Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-10-07
For the Democrat,
RICHMOND, Ind, Oct. l, 1853.

Editor Eaton Dsmocrat:
A Republican friend Of mine has
called my attention to a grossly false and
libelous article in the Eaton Register"
Of this week. purporting to have been
written in this place, and dated Sept.
81. This anonymous writer states,
what he nor no Intelligent person be
%lieves. that it is the design of Democrats
to import votes into your District to aid
in electing Mr.. Vallandiyham to Con-
"ress. To give some appearance of
truth to this lying charge, he says
"Eallandigham has paid our Post-mas-
ter two or three official visits, and been
in close consultation with him, and 1
nave no doubt every thing is 'cut and
dried to send over Il swarm of voters, re.
Now, the truth i. that | have had no
consultation of any kind with Mr.. Val
landigham, nor have [ had the pleasure
of seeing him but once within the last
two years. On the 10th ult., after l
had taken Il seat in the cars for Cam
bridge city, l saw Mr.. V, who had Just
got off the ears from Dayton, and talk
ed with him two or three minutes, he
being on his way to the Southern por-
ton of his District. fhe subject Of
sending votes into your District or any
other has never been mentioned to me.
The Black Republican party is the on
ly n that has ever engaged in this re-
gion in the business Of taking votes
from one county to another and COM
hitting frauds upon the hallot-box.-
That they were guilty of this villainy
in this State in 1856, is a fact hat has
been established by Legislative and Ju-
dicial Investigations. The testimony is
on record, and many of those who were
engaged in conducting and playing out
those infamous frauds nave been exposed
The article in the Register is signif
cant that it is the design of the Black
Republicans of your District to commit
frauds by importing voters, and they
hope to withdraw attention from their
own rascality by charging such a design
upon the Democrats. 1t is the cid
attention from the guilty party The
Democrats should be on their guard
Watch them and punish the %scoundrels
who attempt to vote illegally. That
there will be such attempts is quite evil
dent from the giviugs out in the Register
The absurdity and inconsistency of
the communication purporting to come
from here is only equalled by the false
moods il contains. The writer says that
at the election of 1856, Preble County
furnished voters for Union county to
beat Yansant for Representative. Such
a statement could only come from Il
fool; for it is we'll known to every one
that on the day that the election took
place in this State, vas the same on
which the election in your State was
held-that the election in your District
was a close and exciting one, and that
you had no votes to spare to send to
this State or any other place, even if
you had had the disposition to do so.
Again, this writer says, that the Dom
ocrats were feeling under obligations to
your Democrats for sending voters into
Union county feel like reciprOcatiag the
favor by now sending voters into your
county. That is, that Wayne county is
going to pay Union eounty's, imported
votes. Very reasonable, such stuff
The fellow ought to have had sense
enough to been told a plausible lie at
An important election takes place in
State tho same day that your cleo