The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-04-23

it is matter of no concern to US since We
do not expect to support the ticket nom'naI
ted at Baltimore, but, for the credit OF the
State, we think the delegation should nave
been composed n Of fstrengsF material ;;
Doubtless, however, they will oil be under
the guidance and control Of the one man
who constisutes the leader md osner Of his
party here and we doubt not they will
f.ithnlly execute his9bshasts. sgE -
How Republicans Carry Elec'
.... tons rol4ns ~
The farce, called an election, which was
enacted in Delaware, last fall was permit
ted to pass out Of the public mind with very
little comment Personal and political
rights have been SO often trampled under
GOT in thess latter days Of the Republic(O
that o6trages which, a few years ago, would
have stirred up fever Of indignant repro
baton all over this broad land, now
Overcome rs like p summers cloud
Without our special wonder" @s~
The circumstances, attending the process
by which WILLIAM CANNON was made gov
ernor of Delaware have, however, been
lately made the subject of legislative in
quiry and thus again brought into public
notice. Before the committee appointed to
investigate alleged frauds in the State elec.'
ton, Gov. CANNON was himself called and
compelled to testify. He stated in his
evidence that he, personally, solicited the
Secretary Of War to send soldiers into the
State te be present at the pc lis on the elec-
ton day, "to see that there was fair
election and to keep the peace" GEORGE
P. FISHER, another candidate on the Repub-
lican ticket, made the same request. Fear.
ing that Secretary STANTON would not send
the troops in time to suit his purpose, GAN
NON wrote to Colonel WALLACE, command
ing the Maryland Homo Guards, urging
him to send the required force. The Mayor
of the city of Wilmington, himself Re-
publican, testified that the soldiers were
not needed to aid in excepting the peace y
that the regular police force was amply
sufficient for that purpose and that had the
soldiers not been present there would have
been much less difficulty in preserving or
der than there was" How the soldiers
kept the peace and preserved order in the
city of Dover, the capital of the State, may
be seen from the following extract from the
testimony Of Mr.. CHARLES BRowN:1l ~
@. Mr.. Brown, where did you reside on
the day of the last general election in this
State, and where did you vote +
A. Iresided in Dover, and voted at the
State House. ~ .'
Q How long have you been voter
A. Forty -four years. ......
Q Did you observe anything at the polls
OH tina: day unusual and different from what
you had ever seen before at elections? II
80, please state what it was. ......a .
A. | saw q number of men in United
States uniform, some of them with side
arms-perhaps all-and revolvers, busy at
the polls and, in two instances, assaulting
unarmed citizens. Several of them, per-
haps six or seven at time, striking beating
citiz.ns; and 10 one instance at least, that
number had citizen down on the ground
striking at him, and stamping him with their
feet one, at least, crying "Kill him tina
damned secessionist ~ interfered to pre-.
vent the man from being killed, AID with
the assistance of some Others enabled him
to escape. Some time after, saw several
of these soldiers around another man, try
ing TO pick a quarrel with him. | went to
the man. took him by the arm and attempt
ed to lead him away to prevent another
disturbance. These soldiers, or men in
uniform, Immediately commenced an attack;
pursuing the man and striking at him for
some distance, until number of citizens
assisted to take the man off the ground -
While the soldiers were beating and stamp
ing the first mentioned man lying on the
ground, the acting sheriff Mr. Hill, came to
the spot, and called upon them to keep the
peace. Several of the soldiers began ours
ing him, and threatning to serve him in the
same manner.
To the same purport was the testimony
OF another witness, who spoke Of the aid
the soldiers rendered in the preservation of
orders as follows: .t.ts.. sssE.
9. Did not their presence at the polls
that day rather create difficulties than pre-
vent them?
A. 1t did. l do not think there would
have been fight or any difficulty; indeed,
there was none outside Of the soldiers.
q. Do you know whether the soldiers,
at your place were part of Wsllace's Ma.
ryland Home Guard, or some that came un
der General Wool
A. They were part of Colonel Wal
laces regiment, called har yland Home
guards as understand
Q. Did any portion of those soldiers Wis.,
IT you the next day, at your store, before
they left2 LINN .h yE;a4