Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-11-10
THE ELECTION TRICK AT CHICAGO.

We yesterday inserted two dispatches rom Chicago;
evidently enanating from Republican sources alleging the
discovery of conspiracy haugarate an nsurrectop in
that city on election day and release the prisoners at Camp
Douglas, &c. "A despatch from, Democratic source,
written on Monday night gives quite different version Of
the affair We extract: ., $500, s,.,. Il" =
Our city has been in fsyelsh state of excitementto'
day Very little business has been dome, aud tomorrow
ali places Of business will be closed. This morning about
three o'clock several prominent citizens were
taken from their homes to Camp Dougla ulder military
escort The charges against them are not known. Ihey
were oil Democrats, On, Saturday evening aparty of
about sixty suspicious looking charncters arrived in the
city and took temporary lodgings Sherman House
they employed to here BY prominent Repuhl
and disguised to create the suspicion that
they were rebels from the South They nearly al
arrested to-day, part OF the Republican programme,
aud seut to Camp Douglas This made the prete1t for
arrestng other citizens The military authorities are doing
all in their power to provoke outbreak tomorroW'
that martini law may declared and the polls be governed
by the military, The Democrats frn and will have
free election or a free tight
In further expshaton of these proceedings we have DO.
fore the following Joint Address Of the Democratic
State and County Committees, which was eued Mon
day afternoon: "".ri'"' -" - '"h ''''"'' I
To tie Democratic Elesqr, of the City Of Chicago
The undersigned members Of the Democratic party and
dent in the city dese to inform their feochzens that
body Of has recently arrived ths city, called by
the opposition papers guerrilla I" butternuts,"
raiders all uniformly dressed and wearing the uniform,
appearance and character of Southern gaerras that
body, numbering sixty persons arrived here Saturday
evening" after having travelled through tbs State is
reported, from Alton distance of some three hundred
miles without any interference the part OF
our Republican oeias at Springfield elsewhere
and that other bodies OF similar have arrived
by the tho bedy of these called
gu .rrlas landed The nopposion in the ctyadmt that
they were ADVISED from Bloomington by telegraph that
these guerrias- raiders the Chicago and ST.
Louis and that they were coming to this cy and yet
attempt made to arrest tAef bat the contrary
they permitted to pesoeaby enter bhe city and to
scatter themselves to various parts without the
attempt tLcpart VI the military officials here 10 prevent
them. ut'u.tF ~ iiu n-tr' go, nisft oH' "a 80,
Now this is to suthefi.a.ivey state that neither the
Democratic orgsnsaonso of the Staeor the CITY sny
member thereof after having made inquiry for the
purpose been able to obtain any knowledge whatever
of the design purpose intended coming Of these rea
disguised raiders and that their appearance here the
Of national and State elections with the consent
as is proved of our military and State ocat is, 10 this
opinion of the undersigned election trick, Designed to
subserye purpose yet uDdeveoped 10 the tactics OF
the opposition And the undersigned take this msthodof
expressing their we'll insured and deliberate conviction,
from the well authenticated facts before them, that this
uniform and general appearance Of the,e en their arrival
at the time in large bodies, with attempt at dis
guse Of their real pretended characters their Immunity
from arrest or moestation while their way here and
their reported expressions at the several and
the that they were Lincoln men, warrants rs In
charging that they have been sent here the interest of
the hepuDcdn party TO furnish pretext Tor paoiog
the polls of this city under the coptro Of the military
the dsy Of election and defeating free election which il
s foreaeen must result without fraud in the d. feat
OF all the Republican candidates 81 's+altFss .3
In view OF these facts earnestly appeal 10 all bur
Democratic fuspds 10 AVOID rash stsmperate language
the polls Be firm in the discharge of your duty, but
be peaceful 10 your department This time fgr nta'
midation fear We cannot defeat the conspiracy thus
organized and disguised under this shallow of the
Republican leaders, but by uniting in brave and ntei.
pesceaby but fearesy Let every vote bs rallied to The
polls and let every voter demand bis rights Con-
stituton and laws and all will be we'll The trick too
transparent to deceive any one. 1.. ....ay ''-
~ ISAAC r Otter as
Chairman State Democratic COMMITTEE.
r.. ~ - ~ AARON HAVEN, -
- Chairman Cook County Ex. Dem. Com
Here follows in the copy before u.s. the names Of thirty
four members of the two commttees who signed the id
dress in connection with their respective charmen. ~