The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-11-05
THE ELECTION IN BALTIMORE YESTERDAY.

With the information before u.s. and after making
due allowance for the exaggeraton of excitement
the conclusion is irresistible to our mind that the
election in Baltimore yesterday was but another
bloody mockery-another glazing murdcrous, mnr
dering and successful attempt to deprive the demo
cratic citizens of that mobruled city of their con-
sttutional rights American freemen. We give
here and in the Geographic column all the informa
ton which reached us up to late hour last night
reserving further comments until we are fully and
correctly advised of yesterdays atrocious deeds
deeds which WILL doubt, cast still deeper shade
on the dishonored name of Baltimore.
The Baltimore Republican, in its issue of last
ning thus speaks of the outrages perpetrated during
the forenoon of yesterday sn
1.-THE hopes SO fondly INDUCED by many of our ct
zens, and the confidence placed in the pledges of the
mayor destined to be sadly disappointed The rowdy
element still rules unchecked in city The fanatica
appeals to the baser passions Of the clubs which have
been persistcny made by the Clipper and the Patriot
their unblushng .lsehoods and infamous towards
the governor has had influence with these rowdy
bands than the orders OF the the plain require
ments of the constitution Outrage violence and fraud
the order of the day. The law and the constitution
again being tramped under foot, and peaceable c
deprived of their rights by rutfan hands AT the
Eighteenth ward the band of Little faoscs came to the
polls almost as they opened and commenced
to knock down and fire upon the democratic voters driv
ing them from the polls and following them with vol
ley of shots. No arrests made attempted At the
Fifteenth ward the outrages openly perpe-
trated in the sight of the police.
Captain Joel yickers went up to vote in company
with naturazed citizen, who met at the outskirts
of the crowd and knownothng ticket thrust at him,
which declining to take, he was Immediately knocked
down and kicked in an inhuman manner and upon Cap
tain Vickers calling upon police officer to protect the
and procure him chance to vote, he was roughly
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both be taken to the staon-house- Captain Vckers i'm
mediateIy left and went to the mayors Office to make
complaint to that officer. The mayor was not to be
found and thus the outrage unrcdressed and good
and peaceable citizen deprived of his vote.
'.We have this statement from the venerable Captain
vicken himself and it shows how faithfully the mayor
is redecning his pledge to give protection and peace to
all From various other wards have information that
naturalized citizens waylaid, knocked down, and
driven from the polls by discharges of firearms and other
dangerous weapons In defiance of all these outrages
democrats are still pressing up to the polls determined
to show their hatred of oppression and bigotry. s
1--WE entertain doubt that q fair and honest ex
preston Of public sentiment to-day would result in the
complete defeat Of the present dominant party But this
is not to be expected In many of the wards there is
open determination manifested to allow democrats to
vote; and there is doubt that in those wards com
petey under the control of the rowdy bands frauds of
every kind will be pcrperated The matter will soon be
settled and the fact known whether we are still to be
ruled by unprincped ruans by the constitution and
laws"
At nine o'clock last evening we received the fol-
lowing despatch from an unprejudced and perfectly
reliable source !; go
BALTIMORE NOV. Isl, p. M There disturb
nnccs at many OF the wards--more or less at all To
send details would be intelligent only at great length 1t
is probable that two three lives lost The foreign
born to have been generally excluded The
know.nothing majority doubtless will be enormous"
A telegraph despatch from Detroit, dated Novem-
Der 3, says: 1.-THE election in this city is over The
democrats have elected their ticket by an average
majority of eight hundred. The common council is
democratic ta
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