Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-09-18

o 1 admlt free Otate majority
f the first district; and the committt
r have proven, by the oath Of Lad
: and others, that Bond, Willis, an
Q Stearns were driven from the electio
ground in this precinct; but tbes
. witnesses st'positively state ths
) it was not 10 prevent them votin,
but because one was accused ofactin
the bully; the other of abducting
negro woman, and another of takin
, notes for the New York Tribune;an
strange to tell, these eleven hun
, dred and eighty eight pages nowher
prove that any other man was pre-
vented from voting. Iappealed to tn
Igentleman lMr. Sherman) who made
this report to name another man
and you saw that he was silent.
/ Of the election in the second dis
trict this beautiful report makes ths
usual charges; five or six hundred
Missourians present; Sheriff Jones
and pistols; and concludes with the
false statement, that, eve are satisfi
ed from the testimony that, had the
actual voters alone voted, the free
State men would have been elected
by a handsome majority" and yet
the census of their own man reports
in this district one hundred and
thirty-two voters from the southern
States-sixty-seven from northern
States.
You see the unblushing impu-
dence-the brazen faIsehood of this
infamous document! ] take no
pleasure in uttering these harsh
words; but if gentlemen forget the
high obligations they owe to truth
and honor-if man is false to him.
self and his reputation in the dirty
work of party warfare, I will not be
recreant to duty, but shall denounce
his act as it deserves, if be were as
tall as Lucifer. They have put
forth these broad, unfounded state.
ments to mislead the public mind,
which are contradicted by Reeder's
census at every step; and if ever that
gentleman uttered any truth at any
time, it cannot be supposed that he
lied in this document in favor of the
South. He, then, had no interest
so to do; but when these gentlemen
made their report, the power and ne
cessity of a rebellious and traitorous
party demanded a perversion of the
truth.
OF the third district, the commit
Tee says four to one free State men.
Governor Reeder says forty.nine to
thirty-seven; both reports cannot be
true.
OF the fourth district, it is report
ed that "the free-State men eonstitut-
ed a decided majority of the actual
settlers" Governor Reeder says
free State men twenty-three, south
ern men twenty-three, and one from
New Mexico.
Of the fifth district, the report
says: "From the testimony, the
whole district appears to have been
largely free State, and had none but
actual settlers voted, the free State
candidates would have been elected
by a large majority;" bat Reeder's
census shows two hundred and nine
ty-five southern men, and one hum
dred and twenty-nine northern men.
1t is impossible to believe so gross
perversion misconception.
Of the sixth district, the report
admits that the pro-Slavery candi-
dates received a majority, and | i'm
agine for once it told the Truth.
Of the seventh district, the re-
port says two hundred to three hun
dred Missourians we're present; some
residents did not vote; twenty-five
legal votes were cast; nearly all the
settlers we're free-State men. The
census shows thirty.two northern
men, twenty-one southern men; and
it is thus seen that the report fraud
ulently pretends that the pro-slavery
party. with large body Of Missou-
rians to help them, only got three of
these twenty-one votes, while the
other party got twenty three of thir-
ty-two.
OF the eighth district the report
says: "in it thirty-seven votes were
cast, of whom a majority voted the
free-State ticket" The census shows
twenty-five southern men and twelve
free-State men. With such facts
contradicting these statements, will
any man believe anything contained
in this report, when it is seen that