The Placer herald., 1863-08-08
From the Sacramento Republican,
FRAUD UPON THE BALLOT BOX.

From the Sacramento Republican,
FRAUD UPON THE BALLOT DOx.
Under the color Of the order passed by the last
Legislature allowing the soldiers to vote. Adju.
tant General Kibbe has caused to be printed, at
the expense of the state, list of all the men en-
listed in the service Of the United States from
the beginning OF the war, embracing about 5000
names and filling book of $50 pages, to which
is attached his official certificate as follows:
" hereby certify that the foregoing is . cor
rect list of electors Of this state now n the mill
tary service OF the United States as per latest
official returns in my Office"
Adjutant General State Of California"
This pamphlet list, printed at public expense
is only distributed 70 republican committees. un-
doubtedly for the purpose of enabling them to
make up their poll list. A gentleman Of this
city who by accident learned of the existence Of
the book. applied to the Adjutant General for q
copy. He was questioned closely as to how he
knew of the existence Of such work, and OIL be-
ing informed, Kbbe assured him that there was
not copy now on hand, oil having been dis
tributed two months since. The official introduc
tion to the book bears date July Is. As this pur.
ports to be public document and is paid for out
Of the public treasury, it is strange that
democrats should only learn OF its existence by
accident, and should be denied sight Of it. by
the officer by whose direction it was printed, un-
der a false pretence. The only reasonable expana-
tion of the matter is, that it is preliminary to
stupendous fraud contemplated upon the ballot
box. We have succeeded in procuring q copy Of
this work in spite of the means taken by the OFF,
GERS having it in charge to keep it out of public
view, and any man has only to examine il to be
satisfied of its villainous intention. The list 10
headed List Of electors. resident Of California,
in the military service of the Unitel States, enti
tied to rOte at the general election to be held on
the first Wednesday of September, A. D., 1863"
etc This list of those entitled to VOTE" includes
the entire military roll accounting only eight de-
serters, four non-residents three confined At Alca
traz, one under age and one not citizen.
Is there man living in California who believes
that out of the eight thousand volunteer soldiers
enlisted in this state there have been only eight
desertions that there is only one not citizen !;
only one under age ; and that in the enlistments
in Arizona, Utah and Nevada, there are only four
not residents and not entitled to vote in this state
The return is not only absurdly ridiculous but in
famously false and shows that kind of service for
which Kibbe's salary was increased \ thousand
dollars by his partizans in the Legislature. Kib-
be certifcs officially, without his knowledge Of
the fact being probable or possible without ap-
plying to these men any of the tests required by
law OF the citizen to establish his right to vote
that all of these eight thousand men are qualified
" electors Of the state now in the military service
of the United States" with the evident intention
of returning this list polled for the republican
nominees. To accomplish this fraud upon the
electors of the state the officers of the volunteers
must all be suborned. They are dependent upon
the party in power for their positions and their
promotion. The private soldier has still less right
of Independent action their liberties are subor.
dnatc to the will of their officers, and to vote
against the party in power is made military Of
rense subjccting the officer to dismissal and the
private to guard-house punishment. The follow
ing is an order Of the President in an ofYcnse Of
this kind:
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJ T. GENERALS OFFICE,
Washington, March Is, 1863
IA. BY direction of the President, the follow
ing officers hereby dismissed from the service
of the United States.
Lieutenant A. J. Edgerly, Fourth New Hampshire
Volunteers. for circulating coppcrheAd tickets,
and doing all in his power to promote the success
of the rebel cause in his state.
| BY order of the Secretary Of War.
| l.. THOMAS, Adjutant General.
To the Governor of New Hampshire.
As if this prostitution Of the ballot box. the
freemans chief defense, to the will Of the Presi-
dent was not sufficient, here in California il ia
proposed to count the votes of oil the deseHters,
the dead, disabled and discharged soldiers since
| the war commenced, against the democracy, and
! it may be we have men in power servile and un-
scrupulous enough to do it, but whether the free
people of California have become sufficiently sub.
| jugated and degraded to submit to this humilIa.
| tion remains to be tested.