Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-11-03
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The frauds by which the Indiana election was
carried are not more rem ark.ble for the enorm-
~ OF their extent than for the completeness Of
their proof Occurrences Ia a distant State
alleged on testimony liable to be biased by party
feeling arc naturally regarded with more or less
suspicion but the proof in this ease does not con
sist Of nero testimony: IL results from the laws
Of population aud the nature OF things Any
person with a census table. Tribune almanac.
and the Indiana returns Published IN the re
publican newspapers. can be made TO see, if.de
pendently o. any other proofs than a mere con-
parson. that wholesale frauds were perpetrated
in the late election The proof j. Of that de
cisive Kind which renders doubt absurd aud con
tTadiction ridiculous IL j. like confronting
tough-s~earing witness. who testified TO what he
saw in bright moonlight by the almanac which
shows that. on that night. there was no moon in
the sky. The increase OF voters IN any State
must bear some proportion 10 the increase Of
population If the voting in Indiana was not
fraudulent this law Of nature was reversed Halt
the population ia any community u under TWEEN
" one years OF age; but IN some precincts Of IN.
diana nearly as many votes were polled As the
the censns shows male inhabitants.
There IL lav IN that State Tor levying a poll
tax on every legal voter Ia some counties near
~ twice as many votes polled AZ the assess
ors returned polls In the year 1863 In an in
crease OF votes resulting from an increase of pop
uiaton, the aggregate votes OF both parties would
increase In about the same proportion, unless
there were some reasons for a difference But in
| Indiana the Democratic vote increased in about
| the same ratio a. was To have been expected. and
the Republican vote in % ratio out of all proper
ton. either 30 the Democratic vote or 10 any pos
sible increase OF population. Immense Repub
can gains resulting from great change OF pub
/ lie sentiment In a State. would show diminua-
ton OF the Democratic vote but the healthy in
crease OF the Democratic vote proves that the
Republican vote has not swollen TO its enormous
extent by recruits from the Democratic party
| Indiana. lying in the same continuous range OF
border States with Pennsylvania and Ohio, would
naturally be subject to the same political inhu
| ences. But in the two latter States the Republi
can party experienced great losses: how, then
should they have gained 20 enormously in State
where different influences acted on public
opiniony
! IL IL not our purpose TO recite the details oi
these frauds they are fully aud clearly given in
The World OF last week } but simply 70 call at.
teniion to the conclusive character. the rresisti
bic force. of the evidence by which they are
proved. IL Is necessary 10 swear no witness "a
prove that the population of State does not ac
vance in one year by sudden and enormous
jerk; or that the number of honest voters mus,
be considerably less than the number Of male in
habitants; or that great change IN public 0pin
ion would diminish the vote of one party in pro
portion il increased the vote Of the other
These are points on which il Is unnecessary ii
inquire into the credibity OF witnesses. or "a
hold our judgment in suspense on account of the
distance OF the localities; they have the same
kind of certainty as the laws OF nature OF the
fact and extent OF the Indiana frauds no sane
man can entertain doubt who has access to q
census table and can make q. comparison; foI
the manner of their penetration We must indeed
rely upon testimony N y World