Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-12-17
a. Pamphlet from MIR. Gayarre.

This talented and distinguished Democrat of
this State, who was a Candidate for Congress
in the FirstDistrict, has issued a Pamphlet, ex.
posing the late fraudulent voting in New Or
leans. We have not yet seen the pamphlet,
but will take further notice of it when we do.
The following extract from it, we take from
the Bee. When men like GAyARRE steps out
from. their party to expose the corruptions of
his own party, what must the people at large
think? But here is the extract. He says;
There is however, one green spot in that
black and fostering mass of corruption. 1t is
the toxin Of AIgiers opposite New Orleans--
It's citizens are said to be systematically oppo-
sed to fraud aud to have attempted its preven-
ton on every occasion. The statistics Of the
votes of that town, now the terminus of one Of
the most magnificent railroads contemplated in
this State, will therefore throw much light on
this question. Thus, in the presidential cleo
ton of l84S, It gave 2Sl votes, 222 in the presi-
Dental election Of November l842--224 in the
Governors election which took place q month
after and 10 votes in the last election, on the
7th Of November. lS53-showing a decrease of
more than one-tourth,, Yet, it is admitted that
the town Of AlWiers has been comparatively far
more prosperous, and has been increasing much
faster in population, than New Orleans in the
aggregate. Why therefore should we not be
permitted to apply the same proportionate rate
of decrease, in the number OF voters. to the lst
and Sd municipalities which are acknowledged
to be in a state of consumptive decline! And if
we even keep short of it, and put down the de-
crease of votes in the lst and Sd Municipalities
at only 1000, instead Of lli7, as we ought, if
we took the last rubernatoriai vote as the
datum. and the last rs we'll as the preceding
vote Of A!giers As the critic ion Of decrease, We
shall find that the tota! vote OF the two Num-
cipalities ought not to have been more than
about 1891. AT any rate, it conid not have ex-
ceeded 1000 us | have stated above, with the
allowance ofthe most liberal calculation. But,
as Junius once said: | will not recall the chari-
Mble donation. Still it leaves an unexplained
increase ,of 1890 votes. The demon Of fraud
himself could not therefore, on this occasion,
have the supernatural etirontery of denying his
intervention in human affairs. He is detected
with the n%aainOur, in the very act Of felony
He stands seIf.convicted, and he had better put
a bold face on it, rs suits his character, and
openly boast of--rather than sneakinTly attempt
to conceal-bis internal triumph. He stands
Sefconricied, | say: and how could it be other
wise, when, even setting aside these damning
statistics, thousands of witnesses, aghast at a
degree ofaudacity so b~aretaced and shameless
a. TO look like a portentous novelty, saw furni-
ture carts, loaded with human lumber, and
running in every direction, by the dozen, and
full speed, with the same men who had received
the mandate to vote four or five times at every
poll, and who obeyed the Instructions with
exemplary fidelity. | throw a veil over other
transactions which are 100 revolving to be ex.
posed to the public gaze. and which, were they
set forth in the miIdest form that mercy could
| give to them, would still be looked upon, out
of this city, not as realities, but as the monstrous
inventions of diseased imagination,
Mr.. GAYARRE, (says the Bee,) received O.
OS2 in the I'd and Sd Districts, and $3.50 in the
whole Congressional distr ict, carrying the Pa
IRISH of St. Bernard by ~ votes, and in spite OF
imperfect returns, coming within s votes of
majority in the ultra democratic parish of Pla-
quemines. Dir. GATARRE pursues the ~investi-
cation at greater length than our Limit enable
US to follow him; but the result of any basis
of calculation at all fair and just, will be the
same, and will exhibit the glaring fact that this
election was carried by the most shameless and
monstrous iniquity that ever polluted the ball.
lot-boz, and made a mockery Of the elective
| franchise.
Personally, Judge GAYARRE expresses him.
self indifferent to his defeat, but he deems it q
duty to denounce the flagitious, daring and
dangerous outrage committed against the peace
and dignity of the State and against the securi-
ty of our institutions. Extending his scrutiny
into the First District, ed Municipality and
Lafayette, he arrives at the conclusion that
throughout, the entire city, 1000 fraudulent
votes were manufactured, out of 13,lO2 receiy-
ed; and this result was obtained, after a dimi-
mutton in our population of about twenty thou
sand souls produced by death since the last
Gubernatorial election, and of at least ten thou
sand, caused by the absence of those that had
fled from the late epidemic, and had not yet re-
turned! l3,lO2 votes in November, 1853, when
only 96C4 could be found at the Governors
election, in December 1852! Five or six hun
bred stipendiaries were rapidly carried from poll
to poll, multiplying their votes, until they were
nearly Occupied.
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