Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-10-30
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members Of the fret branch Of ethe City
,Ceuncil. To say that an s!eetiOa 0as car
tied on woald be- doing violence TO the
teln,, and n@king statement uusubstan-
Iiated by facts. Polls were opened. but
they we're controlled by ruttians. and as
there were ncns but Americans on
guard" that day . large proportion oft
legally .n,isisd voters OF the city, were
entirely excluded from the exercise of
that high privilege which has ever been
The boast aud protection of the American
PEOPLE. Men may attempt to palliate the
cFime-they may tax their brain; which
Is fertile in inventions. 10 shield these
strong arms Of their organisation aud the
sequel of their suceess,-the Plugs. the
Blood Tubs DO. bat il will avail them
nothing, The result Of Tuesday, pro-
claims to the world ia language more po-
tent than words oan express. that the
lives and limbs Of those no ia Baltimore
city choose TO think and act for them>
selves. contrary to the dogmas of those
rowdy organizations in whose mouths the
know nothing candidate for Governor
shs HickS--Put the battly cry OF '',Yicto.
~ or death''-are not safe-it shows
them to be- at the mercy Of the mob with
no legal authorities to protect them.
Democrats attempting to go to the polls
60 record their votes. were shot down
like dogs by these minions of the domi.
naat party-aud when the police God
save the mark. we're called upon 10 pro-
feet them. they turned upon their heels
With a stolcal Indifference. and insulting.
~ responded, May or Swami says we
must not interfere in the elections" And
no wonder they were not desired to inter-
tere-the farce was progressing to their
liking. About 14.669 votes were cast.
OF which now>nothingism received H.
as3, and the Dems. 2,78ol Figures like
these need no comment and We have no
disposition to follow the disgusting affair
further than 20 quote from our exchang-
e%- The San OF Wednesday says:
Tue ELECTION YEsTERpAE.-By cour-
tesy We use the term election" bat we
suppose the record Of American suffrage
tn the whole history of our country con-
t4ins nothing SO humiliating as the trans
actions which took place yesterday under
+he nominal pretense OF an election.
To call the thing "farce" is to sport
with tie most vicious and demoralized
political condition of this community.
Moreover. disorder, riot and bloodshed
have again disgreced the name of our
city. and Te stand in the record of yes
terday's hideous proceedings blot upon
the escutcheou of popular liberty-a very
mockery of political independence.
It is unnecessary to refer to any par>
ticular facts, or to tell the story of the
day. It is related with emphasis in the
returns Of the polls of the several wards,
which sufficiently indicate that many
thousands of the people have been VIRUS
ally DISTINGUISHED and that no election
took place. A certain number Of men
will be returned as elected members of
the first branch of the city council, and
as such will take their seats, but under
circumstances which few will be disposed
10 vaunt or even contemplate.
In presenting the returns we make no
comparison with former elections. The
thing IS too ludiorous. II is enough 10
say that in Baltimore, which gave vote
last year for President of &c. I'll, yester>
day only l4.667 were cast. Of which the
American candidates received 1879,
and the Democrats 2.789.
The result consists of 10 Americans
and ! Democrat as the membership oil
the first branch Of the City Council. Last
year the same branch of the council stood
Americans IS. Democrats 7. The
second branch which holds over, consists
OF members Of each panty.
The following extracts will show the
cool determination with which the Plug
Uglies went TO work whenever the Dem
ccrats were guilty of the presumption oi
running candidates; and also the swee
good nature with which those delectable
and gentle beings conse nted to keep the
peace when nobody was so impairment al
to dispute their sway. or $50 kind as t.
tread on the tail of their costs:"
AT an early hour in the morning it wat
evident that there would be trouble il
some Of the wards. but that was obviateC
by the withdrawal Of some of the Dem
oeratc candidates.
In.the frs. ward there was but little
opposition offered 70 the majority party
end beside a few skirmishes there was ne
trouble.
In the second ward It was stated that
the, Democrats were excluded from the
polls. but there was not much violence
About hall past one o'clock there was q
cry for the boys to rally; and they gave
pursui: to man who ran up Canal street.
and finally escaped by jumping through
cellar window and going by way Of
Eden street. The crowd in pursuit were
armed with Rew and bright barreled
horse pistols most Of which were fred at
the party running, without. however,
reaching him.
In the fourth ward there was no oppo>
alton to the Anne lean candidate, and the
day passed off quietly.
In the elaHEn Nth n Ard thara nan snrna