New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-17


joIiy Itneyer appeared here in any preceding cleo
lion, por in sny tbsi hiss since taken place. On he
contrary. the Republicans resumed their power IN IN.
city election Of 1882 in the election Of clerks asd
judges in August, 1859, aud again on the 9Th OF Aug
ut ast between the same par les and with one ex-
ception the individual candidates, and upon tae
very issue of frand and corruption which had m.re
aeapst my aDiagonist In the election Of o. ana .ne
verdict Of the people has stamped tbat s ,Ha
with the pJslibe stain of fraud. The election ior tue
short term in Congress which Barrett has sueceeoeo
obtaining by majority of about one hundred vot,'
far from relieving him and bis party Ire, ,h amo
charge preferred, is cumulative evidences Sd;Jo,a ~
In that contest instead of being three t o
the three different parties in the held as IN loo su'
Union or An erican party declined Masking any n mu:
nation and left the race to Bsrret and myceu ms
result was accomplished under the lead OF Mr.. n. W.
Williams and other friends of Barrel in tue Union
Convention. with tie arowed design Of combining the
American or Union psrty upon barles az .,'1 0ny
me ans of securing Barrets eecnoh 70 tne snors .e
W;ll;on who appeared alternately at the head OF the
Democratic and Union professions, marsbanng ootn
armies well understood the necessity OF combining tne
forces Of the Union and Democratic parties In order 70
accomplish Barrels election to the snort Term, ana
hence bis successful effort 10 prevent nomination by
the Union men for that vacancy. Mr.. Barrett also
understood bis own necessities ana decnhed "
run as he ssnddGts Srg PIX :, 4, o. acs s sDd
declarations that the party which he pretended
had given him Elk hundred majority In 1858,
was not able to elect HIM without help from the Union
party which supported Mr.. Breckenridge in that year.
he sopeht to copcilate that support by proclamlng
hmself the Peoples candidate, and his friends prom
iced support to Mr. Todd for the long term, in return
for the support Of Mr.. Todds Friends for the short
term. An analysis Of the vote proves that he received
215 votes from the Union men for the short term his
vote upon the long term being 996 aud for the shor
term &c. received ii 453 votes for the long term
and 10 35 for the short by which it appears that W.
Union votes were cast for mel and as Mr. Todd VOTE
4542, on the long term, for which alone be was can
late do ~
ticket it would that Barets friends did not keep
their promise comply with the understanding to sup
port Todd for the long term in return for the large sup
port given TO Barrett for the short term. Ills friends
therefore, committed fraud the Union men in this
election to cover the fraud committed on me in 1853
The Union men may console themselves with the
thought that they deserved TO be cheated for trusting
these they knew to be cheats. 1t appears also, from
an examination of the returns that large numbers OF
those who supported Mr.. Breckenridge in 1853, sup
ported Mr. Barrel for both the long and short term in
this election Mr. Todd vote being about less than
that cast for Breckenridge in 1853 and this entire defec-
ton is shown by the returns to have been cast for Bar
ret in this election. For nftance In the East Precinct
of the Fifth Ward the great stronghold Of the Ameri-
cans Mr. breckenridge in 1898 received CO. ioo. rofes
this election Todd received I'll, and Barrett 20, for
the long term. In the Sixth Ward, another strong
hold of the Americans, where, in 1853 Breckenridge
now stands: for Todd, 5iO Barrel, 4s0. These two
precincts actually give Baret majority OF ii votes,
where Breckenridge led Barrel 65l in 1853 These
facts are mentioned 10 explain how Barrett increased
his vote o the long term over that cast for him In
1885, But for the accessons received from this source
the hordes that hung around the Democratic Headquar
ters without other homes In the city, and crowded the
Law Commissioners Court to receive citlzensmp rom
Judge interested TO the amount OF his fees to grant
every application, and whose indecent haste could not
brook the delay Of swearing them In one at time, but
lavshed the lofty title Of American citizen to dozens
and scores with one wave OF his hand-but for these
tba ANA OYaO f
principles used TO be the purity Of the ballot, Mr.. Bar
rets vote on the long term would hardly have reached
the 900 with which he stuffed the ballot boxes in
can hardly bring myself to nfict further morti6ca
ton upon the American Union eoadjutors and sym
pathizers of Mr. Barrett lacerated as their feelings
must be by the reflection that they have been entrspped
ard cheated by men for whom they can feel nothing
but contempt but have duty TO perform to the pub
hc and must call the attention of these defenders of
the purity of the ballot 10 compromise OF the returns
from the Gravois coal diggngs and the city Of Caron
deet, at the two elections of 1858 and 1860. The
whole number of votes poled at Gravos in 1853 was
lS5. In 1860 the whole number was l3S-a loss Of
nearly SO votes in this small precinct when the vote OF
ameet every other precinct IN the district largely in
creafed in 1858 the returns gave Barrett 1853 votes
Breckenridge "a and Blair Il the returns Of the recent
election give Barrett 68 votes, BAR S. and Todd ID.
The of nearly one hundred Barrett voters have
disappeared from the poll book in this small precinct
and It is perfectly well known that every effort
made by those implicated in the fraud committed there
in 1853 TO swell this vote in this election TO cover up
the fraud Of that year. In Carondelet in 1858 MIR.
Barrett received a majority of ~ votes Ia the late
election my msory is76 the short term, and SO
the long term. Mr. Barets vote is less than IL was in
1859 although the aggregate increase is nearly $50 in
the precinct. The names prOren to be fraudulent az
1858 hare this gear disappeared from the poll book.
The entire vote of the district is 26 600, and is the
largest poed Much Of this increase sdue to the
excitement and bitterness Of contest that has no par
ael in the history of city But the candid consd-
GRAFTON of the Union men, whose platform is 1.-The
Union Constitution and the enforcementof the laws"
il invited to the returns Of the Eighth and Ninth
Wards. DO they believe that the Eighth b. Ward cast
32l9 legal votes and the Ninth Ward 1857 the last
nearly double and the first third larger than the vote
of 1853 when large number were proven to be fraud
ulent. Was the bill TO give the Governor the appoint
ment of two County Commissioners, and give
the prepopderance to the National Demo
Gratis in that Board and secure the appoint
ment of the judges of election from that party Intended
10 enforce tie lars against illegal voting in this district
| know that many votes were cast for me ticket
gotten up by certain Democratic candidates, on which
my name was placed thus: For Congress, r. Z. Blair
jr." without designating for which term These votes
were rejected by the JUDGES of Election in some in
stances and counted only for the long term in Others
when was clearly the Intention of the voters TO give
me their sufrsges for both terms because the ticket
was headed Republican ticket, In large letters, fol-
lowed by the words with three exceptions THE eX-
cept the Democratic candidates referred to 10 let
tiers go small escape observation. This fraudulent
ticket was counted for the candidates who committed
the frauds and not counted for although tho who
cast the ballot had no other motive as some OF them
have since a. sured me, than to vote for for both
terms do not know whether the number Of these
ballots thus rejected counted for term only, are
sufficient TO the result for the short ter H. and
give me the Ger ifcate. l know of many such, Of
which no mention is made in the returns Of the judges
of the election The fact illustrates the way in which
the Democratic party, with which 200 Union men
affiliated in the election of Baret TO the short term
goes for the enforcement of the laws upon the most