Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-01-06

Prem the y. Y. Tribune.

Prem the ~ Y. Tribune
THE FRAUDS BY WHICH POLK WAS ELECTED
The athIagiis Of te,tri. wu.known and respectable
persons, show that the Of Louisiana was given TO
Polk by ihe most gigantic and baro!aceI Frauds have wv
been Tor weeks before the public. No answer is made
To them, because be made Hrc are a physician
residing IN P0quemne, the steward OF one boat and the
engineer o! Another which employed to take fail loads
OF Loco Gus tom New OIean. ihiher, who solemuly
swear ,and ihc testimony coTDb,r4ed by many other
witnesses shat several o tie few Wings residing in the
Pailsn were beaten and covered 18th their blIpc driven
fom 90" Polls because they attempted challenge some
Of tie cr"~d strangers who were voting thcfe-ibrt
many Nhig' were thus intm.daied from votug-thnt
the shert fused 10 notice the challenges thot were made
but put Ia tue POs FIST they were oered;-
bat wien Clay vote offered he threw that on the
nor and put Folk vote IN the bloiboX instcad-tlat
VINE the wing legal yliers alUSed to vote al
all tile b','i'cJ Inrsprfs (sone OF them lens and mi.
nors voted three Hts egeh-iiat H. at each a., the Polls
~ ic farsaHU that the spirits H. oil this gigantic
villain wcic Judge LEONARD, VINO represent. PauuemiJe
~ "c i gis..t1fc aud tho Sheriff ocslI. The Judge
chartered the steamboats, al New Oolns superEen led
'4Hns' iursrd lhe Hs am tiu' JIh down the
10npH voters OF PaqueHne in tho gh condition for pa
inone service; the Sheriff then flashed Job 10 the mos
business ia manner.
The fact TINT these Outfazes were committed does not
rot on IN, nda'is Of the witnesses and tic s nee Il the
cuDnt-, ample anj concu-isc these a,c There IL CO..
federation which cannot be- gi,saycd Plsqueine an
Ola fafs' yHt about s ut ct the Mississippi, aud
not clpnl. If ipi-y Icosisg ~ population since III
whole area an uacuuyaed swamp lying below the sur
lace u the Mississippi, except small stp the banks 4
hieon huuGfcd aud hyono white uhsbilnt. uf both sex
O. and OIL ages. Of these than three hund ed
nnI twenty ud according to the laws ui Population be
Male Adults. Louisiana mas Property Qualification for
Voting which. Parish where laws were enforced
would reduce tie number Of cgll voters st lower But
is ha- probably never been much udcd ~ Paquemine
wbcn vote, needed Tor tue Loco Foco party. The
vote 81" the ffsh 1T The Elections has been az fol-
lows;
1siN 1912 1913. 1874.
VINO. To-. VINO. Loco. wup. Loo, CLAY. pix
40 30 80 l79 80 $40 " 1907.
J.. ma 2lO &c 27I go
Loco fOco excess over ony previous mn ry 696.
ETcess o. total sOt. highest ever bsfJfe COS
POKE Ofiioi, majority the State GJJ.
Inee ttpfo tell tire whole sto,y. The actual number
OF lega vo.fs n tue Perish cannot exceed go o whom OF
least ~ are Wg. Subtract thesc aud the honest Loco
F,cO majority 22O. Had more been returned, Nj
Clay would haze received the 81 the State But by
most aocous aud npudent ysny he swindl,d out oi
IT,
And what says the Loco Foco Party and Pr.s-1 Do
they cDurt myc-tgluonl d. they parry the fact.l DO
they manifest any regret such complete subyersop al
Rcpphc iu Government Not they! rhcy ctucke over
~ judge Leonard impaired n sJme 81 these lunls 10
Napoleon! The ifaudulcnily rcurcd Electors ore enter
ierined with ica7is and hpnor tho foul vote Of Polk b.
cot under a. roar Of 40 guns, aud oil n hafy and OK
uatpn they glory IN the robbery and riot on IT, sp,is
What core hoy Tor Furry IT Elections and the Rrs oi
Tie Legal V,ior-! Nothing. Hufrsh fof Polk Dallas
Tex aud yi. puy general! Why shollI they be more
chafy of ttc ~ an Than II Tho eni7