, 1864-12-06
I1axy they vote In CoppcFhcad Coun-
tics
The Eanda1ia Union is ventilatins the man
ncr in which voting was conducted in Fayette
eoitrt r af f11H Id.Canf R1erfinn Il


eral voted who had ony been in the precinct three
Democratic camp, decided it was all nght-that
sstes s1 T sor r1saidea Irrespective of M leslaenee.
In this sane township the polls we're kept open
until twelve o'clock 1t night, and eeycri. voted
never eccn or heard Of before. In anoti1ef town
chip a ticket was pnt in the ballot box for a man
whose name also appears on the poll-book, that
wne 60 sick to be unable to leave his house, and
Who had not been near All election during the day.
The Judges On bcing questioned. replied thar he
slut his ticket with another man, whose name we
In another township ave men appeared and yot-
ed who were strangers to the Union men ut the
polls but one and he IL and Was known to be res
ident Of another township, and also voted in the
precinct boy voted who WIS but nineteen years
ol age. A Union man who was looking on and
seeing these proceedings, but had not said word,
style aBy Cd, II thcfe Is any fuss n made about
this election o. fyon Abolitionists say anything
In an other article The same paper says:
In one Of the townships In this county, where
men have been forced to leave because OF oppscs-
sien Of c1lnEmaa md bis followers and where the
Of the Democratic eect voting ssas carried On with
eyftem, Of which The party n its rejoicing over
corruption md treason should be prond.
Voting Was carried On a1l forenoon with board
composed Of the Aforesaid Judges, one Copper
head and one Cn!on man for clerks. More OF the
on:ctrs Of the board had been sworn. and at noon
they rcorEnn3Zcd the board, BY turning ont the
Union MN; aud placing coppe1hcad In his
stead. .
Voting was conducted all the afternoon with the
board reotganixed, but the votes pol1cd in the
morning remained in the box and were regularly
counted and returned as Il the election had been
There viii be day Of reckoning after while,
practice evefy form of il'egaiit7, usaIP power
no ooe o q NJ e,sssohs nc, VII n1d nsa a
eelves mistaken.
The Ner Era, published ut Carbondale, the
home Of Gen. John A. Logan, referring to the
election in jackson md Williamson counties,
says:
In Murphrysboro precinct, In this county, We
understood that the notorious Dr. 1srcal Blanchard
had about & ,too het on the election. One Of the
other Judges could neither read writing nor print
There was one man appointed Judge who was
Tntpested Of esing m honest s man. 2 aad being
the polls opened ut 7oclock instead offs O'Clock
as required by Law. At night when the voting
was dong, Dr.. blanchard carried the ballot bog
ing the votes. The Tnion vote was the same IS
last fall, notwtthstanding nearly two companies Of
soldiers had gone gone into 1 ihe precinct who almost
Coppcrhcnds had acccssions to their tanks (un-
less it might be from Miesouri) and ret last fall
Mufphrysboru E1vc 10 Union majority, and this
fall The Copper6eads claim % majorlty Can ftaud
lie more palpable: We have etated tho case just as
er precinct in this coEnty the ballot boz was open.
| ed md the votes counted three times during the
day. and that precinct eaEe IT Coppcrhead niajor-
ty. when it WIS asserted before tho election that
there we're not more than half fadoxcn-Copperheads
In The precinct 1he result oi al this is Tho loyal
arc heat BY about 40 majority. In Williamson
county-Josh Aliens own county-the Gomez.
hea1s voted about 100 refuges who had no r.ht
% yote. IN Marion. Josh Aliens home, they vot
.-rIgEcr.' Nc knew which the tsnIgeer couality
and miscegcn" party is--it is Josh Aliens party.
Wilaiameon. Of fcouree, gave Copperhead najo1i
| ~, tnt Allen ran behind his ticketI