New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-28
THE LATE BALTIMORE ELECTION
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convinced us hat We were mised by uniathiai 'se-
eraphc reports. proved % be ialse by subsequent su-
,heute in ornation and think il due TO Maryland,
Which hiss 40 CALAMITY maintained her independents,
Il al shs should he yndica,ed from the foul asperons
which q. generate Democrats and renegade Wings seek
30 east on her:
To Is ESlsor, a TAs Courier and EaqusTsys
VeolIe al a distance from Baltimore are beginning
IN wake up 10 the fact that The rot, nurfer ana No
lsrce sfcrted 10 the dominant party al Baltimore ara
Ike the ascitdon Of tire Harpers Ferry conspiracy to
the Repub6cans-merely Democratic attempts 70
bleckep opponents whom they cannot defeat. Later
irforu alton .hOws that the accounts OF the riots AT me
late elections are all from hostile socrces-ces OF the
deeaged-shown by their own statements 70 have been
gro.sly exaggerated.
Thy lave proved so utterly false in the graves-
and oct shocking details that feel bound 10 dlsre-
gard All general complaints of awlessness and disor-
der, mere rhetoric. No such expressions are wor-
hy If a moments respect when they proceed from
sources which stated that nine or fifteen persons had
been Killed on the day OF election yet which now are
coulelled TO admit that two only were Sil.ed, AMI
ole belonged to each political party.
Ii there was the Oray and lighting described, where
are tie fruiis of il Did shoot all day all round
town and kill only two men IL il then plain that the
statements about f hting with firearms is grossly
falsihed.
We observe that there no lighting with weapons
al all arywh here but in the Tenth, Fourteenth aud
Fifteenth Wards cut Of all the twenty wards.
Al the Tenth Ward the only shot fired al any one
apt can to be by RefOrmer, VINO wounded an Amer
lean not IN the melee at all and this was the only
easushy then during the day.
Attic Fifteenth Ward, but before the opening Of
the Tolls Mr.. Kyle shot and killed assssinated
-hy whom is unknown, but oecasioned, as It appears
from The Coroners inquest, by bis having hired no less
than Il re- slots into excited crowd one of which
is believed now, and was then believed, 10 have killed
little boy looking idly on in the crowd AFTER the
POLL was opened 30 shOOt OF any KIND took place.
Il did not The refore aztec the voting.
AT the Fourteenth Ward the two parties appeared
excited and reaoy for tight, and they kept up at IN
teryals fight all day, but with no material superiority
one over the Other except that the only person killed
war an American. No Reformer was killed; few of
both were scratehed and the vote on both sides ap
pears have been equally affected by the disturbance
for Mr. Davis received So and his competitor, Mr.
Harrison 26S; ard at the last Presidential election Mr..
Fillmore received in that ward 613 and Mr.. Buchanan
1872 Thus the Democratic vote fell of l6i and the
American vote fell OH l4S-a difference Of only 10
votes.
That seems conclusive as to the equality of the par
ties IL the freedom OF their access to the polls.
AT the Eley enh Ward polls-the special stronghold
of the Reiormers and wealthy opponents of the Amer
lean PARTY, there was no lighting with weapons; but
the Reiormers were out in great force armed, and
sew raj fseufi collisions were brought on by their at
temTtng ee ally TO maintain "A barrcade at the polls,
which the Americans thought obsructed their access
No one was then wounded even. How little founded
tie tales Of exclusion from the polls are and how
entirely worthless the general allegations of that kind
are, apr ears by the figures. This Ward east for Mr.
buchanan Ola votes and for Mr.. Harrison, Mr..
Davss competitor, 525-a difference of only - votes
How slight the variation compared with those OF our
New-YoTk votes
We mention these Wards because they are those
where alone we have specifications touching the dis
turbanCes. The extent of those disturbances are
measured more accurately by the figures of the result
than by the complain Of the defeated.
s,t 1a2a ida fhara apnfa
TO have been shot fired in the whole city at anybody,
and there to have been less of the casual sty
cutting than usually attends elections.
Ii is fact never be forgotten that al all four Of the
WARDS above named there seems little doubt that the
ReiormeTs went in a body, armed and provoked or
began the ARRAY, and that the fights which were
the natural result of their ncenday appeals for weeks
before election.
Ii we analyze the election returns from 1855 10 1882
the result the hypothesis of dsranchsement Of
thousands by exclusion from the polls.
At the Congressional election in the Fourth District
Aggregate. hJ.
1851. Mr. Davis. lo575. Mr. Brooks...3g9 l44s4 65s
1853 Mr Davis iO,O72. Mr. Hanison.2,7Ts 2s5I 7,2e
Now, we observe that Mr.. May a very popular
Democrat, made vigorous canvass, had just before
represented the District and brought out all his party
strength.
Mr. Brooks had been Wing, had only recently
joued the Democratic party; was not widely known or
influential was nominated on the of the electioK,
al made no canvass beyond publishing letter. The
vote itself is the Just result of that state of fac
LEES aggregate, a large majority.
Mr.. Brooks contested the election on the exact
grounds now urged but abandoned his
Mr.. Pinkney White contested Mr. Harriss election
from Tie lid District at the same time, the
grounds the Hid District being the eastern part Of the
cty more than thousand printed pages OF testimony
were taken; and the House of Representatives hay-
ing 20 Democratic majority, and in which Mr. Harris
had only bakers dozen Of political friends, laid the
the table and refused even TO hear Mr. Whites
snfI hurf llnF inf ha fIa Of
Democrats 10 impeach either OF those elections.
AT the election OF 1850 in the WITH District the same
results appear There was no Democrats nomination
at all. Mr. Harrison Democrat, bat was invited
TO become an independent candidate by few gentle
men, some two weeks only before the election; made
no canvass; was strong among the merchants, but
hated by large bodies of the mechanics, owing to
currences during the strike in the winter, while he
President Of the Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad and hs
defeat was perfectly certain from the day of his nom
nation. just these circumstances would lead us 20
expect the aggregate vote in the District ,643
lees than 1851 just as that was SI less than the vote
If 1855. Mr. Davis vote il 4i3 less than IN 1857, and
Mr.. Harrigons vote ia ,HO ess than Mr. Brooks.
The Wicker, German paper, stated that large num-
Ter Of Germans voted for hessrs. Davis and Harris
because Of the Free Trade principles Of Messrs. Har
ison and PTeston.
The hyrothesis of exclusion in the face of these
facts quite needless 10 account for the phenomena
Why should the Americans exclude votes when their
own vote is clear two thirds three-fourhs of the
whole vote Of the District east repeatedly and known
10 exist by its opponents
Is not the assertion Of the Reformers that they have
10 Coz majority in the city which can't find voice, too
absurd for REPUTATION
Then observe the remarkable uniformity in the
aggregate vote of the city State National elections
result which excludes every hypothesis of either
violence extraordinary fraud.
Election Of 1855. 1885: 1857. 1853.
bemoets ssH s2S So
---o 49,, aeoco a. 80
a Aggregate. ..s..sss.ss49tts0 <osasl bvoI 4of$O
Mscrity (sb01il ...... 40 7,G2S 968 l27T2
Increase. Decrease DeTease.
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