Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-10-23
Exposition of Political knavery.


The manner in which the voting in the
army was conducted, is set forth pretty
plainly in the following letter from SOL
der in the 2lst Regiment Of Iowa Vol
unteers. This is but the common cement
Of Developments ofthis character:
CANE NEAR RoLLA, Oct. IA.
Correspondence Of the Dubuque National Demo
KRAFT.
Allow US, through the medium OF
your paper, to make known to our Ger
man fellow. citizens, and to Democrats
generally, the outrageous crime which
to-day was perpetrated by the officers Of
this regiment from the Colonel down.
ward to the Orderly, against the Democ-
racy and the right of suffrage. The
trick which these Llack, blood sucking
hyenas in human shape have played on
us, Democrats Of the Twenty first Iowa
Regiment, is another striking proof Of
their sptness in swindling. 1t crowns
their "no party" cry completely, and
deserves to be attended to by our Demo
cratic leaders.
This morning at o'clock we were
placed in rank and file, and addressed
by the Colonel. He said that this was
the day of which we were to decide by
our votes on the veal or woe of the
country, and every Woody ought to vote
according to his own opinion, etc., but
how ridiculous did this same man make
himself by his speech. Did he not know
that every obstacle was thrown into our
way to vote acdordirg to our convic.
tions? He knew full we'll that there
we're only one sort Of tickets in camp,
viz: the black ones; and yet he was
brazen enough to tell us ito vote accord
ing to our own convictions" He also
recommended to the soldiers not TO
electionees, in order to make sure Of a
black victory; in short he wanted to
appear impartial, and acted the bypo
critic. He might as we'll have said: You
must vote the so-called Union (D tick
ct; for, if he had not meant it, be would
not have allowed the burning Of the
Democratic tickets.
However, the Democrats of the regi.
meet were resolved not to be prevented
by these mean tricks from casting their
votes, for as long as a good Democrat
has got pencil and some paper. he can
write out his own ticket.
We went to work and OF course voted
for the SO called Union (!) ticket, but il
received better appearance, for VIC
made it Democratic. Not a single
printed name remained on these tickets
but was blackened like n,gger, and in
the small space remaining We wrote the
names of the ticket which had been
burned by certain hireliugs. We were
glad to find plenty Of room between the
name OF the niger emancipator Allison
aud the old rogue Burt, to write tho
name Of D. A. Mahony, plain and dis.
t'nct. My short piece Of pencil. which
| got from a Democrat in Dubuoue
changed in this manner fifty boon,
Union tickets into genuine ones.
But to vote Democratic excited tho
rsge OF the officers this had to be ston.
ped, and so they rcsorted to the mean
trick Of refusing US any more tickets. and
one Democrat, BY the name Of Joseph
Sch"'d, from West Dubuque, they pIsc.
Cd IN the guard-hsuse, because be used
his pencil little too swift for Black
hepublicanism, and did not allow hi.
tongue to rest either. He was incarcer.
ated, notwithstanding the hypocritical
dec aration Of the Colonel that We could
to-day consider ourselves private citi..
zens.
In spite Of these outrageous proceed
'ngs OF our officers, many Democratic
votes have been given, but, it is said. ali
those written with lead.pencil are to be
thrown out. It will. fherefoya =. ).