Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-10-21

All the elections develop the TACT that the Loco
foco party have esorted every species Of fraud knave
~. and corruption sAe free expression Of the popu
lar ~i and achieve or themselves infamous party
unph. In Fosida have how shamefy the fedora
nteriered In the election and how boldly
unblushingly their vilainy carried In Pennsyi,s
MIS- there scarcely be the shadow Of doubt that the,
poled not less than from twenty forty thousand ega
votes We hear indeed that In one ward in the city
Philadelphia polied the late election
than there .csu. inhabissn,s- men, NO
men and children OF course when such vile and auia
cioas frauds these contived and successfully carried
by them. they bound win the victory matter
What the odds be that exist against them. And only
is this game Of stematred fraud played OF In important
elections such that In Pennsylvania but its even
ried into the little municipal election In cites and
towns For example, in thelaie municipal election in Sa
vsnnah learn from the Savannah Republican, the
Democrats practsed the vlanous and daring aud
and by that succeeded in beating their opponents
by overwhelming vote The Republican tells US that
only the deiea, Of Wing. aud Americans Sa.
vannah unfairly accomplished but that done through
the fundamentally OF frauds that have parallel in the
history Of this country one and that aroused
dignant people the Of revolation-and
that the evidences Of the TACT here stated viii be laid
fore the public the proper time. The Republican has
the following the subject Of these Locooco frauds in the
late Mayors election in Savannah, which Is enough
make all honest and decent pale with indigua
ton and disgust
"a member OF the Democratic party, who has been
lively engaged in the canvass and Who present the
polls during the whole day. has expressed the opinion that
there from two hundred and CITY three hundred
illegal deposited in the box Another individual be-
longing to the party has stated that voted Who
he kre'c. had been in the city four days Ii is
iorous fact that considerable number who forward
TO vote when asked their names properly "dr
led gave Others than those the registers they pre-
sented and were passed out Others more successful
we're asked the question: and voted with regses
which different from their stranger
who offered him registry ticket, told him call himself
by the written therein vote aud he would DO
at the eastern door, and paid for his trouble" These
things and can be proved IL denied. We might
other varieties Of frauds that have to
knowledge but have already told Of enough
the city with disgrace and disgust honest with
doctrine OF popular Suffrage. The Registry Law, which
intended to protect the purity OF the ballot box has
become the successful instrument of fraud against
next Legislative
1.-The American party fought the battle bravey. and,
for know and believe. honestly. They cast under
all the disadvantages les than they poled at
the previous election which resulted in their success. aud
yet they overwhelmingly defeated. We verify be-
leve that stocked the game upon them had they
two hundred than they did they would
have been defeated"