Holly Springs gazette., 1845-02-15

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Mr. Polk at Albany; not oply has he receiv-
ed com mplimentary ball from the Chairman
of the Democratic General Committee of
the city of New York. but, having come on
with his friend Jewell TO this place for office,
am told, if the papers are 10 De relied on.
he /. : been cordially received # the White |
House. Whether President Tyler or Pres |
| dent Rynders then remembered the ironing |
| i not. however, chronicltd. Bet am dr. |
Dressing John j. Austin, vice President |
ofthe club has ikewise pending against
| him an indictment for murder, and was like
wise implicated in the charge Of stealing
/ Treasury notes. WoolrIdge, its secretary. |
| but recently came out oil the prnitentiary
/ William Ford, one Of its directors. IN the
/ short interval of time which elapsed between
J tne publication of notice Of one OF It's pro
/ cessIors and the arrival of he day of parade
was indicted by the grand jury in seven cases.
i rape and burglary being among the offen
ces Being put in the Tombs, he untJru
natcIy lost The opportunity OF figuring on
that occasion. Soon after tIted aud con-
| yicted of the fl st named crime, he was sent
10 the peniLentary but. his services being
| valuable to the party. he was immediately
pardoned and turned out by his Democ ratio
ExceIIency Governor Bouck. | may re-
mark too, that this official dlgnnary, short
time before the election, restored 10 their po'
IiticaI rights all the criminals IN the State,
and pJIdoned a great number who were I'D
the penltentlary."
"This Empire Club, constituted as | have
related. for some time devoted lis energies TO
Tie prosecution of the laudable objects iOr
wh::h it was originally organized. Several
weeks, however, before the election, the
| Democratic leaders thought it could be eff
.-ctlvely employed in the political canvass,
S aud they t.creup1n took lis members into
nav. i hrse gentry being furnished with
} money thus by other means, abandoned fOr
the time their peculiar avJcutIOus. and some
! a the NEUTRAL papers Of the city made the
t subj Ct Of remark the disappearance OF these
e DltllcuIar classes of crime. Their numbers
! r.iuid - increased from one OF two hundred
T t1 not less than eight hundred in fact they
. boastcd thai they had three thousand men
d enrolled. 1 his Club with other members
If the Democratic party, perfected the most
q xtensive system OF fraudulent voting ever
u known. Sir, ia what | have been stating,
}, and what am now about 10 state, speak
tom Information derived IN part from pub
lic sources, bu mainly from private Oh
J. sJulces, however, on which fully rely.
n. nave taken pains to Sel accurate Intorma-
tiOu. If there be error IN any OF my state
! nrn,s, which / am not prepared 10 admit,
r. desire To be coaIradicted OLe OF my OBJ
ir cts Is TO provoke investigation luto TN
Is ,natturl If any thihg which can say o
DO ne should induce the House Il
le order an Investigation Iato this whol
transaction, | shall think L have don
me country much service. Let gentlemel
Ve meet me on this ground. La the city Q
es New York there are more than sevent
pllces at which votes are given IN. L un
ders,and, sir, that one prominent feature wa:
u that in each of the seventeen wards
which the city is divided. there were on
hundred and twenty picked men, each
-r- whom was TO leave his own ward and go
r one where he was least known, on the ev
. nug bq4ere the election. Staying one ngt
- there enabled him To m Ike oath that he r.
DO- isdrd ia that Ward and he was permlitt
ON to vote there He then r, turned TO his oW
ward aud voted there without beng que
P' ti,YeJ But these two thousand and Ion
ith p,.tsons. however. formed but a part oil tho
no. yha vo.ed more than once. Froni the /
titm .tion which | have received, i thiI
that an iav, s.igaton wall show that the
he were companies of men who voted IN son
the instances as mG.h as sixteen umes each.
WAS the calculation of the maEageIs 10 81
NJ fo ntren III n,sund hleg Al votes in the cli
Z. ald ttey admit that tn got IN eleV
Gus thousand A por;inu of these votes "e
and excIaded at some oi the ooNes' ..
whigs r. qniriug them II st'te On oa'n
{" they hud not ready votel- ms b''
SIN, a unusual question, offended many
ugh them. an i Ihrv retired with dgnih d q
rnf, dam. The Workingman's Advocate,
60. Democratic paper of the city. has adm
'o'e ted ,hat the party agreed to give i've d
'ary lur, for every vote Il ter the hrst G
now which any N iividual could get IN. A
5lic. n Of the glmbers Prejictet with W.
d, rful accuracy Oie OF them who M
-ney pened To b. lVhi5 informed a pros
rices ner,t individual in the city, from whom
f,ho received the statement, long before
election. of the plln, AMI fkew Sc no'li
him that on fu'ure day, before the e.
Used t,on. however, this matter would be p
CITY lished in Democratic paper, (he Pltl
here ian think,) and charged on The w
lrire as their plan, SO as to divert suspicion.
hese in the event ot. discovery by the !"
two nrsss. 10 anticipate such charge and q
and break its force. Whea the day came
rop- as predic ed the publication appeared
like, the Plebian."
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