Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-10-28
Esoyv Curtin ,vas Elected.

The frauds by which Curtin's election
was secured were SO palpable that his
friends dare not deny them. Our exchan-
ges from every quarter speak of the unfair
means exertcd in favor of his election
( We select one or two extracts, as sam
pie of how the election was conducted
through the entire State
From the Somerset Democrat
Never were such outra@es committed in
this county, upon the elective franchise, as
there were on last Tuesday, by the Abo-
htiOnists. In every election district they
committed some fraud or infringed on the
rights Of voters. We shall but mention a
few as samples of the many. In Middle
creek they attempted to vote a nigcer and
would have done so but for the protest OF
Democratic officer in the election board
In ,Jenner they burned the Democratic
tickets and an Abolition mob stoned and
otherwise abused a Democratic voter six
ty years of age In Somerset township.
they boast themselves of voting six Illegal
tickets by minors and persons otherwise
lLlsltiii''is at tliC tiiliG- III A1htllIiIt
Elklick, and other townships, they threat
ened TO discharge tenants, laborers &c,
provided they would not vote the Aboli-
ton ticket
In this borough they got up a mob TO
intimidate Democratic voters. Three
Abolitionists at one time fell to beating a
Democrat, but the sequel proved that he
was man enough for the three. Republi-
cans who intended TO vote the Democrat
ic ticket were bribed not to 90 to the
polls, and corrupt Democrats they bought
over at high prices. 1t is certain that
several hundred traudulant votes were pol
led in the county. For evidence of this
we need but to refer TO the immense poll
of 4,8O2 votes, 800 more than were ever
before polled-cven before the war had
taken away a 900 men. But notwith-
standing this fraud and foul play, the
Democrats have made a noble fight
They have increased their vote over last
year 81, and over their vote two years
ago more than than 700.
from the Dellfonte Watchman.l
The Aboli.ionists have carried the
State by the most monstrous and outra-
geous frauds that were ever perpctratcd
in any country where the people prcton-
ded 10 revere and respect the sanctity OF
the election franchise and the purity of
the ballot box, and they openly boast that
they could have carried Centre county
had they only ten days. more time. In
one sense Of the word this is undoubtedly
true. Had they continued for ten days
longer concocting and perpetrating such
frauds as they actually did practice in
this county, beyond doubt they would
have drowned the voice of the patriotic
and law-abiding citizens of this county as
etfectually as they did the voice of the
people of the State at large We will
mention some of these acts of frauds and
outrage, reserviEg, however, for future
article a full ventilation of them
In this borough they had imported ~
c. Toner, Dr. VIM Irwin, Daniel Welsh,
and many others who have not for years
resided III Belfonte, and voted them here.
upon their oaths that this was their resi-
dence, when some of them are keeping
house, paying taxes and voting in the
District of Columbia. In Spring town
ship young man who less than three
months ago was exempted from the draft,
on the oath of his father and uncle that
he was not twenty years old, voted on
age, himself swearing that he was be-
tween the ages of twenty-onc and twenty
two! In Patton township they voted an
unnaturalized foreigner, because he had
been in the service one year the Aboli-
tion judge of election declaring that our
State legislature has passed a. law per-
mittinS all persons 10 vote who had serv
ed one year, whether they were citizens
or not In Burnsides township, an
Abolition board arbitrarily threw out of
count over thirty Democratic votes with
out any reason whatever