Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-07-22

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s"' .So q ' ,ne,,. ,,hsss [ &, -s,s [ ,.,,,'
,hrea,aninp mss.srss. es5eeisllv sppins,
M. Burgess. and q, lasl ,eu minutes Z we've
Oiven them 10 organize in. Or leave: and as
he time passed !. persons Outside would call
the number, Of minu,es lci, with ,hreats
aOniDs, Burgess. II he did AZ, 6rree 20 or.
psnize Til8,1 Al ,he end 81 shat time. the
Judges no, ,bsing able 10 oinanize, Left The
room and the crowd proceeds A % elect nine
Judges aud carry 6n ,he election (i10.) The
Free S,aIe men generally le|t the ground
ri,hou, voting. stating thai ihare was no use
OF voting there (laOi). The rolls were 90
crowded during she frs, paIi b he day ,ha,
The ,ci,izens could no. eel 81 ID Ika window
70 yo,e 5le1.5 Threats " +. f, E. .'nSI
,be Fres S,a,e man Zee. Isl ' .tS11
E,he Rev. Nh. GispatIick wa 4 .|. +.
driven or 81 the mob. i,.1 b, SONS
called ssTexas,' made 4p, .c|I ,6 the
crowd urging ,hem 10 yo,e 9nd d semsin on
|,he ground until The polls KeF5 closed, for
fear ,hs Abolidonisls would c8Aie there in
the afternoon and oyerpow4 th1,Il, and thus
they would loseall their wouhls.
For maxine an affidayl, h +. Notes, spains,
ibis alsction' aauino forth AZ fac,s' M:
Ru,oass va. indicted bv ,hs q Ind Jurv ioy
nay;,,,v wbich ;ndic,msn, ~ fta,nd moye
,han f,(,aan naon,bs ,oa ard e I'M nendins,
M. Ruypass never bayins i,een info,med
who h,s sccnser was a. VA, ,sss The ,es,i.
,imonv soain,, him slasS 4 lA ,sroe major.
Inv fonr - one. of ,he actual Sel,lers Of ;ba,
dis,rlc, were Free STATE man jia4.5 and
,hsye canno, he ina less, denb, Thar If none
bn, The ac,ual se,,lers or ia dis,,Ic, had 70.
tad =, ,ha, elsc,iop. ,he Free S,n,e candi.
date would have been elec,ad. !. The mum,
ber If LEGAL vo,es in ,he d;s,rIct. sccordinp,
- % tho caps,,, ra,,yns was illi The ,o,aI
Nun,Her G Of VOTES cas-, WINS sIp and Of ,hese
hu, 40 .rs " IN The re,nrns ana from ,he ,es.
,,,nonn % ~ ond yscords ws s,s ss,;.Gsd ,ba,
W., ] Ivy. 40 Ao ,oosl vo,ss Ts,a3 80, !, he elac.
lion a body of a,mad M,ssonr;ans came
49, ,ha d;s,,;c, n,ey;on. - ,be aiac,,on. and
"oo 0nc.,nued ,nsya SIp55 Bsisrs .bs lime ar.
sI s;nod ,ps onan,n1 % Tho mills Ms Wissourian,
wen, - AZ ~ .np,har ,ban H. ,o,yn apnoin,ed for
,ha elec,;on. and one ~, m ;ud0es appoin.
,od hv tho Goyernoy. and ,vo chosen by the
Misso,,,ians. nrocseded "a men ihe polls
ard carry nm ,he election j1l6 5 The Mis-.
sourians said none bu, Pro Slavery men
should vote. and threatened To- shoot any
Free State man who, shoq|d come up to
vote 4l27.9 Mr.. Mockbee, oneofl The judges
elected by the Missourians, bad q store near
the boundary fixed by the PROCLAMATION oi
The Governor, while he culqvased farm in
Missouri, where his family lived 3l28,a and
where his legal residence vas then and il
now. The Missourians zo held side
election for Governor of,lhe Tertitory. vo
ting for Thomas Johnsop |lswnee Mis-.
sion Sl29.S The Free STATE men, finding
the polls under the control Of non residents
refused 10. and did not vote 9l3o,9 They
constituted decided maJoriiy oil the acsua
eeulers S13li pe.ilion signed by ma
jority Of the residents Of the district wa
sent 10 the Governor 9lSx9 The who'll
number oil voters In this district, according
10 the census returns, was ~; the Dumbe
OF votes cast was 30, OF whom but 10 wer'
residents; the number Of residents who's
names are on the census rolls, who did no
vote, was 80.
For some DAYS prior TO the election, com
panies of men were organized in Jackson
Cass and Clay counties Mo-, for the pur
poss Of coming 10 ,he Territory and volinj
! in the V,h DisIri,c, 1854 The doy previ
Gus 10 the election, some 400 or 500 Nilsson
,ians. armed with guns. pistols, and knives
came into the Territory and canned, som,
at Bull Creek. and o,hers al Po,awala mi
Creek 6l34.5 Their camps were abou, II
miles apart. On The evening before III
election Dr. R. C. We.,fsll was elected Il
act as one of The Judges Of Election in tn
Bull Creek precinct, in place Of one Of tn
Judges oppuip,ed BY the Governor, who, 1
was said; would no, be there the mex, day
SI36.5 DR.. Wes,fall was ,at that lime a ci.
Iizen of Jackson county, Mo, 51S7S Opih
morning of the elsc,ion. the polls for Bul
Creek precinc, were onened. and, wi,hou
swearing the ildoes thew proceeded 10 re
ceiye ,be votes Of ali Ohio offered 10 vote
For The sske of sppearsnce. ,,hev would pe
some one 10 come 10 ,he window and offe
TO vote, and when asked to be sworn h
would pretend 10 grow angry a, the ipdge
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