Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-18
I" Facts In Regard re the Late Elec.
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/" Facts In Regard Tn the Late Elec.
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Under this caption, " A II. CONNER, Chairman
Union Central Committee" publishes an address
To the voters Of Indiana attempting to e1
plain the results of the election in this and
other States. He says I" the result of the recent
election Was brought about by Fraud and fur
ther, that the Republicans have met defeat in
several other States, and from the same cause y
We have carefully perused the address of Mr..
Postmaster Conner, and we do not find a single
fact or nm iota Of evidence to substantiste this
wholesale charge Of fraud upon 1877 ,917 citizens
OF Indiana who voted for the Democratic nomi.
nees He is an employee Of the present Admin
istration. and We suppose, therefore, feels bound
70 explain away, like lawyer defending a Grim
inal. the recent verdict of the people of Indiana
against the corruptions and imbecity of the party
in power. Never was there a revolution in pub
lie sentiment more overwhelming and whitening.
II another election was held to day. the popular
rebuke would be more decided than that of the
18th of October.
svidenceY he produces none. He can not aud
does not show there was a single illegal or fraud.
alent vote cast in the whole OF Indiana for the
Democratic ticket. We challenge him for the
proof Of any unfair. any illegal. any fraudulent
voting for the nomlrees Of the Democratic party.
But he we'll knows who committed fraud in the
recent elections. BE was present at the polls in
this township upon the 18th of October and saw
citizens of opposite political sentiments driven
thereirom for attempting to preserve the purity
of the ballot box; he witnessed the intimidation
OF voters by his political allies, and he knows that
Tor several hours the ballot boxes were M the
possession OF a mob Of his party friends yet with
knowledge of these facts he charges fraud upon
his political opponents. In Marion county he is
well aware the election was carried by a Repub
lican fraud as unbushing as ever dsgrsced Bal,i
more under Plug-ug rule
Because there vas increase in the Demo
cratic vote and decrease in the Republican at
the late election. Mr. CONNER endeavors TO
create the impression that $4,000 voters in the
army are Republicans. No Democrats. he saws.
are in the field How comes it then that the
Democratic districts have furnished more volun
tesrs than the Republican. yet the Republican
vote in those districts at the late election. COM
parativeiy, was equal to that OF 1860? Such is
the fact. We desire to call the attention of the
Democratic soldiers from Indiana to this impeach
ment of their loyalty and patriotism by the Repub
hcan Central Committee of Indiana To give some
plausible for their overwhelming defeat
at the recent election. they say to the Democrats
Who volunteered upon the call OF the Government
that they have no principles. that they have made
no sacrifices, which Republicans are bound to
respect
AT the lowest calculation more than one half
Of the soldiers in the army from Indiana are
Democrats. They left home Democrats. and
those who are permitted to return will come
home more decidedly Democratic than ever. In
this regard We speak not idly or boastinsly.
At the recent election in this State wherever the
soldiers were left free vote without restraint.
a very large majority voted the Democratic
ticket. This We know. This Mr.. CoxSER
knows. And ii the sixtv two thousand voters in
the army from Indiana had been at home, the
Democratic majority would have been increased
not less than threefold.
Mr. CONNER, representing or claiming to /
represent the Republican party of Indiana. saws
that only loyal men" voted the Union
ticket at the late election. Such he charges was
likewise the case in Ohio. in Illinois. in Penn 1
sylvsnis. in New Jersey. and 10 New York. He /
publishes TO the world that in all those States
large majority Of the voters are disloyal to the
Government. According to the patriotic Post
master l27 81 voters in Indiana had no object in
the recent election but Ito minister 70 their per
sonal aims, at the expense of the public good .
Nobody. says he. but the Abolitonists are virtu.
ons and patriotic. They only are sef-sacri6cing. /
says Mr.. CoSSER.
Never before in the history of the world has /
there been much corruption. fraud and ras
eality as has been practised by the party in power
Such IS its infamy in these regards that even Re
Pnslcans have felt constrained to cry out against
Is. The recent elections we're not only rsbuke
of corruption. but Of the usurpations in the ad
ministrstion Of this Government And As over
uhelming as that condemnation was. expressed
through the silent. but effective medium Of the
balo, box. il IS nothing in comparison to wha. il
vii DC when betrayed and indignant people pass
their verdict upon the selfshness. corruption and
inbecilIty of the party in power-the party that
has brought upon the country It's present lrJubles
and which j. responsible for the evils which will
result ,herefrom for years 10 come
e. An Illinois soldier deserted from Ms reri-
ment IN Kentucky. and. forging pass. succeed
Cd in passing the guards At this CITY. and arrived
In Ne~ Albany on Wednesday. as a paroed prs