The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-11-28
Facts ID RegaFA - the Late Elee-
eAO0.
To THE Worms OF INDIANA

! sA00:
To THE vorERs OF INDIANA
invite YOUR attention to the following
facts, which l think show conclusively that
the result of the late election in this State
was brought about BY fraud. am aware
that the charge Of fraud 10 often resorted to
by defeated party to excuse its want Of
success. l do not. therefore. ask you TO
attach any weight to the mere claim that
| fraud Was committed but l do ask you to
study we'll the evidence adduced to sustain
the charge, and then determine for your
selves whether the defeat of the Union
party in Indiana WAS occasioned by your
votes or by successful fraud.
The statistics here presented will show
that the great mass of our brave soldiers
are with the Union party in sentiment and
action. and that notwithstanding their ab-
sence from the State. ,ha, party is yet nu-
merically greater at home than the party
claiming to be successful. II will also be
shown That the alleged number OF votes
poled is 1864 greater than the actual
number Of voters in the State, and tha, iu
/ fifty-seven counties the Democ ratio vote is
greater than it was for Governor in 1860
although from those same counties there
we're Sc 275 volunteers In the service at the
time oil the election.
4 1t will also be shown that although there
were $4,000 voters out oil the State NJ the
late election, yet the Democratic vote was
larger at that election than il was At the
election for Governor in 1860 The first
question To be determined is. what " IS the
actual number of voters within the State on
the day Of the election ? The vote of the
State for President in 1856 was 235, 43l.
and in 1860 i, was 272.l43 being an in
crease in four years Of Sc. Tie and an aunu-
al increase Of 8.l7s. Tue highest vote ever
| given in the S,ste was that in 1860 Tor
Presi ient2 7e. -. to which, we add I S. $50.
the increase of voters for two years. We have
/ 900. .499 ss the total number Of voters be-
longing 10 Indiana in 1869 Indiana has
SO "a volunteers in the service. from which
ueduc; one third to cover the aggregate Of
miuors and volunteers At home and we have
SO. .OJO voters 1t of the State. The total
number o; votes belonging to the State has
been shown to be 29o, ,499. from which il
We deduc, the 62 600 voters out of the State,
we will have 228.499 AS the total number of
/ voters within the State on the day of the
election. The vote polled at the late cleo
,oo is as follows: Tor Athon. Democrat.
! 1877 ,977, for i'eeie, Union, ll8 386, making
a total vote Of 247 1868. Thus the votes
polled were 246 353. " lille the whole mum.
| Der OF voters in the State was 22S .499. be-
ing an excess OF votes over voters OF II .S64.
This excess is fraudulcnt. aud who got tho
| benefit Of the fraud may be readily sscer-
tsined by comparing the party votes Of 1900
with those of 1869. The vote OF Athon n
1869 is l ,OO9 more than that OF Hendricks.
the Democratic candidate for Governor in
! 1860, while the vote of Peele is lS,342 less
| .l-
Governor.
Another mode of ascsrtaining the number
OF vct ters in the State. is this: The total
militia enrolled between eighteen and forty
/ five years Of age is 2U9 2l6. and the total
uumber Of volunteers in the service is 93,-
O4l +, making an aggregate of 3Os,957. from
which deduct $4,000. the number Of volun
teers out Of the State and We have 222 257
As the total number of voters in the State
on election day. This calculation is based
on the estimate that those enrolled between
the years Of eighteen and twenty ohe are
4! equal In number to the voters over forty five
! years OF age. This mole does not admit OF
The exsctness of the other, but the resul; is
nearly the same.
| Having thus shown by the aggregate
vote of the State, the existence Of q fraudu
lent vote of II. S64 at the late election, /
viii now descend to counties. and confirm
this result and trace home its origin. 1t
will be impossible 10 the space allotted to
! this examination to review ir each Of the
ninety two counties in the State. | am.
therefore, compelled 10 confine this state
mcnt to a portion Of them. The number
selected will, however, be abundantly suffi-
cient to establish the position assumed.
| shall begin with Allen county.
! This county gave in 1856. at the Presl.
| Dental election. 4 9l9 votes. and in 1860.
at the election for President, $3.50. being
an increase in four years of eOl. and an
annual increase of 925 voters. The vote in
| 1860, was $3.50 to which if we add $50,
the increase Of votes for two years, we have
$500 as the total number Of voters belong
ing to the c,unty in 1862. This county
had volunteers in the service rs originally
reported by the enrolling Commissioner
,36l, to which is to be added 597, omitted
in the FIRST snrolImen, aud since reported,
making the number of volunteers in the
service 95S. from which deduct one third
| for minors, AID volunteers at home. and we
have l.3u6 voters in the service from this
county. By deduc,ing the 1906 absent
voters, sr m the s, 800 voters belonging to
the county, We have 4.9e4 as the total
4
tion The vote Of the county at the late
eec ion was As follows: For Athon. 3,643 !;
for Peele. l,s2O making total OF 5663
1 votes, from which if We deduct 1894. the
actual number OF voters in the county, We
| have 6e9 As the excess cf votes over voters.
/ Who had the b. nei, Of this excess may
thus b. seen Athon (Dem.) in 1862. re-
! ceives 3. S43 votes. while Hendricks Dem
] in 1850 receiyed ONLY 2S45 votes, thus the
4 democratic vote in county that has l.s5s
/ volunteers in the service. is 99S more IN
4 1862, in the absence of these volunteers,
than it vas in 1850 when they were ali at
home, and the Democratic majority OF SO
in $50 is s~elled to 2.O23 in 1862
! Allen county is in The 1O'h Congressional
District. in which Mitchell, Union. was de-
fsat-d for Congress BY Edgerion, democrat.
by 436 vo,es. Thus the Union party is
defr.uded out Of member Of Congress BY
| n m siority less than the fraudulent vote of