The daily union., 1856-10-11
from ine PennsyIvsnian.
LETTER FROM EX-GOVERNOR BlGLER, OF CALL
FORNIA.

LETTER FROM EX-GOVERNOR BlGLER, OF CALL
F0RNIA.
PalLADELpHlA, October I, 1856
EDIToR PKSSsYLyASlAS: The Daily News of Monday
morning contains the following malicious article relating
TO the Undersigned
GLooK OUT FOR BALLOT-Box sTUFFERs The notorious
John Blger of California is sumping the State for Bu-
oanan and Breckenridge He has been closeted with the
party leaders In this county and may possibly have IN
ated them into the secrets Of the California process OF
anaoring voes by means Of stuffed ballotBo1ssi Watch
the baot-boxes freemen. Watch them closely. They are
the palladium of your rights"
There not one word of truth in the foregoing far
as improper conduct in the past the present the future
Is imputed to me- feel called upon to declare one and
all of the statements made false and anderous and 70 e3
press the opinion that the unprncped and mendacious
who penned them knew them to be false when in
the act of preparing them for the press.
beg leave add that since my arrival In Pennsylvania
in MAY last have because deemed it duty TO openly
and frankly advocate the election OF Mr.. Buchanan been
the object Of much Interpretations and abuse ISLANDERS
relating TO the action OF the Vigilance Committee and
other matters have been eegraphed over the country
eagerly published and commented upon by reporters of
the opposition press but the contradiction though fol-
lowed close upon the heels Of the asehood not even
noticed thus evncug malicious determination TO blight
reputation, right or wrong.
So far as the Vigilance Committee thunder is concerned
it proper repeat what said months ago--that
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committee and had any connexon or correspond
ence with them friendly unfriendy The whole thing
In all its parts utterly false and declared so to be
by nv authority early in July last and since then in sew
ea papers printed In San Francisco and Sacramento In
truth the men AGAINST whom the Vigilance Committee
mainly directed hct power were political personal enemies
f nine Gov johnson elected governor overme Judge
Terry sumped t, State against me in lo anu IN ioo'
was elected the same know-nU. hihe) ucae' "ih
son. Casey my bitter enemy, and pubane,. heree
article assalng the day that left California for
Pennsylvania. So, also, Yankee Sullivan. During
the canvass of 1855 in California and which resulted in
the election of johnson me- my opponentsthe know
nothings-were actually detected in the act of stung the
ballotbox of the fifth ward, San Francisco but not until
after they had succeeded in getting into it twentyeight
full know-nothing tickets. They were, also, few days
before the election detected in an effort to purchase
large vote in addition to the legal vote of San Benardno
In fact in every where fraud has been established the
actors were hostile to me- The actors in the above
were all either political personal enemies of mine So far
as the elections of 1851 and 1853 concerned am posi-
tive and in this opinion all my California friends concur
if wrong perperated by PERSON. it was not to
aid me- and that did not receive single illegal uo at either
election In relation the election returns of 1851 few
words only necessary to expose the false statements
which have been made in several papers of this State 1t
was charged that the officers in the secretary OF States Of
fee had opened and altered the returns to elect and
others At the time these returns were made to the secre
tary's department not in office private cit
izen residing at Sacramento city, nearly two hundred
miles from the of government For time the
saults made upon the officers in the Secreary Office
treated with silent contempt in fact the charge
known by them well me, and regarded too ridcu
lous for serious notice. and therefore remained unnoced
officially until 1854 when joint committee composed Of
both political parties was organized and the charge fully
investigated The committee after careful examination
after examining under oath many witnesses principally Of
6cers State clerks of courts and comparing the returns
unanimously reported that the charge tttom toER
aton that the returns file in the Secretarys Office
found correc-all of them with the OF the county
clerks and county seals attached and all without change
or mutilation.
In connoxion with this charge beg leave to state an
additional fact which alone is sufficient TO demonstrate
its ridiculous character. Under the California election
law the returns for governor and Acknowledgements
are not made the secrerys Office but TO the Speaker of
the Assembly The law requires the clerks of
make out and certify to copies Of the election
for governor and ngovernor-one to be trans
mied to the Speaker Of Assembly by mail the other TO
be forwarded the speaker in Of the members Of
the legislature representing the county 1t will thus be
seen the returns which 1t said had been altered
In the secetays office not made to that office but to
| the Speaker of the Assembly in 1853.
After thcr defeat the opposition clsmored for time
about the vote in San Francisco but examination Of
the returns proved that had received less than hun
dred votes that upon the full democratic ticket
that other democrats had received than thousand
votes on other tickets and whilst my majority but
fUe votes several other candidates the ticket with
had majortes exceeding fifteen hundred votes. This
elusive evidence that il wrong perpetrated II
for my benefit eectuAIy relieved my enemies and the
subject has not since to my knowledge been mooted
In conclusion beg leave TO my feow-ctzens Of
Pennsy ylvana-the State within which was born-that
all the accusations made against false and all
the coinage Of malicious personal and political opponents
and although 10 the Of harsh language now
feel called upon in view Of the malicious character Of the
assaults referred TO- and in view too Of the fact that
gard them made TO detract from my reputation
citizen TO pronounce all Of the statements made in
the opposition press derogatory to public officer
private citizen false and dieions to pronounce the
concoctes Of them here and elsewhere and ALL 6dst
liars and malicious siandererL JOHN BIGLER
LOCAL NEWS.
/ RECEPTION or PRKsrDEST ON HIS RETURN FRoH NEw
HAMrsmRR RR-The committee appointed Thursday eve