The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-14

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IL pseplnquity TO that Ans spGelmsn u ~ soil
and fiae Aghts, daily developing themselves po.
liticaliy and socially, a. well a. commsrcial'y- =
The Pstia Of that city says:
TaE BALLOT Box OUGHT TO BIZ PRorEcrEp--
That there were most fragrant violations of the
elective franchise 10 this city, at the late election
for Governor, u not to be denied Men were
taken and placed in what are called Scoops
and there kept under the influence Of intoxcat-
ing liquors until the day Of election, when they
were taken out and carried to the polls, and
voted. This IL notorious 1t will not be denied
for it cannot be denied. That many Of these
men SO 'uooped" wers not entitled 10 vote at all
s also certain, and that they were voted IN more
wards than one, there Is no reasbn to doubt
We have heard It stated that high officer in
a neighboring State, or one who claimed to be
a high officer, was thus taken up, 4cooped,. and
voted. II is certain that the person who was
thus "cooped" was not entitled to vote in this
city. Other cases, hardly leas fragrant, have
been stated to US; aud so bold, and yet so APP
parent, were these frauds, that it Ii matter OF
aatonishment that they should have succeeded
to the extent that they did. We make no
charges against the judges OF tho election, that
they failed in their duty. They may have done
all the law authorized them to do to stop the
frauds, and yet it is not wonderful, SO perfect
seems this system, that the illegal votes should
nave been received by them. There is some.
body TO b. found always to ~ GEAR them
through" if the illegal voter himself should
have scrupies about taking the oath, and thus,
all that Is wanting to get tickets in the ballot
box, is to find men to present themselves to the
/ polls.
From what is said, by men Of both parties
the scenes in these scoops" were appalling and
the extent to which the system Of illegal voting
was carried in the election of the I'd inst fright.
tul beyond all example It is hardly over the
mark to say that thousand illegal otes were
c lst ut that election. There may be no law ia
punish these offenccs or ii there is, it has been
4 found incapable of fufilment. Certain it is, that
there is no law which has been found adequate
to prevent their being committed. And here is
1 Il great error in the law The elective franchise
Is an inestimable right 1t Is sacred to freemen.
Every Illegal vote given, operates in effect to dis
franchise legal voter, by neutralixing the force
Of his vote IN the choice Of the officer to b.
elected. Ii the law il 40 imperfect MS to allow
these illegal votes to be taken, it is the law
which must he held answerablc for this outrage
npon the right OF the citizen; and it, therefore
becomes the duty of those charged with making
the laws, to see that they are so amended us to
secure this right from violation
We trust that these sevil communications
will longer be permitted to corrupt the good
manners and the good morals, hitherto the proud
characteristics of our Southern slaveholding com.
munities.
We would invite the attention Of our neigh
bors, also, to the following significant paragraph
from the Charleston Sun Baltimore has it in
her power, Other citizens eyince proper spirit,)
to secure much of the trade now monopolized
by New York. The food-tide that flows through
might well be- diverted to fertilize and enrich he
own garden. The San says:
j BALTIMORE AND CHARLEsroN---We have al
ways considered .ltimore Southern city
Such she is undoubtedly, as far as regards geo.
graphical location; but in feeling she Is our
enemy. We form this opinion from articles
which have appeared, from time to time, in several
of the most prominent Baltimore papers They
seem to think that the Southern party are in the
minority Mt home In this they IRE widely mis-
/ taken. We can assure them that ninety nine
hundredths Of the Southern people are in favol
of immediate dissolution of the Union, unles.
Southern rights are guaranteed to us. We cal
assure our Northern brethren that not the Jem
but The nlany--the people-have become aroused
and that not only Georgia and South Carolina
but that the Southern Ststes, ms an individual
phalanx, will stard up for their rights. At on,
time we thought that the cities of Baltimore ant
II Charleston could have been of great mutua
benefit to each other From the present aspcc
of affairs we should as much deprccate my bcne
fit accruing to Baltimore from Southern friends
rs that Boston should continue to prosper b,
the patronage Of Charleston.
i From conversations with many merchants wht
have passed through this city during the pas
season, we have reason to know that this ide
is not confined to the merchants Of Charleston
substantially the same thing has been repeated
to MS by business men from many other sections
of the SoutIi--in fact the feeling is very gene
raj. Now we can see no reason why Baltimore
| should prefer playing very subordinate part to
her more Northern sisters, when she has it III
her power to rival them in many respects, most
effectually-if the proper exertions are Gnly
made, and the proper relations established with
her Southern brethren. Blu: itis certain that thcs
onward strides will never be made, so long as she
chooses to display superior affection and greater
atfnities towards the principles and the interests
Of the North than Of the South--as the rapture
of the fraternal bond of regard is always the
most difficult to re-unitc-for MS Lord BAco,
well said, ut was shrewd saying of a wise An
cient, that we were especially commanded t.
forgive our enemies, but nowhere enjoined t
forgive friends who use us despitefully."
"Now. by st. Paul, the Work goes Brave
/ ly on"
@Southcrn spirit is rising in these parts, GER
tainly. Western Georgia and the Wire-Grass
! counties are sound and true. Ii Eastern and
Middle Georgia will do its duty, the honor and
rights of the good old Sta;c-thc last Of the