Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-11-22
Majority for Polk,
II95!ll!


The scenes of awess violence enacted at
the places of voting, as they have been de-
tailed to us, would cover with disgrace the
most abandoned villain that ever expiated
his crimes upon the gallows, or in the
Penitentiary Law, decency and order
were trampled under foot without compunc-
ton. A crowd of shirtless vagabonds sur
rounded the polls, filling the air with screams
for Polk aud Dallas, and hooting at every
man suspected of being Wing. Those
who voted were required to vote an open
ticket, and if il was for Polk, it was received
but if for Clay it was rudcly thrust aside,
and the person offering it repulsed with
violence from the polls No oath was ad-
ministered, no question asked. 1t was suf-
ficient that any man desiring TO vote ex-
hibited a Polk and Dallas ticket it was re-
ceived without hesitation
By such means as this, by the most aban-
doned species of scoundrelism ever con-
ceived, majority of l195 was obtained up
to one o'clock yesterday. What it was last
evening at the close of the polls, God only
knows; il may be 1900 to 2500-it is Just
as easy for the men who controlled the cleo
ton there, to make it one as the other The
QueStlOl uOW diloCS, NhuL iOhiSuJ 10 thOiO
for such profligate and unparalleled villany
Are the people of Louisiana to have their
voice silenced in this manner! Are they to
be manaced, bound hand and foot by two
or three base wretches, unprincipled gam
blers, for money and power And if so,
are we to submit to such fragrant outrage
These are questions of solemn and serious
import, and we beg all honest men to pom
der them deeply. Ifthere be no legal rene
dy for such crimes, then should our law
makers go straghtway to work, and prepare
a statute by which speedy and retributive
Justice may be dealt out to those who con-
trive and consummate such monstrous
frauds. IL the swindlers who have commit
ted this crime are permitted to go unwhipt
of Justice, will they be content to stop where
they are? If they can rob us of our voice
in the selection of our rulers, how long will
il be before they enter our counting-rooms
and our dwellings, and rifle them of their
contents
We speak not now Of the rabble, who
have been made the instruments in this
stupendous piece of vilany, they are not
worth the blank paper on which we write.
We speak of those who cOnceiUe and carry
OM TIE pan. ne lotuiY sCPemeIS WHO
pulled the wires, and furnished the money |!
The men who are to make money, and those
who are to make political prefermcnt by the
operations These are the real villains =
These are the robbers who seek to deprive
the free people of Louisiana of their dearest
franchise, and though they may rejoice in
the success Of their schemes, they need not
flatter themselves that they are not knOwn i!
They are! The finger of scorn is pointing
at them, and the brand is already on their
brows. We shall endeavor to get such evil
dence as will convict them of their crimes,
and then bazen their names to the world
that all men may avoid them as they would
avoid pestilence.
THE VOTE OF PLAQUEMINES.
We have already commented at some
length upon the enormities practsed at the
election in the Parish of Plaquemines, but
in order that our distant readers may form
some idea of the real state of the case, we
have been at the trouble of comparing the
vote with that given at three previous cleo
TONS Here it is:
Is4O 1912 1S43 1874
Wing. 40 90 81 "A
Loco Foco, $50 l79 3Ol 1899