The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-16


TUE MuRyLAsp ELECTION The electioniu Mary: I
land Nov End resulted in the return OF the iehoW
inc members Of congress, leaving the delegation
numerically the same as III the last Congress;
X. n. DEM
Edwin ii. Webster. James 4. stewart,
4 : Marn;scn Harris jacob NJ. Kunkel, !
Henry Winter Davis. George W. hases. q
There win be a large Democratic majority nboth
branches Of the legislatare-Als to in the Senate
and Al to 80 in the House. The r. Ne ontFo'iea
the last legislature.
The election in Baltimore was marked with she
same sickenillg features as often beiore-iralai'
;,,o,oo mad assassination. The following from
The Baltimore American will give an ioea 81 ting
progress Of the dlsgraceful and bloody oariesauel
"The election yesterday can be justly termed
nothing but an outrage-an outrage lasa'ls. uo
cency, against law, and against all rights, pupny
and private. Tue city was given up to the contro1
Of awless rufianisn,, supported and encouraged bJ
.ho noI;ce and approved Of ard urged on by the
recnrn;sed leaders of the American party. Armed
hands ~ lawless characters held possession g
nearly all the polling places, the efforts which the
friends of fair andlegai election made TO pre-
) serve order we're treated as acts OF riot, ana tne
only arrests nadeh the police were OF
and we'll known citizens whose whole lives are tint
rn,rantee Of their obedience to the laws Ever.
snecies Of fraud, every degree; OF ruianism, am
tovarv violation of sworn duty was used to delea
,he q nressiorl Of the will OF the people. Bands
mon whose looks bespoke their character, RODE II
;, omnbnses and carriages from one poll to the othe
: vn,;ne without check at each. The. accumulate
d;soraee and shame Of the scene was painful to cor
! tamnlate and nc can scarcely control our ow
eeelines to write oft with any degree OF camnes'
! ..T6e Reformers made a manly and determine
stand for their rights but it was against such ODD
of nruanized ruffanism and fraud as rendered Il,
9 contest homeless. TAINTED, insulscd. and abuset
= tho SLIGHTEST demonstration they made toward sci
protection was treated as a breach OF the peac'
and they were ANONYMOUSLY dragged to the poilt
stations whilst their assailants We're lett to rene
: their outraees. They might have continued u
staurrle to the end but the result could only nay
bcen TIE sacrifice of valuable lives without aceor
!, pI,shins any ultimate good. With number
"a the wards ia the uncontrolled possession OF the
il opponcnts, and fraudulent voting progressing wit
out check at all Lut the eighth aud eleventh, y
= success of the ticket was an impossibility. q
d. dece as we'll as necessity dictated retem mt ire
I contest which was hopeless unless they descel
led to the vile practices oil their opponents. ),
g The scenes Of yesterday were too open IN tn
&c wicked shalnefulness to permit denial or dsgui
&c and though me,dacious party prints may 50 ute
violate the truth as to attribute these occurrent
to the Relormers there is not an honest man v
= does not we'll know where the responsibility u
IS Good citizens Of the American party must see Il
We the dsorderly element Of our population has DC
organized and used until It has gslined the masl'
;eyen over those who have appealed to it, ard n
holds their party i'll the grasp OF tyranny eqai
re nnrelenting and disgraceful Il makes their He
It inationf in its own way, and it elects those non
ations in it's own way. and both ways are 50 ute
ey had tint we can imagine nothing more uniiiist
than the tria.nph they have achieved