The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-09-16

The st. Louis Election TO be Contested.
1t has been reported for some time that
Frank Blair intended to contest the seat
Of Dick Barrett in Congress, and expose
the outrageous frauds perpetrated BY the
National Democracy at that election
Below we publish the note addressed By
Mr.. Blair to Mr.. Barrett, notifying him
of his intention and enclosing statement
of the graunds Of contest: .sI{F
ST.. Louis, Aug. 3lst. 1853.
TO the Editor Of fke4A lissour; DemosroI:
SIR--I send you for publication my
notice Of contest with Mr.. Barrett, who
holds the certificate of election as . repre-
sentative from this district. Ny only put.f
pose in making this contest is 70 vindi-,
cate the rights Of the people ofthis coun.
| ty, violated in my person, by the same
corrupt practices which SO long prevailed
in Kansas, and by which alone the Demo
cratic or Slavery party, MAINTAINED 10
ascendency in that Territory. When the
frauds so repeatedly committed at Oxford,
Kickapoo, Shawnee, and the Delaware
Crossings could no longer avail TO main
tain their ascendency in Kansas. the chief
actors and perpetrators Of those frauds
fell back upon Missouri, and brough BIT with
them the tactics in which they bad be-
come SO skilful, to be again applied whers
the struggle for free principles has been
again renewed. Missouri is now what
Kansas has been forthe last Eve years. the
battle ground of freedom. The Demo.
cratic, or Slavery party, throughout the
Union. which defended the frauds practis-
ed by the Regent Calhoun in Kansas. have
been swift to inaugurate the same practice
in Missouri. propose to meet them at
the threshold, and by exposing them in
the eyes of the whole nation, make their
disgraceful triumph the means of more
speedy and complete overthrow. 80
| have ample evidence to substantiate
the charges have preferred in my mo-
tice, but as desire to make it as complete
as possible, now make public appeal
: to all honest men of every: party, TO furu-
ish me with all the evidence In their pos
: session bearing upon the case, and their
aid in vindicating their own and the rights
Of their fellow -citizens.
Respectfully.
, FRANK p. BLAIR, Jr.
| The specifications of frauds are numer-
! Gus and az grayated. and exhibit univer-
sal and systematic lrauduientand corrupt
canvass in the general and in the detail.
The general TACT stated in the eight specif.
cation shows the effect Of the frauds in
7, the otherwise unaccountable increase Of
! the Democratic vote. That specification
is as follows:
Icharge that at the general election :
7 members Of Congress Ia 1855, the vote
!. stood as follows:
! Kenneth, 554e !; Reynolds, 2l8l Blair.
e 6035 and that at the last election on the
& Cd Of August. 1858. vote returned stood
as follows, to-wit Breckenridge, 1868 /:
b Barrett, 7O57; Blair, $3.50, showing a
natural and reasonable increase for Mr..
!, Breckenridge over Mr.. Kennett's vote.
saa I8s wa |3x fOrwsk x0Ie rs whiIs!
!. of FIVE thousand votes over Mr.. Reynolds
4 the increase alone being many times
! larger than any vote ever polled for your
! party IN this county. and nearly the en-
!. tire increase taking place in few pre-.
4 clncts, there being no corresponding in /.
4 crease in the other precincts ; and the pre-.
. cincts in which the increase has taken
place being precisely the same in which
the improper conduct of the judges of
: election and of your partisans, gives
!, room 70 suspect the fraudulent practices
: which | have here charged. aT
!, The St. Louis Evening Neus, the
: American organ, publishes the following
: editorial notice and approval Of the course
. OF Mr.. Blair in the premises
: 1t will be seen by notice from F. P.
Blair, jr., to J. r. Barrett, to be found
elsewhere in our columns, that the cleo
ton Of August I'd is not yet decided
Il Is now y contested election. Fl Mr.. Blair
a formally notifies Mr.. Barrett OF his design
: to contest his claims to seat in Congress
as the representative from ST. Louis coun.
ty. The issue will therefore go before
5 the Congress Of 1889. and be By it set.
T tied.
Mr.. Blair's charges are emphatic and
and unequivocal, and coucbed in LAM
guage that no one will find any difficulty
Misunderstanding. AS the matter is thus
f carried for adjustment before the final
tribunal, we will let it rest there. with
the simple declaration that il Mr.. Blair
should succeed in establishing one half
his charges. he will entitle himself to the
contested seat. and convict the National
Democracy Of the District Of the most
shameful conduct that ever disgraced
the annals of Missouri.
| TROUBLESOME DArEs. Now, dates are
very troublesome things. The French
Moniteur. ofthe 4th Of June last. announc-
ed that the Empress Eugene had attain
ed her thirty second year on the proceed
ing day, and had received the congratu-
lations Of her friends on the OCCASION
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