New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-20

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led the way to his success, was eHeced ~ taxing W.
polls in Philadelphia by bues and under their contfo
voting thousands of fraudulent votes on forged natural
zaion papers, and other false pretepses These fscsa
were established by the decision Of an impartial judi
cisl tribunal which tested the validity of that election
in the case OF Mr., Mann, one of the ocefs defeated
tboe frauds and who oused his opponent on tne proof
of them The work thus begun has been continued At
selected points snce, TO support the wer thus
installed shall only aude TO few instances where
the hand of the President was made distinctly Visible
His completely with Calhoun IN the Kansas eiechoe
frauds, TO enforce the Lecompton Constulon Is made
notorious by nnumerabe circumstances, bat he estsb-
lishes the fact by his own signature, in his private let
ter to Gov. Walker, made public by the Coyode Com
mitee, in which he says he viii "contrive' TO keep
the troops ordered Utah under Harvey in Kansas I'M
til after the election. They kept there, and voted
in violation Of law to sustain the Leconpton fraud,
and to ntimdate the legal voters who would resist It,
The hand of the Executive is next seen Ia the at
ttmps made to pack the present Congress TO support
bis system of corruption. most elaring instance b
found in the election of member from Michigan TO-
supplant Mr.. Howard. The means employed sgnalix
the audacify as well as depravity of the Adminiaa
hon. Ii had entered into contract for the building
of Cussom-House at Detroit. The bonds were sgoed
and delivered, and the contractors awaited orders,
when the Government violated the eDgagement-took
the Job into ts own hands-seDt out an agent who ut
greatly enhanced cost exceeding the contract price
BY $50 OO0), employed multitude of imported EN-
ployees TO DO the work, and theirs and other ieg1
votes from Canada used TO turn the scale sgainss
Mr. Howard, who, in his recent contest in recovering
bis seat in the House has exposed the whole transac-
ton. sf. brsI 1000
Of passavvith this was the successful management
inwhch the PRESIDENTS hand again appears, 10 secure
the return of ~ culiar intimate, Mr.. Florence from
.HGfsiphia, To accomplish this, two fdgatss arc
Yard. As the election approached the yard was filed
with supernumeraries from distance. The following
letter ffom Col VIC. Patterson Of Philadelphia, %
Secretary of the Navy, xitb bis Endorsement Of the
application il contained Shows clearly that the public
Treasury was nsed by Tie Chief Magistrate to elect bis
favorites and pollute the balot-box:
DEAR SIR to suggest you The Importance Of
swi e. e. "a as d IT, .' ss.
Without prejudice TO che public service 20 MeIdck Soma
poys large number Of mechanics q. Ibis time $780, when In
This managing partners INF NJ beips absent In bed
hsah e f energy strsnns to keep their
during this depression and IN far as know the only
sS Of Coons
know from former experience the of that nuencs
and that Il The interest Of the Democratic party
% ~, sbon a. wo u hsnsa two weeks cSr 70 I
election the s'o SS.S a be ps'd bsys9a ssSs
This letter was sent to the Secretary of the Navy
by the President with his Enforcement:
ssprrxrss Is, 1853.
submitted to the attention OF the Secretary Of the
Such letter. thus Endorsed by the President and
sent to of bis boIdnates could not fail of its
effect and accordingly the work was given to Merfick
& Sons, over the heads Of much lower bidders %
whom, by the law, should have been assigned; and
the influence of the firm, with les 40 men when in
full work." secured TO Col. Florence. sf.
But as Philadelphia is considered the pivot OF tbs
State which is the pivot Of the Union, Mr.. b 1chanAos
hand again put forth to bring the influence OF the
IT.. tbot a0ainaf
the Peoples party" in later election. II viii Do
seen from the evidence laid before the Senate by Pres
ton King chairman Of the Committee Of Inquiry into
the abuses connected with the contracts for the Execu
tive printing that the great job of the post Office blanks
was used suborn two presses in Philadelphia and TO
organize third party to divide in the hope of defeat
ing the opposition to the Admin stratiop.
II is shown by the testimony Of the employees of the
Executive-nost reluctant and partial witnesses-that
the high functonares oftbe Government at Washing
ton connived at fraudulent charges for this printing BY
which 600 was paid for 1t when only $4,000 was
earned-that the contractor compelled TO divide
these profits and permit the disposition of the greater
part in accordance with arrangements made by the
officers in the Departments upon consultation with Mr.
the disbursement of the gains made the contract,
legal and illegal to subsidze the presses suborneS in
Philadelphia, and to furnish means TO organize third
party to operate on The elections through Its corrupted
The evidence reported by Mr. King TO the Senate e.
tabhes the fact that the Executive printing for al the
Departments Qlkpoeeu OF III the manner; At
torney General Black drawing up the private contracts
between the contractors and the recipients of the Ad
ministraton bountes, who were engaged by them 70
subserve the interests of the giyers Of the bounty
through the public press without doing any portion Of
the public work from which il was derived. The
whole transaction shows that the officers Of the Gov
ernment to whom the power OF makilg contracts for
its benefit is con6ded were in colluson with The con-
tractors to cheat the Government and taking the lions
share with the appreciation Of the President himself
to be employed in bribing the press and carrying
corrupt ntguss with party Leaders, TO befray their
conadDg Parti.ans into the false position Of lighting for
an Administration TO which they were opposed. 80
have referred 70 heso instances Of the ntsxpodion
of the Federal Administration defeat the saisgss Of
the people by corrupt control OF the pos and reduce
the House OF 10 subseryiency 10 show
the motive of my resistance and the imporanse q the
contest from which have emerged. Impressed with
the conviction that the money, the official influence
and the opportunity for organizing force and ffxnd
which the Government puts within the reach q the
President have all been exerted to control the popular
elections, and my own among the rest, felt sit my
duty to defend the rights Of my constituents in aasng
them as conferred on mo, against the formidable and
Barrel as mere instrument in the hands Of the antag
onsts of free principles and the parity Of elections la
the ST. Louis district. ls k-.-l. Aan VISA
He did raise the Democracy FRUSTRATED under it's
accomplished leader in 1856, by q vote Of 1900 10
1000, suddenly the next election to 900, its cppo
nent still holding not only the voteof the previous
election, but gain in proportion 70 the increase OF
10 vote in Kansas that planted eo!ony around tbs
Custom House in Detroit to I'LL of Mr.. Howard in
Michigan that filed the fgsses IN the Philadelphia
NavyYard with 200 eaulssrs esndis.hoders and
horse to carry the ci,yi that brought the vrmidoms
to the polls in st. Louis to put under foot It's rghtfal
suffrage. II cannot be doubted that the power which
detained our army in Ksnsas to control its ell cons.
when Il should have been employed In supprssing re-
beion and unbrdled license In Utah, and by tn DELAY
exposing army to the rigon of Winter march in