Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-04-07

'crats in Delaware had threatened to take
he polls in Baltimore and other Hundreds
n Sussex County, and from the threatening |
IF man. with an unlawful weapon, at the |
little election, in Broad Greek Hundred, |
hat the Union men should not vote, induced |
me to write to Col. Wallace, requesting him
if compatible with his official duty to see
that there was fair election in Little Greek,
Broad Greek, Dagsborough and Baltimore
Hundreds. ] feared there would be conflict
tended to prevent them from voting" The
Governor could not at the moment recall the
names of "the responsible men" from whom
he received the information on which he
lesses to believe that he perured himself.
Who will believe the committee? Cover
nor Cannon admits and never wished to con-
ceal the fact, that he solicited the Secretary
of War to send troops to Sussex County "to
see that there was fair election and to keep
the peace" may have asked the Secre-
tary OF War more than twice, do not re-
collect" y al was informed of va
rious individuals of the necessity of troops
being present to see that all sides should
have u fair vote"
Question--Will you state who those ill.,
dividuals wore?"
Answer think recolect William ii.
Taylor; l think Samuel Lacey, of Balti-
more Hundred, and John L. Bacon, in Lit
tie Creek Hundred. There is no other in
dividual on my mind'
Another alleged discrepancy in the Gov
ernor's testimony is, that he at first asked
the Secretary of War to send the troops to
certain designated parts of Sussex county,
and afterwards stated, al did not designate
the Hundreds. left it to his" the Secre-
tary of War Town judgment, according to
the best of my recollection" Be it remem-
bered always that this is the committees
own version of the evidence. We have no
minority report. The game was all on one
side, the cards packed and played by one
hand. And what does it all amount to p
BosH
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the State, no one denies, but we do deny, SC
far as we have any knowledge, or can gather
from the report, that one single vote was
kept away from the polls or prevented from
voting as he saw fit, at the last Noyembel
election. Would the committee refrain from
giving the names OF such voters, if they hat
existence, with all the incidents of time ant
place of the commission of the outrage
length, and the special fact of one either
being deprived Of his vote cannot be estab
lshed from the whole mass of rubbish
General charges and vague opinions won
time, place and all the circumstances tina
can be obtained, are necessary to establish
the conclusion arrived at by the committee
viz that a full and fair expression of the DO
pular will was prevented by the presence O
the military This, we repeat, they fail. t,
prove.
In times of peace, when law and order ar
supreme, and no threatened danger o
emergency demanded unusual measures @
precaution, it might be justly termed an cut
rage to introduce military force into Stat
to intimidate or overawe any portion of he
citizens but when the country is in til
throes of mighty revolution, when rebel
in arms and rebels without arms are cage
for her destruction, when bad men are pro
Tossing loyalty to the Government and al
tschment to the U MON, while secretly wisl
ing for the downfall of both, and sympathi2
with red handed traitors, hurrah for the rebt
chiefs, maltreat and abuse quiet either
who chose to assemble under the America
flag and tear down that starry banner an
trample it in the dust, why, then, we sub
init, the case is altered, and small demo-
stratlon of military power, though not a
, cording to the strict letter of the law, mt
be necessary to restrain the violent al
ward off bloody collision
1t may be interesting to those of o
A readers who may not have the time or o
portunity to read this great report in full,
q know from what sort of testimony the col
mittee draw the conclusion that many ci
Il Gems were deprived Of their votes at the Ia
election by the interference of the militai
g One example will suffice for all. an
a testimony of Hon. George II. Riddle and
a James NJ. Watson corroborates the sta
O ment OF the Mayor in regard to the d
turbance created at the polls by the mi
Of n1t i.
of the advice of the Mayor of Wilmingtt
4. but an uncalled for and unjustifable int
!. ference with the police regulations of IL
"a city, and an outrage upon the rights of t
citizens, producing, according to the swc
10 testimony of Hon. George r. Riddle, a d
AZ ference, according to his estimate, in
=, vote of the city in favor of the Republic
= ticket of about four hundred and fifty vot
- The testimony of Mr. Riddle is in substan
that without the frauds which the Repuh
can party was enabled to commit thror
~ the agency ofthe military, their majority
- that city would not have exceeded one hi
:, dred and fifty votes" That will do II
- George! You may go up head. Cover
- Oannon's majority in the city was CAB.
The committee could not finish its ar
T. Gus labors-and here we will close our
y without abiding, with pious horror, to
= "undeniable evidence of the violation of
y sanctity of the holy Sabbath in the comp
- tion of one of the most damning couspi
~ cies that ever entered into the concept
of wicked and corrupt men against free g
~ G.