The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-10-26
Per the Gate City.
Der cratic Fraud.


"Harrisburg Patriot and Union" was dis
sributed freely In Pennsylvania Saturday
before the election, to influence the natural
i1ed citizens in favor of the Fusion eandi-
date. Among oth,r things was what repre-
sented rs an extract from q speech at Re-
publican mass meeting by John M. Wilson,
one Of the Lincoln Electors for Masssohu-
setts. That pretended extract contained .
most infamous abuse of the German and
Irish voters. 10 ore place, at Honesdale,
the forgery was soou detected, and q Re
publican meeting bid, wherein the forgery
was proven, with list OF the Electors of
aohusetts, that there was not even such
a name on the list.
The French paper, 'fThe Courier des Etats
Unis," has translated that forgery and diff
fused it unto the French reading population.
Gen. Henry Wilson was expected to speak at
Houesdale, and some of the more ignorant
were privately assured that it WAS the same
Wilson who made that miserable speech,
The Cleveland Champaign Piaindsaler'
OF October 18th, contains the same story,
but makes John Nj. Wilson an Indiana con-
tingent Eieosor. That lying thing is read
here by prominent Democrats to the Hol
landers, as plain truth, so as TO coax them
to vote for Douglas.
IL shows desperate abandonment of
truth, honesty aud deosncy, when q party
has TO resort to such vile means to uphold
it's sinking fortunes. Ii s particularly a
desperate move in our vicinity, with the
knowledge that in Warren county leading
Democrats have revived the old Know
Nothing secret oath bound censpiration, wi b
a man st the head who was proposed in the
Demo ,rstic State Convention az a candidate
for State office, and who received 100
votes in that Convention.
| have copy Of the rules and regulations
OF that party revival of Know Nothingism
which 10 about Identical with the former
order. There 10 the same charge, under
oath, to exclude from Office Catholics, For
eigners and Abolitiopists. The last named,
We believe, we're net prescribed by the old
order.
That fact Ia known in our vicinity, and
every one can see the copy in my possession,
and, notwithstanding that, there are to be
found naturalixed citizens who aid corrup,
Democracy in deceiving their fellow -citiaens
as il the Democrats were all friendly to th,
foreign-born citizen, but that the Repub
loans are their enemies. Such fthings ar,
considered as lawful party means TO &c
votes but we consider il as foul fraud Ant
corruption, and whore it 10 detected il work
With double force cpon honest men sgains
tho perpetrators Of such frauds.
J The unholy coalition in New York an,
other States of the Douglas faction with th
Ball Everett party leaders, shows plainly Ii
every naturalized citizen what they have T.
expect from snch Democracy. The revivs
OF thu old secret, oath hennd cccs2:-=.;cr !:
Warren county, -oertAinly not existing i
that county alone,--is evidence Of what v
AS nataralised citizens are to expect from th
Douglas Democracy in Iowa. IL would
moral suicide to trust ourselves TO the lying
!. cheating, defrauding embrace OF such Dem
= ocracy.
We consider it, therefore, our duty (
. attract the attention Of the foreign. Dor
population OF our State to the infamou
tricks played in other States and practice
0 here, and to counsel every naturalixed citi
zen not to be deceived, but to let suoh lem
ooraey alone, and bring the doctrine OF non
D intervention In practice next November j
regard 10 Douglas and his worshipsrs,
: refusing to interfere for bis election. To
long the foreign-born population has bee
: swindled by the Democracy, but the time ha
come that they become Wids-AwAkes. Eve