Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-03-20

Tus Democracy throagho11 ths Unien hsse
heretofore psefesssd 70 ksss been terribly shock
al :, the rascalisies and frauds which they alese
p~rue,r.tsd aslhe several elections heldreccnt-
Il N BSstincss city. w presume there can not be
81 f,upa sissle Democratic sheet between tho Ar
i usnok and Sacramsnto. thar has not aired it's
v;ftuo.s srsshfin connscsion with these Baltimore
yillainies; and the vocabulary Of bllingsgate
has been rausaeksd,ia ssareh for terms sufficient
IL opprobious to DO applied TO the plug Uglie',
"Blood Tuba and "Bloody Know Nothings,"
generally Of that .Demscvstieaay cxccrated city
Following Ia she wake Of The party ioaders
elsewhere, the Democratic members Of the Mary
land Legislature carried the joke so lar as to pass
a resolution declaring he seats Of the members
from ,bs. city vaeans, and they even went 50 far
ms to declare the election of Mr.. Jarrett as Comp
troer Of the State, over Mr.. Purnell, the present
incumbent, although the latter gentlenan's ma.
iority ranged between eight and ten thousand
But, as II to add to the climax Of impudence. the
en,erprisng jarrett appeared in person before the
Goyernor and demanded that he be sxorn in the
ofce to which the people lad mol elected him
The Governor, singular to sav, declined areeding
to the very mciest request ei the citizen Jarrett
and rs the papcrs have mi advised Us OF the
subsequent movements Of that illustrious and pa
triotic gentleman, our readers must, for the pre-
sent nj least, remain in ignorance on that point
We have only adverted to the above subject, in
order to introduce the suboined extract, from The
New York Herald, in relation to the St Louis
contested election case. From this statement. it
would appear 40 though the immaculate Missouri
Democracy had been taking some lessons from
their much abused Baltimore brethren.
We are inclined to think there must be some
mistake iu the character Of the evidence ndduced
before the Committee on Elections, rs it seems in
credible that party so honest, so patriotic. so
tboro, ally devoted to the welfare Of the country,
as the Democracy have ai,oays prcjessed to be,
{ could have made 80 wide departure from tho
path Of rectitudc and virtue.
Wewiil however, let tho Iieralds correspond
ent tell the story in his own way. and our renders
can draw their own infcrcnce' from his language
THE Committee on Elections. says the HeraH,
Of Saturday, have had before them to-day the
contested cleo ion between Mcssrs. Blair nnd Bar
rett of Missouri, and Mr.. Blair concluded his op.
pening speech. lie made strong case. and un-
less it can be met and explained awny will insure
him his seat. lie showed,by tho most conclusive cs-
idence. that the Irregularities. fraud and corrur:
conduct on the part Of the Judges in certain pre-
cincts, and the misconduct and ballot box stuilins
of the friends If Mr.. Barrett in others, will com
pei the exclusion Of the entire vote in these pre-
cincts from the count. This will take from Mr.
Barrett upwards Of eight hundred votes, and ov-
ercome the majority returned, aud give Blair be-
tween two and three hundred majority. lie also
III la.. - Il L
al votes cast for Mr.. Barrett, and showed that
they were fraudulent This will bring up MIR.
Blair's majority TO nearly thousand, which
his friends claim is less than he received. Tho
evidence ia said TO be very interesting, and shows
a systematic case Of plotting and fraud never be-
fore practised in this country except in bleeding
Kansas. The report Of the committee is looked
to with great interest, and the discussion in the
House is likely to attract the attention of the
country.