, 1864-04-20

Tie present Council stands nineteen Copper
bends 10 tTe,se tepa6eans aas net Rnnh1 GonhS1l
Cn gain OF four members:
There WIS not much fighting around the polls ;
IN fne morning, but Il was soon qre1led. The Cop
pe1heads showed FIGHT On several OCCASIONS and It
wat only by the utmost forbearance on the part oi
The Union men that the peace was preserved. The
,acbt Gntlushine frauds we're PERFORATED unquest-
ioncd. VIC do not SUPPOSE that any OF the Inspec-
tora actirely vioaicd their oaths but come ofthem
presented by ,7ho Lad every appearance Of L.
legal voters. It waE next to impossible to ret .
challenge noticed b. these ner, who did not Tish
;heIr tlcket ahead The fact that al the Inspectors
head faction, is sufficient evidence of1ose b, un@iz
A ve1y good Illustration ofthe way IN which the
CoEperhcada worked TO carry the election is g1ren
E The details off, voting tour performed by party
secn b cur informant, we're marching down from
tie 6i1th Ward about 4 o'clock to the first pre-
c:nct of the Eighth, Yelling and curslng ike 1eads.
he Clerks we're coppelhead. They I'll proceeded
challenged 10. awhiIs, 6us he challenges were
dirregnrdet-they voted 10 man. They then
re-3olned IN procession and marched doWa to the
second precinct Of the Seventh Ward where they
ctEmenced to yo.e. Some OF them were chal-
bnt nEny Of them were not atfaid. The crowd
proceeded Eth further as il making the tour or
Ire city, hut OFT informant followed them no fdr-
ther. OF course their votinRs were plenteo1sly
ir,;efsperfei with Whieky 1ibafious.
The Coppcrhead faction Was especially hostile
to the exposure OF the Alien voters list four or ve
being torn duwn enccesgiYey. as fist as posted tn
the fret precinct Of the Sixth Ward. In the Second
ward too. the list was repeatedly torn down, and
In the Seventh wlr1i tie bearer narrowly escaped
1nobbing. They knew well that the reference to
;heee lfets would the loss of hundreds Of Tnters
sor their ticket. Had draft been Impending the
skc;ks would Lot hnye dared to come ont Of their
hoef. hnt inaamucd as Illinois is declared to have
filed her quota they thought there WAS no personal
dsncet III retortip- to the old dod-e- They piled
their Eotcs WELL and gave hundreda Of votes to the
C0pEtIhcad ticket.
LIT Notwithstanding the mauy difficulties and
obstacles thrown in our way, we hare achieved
trles.apccs we can point with feelings Of just
pride. The success attained yesterday has struck
9 Glt1l which will v1br1tc throughout the length
and breadth Of the land 1t is the key note Of the
Presidential cAnyoss, scd tells tho people that
Chicago is Eti1l loyal city, although the abiding
plact OF e0me Of the moEt pc5stlcnt traitors that
Gis1race American coil.
Ii tells In tunes not to be mistaken, that IN the
conirg National et1H1gle, Chicago will be as she
ever hns been on the side Of the Government, and
l.r the maintenance of its integrity, The salts
:actorF result h1s been attained IN spite Of the
@harter inflicted upon the city By coppethcad
legislature, which WAS especially constructed With
he tiexien OF placing the city ut tue mercy Of tie
coppe1hcads for all time, and the advantage taken
Ly the Copperheed party OF that charter to Keep the
power in ihesr own hands Chic1co has Vindicated
herself; che will do so next gear even more tr1-