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


The legal voters, voted. Your Committees
ssIimDle The number Of legal voters a. 80
One of the judges referred 10 certified 10 tho
Governor that the election was fairly con-
ducty'd. Il was not contested because no
ons would take the responsibility Of doing
u. as IL was moi considered safe, and that i'll
another election was had, the residents would |
fare no better
XVITH DlsTRlcT.
For sotue time previous 10 The election,
meetings were held and arrangements made
in Missouri TO &c. up companies TO come
over 10 The Territory and vote 205. and
Tho day before and on the day Of election,
large bodies Of Missourians from Plate,
Clay. Ray, Charlton, Carol, Clinton and
Suline counties, Mo-, came Into this dis,ricl
und cainped there [2O6] They were arm.
I'd with pistols and bowie knives, and some
wiihguns and rifles 1901, and had balges
of hemp In their button holes and elsewhere
abou. their persons [208l
On 'he morning of election there were
from 1000 10 400 persons on The ground.
2O9 Previous 10 the election, Missouri.
ans cndeavored 10 persuade The two Free
SHa.e judges 10 resign by making threats Of
personal violence 10 them 1901 one of
whom resigned on the morning Of The cleo
lion, and the crowd chose another 10 fill his
IRaco l2ll. Blu. one Of the Judges. The
Free S'ale Judge, would take the oath pre-
scribed by The Governor; the other TWO de
Uiding tha, they had no righ. 10 swear any
one who offered TO vote, bu, lha, all on the
ground were entitled 10 vote [2l2.] The
only vote refused were some Delaware In
dians. some 80 Wyando,ie Indians being al
Owed to vote 49,.
One of the Free State candidates withdrew
in consequence Of The presence of the Mis-
sourians, amid cheering and acclama.ions
hv The Missourians [2l4 During The day
The sleamboa, New Lucy came down from
Western Missouri, with large number of
Missourians on board who voled and then
returned on the boa, 2l5.
The MIssourians gave as reason Tor
their coming over 10 vote, ,ha. the North
had tried 10 force emigration into The Terri
toN, and they wanted 10 counterac, this
movement 2l6.] Some Of the candidates
groundttha, under the Kansas Nebraska act.
aIl who were on the ground on the day Of
election were entitled 10 vote [2l7. and
o'hers, that laying out a town, s,aking a lot,
or driving down stakes, even on another
mans claim. gave them rieh, TO VOTE
And one nl them embers [2l8] Of the Council
K. X. Rees, declared In his testimony that he
who pu. different construction upon the
law must be either be knave or fool
The Free STATE men generally did moi
vo.e at that sIeclon 2l9;] and no newly
arrived Eastern emigrants we're there [220]
The Free STATE Judge of Election refused
10 sign the returns until the words "by law
fol resident vo,ers" were stricken out, which
was done. and the returns made in that way
2gl The election was contested, and Q
rev election ordered by Gov. Reeder fol-
the 22d Of May.
The testimony is divided as 10 the rela
live strength Of parties in This District. The
whole number Of votes in the District &C
csrding TO the census returns, was 3S5; and
according TO very carefully prepared lis
of voters. prepared for The Pho Slavery can
siidales and other Pro Slavery men Few
days previous 10 the election. ,here wert
sos vo,ers in the district, including ihos,
who had claims ard did no, live on them
222 The whole number Of votes cas-
WAS 964. or these named in the censu
io6 voted. Your Commluee, upon careful
examination, are satisfied .ha, there wer,
not over $50 legal votes cost, leaving 81
illegul votes.
XViITH DISTRICT.
The election in this DISTRICT seems 10 hav
been fairly conducted, and NOT contested a
nll. In this District The Pro Slavery part
had the majority.
XVlllTH D;sTRIcT.
Previous 10 the election. Gen, David r
A'chison Of Platte City, Mo-. got up com
paDy of Missourians, and passing throue
Weston, Mo. ICES wen. over into the Tel
riIory. lie remained all night q, the hous
Of -, and then exhibited his arms,
which he had an abundance. lie proceed
I'd 10 the Nsmohaer (XVlIIthj Disltic. [224
0n his way. he and his party attended
Nominating Convention in the XlVth Dis
Iricl and proposed and caused TO be nom
mated sci Of candidates in opposition TO tn
wishes of the Pro Slavery residents Of Il,
hisuic, [2s5. A, tina, Convention he sal
hat there were l,l00 men coming ovt
from Platte County, and If Iha. WASH
enough they could Sehd 500 more-,ht
they came 10 vote, and would vote or ki
every Cd ID Abolionisl in the TER
torv 226, pl@,I
DC the day Of election, the Missouriar
under Aichison, who were encamped Their
. came up 10 the polls in the XVIll.h Di
lrct. taking the oath ,ha, they were res
dents Of The District. The Missouriar
were all armed with pistols or bowie knive
and said there were 30 in their compan
227 ] But II votes given on thar day wei
given by residents Of the district 228
The whole number Of votes was g. 3.
X. l., Kirk. one Of The candidates. can
into the district from Missouri about wet
i'eiore the election and boarded there ICES
lie left altar tho election and was no, a, II
time legal resident Of the district in hie
he was elected. No proles, WIS sen. 10 II
Governor on account Of threats mat
against nnv who should dare 10 contest Il