Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-09-04


cially, who combine in cities and in large
towus-arc, it is lamentabe to say, un-
qualified by proper education for the seri
Gus duties Of the elective franchise. This
may be their misfortune, and not their
fault but so it is. With less "light" on
the great subjects of the day, how did they
vote in 1856? We give few extracts i'll
proof of our position that all the Catholic
vote was east for the Democracy
Of the 2,30O men who voted far Buchanan
in this county, 300 were Irish, 500 were Ger
mans, English, &c, and 500 Americans. or
the 2i00 who voted against Buchanan, 400
were Germans. English, &c. and 1000 Amer
icans.-honesdaie Wayne oounty) Democrat.
In Luzerne county, the balance of power is
held, and an election controlled by foreign
born Catholics. There were perhaps not less
than $500 or 4C0O Roman Catholic votes poll
ed, last week, in this county, and every one
of them for James Buchanan. Pennsylvania
has been carried for James Buchanan by lust
such votes, and the electoral vote Of PennSyl-
vania decides the contest, in all probability.
If SO, then that model Republican, the Pope OF
Rome. may be said TO have "ruied America"
this ,ime.-WiikesB Barre Record The Times.
We are informed by gentleman, who re-
moved from this place some months ago, into
Bedford county, that on the morning Of the
election, in the town where he now lives, the
bell of the Roman Catholic Church was rung
about O'Clock in the morning, by the Priest,
who is an Italian. and who can scarcely speak
a word of English, and that the Catholics rush
ed TO the church, and when the polls opened
marched from the church two abreast, headed
by the Priest, and were openly supplied with
Locofoco tickets by him, which they all voted
The procession numbered 65, and created a
great sensation among the Protestants.-Hu
tingdOn JournaL
Gen. Cadwallader, of Philadelphia, in a
speech made 10 the Bogus Democracy of Ce-
Gil county, Maryland, frankly acknowledged
TO his hearers that it was the Catholic rote that
gave the Democratic party strength.
The New York Tribune says: buchanan
received nearly half the vote of this city, but
not half of the legal vote. Not one-third of his
rotes came from naiires of this country. Four
teen thousand we're naturallzed for this elec-
iion."
In the borough Of Port Carbon. in Schuyl-
kill county, which poiled upwards of three
NOlcS, cSeTy NduSc UOTu Dut
t,co voted against James Buchanan.
In Bas,ress Tp..Lycomng county. settled
almost if not wholly by German Catholics, the
Priest gave them their tickets, on Sunday,lied
up by blue string-and when all counted
out there proved to be but one Opposition vote.
The Priest al Bellefonte took as active part.
Thus much for the Roman Catholics,
who, as a class-with many noble excep-
tions-are notoriously ignorant The
Protestant Irish, Germans, Scotch, Welsh.
English &c, on the other hand, are much
better educated men, and their vote in the
Northern States was as much Republican
as Democratic.
In &c counties outside Of Philadelphia,
5000 persons were naturalized for the last
election, and thousands more in Philad.,
besides hundreds who voted without be-
ing natura.ized. Those who read the con-
tested election case of Mann VS.. Cassidy,
learned how inteHiyent was the fraudulent
vote which gave Cassidy his certificate of
election, and probably elected the State
Dem. Ticket!
There is not more ignorant, degraded
counterpart of Sodom on this continent,
than the Five Points in New York city.
The vote there last fall stood
Buchanan SIS
Fillmore I6
Fremont IA
The Naturalizcd vote in the L. S. is
probably 100000, and that vote not only
elected Pierce in 1852, but Buchanan in
1856. Could the votes be traced from the
box to the voter in every case, our position
We doubt not could be still more clearly
verified, and the proof given that three
fourtbs ifnot ninc-tenths of the uneducated
adults, vote modern Democracy. A few
specimens, by way of illustration, must
suffice
The Southern part Of Illinois, on account
of the deep ignorance of its inhabitants,
has been unanimously known for years as
egypt" 1t is almost wholly settled by
immigrants from Slave States, who have
always advocated Slavery, and always
vote with the Slave Power In the 9th |
Congressional district-thc BANNER DIS
TRIcT FOR BUcHANAN-we find the fol.
lowing results
No. who can not read and write ll,7sl
Maj. for Buchanan over Fremont 1876
To make this point still palmer, VIC give
all the votes Of all the counties composing
the Congressional District:
adults lrlso not Ere FIJI Bach-
road aud Write mont.
Alexander 476 Is 23O 40l
Edwards 2O6 l76 $40 2S3
Franklin 500 25l lc5l
Gallatin 7l9 "a 4s3 7Gi
Ham ilton llOl Q 162 lls5
Hardin iO4 4 go 1872
Jackson l043 IA 322 1886
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