The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-11-15

mocracy, and had an effort been made by
the "bol,ers'' they would doubtless have
given Judge Ellis majority in this town
ship. i
Asi,is. however, it may be considered
n at.iumph ofthe Old Hunker Democracy
and fairfield will be represented in the
Constitutional Convention by an 'ndlv'd'
nal who has less Of that spirit of radical
lam IA his composition than the one whose
Mace he fins. We think it a change tor
the better.
THrLArs CANVASS :. Who Cheated"
We clip the from The Eagle of the Hh
inst. the following paragraph:
..At ,he last election they kept quiet un'll the
,,..,, n,,ruinp of the election, when their whole
t'n., ,',as nm ,he ground as il by mngic. Their
SrcnET LYING CIRCULARS were spread tar
and near--their SPURIOUS TICKETS thrust ln'
No ,hs very faces OF honest voters und many were
deceived mad voted for Col Trump before tie
fraud was detected
The Eagle has opened up the old mat
ter, and now if his friends suffer some
thew must blame him not US. In the hrS'
place, the Eagle itself gives the lie 10
two Of the abnve charges. That paper
published before the election sad 'ha'
the Wing party were doing a'lln lis pow
NO, an, the full vote Of the county.
How could the Eagle know this, If the
marty had kept qnietl In the next place
the same paper warned us 'r'e""S u
,b,se tickets ii speaks of, This was Tour
aays iafore Tue election; how the" c''''
v,,es have been deposited before the
franz Sas .le,ec,edl IL regard ,othe
"e;rcul.r,." they contained n"th'ng but
,ba, ,he Democratic Sergeant'at'arm'
had snid of Dr., Olls. So much tor ihe
three charges, all Of which are prove"
false by Democratic testimony
Now we give three items as an on set
In Walnut township when certain
nsrsou was in the act of voting tw" men
somewhat distinguished am"ng the pe
moe, acy, offered him "dnnk II ne
..,,,J vote their ticket As he was "dry
,bs proposition was accepted and the
,;oLe, voted. Was this fraud!
In Pleasant township, all individual
was permitted by the trustees To vote
who acknowledged that he had exerc's
ed the rish, Of citizenship in Illinois ar'
b.l M, SINCE iha, time been a reslden
of this State for one year Another III
diyidual was permitted to vote VINO W
learn is not and cannot be cll'zen
any State. Were these frauds'
In Pleasant township, the populate"
Of the poor house. ten ar dozen wel
brought TO the polls with tickets in 'h''
hands and were permitted to vote U"
or more Of these individuals were idol
and when questioned upon the c""'en'
If their tickets knew nothing about tn
candidates. Was this fraud upon tn
elective franchise4 Were these me
uuduly Influenced by their keepe's1 {
This moor house matter we have mn'e
saw hereafter, having special re'eren"
20 the action of the County Commission
ers in their late appuintme Mt oil superb
tendant.
These, if we are correctly informed
are only a sample of the lot. We ref
10 them in particular, because we ha'
nroof 10 sustain lhem.-, This thing
charging fraud upon the Wing party
which the Eagle INDUCES SO freely
the expense of truth and manl'ness'
only done to cover up multitude OF SIN
and that paper. we believe, has new
been known to re,ract charge thoul
proyen false. AS an instance. son
weeks ago, it charged the Wing part
unon tho testimony Of Mr.. Jones
"Whig.n with extravaganza We 10
him that Mr.. Jones was a Locoioco' al
yet that paper never retrac'ed its charg
1, might have been ignorant at FIRST b
when informed of the truth. the char
became fraHd.