The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-08-19

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Ne assted On yesterday shss unisss fraud ~,
psfpatsated, the elaefiea of Mai. Rollins uas
liked last We reiterated tbs sAne - day,s IN
We regret % sdd that No are convinced tina,
frAads are being perpetFated. Our Advices from
The Gsy Of JelIalsoa ass 70 the eject that q
fssdy ths game Of aasendsd fesurns has been
begun. 1husgthe county Of Polk has been Ger
dee6 - the secretary Of state ~ enc majority
for Stewart aud 20 recorded; but now Col. Acocl
sends up an amended return giving Stewart rwu
HUNDRED AND THIRTY-onE majority. We are
further advised that the nulli6ers in their des-
peration have sent out runners to meet the mes.
sengers bearing the returns Of the remainine
counties, with Instructions 70 alter the figures
20 suit the necessities of the case. This face
would seem 70 have already transplred Ii regard
TO Adair and Maries, which show figures thai
cannot be accounted for on any other ground.
II the fraud has been thus begun, where shall
u end! The villainy that vas pespetsased q
me last session, whereby Hancock Jackson VA
declared Lieutenant Governor, WAS only con-
summated by the fraudulent returns iron Polk
county, and nov We have the same man, in the
same county, moving in behalf Of . like fraud
What do our citizens say 70 such an act. Are
they prepared to stand idly By and zee their
dearest privileges violated and outraged by .
pack Of pohticalpro@igates Who ass eogse than
the ballot stufers Of California; Win they SUBJ
init 70 fraud upon the top Of frAudf The cheat
cry which made jackson GovernOr. pro ten.
md accidentally governor in fact, was enough
VIII they now permit . repetition of the OUT
rage? Il 10 but reproducing of the Cunning-
ham baby. Having been acquitted Of the mur-
Gel, they now attempt the Inheritance. And in
order 70 affect it they bring up the additional
returns as an afferbirtk, and seek to palm it Cd
upon the community as the genuine evidence.
OF. their heirship. But they have been caught
Even the Republican, which has acted MS their
in the previous case, has turned states
evidence, and in very cautions statements sck-s
nowledges that the child was not born. Like
DIR. Ubl, it feared to go any further, and has
accordingly consulted legal advisers, and ~ put
ting the opposite party on guard, brought about
about the denOnement. Whilst we must COM
mend the remains OF conscience which induced
our contemporary to this deed, we cannot but
1t the same time denounce in extreme terms,
The frand which Is attempted. II is Infamous
{ IS detestable-it is damnatle, and the parties
o It should DC made an example OF, by the first
vigilance co'nlnitte that meets in the state.
We know of no other corrective for such evils, !
han the right Of resolstioa. Il is inherent In
he people, and it becomes the people to exer-
Use it whenever such gross infringement upon
heir rights calls tor it. We submit il, therefore.
Q the people Of Missouri, whether they will
olerate such fraudulent contravention Of their
Judgement as the one now in process of perpe-
ration! 1t is for them to say whether they
'ill be parties to be fraud. Will they--can +
hey sustain such an Ubiquitous proceeding.
Our oxn notion is that the time for action
as arrived, and that if the authorities at the
ity Of jefferson attempt to carry out such
erial OF rascality, the working men of Missouri,
hose interests are SO deeply involved, should
axe the matter in their own hand, and
right such wrong where it is given,
Even were it in the court of heaven"
ISt. Louis Democrat, 18TH il