Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-07-18
LouAana Election.

The Wings y New orleans nave car
ried that city. handsomely, electing
seven out of ten of the members Of the
legislature, and six out OF ii members
of convention. We copy the following
account Of eeular proceedings of the
day, from the ew Orleans Bee
One of those exhibitions, called else
where elections, took place in this city
Yesterday, which would afford food for
mrth, did not lee rights Of the people,
sacrificed ig ANONYMOUSLY, invoke more
serious consideration Of it. 10 the enc
mics OF government, the scenes which
transpired at several oflhe polls, furnish
comfort and cause Of exnltalon, but Ia
friend of liberal institutions, and one
| devoted to the constitution and the laws,
they were tokens Of an abatement in th e
patriotism, not 70 say courage of Ameri-
can citizens, tie most melancholy that
could be presented. The rights of le-
gal voters-acknowledged and known
to be such by ,be judges Of elections, as
well as the WHO G community, were tram
pied upon and Purned with an indlfer-
encc and saiet5 utterly amazing.
The Wing Judges OF the elections,
without exception, determined to reject
the votes predi pied upon tho fraudulent
naturalization Atkets, issued by Judge
Elliott, who was impeached and turned
out of Office for his corruption in making
hne In, IA,
refused vote for good causes, the Lo-
co(oco Judges, in several Of the Wing
wards, closed the polls, or absolutely re-
fused to admit old citizens, known to The
whole community as legal voters, and
admitted by The Jud ges themselves to be
so, o exercise the privilege of iIeemen.
! Ia the Second Ward OF the First Mu-
nioipnlity, not one vote was taken. One
of the oldest and most respectable citi-
zens Of New Orleans presented himself
to the Judges, and his vote wns refused,
by the Locofoco Judge, on the ground
that the Wbig Judge intended to reject
the fraudulent Elliott cerltcates-lhls,
too, Lciore a single Ellio, roter presented
himself. He anticipated the probability
of an Elliott voter being rejected, and
upon that pretence allowed no vote TO
be received. In the First Ward, First
Municipality, which ought to have polled
over 400 votes, but 81 votes were taken.
or these the Wings received about 80
majority. Had the whole poll been ta-
ken, wa should have had over hundred
more majority. In the Third Ward,
Second Municipality, but eicren votes
were taken, when from four to five hun
dred should have been polled, &c.
But apart from the dIsfranching of the
citizens of those and other W ards, dur
ing the voting, the most outrag de-
lays were caused by unnecessary wrang-
ling, of such character, for Instance,
as the stopping of the polls Of the Third
ward, Second Municipality, until voter
could go home and get his naturalization
papcrs-whicb nigh, have taken him the
whole day. We have seen natve-born
citizens sent away kom the polls to get
their tax receipts out, but never have
We Witnessed poll closed for one OF
our own people, or as long as it might
suit him to be absfgt.
1t is TOO fraPe a. might to dwell upon the
numerous instances of triaing with the
people, through the day. Insults and
wrongs, which they bore with astonish-
lng lorbearance---with such patience in
deed as to be remarked upon by stran-
gers as quite too exemplary, and which
We would not be surprised to see entirely
exhausted wherever the like practices
are attempted again.
| But for these miserable articles and
positive outrages, the Wings would have
obtained triumph such as would re-
loice the heart of every good Wing
throughout the Union. AS it is, we
have elected nearly the whole Of both of
our iickeis-an achievement, which may
be considered great victory, under the
circumstances. AS indicative of the
vote at the Presidential election, it pre-
sagrs complete and glorious triumph
of Henry Clay. Our friends in other
States will doubt The fidelity of Louisi-
ana no longer. She will be found stead
fast when most needed, and will swell
the tide of victory as it rolls in subimity
over the Union.