Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1856-10-30
n Es0 I'D ZI IA Il =
10 TIL; PEOPLE,
State Election TO be Contested.
FRAUD AND CORRUPTION TX
POSED.
REPueLIcANs OF IwpIANA:


You have fought most noble and
glorious fight. and hive maintained your
principles ogainstean INSCRIPTIONS foe.
vita g,iIan,ry Nat deserved success -
But YOU havo been ovcrpowercd. your
rights tramrled under foot. your princi
Piles aud your leaders temporarily over
whelmed, by the most aitocous frauds
ever perpe,raled rs inst the purity Of the
ballot box, unless it DO by the rorlcr
Rutiilus in Kansas. and the ballot box
suffers in California. From every per.
ton Of tho State the intelligence lhick,n,
upon US, and thu evidence Increases.
showing most conclusivcly, that the vote
OF ;he State has been decided against ytu
by impouatiuns OF fraudulent voters from
Ohio. Michigan. ami more especially from
Illinois and Kentucky. In all the Dor
der counties OF The two latter States, aud
in other counties accessible by Railroad,
the vote has been enormously increased,
anl the Old Line najorilies largely aug
mented. The aggregate vote of the
State has been swollen nearly fifty thou.
sand since 1851 Much Of this increase
has been ow ing To- the vote OF trausien;
lnborcrs upon our public works. many oi
whom have not scrup.ed 10 commit the
most bareioced rcjury TO accomplish
their design, aud to rob you Of rights
solcunly guaranteed 70 you by the Con.
slitution Of your country.
These spurious and illegal votes. by
which Old Linlsm has achieved e tempo.
rary triumph. are believed 10 reach near
TWENTY THOUSAND in number. aud have
been given by men who's, names DO not
appear upon your tax lists. who contrib.
ute nothing 10 The great interests of the
country. anj who nave neither hnbita
ton nor name among you as citizens -
So astounding is this fraud, So glnring
this corruption. that the Republican par
~ have resolved To contest The validity
of the election of The Governor aud the
entire State Tickc, before the ensuing
Legislature.
The returns in tie Office or the Secrc
tory OF State, So isr as received, show
the unprecedented nc,, that in four hlhs
of the Slatc. while the Republican vpto
has Increased twelve thousand over theii
poll OF 1891, tho Old Line vote has been
thus Irnudulcntly iacte scd iccaig eight
thousand over IL aggregate OF that year.
80 IN the Ninth and Eleventh Congress.
ION Il Districts. whe0o the vote has bern
Osceflaincd, II has increased, IN each,
about six thousand, which would indicate
that IN Two years the population OF the
State his Increased moro than quarter
OF millonl Every c,usrn Knows that
such Ia not, aud eaniot be the fact.
The result therefore Of oil our cxamI
nations aud ,nlo,m,llon Ia such Us To- con
lifm IA Va the belief that, II the polls
weto purgcd oi fraudulent votes. oar
ontiIe State ticket wsuld ,his day be- sue.
ees,lol hya mpIo,iy OF mpIe than ten
thousand.
What II now the 'uty Of the Repuhll
can pariyi We anssaf Ia rally to the
polls determined Ia edtess the oulragea
that have been committed upon ~. aud
10 redeem Tho State NJ the Presidential
election. For this purpose va recon
mend tho most PROMPT aud thorough az.
ganlz,lion. Let ilr County Central
Committees Immediately be tot at work
call upon The Township Committees,
and delegate some lhmrough. active Re.
publican Ia every School District, 10 vlsi,