New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-30
THE RECENT ELECTION FRAUDS.
MEETING IN THE FOURTH COUNCILMAN
DISTRICT

a
Ds<nct, consst'rg OF the Tweao, Nineteenth. T~ea-
tieth, i>enty fin, and Twenty second Wards, wss
called for lsss sS,nng at Manhattan Hal, corner of
| Broadway ard Ihi.ty-second street Owns to the
lnctmeLt SKATE OF tie weSheT the sie danoe was not
large.
| Oa motion. JOIN f. wHIrE. esq., was called upon
to presce On tsAns the chair the President s'a'ei
that be s,mps,hized Nth he objects Of tee meeting
lie said there was 10 doabt but that through the
fr.gds Of tie csuvsssers Mr.. McAisn, who had been
elected to he office Of Cooncia az, had been deprived
Of his title to that office
The Committee appointed by TIE Republican Exec.
utye COMMITTEE held on the evening Of the 22t Dec
1858 to lrqulre the election of james McA ian
Tor the ice 1f Councilman III the Vita S-natOrisl
District in this city at the last charter election, aud
The facts copr ee,ec Herewith respectful, represent
Thst Mr. McAdsm was L om.nsted as one OF tue can
ddates for elect, 10 sad office, and WAS votes ioT 10
tte ssio District composed OF the Twelfth Meet enta,
Twentieth, Tw,Ity -hrst and r~enty second Warts
| BY tie e.ectoIs for SAID office.
That as II appesrs by the returns Of the Can
vstSrs Of the everal Eec'on Districts in each
| sNd Wards Oh t!e tie office OF the Clerk OF the
Common COuI oil lie received slA thousand Two nun
| cred aId nil eteen 10 2i9 votes.
| That A., xancer Ftear, a candidate nominated by
| the Tsmmany Hal Demoera party, as appeSIs oy
| the returns In TIE said Clerks Ohica, received six
thousand hui Or ard tsebty--ght TO- ~ votes
| ninety ore votes less tnan Mr. McAiam.
That, notwi st,idiug tbs cear plu'al,y oil votes
in favor of Mr.. McAdsm over said Frear tne Bosri
| Of City CaLN assers-the majority of wnom are sen-
styled DemCC strict party vote, without re-
shG g. facts aid figures iraucuent! cadsed u 10 aP
pear on their report If the tina canvass that SAIL
| FIe1 had plurality Ut '. ties over Dir. McAiam ot
Dineteer l.-ther, BY Miendlng, corrupt! ana tfuu
ueutly to def, at the will of the electors of said DIS,
tlct by giving this office To man not elected, snd
depriying The one ustly and clearly elected OF the
| honors ard privileges ot said of!ice.
We further respectfully report that, as appears by
the actual r. Of the e,or as they were returned
fIst 20 the Bosr0 # City Cauvassers an1 before they
were back for correction, they gave Mr. McAism
pursliIy of votes over Mr.. Frear of seventy llol'
| That both sets of retorns-,he ore 10 the
| hanas Of the Clerk Of the Common Council
| and the one in toe hands of the Aldermen
| showed the ssme result-7O votes IN favor ot
| Mr McAdam. ALd We respectfully report, tina, upon
good and fe liable suhuftv, II was Determined oy the
| msiory of said Boar, of Cry Canvassers. for the
| tuipose # obtsitrg sj1u'y Of the Democratic
parry in the CITY Coupcs, whatever means mi ght be
| ectsssiy to accomplish tnat result ana tnat tne
d.te ston thus formed attempted 70 De car
| red cut in the fono~ing marb.r: First, IL aP.
