Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-09-03

t.. FRAUDULENT DISPATCHES. The Louisville
Journal continues its expose of the outrageoui
falsehoods transmitted by the telegraph in refer
ence to the recent election in Kentucky. Aftel
Ialluding to the systematic effort of the Demo
Gratis to pursuade the people that Fillmore stooe
no chance, it says:
The recent election was altogether for Judicial
and ministerial officers; not single political Oh
fee was to'be filled. Early last Spring the a
merican Executive Committee appointed time
for holding conventions of the American party
in each district, by which, at the option OF tne
conventions themselves nominations might Ok
made for the various offices to be filled or mlgn'
not In nearly all of these conventions, even IN
many of the districts in which there were large
American majorities, it was determined that II
was not the policy of the American party to
make party nominations for Judicial ofhces, and
they declined to nominate American candidates.
Consequently, in almost every county IN the
State there were two ormore independent candl-
dates in the field for various Offices. In some
instances two Americans, in others two old-lne
Wings, in Others two Democrats, sometimes one
Democratic, one American, and one old-llne
Wing, sometimes one Democrat and two Amer
leans and an old-line Wing were competing can
didates for the same Office. Under these cir
cumstances while the American vote, the Fill
more vote, has been very much divided, the
Democrats have concentrated their strength up
on one candidate and claim victory, or gain
for the party. 49,
Take for instance the vote for sheriff in Mason
county. There were three candidates: Coryell
(A.) received GIG votes, Gogging (A.) received
All, and Groves O.)-for whom also many A
mercans voted-received S52. To calculate
the difference between Groves and Gogging's
would not show the fair test of party strength
in the county. In Green county, Moss (A) re-
ceived 476 and Kidd (A.) received Isl, and
Marshall O.) received 3S8 votes for the office OF
assessor. The difference between the Demo.
crat and one of the American candidates would
be no test ofparty strength and yet it IS only Dy
such calculations that the Democrats make out
their pretended gains in the late election
There are numerous instances of tins KIND IN
the returns which have been received. In
many of the counties, in which there is an I'M
doubted American majority, an old-line Wing
has obtained the majority for one office, DEM
ocrat for another, and an American for another.
It is for this reason that we have declared that
the election in this State presented no test OF
party strength, but from an examination OF the
returns we have ascertained beyond any boubt
that aotererer there has been any means Of APP
prorimating to a test Of the strength of parties
there are large and decisiue gains for the Amer
ican party" ~
The Journal acquits the reporters of the asso-
cated press of any connivance at this system of
fraudulent dispatches, and finds by investigation
that the dispatches were special, though pub
lished as regular in most Of the Eeastern papers.
We have not room for the numerous cases cited
by the Journal to demonstrate the enormous
falsehoods contained in these dispatches. .s'