Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-03-18

stand. all day over the ballo, box. and de-
clare. the VOTES. In Van Buren,, the voters
were expelled iron the voting rOOm while
the votes were being counted. and Mr..
Hammond. an alien. aids in counting aud
declaring the votes.
S. In clear violation Of law, all the demo-
cratic vote. bors distinguished mark, he
ing printed on blue paper. Cor the purpose,
Il J. believed. Of carrying out the fraadu-
lent contract, for the purchase OF the votes.
6. The return Of between t~o and three
hundred illegal votes, principally from Han
cock plantation.
:. The disturbance Of al legal require
men,. in the manner OF conducting the rl'
ections in relation 10 the lis Of voters. re-
eeiving votes, and checking the same. &c. "
Several important iaets appear m Mr..
Prke,' report. All the democratic vOts'
were upon Aus PAPER. This was done IN
order to know Aor every man voted. An
other tact appears in the report worthy Of
note. the ,cnoraao, Of the French pOPula-
ton in Aroos,ook county. Mr. Pike snys
"On entering the French dis,rie, at the
point where il is in mos, immediate con-
tact with different population having con-
neciions with tie other portions Of our
State ! cndcavurcd 70 ascertain by habit
nal inquiry Of c'e=y man met who could
,peak English. who could tell the who was
President or Governor, and after prusccu-
ting nv inquiric. till I became fully con.
,incsd q their usslss.ncss. gave up the At.
tempt. Cor found not one. No man Of
whom asked the question knew who was
President or Governor. Yet il Is OF eour-e
the mos, intsllieen, who speak English. !
inquired At Van Barren how many OF the
whole eight hundred Frcn,h voters proba.
bly knew this fact. aud VAS answered, no,
ten" inquired again at Madawaska,
and the reply was, &" there may DO some
know-hu: may be not" And again re-
eeivct Tor an answer II d. not know Who
m thi. plantation, knows who is either
President or Governor. and know all the
voters" In the upper plantation Of Han
cock. the reply was similar"
Bat the most interesting par, Of the re-
por,. g.. ,ha, portion detailing the in,erfrr-
ence Of the Federal of5ce holders, with these
elections The tool. Of James Buchanan
were scattered over ihi. benighied region,
into the different plantations, and these
bought up the voter. like cattle IN the mar.
kst. Bat they dad not stop here. A,sa.
roi,, were BY hundreds hustled INTO tho
ballo, box, AVID then bog's r,tsrH' made up,
TO send &, Augusta. In order to lr, democ-
racy have II, ull Development, run was
furnished these icnorhmC.es 10 any quaint.
tics. aud these plantation elections, we're -
many bea.,ly, drunken roW.. Mr.. Pike
further SAY.
At tie late election in M,D,wAsEl, Mr..
J. c. Mail.su ol tie town Of Iloulton, {,
place -yrr TOO male. di,,ant,) an active pol.
itician and an oGcrr in the revenue service
OF the United State. dictated in counting
tie vote, Of that plantation. And Mr..
Cook Hammond. another volunteer in the
same --r,ice. DID the same thing at Van
Barn. ~ both ihc.e place. oo'crsd hal
lo,. were automatically received IN direyi
,iolaaou of the law.
Aside from the r1,ra-orfc,d service Of Mr..
Majiru. the voting in MadsSuska was
done under the imm,Ilit, survy,lancc OF
fou- or Eve other distinguished politicians
from distant part, OF the State seui ,hither
especially for this service Each Of these
performed o., allotted task, while the rev
cnus oaccr from lpul,on. Mr.. Maiican.
taking h,s stand at the polling place, by
the s,Ic Of the window through which the
vote. we're deposited. inar1ibly maintained
bis position throughout The entire time Of
balIoiing Here be could deliberately in.
.peci every voter. ticket aud from ,h,s in.
specJiou no man DID or could escape. The
r,ncil tal.ic.. upon the ill Of that window
do. - this day. {, 'he nun,bsr Of -, attest
the industry and Thrift, with which Mr..
Madisan drove his businss. transactions on
that day. There ?, re.,sln 10 believe tina,
each 81 those TALLER represents the federal
sum u one dollar and City cents"
In order to give our reader. some idea as
10 The manner u conducting these elections,
under the immediate inspection of Buchan-
an otiec holders, We make c,rtain extract.
IRON the y,id-nce taken during the invc.,i.
CATION. Franci, Thibodyau. resident Of
Madawaska plantation, in hi. sworn dero-
si,iou, say, in answer to the following que'-
Iion, respecting tie election in that PIania'
ton
"QusHios Who was here on the las, el'
eetion day acting at the election who did
not belong here!
Aasrr.-Mr. Madigan, Mr.. Carpenter
and his sOn IRON H0u!i1n, Lawyer Peters o.
Bangor, and others do not remember
Mr. HAeke,i and Mr.. Pattce also. MIR
Madisan paid my friends to keep sill ant
not work for me lie gave money to the
women. Mr.. MAdigan stood at the voting
place all day, at the window, very near too
lie paid Michael Martin and solomon ~
Aigls dollar and half apiece Tor ,hcit
DAY. lie paid them all could no, get on
without ray. Some told me be got halt 1
dollar. and some dollar aud a halt. Mr.
Macisan had a BAD eject On people here
learn them III to take money Tor their vote
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