Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-11-18
The Philadelphia FIaud.

At the recent election in Phil adcI phia
Adjutant Weaver, the Democratic candi.
date for City Commissioner, was elected
over John Gven,the Abolition candidate.
The freDds of Given, true to the praci
ces and principles which have controlled
The Abolition party of that city for the
las! five or SIX years, determined to de-
fraud Adjutant Weaver out of his election,
and to set at naught the will Of the peo-
pie as expressed through the ballot box,
10 accomplish their object they manulac.
tured election returns purporting to be the
vote Of Pennsylvania troops stationed in
Virginia and Lcui,ana These fraudu.
lent returns were sent to Washington City
aud New York, and there mailed to the
Prothonotary Of Philadelphia. Notwith
standing the fact that these pretended
election returns bore upon their face she
evidence Of their fraudulent character, an
Abolition Irotbonotary readily certified
them to the board OF return judges filled
up and .igued certif fcatc Of election in
favor Of John Given, the Abolition candi.
date. Thus endorsing aud counteuauc-
ing one ot the vicst frauds that has ever
disgraced this or any other country
Ii will be remembered that this same
Black Republican party in 1860, attempt
ed to dcl rnc the Hon. Wm. Q. Lehman
ol his seat iu Congress by altering the
elcrti returns frou one Of the wards
after tho vo,, had beeu counted off aud
announced. In 1861 this same party at
tempted 70 def, a, the election Of Robert
Ewing es Sheriff by what is known as
the SchimmelleDnlng fraud.' Indeed
for the last five or six years the city oi
Philadelphia has been q ranking sore
upon the body polite. No intelligent
man who carefully in'lcc's the election
returUo of that city, eau comc TO any 9th
er conclusion than that the number o.
votes cast is vory largly in excess of iht
number Of votaSle inhabitants. Th at
at least, i, til, we'll settled conviction of ;
majority CT the voters Of this State.
These frauds upon the elective franchise
we have borne unit forbeerance has ceas
ed to be virtue. 1t is now our duty t
act. Some Of our leading merchants anc
tr adesmen have sometime been debatlD,
the question whether they should not pat
roniZ, the merchants and tradesmcn o
New York in preference to those Of hill
adelphia. but thus far feeling of Stat
pride has kept them from carrying ou
their intentions. After such exhibition
OF fraud aud utter disregard for decency
, and law we think it the duty Of ever,
Democratic merchant and tradesman il
the state of Pennsylvania to purchase hi
. goods in some city where such outrage:
upon the elective franchise are not toler
atcd. They can certainly buy chcape
er in New York than in Philadelphia, ant
the transportation will amount to very lit
tie more. They can save more III buyini
+ than the cost Of transportation. Az eX
ample should be made Of Philadelphia
|, II the people Of that city have no NOR
! ] regard Tor the purity of the ballot.bo
. than to hand over tue empire city govern
: meut to ballot box suffers, forgsrs c
e election returns, aud scoundrels OF th
deepest dye, then il is high time that per
+ SONS who have some regard for deccno
:, and tho rights Of others, should cease
y have any communication with people wh
tolerate or countenance such unblushln
frauds. It is the duty Of the Democrat
Press OF Pennsylvania to call the after
tion of our Democratic merchants an
:. tradesmeu TO tho outrages which are b'
Is lug yearly pracsi.ed in the City of Philt
Z delpha against their rights aud the righ
.s Of the people of the State, and to see tn
III measures are adopted which will bring Il
IT people of Philadelphia to their senses.
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