The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13
Kentucky EIection--The Democrats Not
Permitted to VOte..The People Dis

EIection--The Democrats Not
Permitted to VOte.-The People Dis
franchised.
In order that our friends abroad may I'M
derstand the true character of the Infamous
victory won by the Administration IN the
late August election in Kentucky, and In
order to give them proof that it is designed
to boldly overthrow the peoples liberties,
and erect monarchy in its place, we give
the following letters: -t
FLoRERCE, KY, August z.
To the Editor of the Enquirer:
The following is the official vote OF Boone
County:
For Governor Wicklife, D., so7; Bran
COugress-s.nitb, u, $40; Menzies, D.,
1874; Leath ers, D.. 760.
Senate Chambers, D.; 1913; Landrum,
u; 444.
Representative-Baker. D., 7s5; Calvert,
u, 457.
County Attorney-R. O. Green, D., 725;
s. A. Hogart, u, 4G6.
The Democrat majorities range from 259
to 800 in a vote of less than two thirds the
full county vote. 1t would have been not
less than 100 or SOC, bnt for the arbitrary
and illegal acts of some officers of election,
by which loyal Democrats were deprived of
the right of suffrage. Yours,
BLOOMFIELD, KY, August 4, 1868.
To the Editor of the Enquirer:
On Sunday last, handbills. signed by 7. b.
Butler, Commander of the Fifth Isdiaua
Cavalry, at Bardstown, the residence of Hon
C. A. WickIiffe, declaring Nelson Co lnty
under martial law, were circulated. Among
other things announced, citizens were to be
"properly protectei in their SOVEREIGN
rights as citizens; and NOT MOLESTED
IN ANY WAY" 1.-THE large capitals are
in the handbill as above On Monday
m forming when the polls were opened at
Bloomfield, an Indiana Captain was present,
with a squad of twenty five soldiers, armed
with carbnes. revolvers and sabers. The
Captain declared the town under martial
law; announced to the Judges of the elect
ion that Hon. G. A. Wickliffe. Democratic
candidate for Governor, is 'disloyal man,
and that he toould aHoa0 no vote to be cast for
him. He furnished list of names-the
candidates of the 'so-called' U MON party
declared them loyal, and that votes might
be recorded for them. He said that If the
Judges would indorse other candidates as
loval men votes might be given for them,
but that the Judges would be held response
BILE; and that if any man voted for, should
be hereafter be declared disloyal by the
military authorities, the Judges would be
punished, but what the punishment would
be he was not authorized to say. limo CASE
WOULD A VOTE BE ALLOWED To BE CAST FOR
Mr.. WIBKLIFFE.
The Judges, overawed by the military,
and not feeling competent to indorse the
LOYALTY Of a long list of candidates, person.
ally unknown to them, and not willing to
incur a threatened military penalty, as yet
underlined, allowed votes to be cast only for
the ticket furnished them by the aforesaid
Indiana Captain.
After a few unsuccessful efforts to vote
for Mr. Wicklifre, the Democrats gave up
the contest In the precinct there are per-
haps one hundred and fifty voters but only
nineteen votes were cast-all for the Bran
lette ticket.
Old men who have been voting for forty
and fifty years were denied the privilege of
voting yesterday, while mere youths, just
out of their minority, freely voted. Men of
CHARACTER and INFLUENCE, among whom
was an old Gospel Minister Quot pulpit
political wrangler), who had been legal
voter ffty-s even years, were refused the right
to vote, while a young man, knaa0n to be q
thief, cast his vote for Bramlette y Co. Men
of large wealth, who pay heavy taxes to
support the State and National Govern
resentative in the National Congress, or for
State and County officers, while "squatters."
"sponges," and men from whom the Ma
tional Government will never receive a
dime, and the State Government nothing
more tn an a head tax, voted without let or
hinGrance.
In the course of the day Captain SEA- an
nounced that he had voted for Lincoln, and
is in favor of his eman cipation and negro
arming policy; and that "loyalty" consists in
sup porting the Presidentin all his measures.
Such is the man who, aided by twenty five
armed soldiers, prevented more than one
hundred peaceable citizens, ten-fold more
"loyal" to the Constitution and the Union
than Abraham Lincoln, from voting at an
annual election. The same scene was en-
acted at Bardstown and other places. A
squad of men went to Chaplin and attempt
ed the same there, but the judges would not
be controlled or "overawed" by them. and
the election went on as usual-Mr. Wick |
life receiving more than 100 votes, and |
Bramlette only 6.
The commander here declared that if the
Judges had failed to act agreeably to his in
'truc.ious, he would have them arrested and
appoint other judges, having his arrange
nents made to that effect.
After the election was over, and the pro-
ectors of our sovereign rights were gone,
ome of the more humorous Democrats in
lulged in sportive illusions to the "delecta-
Ze nineteen" three of whom live in town and
he balance in the country. One wag de-
lared the evidence of loyalty on election
lay is the emission of the odord' Afrique or
n his own palmer language, ito smell like
Niger" and vowed he would establish
lis loyalty at the next election by going to
he polls with mink in his pocket"
A DEMOCRAT.
M1-rArE IN TIE PprNn -Thn r,lntforra