The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-19
Facts in Regard to the Late Election.


To the Voters of Indiana:
| invite your attention to the following
facts, which | think show conclusvely
| that the result of the late election in this
State was brought about by fraud. am
aware that the chars Of fraud is often
resorted to by defeated party to excuse
its want of success. | do not, therefore,
ask You 10 attach any weight to the mere
| claim that fraud was committed; but
| do ask you to study well the evidence
adduced to sustain the charge, and then
determine for yourselves whether the de-
feat of the Union party in Indiana was
occasioned by your votes or by success
| ful fraud. .-e .-
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 absence from the State, that party
is yet numerically greater at home than
the party claiming to be successful 1t
J will also be shown that the alleged num-
Der of votes polled is II, ,S64 greater than
the actual number of voters in the State,
and that in fifty-seven counties the Demo
cratic vote is greater than it was for
Governor in 1860, although from those
same counties there were 56,275 volun-
teers in the service at the time of the
election tfIlm ~ea
1t will also be shown that although
there were $4,000 voters out of the State
at the late election, vet the Democratic
vote was larger at that election than it
was at the election for Governor i'm 1860
The first question TO be determined is,
what was the actual number of voters
within the State on the day of the cleo
ton? The vote of the State for Presi-
dent in 1856 was 235, ,43l, aud in 1860
it was 272, l43, being an increase in four
years of 36,7l2, and an annual increase
of 9, us The highest vote ever given
in the State was that in 1860 for Presi-
dent-272, l43, to which, if we add
Is, 1856, the increase of voters for two
years, we have 290,499 as the total num-
ber of voters belonging to Indiana in
1862. Indiana has 93,04l volunteers in
the service, from which deduct one-third
to cover the aggregate of minors and
volunteers at home, and we have 62,O00
voters out of the State The total num-
Der of votes belonging to the State has
been shown to be 300, 400, from which, if
we deduct the $1,000 voters out Of the
State, we will have 22S, ,499 as the total
number of voters within the State on the
day of the election. The vote polled at
the late election is as follows: - For
Athon, Democrat, 127, 1917; for Peelle,
Union, lis, ,386-making total vote of
246, 1868 Thus the votes polled were
246. 1863, while the whole number of
voters in the State was 22S, ,499, being
an excess of votes over voters of II ,S64
This excess is fraudulent, and who got
the benefit of the fraud may be readily
ascertained by comparing the party votes
of 1860 with those of 1862. The vote of
Athon in 1862 is l,O09 more than that of
Hendricks, the Democratic candidate
for Governor in 1860, while the vote of
Peelle is 1892 less than that of Lane,
the Union candidate for Governor.
Another mode Of ascertaining the
number of voters in the State, is this:
The total militia enrolled between eigh-
teen and forty-five years of age is 209,-
2l6, and the total number of volunteers
in the service is 93,04I, making an ag-
gregate of 302, ,257, from which deduct
$4,000, the number of volunteers out of
the State and we have 222, ,257 as the to-
tai number of voters in the State on elec-
ton day-This calculation is based on
the estimate that those enrolled between
the years of eighteen and twenty-one are
equal in number to voters over forty-five
years of age This mode does no admit
of the exactness of the other, but the re-
suit is nearly the same.
Having thus shown by the aggregate
vote of the State, the existence of fraud
ulent vote of II, ,S64 at the late election,
l will now descend to counties, and con-
firm this result and trace home its ori- |
gin. 1t will be impossible in the space
allotted to this examination to review |
the election in each of the ninety-two |
counties in the State. [ am, therefore, |
compelled to confne this statement to a |
portion Of them; The number selected
to establish the position assumed. L
shall begin with Allen county
This county gave in 1855, at the Pres |
idential election, 4,949, votes, and IN
1860, at the election for President, 5,ooO
votes, being an increase in four years OF
COL, and an annual increase 225 voters,
The vote in 1860 was $3.50 to which if
we add 450, the increase of voters for
two years, we have $500 as the total
number of voters belonging to the, the Gonn to~r.
ty in 1862. This ii Originally sGgiT reported bT
Tie enrolling Commissioner 1861, to |
which is to be added 597, omitted in the |
first enrolment and since reported. |
ahi.,s he a number of volunteers in the
Se.FIce 1890, nO--which deduct one
third for minors and vof1nUeeraC-I.' @ o-
and we have l,306 voters in the service
from this county: By deducting the |
1906 absent voters, from the c, 300 voters
belonging to the county, we have 1894
as the total number Of voters in the
county at the election The vote of the
county at the late election was as fol.
lows: For Athon, 3,943; for PeeIe
1920: making total of 1868 votes
frC m which if we deduct 1894, the actual
numb r of voters in the county, We have
soy as the excess ofvotes over voters.
Who had the benefit of the excess NAV
thus be seen: Athon (Dem) in 1862 re.
ceives 3,843 votes, while Hendricks
(Dem) in 1860 received only 2,845 votes
thus the damooratin uo4a =. . -. |