, 1863-04-27

The Investigation Committees at Work
How "Hove In" Sherman Was Elected.

Ano eoAuu1lec VI investigation, in the
matter Of election frauds upon the part Of the
Corperheads, are daily accommodating a mass
OF evidence which, when complete and set
forth In detail, will startlc the community.
brlbers, fraud, corruption, perjury and down
raght V1llainy Of the worst description, will be
fastened upon the leaders Of the bogus Dc.
moetacy. The Filth, Sixth and Sixteenth
wards were the scene Of the major part Of the
frauds, although in the latter ward, the vigil
ance Of the judges prevented much injury by
Illegal voting. It is now known that Joliet,
Ottawa, Detroit, Palos, Athens, Thornton,
Sycamore, La Salle Racine, Kankakee, Wau-
kegan, Laporte, {Iud.,) Michigan City and
Madison sent to this city the very SCUM Of
their population to yote here; and more de-
pra7ed, rillainous mob never dlsgraccd a city.
They were In our midst for two or three days
prior to the election, accomplished their infa-
NOUS mission, and left BY the early morning
trains the day after election. The Sixth ward
was the principal theatre OF their operations.
There were no chal1engers at the polls during
the afternoon. The Judges admitted votes
without question, and the Coppcrheads had
afternoon 500 Totes were polled-just seven
hours work. The Copperheads saw that
their case was dubious, and then the infamous
work began. Wagon loads after wagon loads
Of drunken rowdies and bullies we're sent
there, and voted after they had voted at
Bridgeport, and SO rapidly did they pour in
the ballots, TINT when the polls closed, orr
Jstt r.<3t t1,r
which, added to the previous vctc, gave just
fte hundred more zptcs than there ,-erc ,oers in
the ward. TIE Judges, with as muci, uncon~
ccrn as men Of straw, took in the vote and
congratulated themselves that they wcrc do
ing wholesale business. Aud so they were.
By their criminal carelessness, the most out
rageous frauds were perpctratrd without .
single rcmonstrancc, and tie Union cause
suffered u terrible blow in the house Of its
fIcEds.
In the Fifth ward the most diseracefu1
scenes occurred. There the Copperheads had
the field entirely to themselves, and they made
clean sweep by brow beating and intin,i-
dating Union voters by the presence Of u
drunken, ferocious mob. The same frauds
were perpctrated, mud there was the same fa-
tai Lack OF cha}icngers. During the day 4
band wagon drove up and stopped. Tie band
commenced playing the Star spanglcd Banner,
and the drunken crowd actually hooted the
patriotic anthem, and drove OFF the wagon.
Nhiskey flowed freely. As soon as a squad
had voted, We are informed, tllat trains upon
the Fort Wayne road brought them down to
the city, where wagons were conyenient to
distribute them through the various wards
where their votes we're most needed. In the
Sixteenth Ward, as we have already intlmatcd,
the vigilance Of the judges ayerted the disus-
trous consequences Of the Fifth and Sixth.
One Of the judges informs rs tllat dfy-iye
good Coppcrhead voters were sent AWAY be-
cause they refused to take the oath, one
drunken Individual alleging that be would
not take it, as he had already taken il tcice! L.
legal votes can be proven in every ward in
the city, and it is not bcyond the limits of
probability to state that at least 1,500 bogus
yotes were thus thrown into the ballot-box to
defeat the Union ticket.
These arc the means by which an urscrupu-
1ous party has carried the election. WelnaEc
these statements that the loyal men Of the
North, and our soldiers in the field, may un-
dcrftand why Francis G. Sherman is again
Mayor Of Chicago. In spite If the election
results, Chicago is still unconditiona;ly for
the Union. Tie Coppcrheals have carried
the city by fraud, but the people are, in spite
Of it, with the Government, and fur the Gov.
ernmcnt. They still stand b. the Admins
tration, aud Francis G. Sherman is Mayor Of
Chicago by virtue Of fraud, perjury, and vii
1ainy Of the deepest dye-not by virtue Of the
voice Of the people.
The Committee are working diligently, and
the whole matter will be unraycled. The
people are determined no longer to submit to
these ffauts, aud the courts will determine
whether Mr. Sherman is Mayor. There is no
other way left. If We submit to it now, the
yoicc Of the people is powerlcss in future.