Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-21

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Corruption aud Coercion KnoDA IN the His
torn Of PopHlar Elections The Aeii0a Of Il,
/ Uar Department in SsHdiag Soldiers Home q
Correspondence Of the Boston Courier
HARTFORD, Conn, April 5-B5ioTe tins
reaches tho readers Of the Courier, ihe election
/ in this State viii hsve been held. and the result
made known by tho telegraph. II has been tAe
most exciting political canvass ever known Ia
| the State, not excepting the memorable one OF
/ the spring Of 1885, when ths two parties ware
I led By the Same gubeTnstorisl can5idssss who
are now again pilted against esch ether Then
| tho total vote amounted almost to 90 900, and
\ Gov. Seymour was beaten by 53l. That the
vote Tomorrow VIII fail short Of that Of 1860 Is
only owing to the fact that this State has nearly
/ $4,000 men in the army, more than a third Of
/ whom af voters SIS it is tho vote win probably
reach aF so 010 Some features Of the can
vass y st closing are Of an extraordinary
/ ehacaS j ought to be known bY the con
enebls them to form proper estimate Of the re-
suit whatever this is to BE-
The firm and daring course Of Gov. Seymour
n declaring himself for peace st q time when
the public svowsl of such position required
more moral ccuTs ge than most Of the public men
Of this country possessed, had the effect 10 draw
upon him the intansast hatred Of all the radicals
end ail the war contractors, and TO ALLEVIATE from
! HIM besides, some who had never acted with
ths supporters Of ths Administration He was,
| however nominsted in February for governor
by the almost unanimous voice Of the largest
Democratic State convention ever held IN Con
necticut, and the enthusiasm for him hss since
run high in all parts Of the State
The republicans, At first disposed 20 treat this
| nominaion and the peace platform of the Demo
ersts as 2 guarantee Of thsir own success, soon
became alsuned, and extraordinary efforts have
been resortsd to TO prevent reversal Of the 1900
majority of last spring.
So bitter has been She course Of the radicals
! that they have, among Other eIDsdsnts, instiga-
ted organizations OF 1c0msH to aid thsm, and
their newspapers have approved the plan
Of osTac;zing Democrats IN trade aud bust
ness, and even il the church. The worst
revolutionary principles have been acted
on 90 set neighbor agsinst nsighbOr
aud even TO array wives against their husbands
Facts, almost too monstr0us for belief, might be
mentioned to sustain this assertion, and inVClv-
ing not merely tho violent Obscure politicians Of
the Republicag organization, but the families Of
some who hold the position Of leaders In
Windbsm county, and in some psrt5 Of this
county, the Republicans have declared that
they viii buy no more meat Ct Democratic
butchers, no more goods from Democratic stOre-
keepers.
Again, employers, IN many instances turned
away mon who refused to vote for Buckingham
But tho more significant revelations Of what
Ab0Itionism really is were to eoms.
About Twelve days ago that party had com
pl8.ed a canvass Of that S.ate. which elected
Seymour by, 1t IS said, some $500. Then is was
resolved, in the lsnguage Of Gen. Nye. one Of
their imported speakers, go buy up the d-d
State :" Rsd a fund Of $50000 was raised in
New York FOR this purpose, which was increased
to 100000, (the postmaster Of New Haven
being smong the active workers in raising the
money!.
1t was, howevar, speedily found ihst men
would nos as q general thing, be bought
OH5rs Of SIS each for YOies were ma15 to poor
men, and refused
Then a. arrangement was made with tho
War Department al Washington 10 send home
ell tue Republican soldiers in the army that
could be got here in time to vote. The Sscre-
tary Of War agreed to get them here without the
tsrdy formGliies of the usual furioughs, and
every msn who would promise to vote for
Buckingham vas hurried on. Trains OF cars
weTe filed with them, from Tuesday 70 Satur-
day. It is said swo thousand have been brought
into the State, aud al selected IN this 0ns-sided
way-no Democrats being allowed to como.
Bu this was not enough. i was found that
even this would no. save the Republican party.
AnDtLef
addition to slI that had been done.
It came, in the shape Of direct action on the
part of the Administration st Washington viz
an order to eosree al w0ridngmeu employed in
factories where arms, or clothing, buttons, etc.
were made for army purposes.
This "lsst card" was reserye1 for the asst
play" and was not exhibited until last evening,
when It was too lass % expose or .cOunte.act IL.
Brig. Gen. Ripley, Of the ordnance department, /
was sent oa from Washington, and he called /
together al contractors IN Coils Factory, last I
evening, snd expressed tho wish of 81 tie |
government as 20 tho way their workman /
should vote L being understood that this is |
general, organized proceeding throughout al /
the factories in Connecticut in which govern
ment weTk is done, and also that q failure 70
comply involves The loss Of work, tho extent TO /
whichths party of free spaaah are 20 be beneGted
by this proceeding may be- inferred. In Rock |
vile, soIno sixty woTkrnsni with families de- |
pendent on their labor, have been eOsrcsd into |
voting contrary 70 their wishes bT th5ir Repub |
liean employers, without the stimulus Of 8 com
msnd from Washington to lhst effect. So Of
several other towns that might be named.
It vas said By g leading Republican in this
city, on Friday, that they hal resolved to use
say means to beat Seymour, and thst st the last
hour the Democrats would discover that they !
wera whipped, and thas the particular means 70
be used for tLis purpose would not be known /
until exhibited
Coercion ef operatives Is, it sppoars, that ex- I
pedieut ov Sch they relied.
Thee Is Of ths UGi0n SIS it was, still hope /
in spite u all this sTray Of desperate means to
defeat them, for success on the State ticket, and /
three Of the congressman. With fair play, Gov /
ernor Seymour would have 5000 30 600O msiori- |
ty in The Safe. This is admitted. \.