Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-12-02
Tho Baltimore Election.

The Baltimore Election.
A clcar-headed correspondent of tho New York
Courier and Enquirer has furnished it with the
following just and fair resume Of the facts con
nected with the last election in Baltimore and the
legitimate incrences from them when considered
in connection with the former elections.
1t will be remembered that the Courier and En-
gnirer was few weeks ago am)ng the io cest of
the assailants of Baltimore. but the reaction has
already begun. Truth is prevailing over error
The yindictivc msreprcscnt ions of tho ha ters IF
Americnnsm reconS upon their own au'
thors, and. ns the smoke and heat of the bnttle
clears away, people everywhere legin to look can.
didlv upon the scene Of the conflict, and H. do
simple justice to those whom they lately condemn
ed In introducing this article to its readers. tn,
Courier and Enquirer says. ~ friend. on whom
we rely sends us the following. and we very
cheerfuly give it place, because later informn-
tion and fair consideration Of the case have
convinced US that we msled by unfaithful
tele,raphic reports, proved to lie fal.o by subse-
quent authentic informn,ior; aud we think it due
to Mary land. which has 40 calamity maintained
her Independence, that she should he ,indieated
from tho foul aspers:ons which degenerate Demo
Gratis and renegade Wings seek to cast on hor"
The article itself needs no comment.
People at n distance from Baltimore are begin
ming to wake up to the fact that the riots, mur-
ders and violence asrribed 10 the dominant party
in Baltimore are like the Inscription of the llar-
pers Ferry conspiracy to the Republicans mere
ly dninncratic attempts to b'acken opponents
whom they cannot defeat. Later information
shows TINT the accounts of tho riots ut the late
o1o ila nf
defeated-shown by their own statements to have
been frossly exaggerated.
They have proved so utterly false in thu gravest
and NEST shocking details that we feel bound to
disregard all general complaints of lnwlessness
and disorders nero rhetoric. No such express
sions arc worthy of moments respect when
thcv proceed from sources which state that nine
or fifteen persons had Leen killed on the day Of
election, yet which now are compelled to admit
that two only were killed, and one belonged to
each political party
If there was the foray and fighting described.
where are the fruits it? Did men shoot all the
.lay all around town and kill only twn men 1t is
then plain that the statements about fighting with
firearms grossly fasifed.
On looking more closely into the details speci
fed we observe that there was no fighting with
weapons Mt all anywhere but in tho 10th, l4th
and 18th wards, out of all the twenty wards.
AT the 10th ward the only shot & cd Mt any
one appears to he by n Rclormer, who wounded
an American not III the melee mt all and this WAS
the only casualty there during the lay.
At the 18th wnrl, but before tho opening Of the
polls, a Mr.. Kyle was shot and killed assassina-
ted-by whom is unknown, but occnsoned, as it
appears from the Coroners inquest, ly his hav
ing first fred no less than three shots into ex-
cited crowd. one of which is believed n"w, and
was then believed, to have killed little boy Look
ing idly on in tho crowd. After the poll was
opened. shooting Of any kind took pInce 1t
did not therefore affect the voting.
At the 18th ward the two parties appeared ex-
cited and rendy for fight. and they kept up at
intervals fight all day, but with no matcrel su-
periority over the other, except that the only
person killed was an American. M Relormer
was killcI--a few On both sides were scratched
and the vote on both sides appear tn have been
equally affected by the disturbance, for M. Davis
received 525 Ind his competitor. Mr.. Harrison,
2G8, and at the last Presidential election Mr.. Fill
more received III that ward G73 and Mr.. Buchan-
an 432 Thus the Democratic vote toll of l64
and the American l4S, II difference of only l6
votes.
That seems conclusive, MS to the equality of
parties. in the frcedom Of their access to the
polls.
At the llti Ward the special stronghold
Of the Relormcrs and wealthy opponents Of the
American party, there fighting with
mons. but the Reformers were out in great force
on by their attempting illegally 70 maintain
barricade at tho polls, which the Americans
thought obstructed their access. No one was
then wounded even How little founded the tales
of exclusion from the polls are. md how entirely
worthless the general allegations of that kind are,
appears by the figures. This ward cast for Mr..
Buchanan Ola votes, and fJr Mr.. Harrison, Mr..
Davis competitor. 5l5-a difference Of only SO
votes! How light the variation compared with
those of our New York votes
We mention these wards be'anse they are those
where alone We have specifications touching the
disturbances; the extent of those disturbances are
measured more accurately by the figures Of the re-
sui, than ny the complaints Of the defeated.
Excepting in the four wards, there does not xp-
pear tn have been shot fred in the whole city
at Anybody. and there seems to have been less
of the casunl hsti-cufing than usually attends elsc
tions. ~ s.s.n
1t il fact tn be forgotton that at all fnur
ofthe ward above named, there seems little doubt
that the Reformers went in body armed. and
provoked or began the ARRAY, and thst the
fights which arose were the. natural result VI