

Orleans Bee of the 3D.
Farce-A Broad Farce.
One of those exhibitions, called elsewhere
elections, took place in this city yesterday, which
would afford food for mrth, did not the rights Of
the people, sacrificed ANONYMOUSLY, invoke &
more serious consideration oft. To the enemies
offree government, the scenes which transpired al
several of the polls, furnish comfort and cause Of
exultaton, but to friend OF liberal insttu-
tons, and one devoted TO the Constitution and
the laws, they were tokens Of an abatement in
the PATRIOTISM, not to say courage, of American
cillzens, the most melancholy that could be pre-
sented. The rights of legal voiers-acknow-
lodged and known to be such by the judges o.
elections as well as the whole communicated
tramylcd upon and spurned with an indifference
and safety utterly amazing.
The Wing Judges of the elections, without ex.
ception, determined TO reject the votes predlcatec
upon the fraudulent naturalization tickets ISSUED
by Judge ELLIOTT, who was mpoachcd and turn
ed out of Office for his corruption in making them
Because these foreigners were refused vote for
good causes the Locn Foco Judges in several Of
the Wing Wards closed the polls, or absolutely
refused TO permit old citizens, known 10 The whole
community az legal voters, and admitted by the
Judges themselves TO be so, to exercise the priv.
| lege of lreemen.
In the Second Ward of the First Municipality
not orc vote was taken. One OF the oldest and
most respectable citizens OF New Orleans present
ed himself to the judges, and his vote was refused
by the Loco. Foco Judges on the ground that the
Wing Judge intended To reject the fraudulent Ell
LOTT certificates this, too, before single ELL
OFT r0fer presented himself. He anticipated the
probability OF an ELLIOTT voter being rejected.
aud upon that pretence allowed 40 vote 10 be
received In the FIRST Ward First Municipality
which ought To have poed over 400 votes, bur
81 votes were taken. Or these the Wings IT..
ccivcd about 81 majority. Had the whole poll
been taken, we should have had over 100 majuri
ty. In The Third Ward, Second Municipality,
hut eleoea votes were taken, when from four 10
FIVE hundred should have been polIed, &c.
But apart from the DISTINGUISHING OF the cit.
zens of those and other Wards, during the voting,
the most outrageous delays were CAUSED by unne
cessary wranghng of such character, for IN
stance, as the stopping of the polls of the Third
Ward, ID Municipality, until voter could go
home and get his naturalization papers-whlch
might have taken him the whole day. We have
seen Native.born citizens sent away from the
polls to get their lax-recepts out, but never have
we witnessed poll closed for one of our own
ptppC, vi ds iong dS IL iilSi sui il'ii W w eO
sent.
1t Is too late at night TO dwell upon the numcr-
Gus instances of ul1ng with the people, through
the day. Insults and wrongs which they bore
with astonishing iorbearancc-wlth such patience
indeed as to be remarked upon By strangers as
quite too exemplary, and which we would no, be
surprised 10 entirely exhausted whenever the
nike practices are attempted again.
But for these miserable aruces and positive
outrages the Wings would have obtained 3
triumph such would rcjoice the heart OF
every good Wing throughout the Union. As
1t is. we have elected nearly the whole OF both
of our tickets-an achievement which may be
considered u great victory, under The circum-
stances AS indicative of the vote at the PresI-
dental election, 1t presages complete and glo
rious triumph OF Henry Clay. Our friends in
other States will doubt the idel,ty OF Louisiana
no longer. She will be found steadtast when
most needed, and will swell the tide OF victory as
1t rolls IN subllnily over the Union.