| peared tt at the frcm the IIIi District II
the Twenty-seCoLd Waid did net contain Mr. Frear 5
paae at oil; nttner the vots which be recei ged in
| ssd District. And il wss computed ami talked over,
that if be could receivs - votes in that District that
that vote would elect hlIu And 1t was accordingly
moved that these return, BE- sent back for correction;
that as evidence to shos tie intended fraud, before
ssid returns back, and before the Board could
know what rte Mr.. Flear had received, II WAS pub
listed and aIuounced in pepper called The Lert'r,
! published by Mr.. Clanc, one of the h 'srd Of City
Canv assers, that Mr. Fieer was found to be elected
set last weeks Leadtrl that on the coming in of said
nded rturn,, II fully and clesrly appeared that
sad returns bad been iraUduebtiy altered so Is 10
slew - votes 20 be addeo to MIR. Frears vote that
two Of the said District Canvasers, being DE n0crats
certified accordingly ~ble the otter Canvssser pro-
tested aLd stated that Mr. Frears vote 10 That Dis-
| n e. was only 81 which protest was sustained by
| atha ia gt "A ~ a
in said Disr ct TIE said Bosid OF City Csnvas.ers,
4 10 accorcbrce vito their previous deter ana'lon,
coubied in - votes in favor of Fre. instead OF 81
/ thereby footing up ~ majority for Frtar
In the meaDllme tie retOrLs Oi the lbt1 Dstnct OF
the Twenty -frst Ward had also been returned for
oT nd Sfrr beiog smeudei AMI correct
ed n coufC m to the order of said Board it appeared
Tat among other mist,kes In said original returns,
the vote tor Mr.. McAdam was put down ss ll9, when
it should have been 2-9, and II gas 50 retmned aad
rbed 10 as correct yet the said Board II City Cso
yss.ers by The SOME strict patty vote of the majority
reiecr.o sold amended returns from the Twenty first
Ward and thereby depriy Mr. hcA lam OF no yOter
! honestly received by him in said District
10 ecsptoate IL a sluple form state, that II the
returns had not been amended at all, but received as
first prest nted, Mr.. McAdams plurality was 10 v,tes
II ded had been rejected hiI pllra
~ was 20 votes If both defective amended
hsd bee received then bis plurality would have been
81 woes. Ard if Mr.. Frear had bee sllo we'd the
tual vote he received in the Hid District Of the Twen
! ty.sacoud Ward srd 4 more namely y votes, with
Out allowing Mr. McAdems lio votes he received in
tbe Twerty first Wart, tten his iHcAdaml plurality
| Over FreaI would baye been Is votes.
Lastly We port in tne decision of Judge d.
yies the mancsmus issUed IN this be considered
az law which II undoubtedly that account of the
ei;or- committed the IVth Dis net returcs Of tie
Twenty first Ward, the whole returns should be
| jec.eo. Then McAdams plurality over Prear would
be 2l3 votes. That decision was substantially fol-
! lows:
That having heard al The testimony be had doubt that Mr.
AAtsn. District Of l9
frat returned sud that be entitled TO receive the no
vote. claimed BY him he witt And roseedns Tor that
pupos- they would be- allowed him without regard the
mistakes Of TIE C.uvs.ssn But the from
that D,tc had been eturLed very impsrect first taa.
Dro Csns caed her aud amended
| whole returns from that District mus, be rejected.
That The votes received eaDdds'e The b.a' Of tho
b,sdy elected and be deprived Of his rshts
his snS hi. yo:s viii b. he s. vote n the beard
But this motion cannot compel ths CITY 20
and these hun, the fail Board % District
Canvssse having been notified aerd amend their
| ,uns uus,, therefore deny the motion.
Reoe That the Democratic majority IN the board Of City
by the bae they resorsd TO- 20 obtain
ony the City Coulo BY UIu'y adding yo,es 70 toe vote
Of candidate and decues them from another scesf
la: Charter eections show The .-se b. tsor
eposed and Tt subjects for the
Rs,d Tbs, view Of he danger tho fair srpression Of
saS. u The be and ina csas.s. that hsSs been a.
sdy erkbed and again be praeted that the Legislature
the ballot the when that The Csqvasers
have the dea. the popular choice sectins Or
aefesug whom they please.
Rsd That elective franchise and vote By ssot are Tue
mos, rsh cured by Reyolut ses and
he oply sure ssfes ards Il liberty TsA h.s.
cred is s can usmp.d in the dasi BY shysd Demo
cratic ssrcby pg Can by StdiDr 70 or diminish
N ou tie number soy csnds1te for elect
i've oes then liberties ana Dssesd Of being
fr,u.c We are victims of Al zIobie Iespotsu.
R,olssd That in Of th. facts in this every man
IL ss. oer,y than parry sscsndancy called &c
use al his morally and politically - resist hs sross
yop Of vested rights and 20 dhy- the unrp~r from tes
tl.c, he ccrupy and raudea.y squf.f Sad
tnus the cousprOn against liberty that s. TsmmsEy
., power shield them fiOm The justly Awakened ind "a
ton Il the Ar srcsn people.
The report and resolutions were adopted.
I'm ,notion the meeting decided ths. COMMITTEES Of