The mountain Democrat., 1864-12-03
"Freo Maryland"

"ETeo M@EyAan0s"
Administration organs have been jubi-
liant over the election in Maryland and
have exultingly announced that the peo-
pie of that outraged and subdued State
adopted the counterfeit Constitution
which Lincoln and bis mlnions endeavor-
cd to fastcn upon them. In the face OF
illegal test Oaths, threats and briOes, the
people, Of Maryland scornfully rejected
Lincoln's capNt.ve~it Constitution, as the
vote proves. Lincoln has ten thousand
Office holders quartered in that State,
large majority of whom are aliens they
all electioneered and voted for his Consti-
tuition, though not entitled to vote; and,
Notwithstanding this palpable fraud, his
Constitution was rejected. By the Con-
stitutiou of the State votes can only be
received at the place of residence of the
voter; but what does Lincoln care for
Constitutions! His tools insisted that
the soldiers should vote and by their vote
Lincoln hopes to fasten upon the people
of Maryland bogus Constitution. By
force and fraud the people of that State
are robbed of their property and deprived
of their liberties. A glance at the vote
will convince all unprejudiced persons Of
this fact. 1856 votes were cast against
the bogus Constitution, and II, 1872 in fa-
vor Of It, not including the soldiers vote.
The whole vote cast at the election,
throughout the State, was 24,707 ! In
1860 the city of Baltimore alone cast 90
7S6 votes-5079 more than was cast in
the whole State at the election on the
adoption of the bogus Constitution In
1860, at the Presidential election, Mary
land cast 92,5O2 votes-and out of this
number but 1904 for Lincoln! There are
as many voters now in Maryland as there
were in 1860, and if majority of them
had been in favor Of Lincoln's Consttu-
tion they would have voted for it. They
had every inducement to do so. 1t may
be asked why was such small vote cast
against it? Easily answered. The Off
GERS of election were all loyal tools of Lin
coin; the polls were guarded by soldiers !;
in a number of counties Democrats were
not permitted to vote, even after they had
taken the test oath, and many others look,
ed upon the election as farce and re-
fused to take part in it,well knowing that
Lincoln would declare the Constitution
adopted even if an overwhelming majori-
ty of the voters of Maryland rejected it.
The Carroll County Democrat says: "New
England officee- holders and New England
soldiers voted for the Constitution in eve
ry District in Carroll county. OF course
their votes are illegal, but under Lincoln's
new dispens alton they will be counted
In Iagerstown Mr.. Peter Middlekauf was
asked by the judges of election if he were
a "Union man." He replied that he was
\" Constitutional Union man." He was
declared disloyal and not entitled to vote!
Lincoln declares 1t treason in Maryland to
be Unconstitutional Union man! OF
the ninety-two thousand voters VI Mary
land not three thousand of them voted for
the bogus Constitution. Every vote not
cast for may be justly counted against it.
If the election had been properly and
fairly conducted, the voters of Maryland
would have rejected Lincoln's insulting,
bantling by an almost unanimous VOTE
1t was carried, not by the voters of Mary
land, but by imported voters, who com
mitted fraud by voting. Yet we are
told Maryland adopted Lincoln's Consti-
tuition, and Shoddy, to please his master,
shouts victory! 1t is an Abolition vic
tory, and Shoddy ought to rejoice. 1t is
victory over fairness and honor, right
and justice, truth and law. 1t is vic.
tory which causes good men to blush and
patriotic men to despair. 1t is a victory
of force and fraud, of corruption and ty.
ranny, of venality and perjury. Shout,
Shoddy, it is victory worthy of your
leader and of your principles.
The IIagerstown Mail, speaking of the
election, says: "a number of Democrats
residing in this county, have instituted
legal proceedings against the judges of
election for rejecting their votes. In most
instances where the parties were disfran-
chiscd, the prescribed oath had been TAX
en-, and all the pertinent as we'll as lm-
pertinent questions propounded had been
answered in legal way, yet their votes
were rejected" The Denton (Md.) Journ-
al thus ventilates the stupendous fraud
"In counting out the ballots in this district,
but 47 votes appeared against the Constltu-
tion," whereas eighty-nine voters, whose
names appear upon the poll books, have certi-
hed, and propose to swear that they voted
against the Constitution" Independently of
these eighty-nine names, VIM. Bradley, Ed
ward Salisbury, r. w. Carroll, Jas. T. Rich
ardson and Jas. LangreI. are known to have
voted in like manner-making ninety four votes
cast. The eighty-nine voters referred to have
published q card, with their names attached.
that they voted against the Constitution, and
are ready to make affidavit to that effect"
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LlNCoLN's PoLIcY.-Lincoln's policy is
taxation, bloodshed, conscription Of white
men to effect negro emancipation and to
keep in power q swarm Of swindlinc loaf.