The weekly Butte record., 1862-12-27

Republicans still say that the cause Of their
defeat in the recent eastern elections. was that
while the Republicans were away in the army.
fighting for their country. Democrats were At
home 10 do the voting The assertion Is au
insul. to the larger portion Of the Union army.
The following are extracts from diHeren, East
ern journals, on the subject:
PROPORTION OF DENocRArs N rHE Army.
Instances ike the following throw light upon
the discussed question as to the relative propor-
tion OF Democrats ard Republican Union sol.
diers in the army. In q regiment raised in
Indiana county, Pa, two companies, contain
ing one hundred and eishtv-six men. were
canvaSsed, and only three Democrats were
found against one hundred and eigbty-three
Union men.- Lafayette Courier.
Well Courier, fall regiment OF one thoa-
sand and forty men-ll0th Illinois-passad
through this city 4 few weeks ago. and upon
actual count it was discovered that in the
whole regiment there were but seven Republi-
cans to thousand and thirty three Democrats
\. \. Ledger.
THE RABIDs IN WAsH1SGroN.-A gen
tleman in Washington, writing to a friend in
Cleveland Ohio. under a recent date, says:
well Ohio isis what? That's the oues,
ton. Gone dean rlld Democratic. | have
my own fun with the rabids here about the
results of the fall elections. They can't put in
the plea here, that it is because the Democrats
did'not enlist, as they do with you, IRE kno,r
better, ard We can prove it, By canrassing any
regiment that flies through our streets. The
fact is, the Republican party has played out.
They organized to gather the oaves and fishes
and as soon as they secured them they bust
l am not using very poetical language, but it
is true for q. that As for myself l care
nothing about parties now. The issue of the
hour IS above party. 1t is life, and am glad
to know that there is patriotism enough outside
of party to struggle for it, and to secure it
But truce TO politics"
tbs SoLDIER-VorE FRAUDs.-It was not
only in this city that shameful frauds were
committed on Tuesday by the voting of soldiers.
All over the State, regiments and parts of
regiments were so disposed that Republicans
should vote and the Democrats should not
About seven hundred men belonging TO reci-
meuts in this city were sent to different parts
of the State on Monday, all of whom vote the
AeN i'uDtANau AlChGti uuu uOue were sent VINO
would not. At St. Louis. on Saturday and
Monday, hundreds of soldiers were crossing the
river into Illinois, on the same errand while
other hundreds who would have voted the
Democratic ticket were not permitted to cross
This movement was to beat Colonel Morrison
for Congress in the Alton District. while he
was himself in the field with bis face to the
enemy. What fire in the rear was this?
All these frauds must be exposed. that the
authors of them may be eXecrated. The chief
author of them was the Governor of the State.
Notwithstanding all of them, behold the
result p Chicago Times.
Even greater frauds were committed in the
Iowa election, as We learn from good authority.
Cleveland Plaindealer
ANOTHER Democratic REGIMENT. - The
ll0 Illinois regiment is said to be composed
entirely of Democrats. The same is true of
two or three other regiments raised in Illinois.
There is not a Republican regiment in the
whole army Louisville Democrat.
How TIE WISCONSIN SOLDIERS VorR.-
Returns have been received by telegraph from
the 9th Wisconsin Regiment, at Fort Monroe.
giving the following result on Comgressmen
Republicans. ......... ............... II
Democratic majority y.............. 70
The soldiers at Fort Monroe had no Repub-
lican Commissioner to instruct them how to
vote or refuse to furnish Democratic tickets as
IN tie Iowa elections, and the result shows