The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-06-19
For The Cecil Whlo.
The washington Election.

| 1 referred last week TO lew OF Inc lnalkeu
| features of the late election in Washington.
The boast Of Tie Cecil Democrat that Plug
Uglyism was held at bay by the efficient
measures taken by Mayor Maerudyr ASSUMES
quitc another phase when read in connection
! with the following article from the Washing.
| ton Star:
..As large rs the vote polcd was. We are sati fed
| tIcm personal observation. hEt considerable
! number of bona fle citiAeHs Of Washington were
| deprived OF Ec.r franchise by the violence OF the
| regular police intny Of whom were he no;.icst
cucuura&crs of the roWdy ruil1uisln of the after
noon. and by the presence and acrs IF the masters
| of Washington city. the Rams" g." EcgGlul ors.
! anl states lose who dhc last nentionc y COM
rnenccd the riosiug by aSsains officer y. X, Allen
| by the discharge OF pistol shots aud shower of
! brick bass when essayns to discharge his duty
! between and two T. NJ, near the lower voting
| place in the fourth ward
Throughout the whole afternoon the three gangs
! of desrarntc rurian5 paralcl the city. marching
from poll to poll in bodies from twenty 10 sixty
| Shoutiug bHsph rmiuS and disrharEin5 frs-arms,
wouudng mob" ~. il = true, hut at the upper pre-
| cincts of the I bird and Four h Wards. and about
| The sixth and seventh Ward precincts. causing
all not willing to ask mn in, oluntary encounter
with them. to hce for thcir lives; Of course scat
torinc broadcast among tl.cir fcl!0w-ctihcnS such
accounts ctierturlly prevented those OF the I'M
| voted from coming 10 The p lis who preferred to
resi- ~ their right of franchise: TO rSkns tAcil per-
| sona safe ~.
The STR is Democratic paper, but rot
u, Administration paper, and has therefore
no interest in hiding the truth.
Here is seen at ii glance, the whole secret
n employing such extraordinary measures
for the preservation of peace. The foreign
gangs OF" Rams " and "RrgnalorI" en-
couragcd and protected by the special police
take possession Of the polls and spreading
terror around. intimjda,c and drive oil the
boaa fde cit zlnS, who not only fail to re-
ccve protection OF aSSistcLcc from the police
force, but are prevented from making any re-
slstcncc to this forciblc election from the bal
lot box, by the knowledge that the moment
they attempt TO enforce their rights, that
moment the marine force with rifle balls and
bayonets will be upon them numbering by
wholesale.
1t may do for Louis Napoleon to carry on
his elections under cover Of loaded mllskcts
and IiXel Layoncts but whenever in an
American city the bona fle residents thereof
are driven from the polls by armed bands Of
ruilians, and dare not lift an arm in defence
Of their rights for fear Of being shot down
like dogs by government troops, then | say.
1t is high time either that the civil power had
sucCumbcd entirely TO the military and the
army, like that Of Rome, put up the govern.
mcut for sale to the highest bidder; or. the
power thus to outrage the dearest rights of
American citizens was taken from the hands
Of that weak and corrupt dotarl who now
d'sgraccs the seat where once sat a Washing
ton.
1t is high time the people of this country
had irowncd down, in such manner as to
leave no mistake about their determination.
T,s crpGIInptI