Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-31
WASHINGTON, ID. G.
THURSDAY. MAY 81, 1855.
VRsPAsIAN ELLIS, Editor.


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Invasion OF the Ballot Boxes Last
Resort Of Tyrants-
Thefollowing extraordinary resolutions were
adopted at meeting Of the anti-American
party in this city on Tuesday evening
.'Resolved, by this meeting Of the anti Know
Nothing party Of this city, that all who vote for
the anti Know Nothing candidates in the munich
pal election on Monday next be requested TO show
the tickets they vote, and give their names TO be
recorded by the anti Known othing talesmen, to be
stationed at each poll In this city; this course
being deemed necessary by this meeting to guard
the rights Of the anti Known othing voters OF
Washington against the possible preparation Of
fraud.
..The propriety Of this step viii be obvious TO all
sincerely anxious for the preservation Of the rights
Of the citizen, and that this election may pass on
without giving rise TO the belief among large
portion Of the Washington public, that il has been
unfairly conducted.
"We may add, that the adoption Of the pre-
amble and resolution above printed, was caused
by the receipt Of information that majority Of
the election commissioners Of one Of the packed
wards had peremptorily refused to permit any one
but themselves to remain In the room, as here
tofore, whilst the ballots were being counted.
{" In this contest, those who are not openly
against KNOWN othingsm may fairly be set down
as for It. and will be so regarded by their anti
ow-Nothing fellow-citizens, who have been de-
liberately deprived by the majority Of the present
councils of any other safeguard for their rights
than the plan agreed on by the meeting last
night"
We copy the above resolutions from the
Star, the official organ of the Foreign party
The pretence for their adoption is, that the
Commissioners Of Election are Of the American
party and although these Commissioners are
men Of irreproachable character and undoubt-
cd integrity, it is basely insinuated by the
pimps Of the administration that they will pio-
late tho purity Of the ballot-boxes A more in
famous and unfounded charge was never made
against any body of respectable citizens.
Last year large majority of the Commits
sioners were anti-American. In the Third
Ward all the Commissioners were of that party,
and the ballot box of that ward toas taken to
tho pirate residsnce Of ono Of the Commits
sioners, where the potss uere counted
II will be seen, by reference to the resolu-
tions, that the Fusionists have resolved to vote
an open ticket The object of this resolution
is apparent 1t is to compel the Government
officials to vote the Amalgamation ticket or
in default thereof to forfeit their offices. Such
is the degradation Of this Administration,
which was brought into power only two years
ago, by an overwhelming majority Of the
votes of the American peoplel Now re-
duced to such condition of imbecility
and desperation, as to resort to the most
contemplate measures ever devised or con-
ceived in any free country, to compel its
officials, who despise it as all honest men
do, to surrender their rights as frcemen and
pots iei For any man who votes con-
trary to his opinions does, to all intcnts and
purposes, give utterance to a falsehood. If he
prefers James Brown for Alderman, and votes
for Michael O'Byrne, at the dictation Of the
Government he declares the latter to be his
choice, when in reality he Is not. What is
this, but compelling men to violate their own
consciencesi What is 1t but a high-handed
and unconstitutional oppression Of American
citizenss An attempt to deprive them Of sa-
cred rights guaranteed to them by the laws
under which they liver
Another object Of these resolutions is to
carry out Mr.. Wise's declaration, that If the
pipa poce system existed here, the American
party would be defeated. The Fusionists,
therefore, propose to change our system of
elections to crafty Mr.. Wissl
of course, these resolutions are perfectly i'm
potent--and Of no possible validity, SO far as
any practical action is concerned II the Fu-
sion party choose to throw obstacles in the
way Of their own friends depositing their votes,
all we'll and good. That is their affair. But
II they imsgine that any statement made by
their outside talesmen is to be allowed to affect
the real returns Of the election, they are greatly
mistaken. Any statement of their selfappoint-
ed talesrnen win be treated with contempt
The Commissioners Of Election are fully CON-
pctent to count the votes and make the proper
returns When they need assistance in the
discharge Of their duties, they win apply to
the proper authorities, not to the Sag NIGHTS In
their midnight dens, or the colonized foreign
Catholics on Capitol Hill.