The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-08-16
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r .-s%z-sSssfe tie outrages - -
attempted on the tallot-b0x, at the recent
election in Kentucky, under the sanction
aud By the eonnivance Of military officers,
that the Cincinnati ComEeyeIal has felt it
to be It's duty to protest against it in the
most indignant terms. The following is the
Z 'ComBleF@jils 5 article: -,
H'ImE KENTUCKY ELBcrIoN.s' The A
mcrican people are properly sensitive con-
cerning the integrity of lballOt-box, aud
the proceedings in Kentucky on election day
will not be received With favor In any quar-
ter, and least of all by those who have stood
with most cOnstancy and firmneSs by the
cause Of law and order--the cause Of Union
and American nationality, during the war.
''1t is not becoming that file Of soldiers
shall stand before the polls, ;. and that officers
of the army Of the United States shall hold
lists of those who are prescribed, made out
by irresponsible persons, and prevent them
from approaching the baliot-bOx. That
this was done in Kentucky, there is ample
and conclusive evidence; and the flavor of
this business is too nearly that of the bor-
der rufian outrageS, in Kansas, to permit
it to be passed IN silence by any honest jour
nalists "tI. 60
I'VE feel that it is duty to, bring this
matter before the people, and to remind the
madmen in Kentucky, who have inStgatcd
and propose to profit by the outrage, that
there is not township in the North where
THE action Of the military in their State, on
election day, would be sustained by a ma
jority of the voters. We can not but think
that General Palmer has greatly exceeded
his authority he has grossly ami ex-
prcssy violated his instructions, and will be
rebuktd accordingly. ""'
Ellis presence on the stump during the
hate canvass was not called for, and was in
bad taste and injurious to the cause he
sought 20 champion; and his obStrusiye, il
legal ard unscruEulous use Of the military
power, has disgusted thousands of the friends
of the Constitutional Amendment. After
all he has driven more Union men than re-
bcs from the polls. '-
Persons competent to testify-those fl-
millinr with the people--conversant with all
the facts and in full sympathy with the L.
non cause-assured us that in Kenton and
Campbell counties there were many of the
lest Union men who did not 90 near the
polls, scornng to cast vote under military
Surveillance.
but should the rebels be allowed tovote,
and carry elections? Certainly not, and the
laws OF Kentucky provided that they should
not. The laws We're sufficient If the civil
authorities were, in any precinct, unable to
cause the laws to be executed according to
the proclamation of Governor Bramette,
there was the place for the use of the bayo-
net The establishment of guards at the
polls, with lists of those who should not
vote, was in contempt Of the laws of Ken
tucky, and in defiance Of the law Of Con
grcsS to prevent military interference with
elections. We take it this is very far from
seeing that the laws were faithfully exccut
ed, according to the order of the President
to Gen. Palmer ,.a -ar ,
IF krntuckianS were mad enough to
send Il diSloyal delegation to Congress-a'
delegation elected by rebel voters, the rem
edy would be found in Congress itself, and
would nquestionahly be promptly applied
by that body. The rebel representatives
would be excIuded If4he integrity of the
ballot-box in Kentucky, under the laws of
the State, cannot be maintained without
wholesale military operations, it would be
better not to have any elections, and to put
an end at once to civil government from the
kanawha to the Mississippi. .3
However we may rejoice over the cleo
ton of some good men in Kentucky, the
moral effect Off genuine victory of the cause,
Of Freedom and the Union in that State. is
not with us, though we are persuaded that
with good management it might have been
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