The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-11-24
The Baltimore Election Outrages.
OPINIONS Of TIE LoCA PRESS.
TIE 6REAr OUTRAGE.

> TIE GREAT OUTRAGE.
! From the Baltimore American Of Thursday
The election yesterday can be Justly term
: Ell nothing but an outrage against decency
against law. and agains, all righ public and
! private. The ciiy was given up t, the con-
: tr"i OF lawless rutianisn. supported and en-
;, eouFased by the police. and approved of and
urged on by the recogniz ID leaders of the
American party. Armed bands of lswless
} Characters held possession of nearly all the
poilng places. the efforts which the friends
OF fair and legal election made TO nresprvs
order, we're treated As acts of riot. and the
only arrests made by the police were OF re-
spectacle aud well known citizens. whose
"hoie hVes are the guarantee of their obedi-
ence 10 the laws Every specie OF fraud. ev
cry deSree OF ruttanism. and every violation
OF sworn duty. was used To defeat the exnres
sion oil the will of the people Bands of men
whose looks bespoke their character. rode in
omnbuses and carriages from one poll to the
other, voting without check at each The
accumulated shame and disgrace of the scene
was painful to contemplate. and We can scarce
~ control our own feelings to write il with
any degree of calmness
The reformers made manly and deter
mined stand for their rights but it was a.
gainst such odds OF organized ruffianism and
fraud, as rendered the contest honalass
Tainted. insulted, and abused, the slightest
demonstration made toward self protection.
was treated as a breach of the peace. and
they were isnominiously dragged to the po-
lice stations, while their as>ailants were left
10 renew their outrages. They mi hit have
continued TIE struggle 10 the end but thes-
suit could have been only the, rheir op :.
valuable lives without seo inr progressing :
N ~, 'p. at al but the eighth and elev !
-. Tie success Of the ticke, i'm :;
possibility. Prudence as well necessity :
ictated retirement from a contest which was I
hopeless, unless they descended 10 the vile :
PRACTICES of their opponents
What course OF ac-ion II may hereafter be :;
advisable TO adopt, it is scarcely possible now
o say; but We cannot believe that such
wrongs as were accomplished yesterday, will :
,e quietly submitted to- Tue Courts should ;
DC appealed to prevent the consummation
# the Illegal election of some Of its own Of
icers. and the Legislature urged 10 reject
rom its body. members whose certificates
are stained with blood, and are the product
of unparalleled fl aud and violence. What
ever may be the political complexion Of that
body, we canuot believe it will sanction such
means for obtaining power characterized
the contest of yesterday. BIT whatever may
oe the fate OF such an appeal. there Is man
ifest duty re luiring it to be made.
DEFEATED BUT NOT pIsGRAcED.
The retormers have lost all but their own
That they have preserved un-
spotted by fraud or vio'ence. Their oppo-
nents have won success in their own way,
but they will have to take il with all the
shame and opprobrium resting upon IL. We
cannot believe that any party can urvIve .
under such deep disgrace now belongs to
the American organization in this city. The
respectable men who have clung TO it hereto
fore and deluded themselves with the belief
that it capable of seif-reg6neration. must
at last be convinced that such hopes were fu-
tile. The scenes of yesterday were too open
in their wicked shamefulucss to permit deni-
al or disguise, and although mendaclous par
ty prints may utterly violate the truth as
10 attribute these occurrences to the reform
ers, there is not an honest man who does not t
we'll know where the responsibility lies
Good citizens Of the American party must
see that tie disorderly elements Of our pop
ulaton has been organized and used until 1t
has gained the mastery even over those who
have appealed TO il, and now holds their par
" IN the grasp Of tyranny equally unre-
icntiag and disgracetul. 1t makes their nom
nations 10 their own way, and it elects those
nominations in their own way, and both ways
are so utterly bad that We can imagine moth
ing IL ore humiliating than the triumph they
have achieved. The man most 10 be pitied
is not the reforner. who, whilst striving tor
the peaceful enjoyment of bis rights, was a
bused, stuck with avis. beaten or murdered,
but the honest and respectable American,
who is forced to endure the shame which his
party has forced upon i'm.