The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-08-21
Now WAS DONE.

Constitution Of Missouri was forced upon
the people The scenes described in Lin
coin county were simply of Il pattern with
what occurred in many other counties.
The Republican says:
4 repetition Of the manner in which
tiAselecUons were conducted IN many
Pima in (his State last fall took place II
Lincoln tSuntv. on Tuesday last, We
were aware weeks ago that persons legaliy
qualified 10 vote were threatened With
violence in that county in the event they
should attempt To vote against the new
Constitution. On Tuesday these threats,
70 sonta extent. were Carried intu eEeea-
ton Early liz the day JAS Nae;e.o Il.
a member Of Capt John NJ Reeds COM
pany Of militia, prs~hahlv a Lieutenant ]
appeared At thaatillv. one Of the voting
precincts, and informed certain persons.
whom he lenam;nated :. Copperhcaas, :
ani synlpathlzers. that they were net
10 vote that he had been sent there 10
preyent their yatiae" aud that he was
prepared 10 and would use force. if il
WAS necessary, ior this purpose. The
result was. :. considerable ngmber Of per-
sons. far less lawless than this man Nae-
intoSh. or those who sent him on this
lawless mission, could possibly lie. were
deferred from voting, and went home
without doing 50. We are credihly IN
formed that some Of the most respectable
and law-abidine citizens Of Lincoln county
were thus prevented from voting at this
! preeinct.
Ut New Hope as We are informed. the
same game was attempted. There, low
ever, the attempted outrage was frustra-
/ ted. Some young soldiers, recently mus
tered out Of service took the matter in
charge. armed themselves. and announced
/ that every body the Judges decided were
entitled TO vote should be permitted toio
50. This, we leafn$ prevented Interrupt
Iion there
/ Vt Reid's Mil precinct. number Of
/ persons legally entitled 10 vote, and who
went there for the purpose Of voting.
We're forbidden to do SO, and prevented
/ from voting
=
/ duct was pursued; number were liter
lally driven from the polls, and one man
was knocked down and unmercifdlly beat
en- ior no other OF mere justitiable reason
than that be attempted to do what he had
legul RIGHT to do-to vote
On Saturday previous to the election.
as we learn, George W. Anderson. mem
Der of Congress elect from the Ninth
District. spoke at a public meeting at
New HOPE. What was the character ot
ms speech We can only infer from what
we know Of his position elsawhere In
the Flag, published at Louisiana which
we understand he edits. he has hereto
fore unhcsitatingly assumed that there
are :. but two parties in Missouri-rad-
ic;tis and rebels In Saturdays issue oi
his paper he says: :" We think the elec-
ton has demous strated that military power
/ as ti,e only dsedns Of preserving the bal
lot-box from pollution" Aud in another
article in the same paper. it is said
e. Martial law was the power that kept
the rebel from the ballot-box." With
such teachings. Of which some of his past
conduct Is n lifting exponent. ii is fair to
assume that his speech at New Hope was
Of the most infammatory character, and
we'll calculated to induce the very course
/ by others at the election on Tuesday
And we are assured that threats were
Iorenly made by others, at the meeting
allnded to, that certain persons would be
prevented from voting, and that force
would be used for that purpose if neces-
sary. No wonder that under these cir
icumstances the poll of Lincoln county
ON Tuesday, was scarce third its legal
voters. Doubtless many persons were
prevented from attending the election al
all, end for the reasons stated
| That this was the case is very evident
from the official returns received of the
vote of Lincoln. We have satisfactory
evidence thatanearly or quite three-fourths
OF the legal voters Of Lincoln were op-
posed to the proposed Constitution. Yet
I the opposite party has carried the county
by al majority Of Il There are about
! :, ego legal voters in Lincoln. On Tues
day only 716 of these.2 600 votes, little
more than one-third, were polled, O.
these, 40 were given for the Constitu
ton. and only 366 against it! 1t is no
within the bounds of credibility that sucf
a result would, or could have been reached
but for the previous threats made, anc
the lawless intimidation to which allusior
has been made. Nobody will for "a mo
ment doubt that every one who chose tt
vote for the Constitution could have don,
so without fear of any interruption what
ever. The presumption then is, that al
who wished to do SO did vote, and they
J little more than one-ffth of the voters
& About one-ffth voted against the Cousti
tuition, while the remainder, (nearly three
5 ffths of the whole number of voters diC
not vote at all.