The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-03-13
Pennsylvania Frauds !

The people Of New Hampshire will moi
have forgotten thai the Safe election, l.,
Pennsy lvania, las, October, was charged by
the Republicans t. have been carried By
enormous frauds perpe'raied by means ol
i'm ported votes and double anil treble VII
ting. u will bs remembered that The whole
Buchanan maturity In the S a's, was only
between 1000 anu 5000. Haw a portion
of that ma ,rity Wa. oblaineI has reccntly
he-n Tho subject Of II judicial investigation.
the Boston Atlas gives the following &c.
connf Of the uial: ...
''In the Court Of CoRmon Pleas ut Phila-
,lelphia The uiat er has been recently H..
sestigared, IL The ra,e of Mann. ps. Cas-,
Iy, Mann having hee' tho Republican, aud
cassidy The Democratic Candidate (nr Dis
rict a tmn-y. The evidence before The
Conn di.clu.es almost innnmer.,lls CASES o
illegal v'tiig, aud &c hrib-ry anil p-rjuy.
,nplira,ing men ~ Off 'ia stations, ari
,uboid'i,ate Off era VI The Courts If Justice.
! II !, proved that < eat number. of En.i ~.
er> voted o. the slrenslh o. fraudulent ce,-
ID aies OF n ,tua'Iz dijn aud Other false
,re'sncrs. IN many Instances, deal m u
voted b. proxy AID The same nalumliz ,uo,
papers We're transferred irJnI on. water H.
,nother repeatedly. Some al ihs voter.
Were minus, and otheI, were M, citiz-us
ul the courty ar STATE. The fraudulent
votes, Ia isl COS =, we're cast by IIisliiIfel,
,uins OF whom hal been but very sivrl
time J. the county.
THE cn"trsr,nt, Mr.. Mann, clr srl his
case before hall OF his cvidsire wa. IL. he.
clusc he had already Ut that Stage III The
! proceedings, proved The ra.llng al iraudu-
lri 'voes in such numbers that their - .c-
ION would leave him with clear M jiriy.
l'is majuIiiy returnsd for The Drmorra H.
randiiae. Cassidy, wa, SOL. The invrs,i-
cation shows that Mann WIS really abe al
i Cassidy All votes! Every species al
fraud seems to have b,en rrsorted to. Tho
tes'iruony was established by laigs mum
Der Of false presentations Of The living aud
he dead of The reception OF votes by cleo
lion "ficers without inquiry u to the rights
IL those who rendered them, and despite Of
challenges; that nnliatnr.l'z-d persons vo-
Ell /; and That minors exercised The rights III
adult citizens. A large numb.r Of fau,Iu.
lent naturalization c.,tiiica'es were Issued
aud distributed TO such aliens rs could he
persuaded t,'use them. To ihrse certi6
cate. The name Of u clerk in tn. office of the
District Comt, NJ we'll IL the seal Of the
cou :, had been forged L. has been ascer-
ta'urd lhal abou, 1900 uf these we're i.sre
b' tw" m-n brl""giug to thu Democratic
\a'nIaliz ,tion Committee and the lea
,nyes i,hti'n thus lar, proves that mt les.
than 1900 hauiuleIi votes were cast IN The
) ate erc ion.'
Facts like these would be discovered all
over that Sat-, could this subject be inve'.
tisatei. But these alone 81 ow that, hey ond
any trasonabls doubt, The October SAFE
sleclion in Pennsylvania, which virtually
decided the Presidential vlection, was car.
ried by II gi!hn 10 system ol Gauds upon the
tights OF ,ufr,age. wthout II 'a'alleI in The
history Of conspi'acies against Tree govern-
neat. And these crimes are dohs in The
name Of Democracy. 500.