Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-03-20

The elections of 1864 were carried by fraud
violence and threats The minions of the admin
istrstion were on hand every where. not
der slave states A more INSCRIPTIONS set never
annoyed gallant people. Without particle OF
shame, they were on hand to cheat. browbeat
and overawe the citizen. 10 a speech OF senator
GARRETT DAVIS, delivered in congress few days
ago, we find an extract from an address by ore
General SrrruEs G. BUnBRIDGE. made at Paris.
Kentucky, the day before the last Presidential
election. That extract is in the following words
taken down at the time and published:
Fellow citizens: am no politician. am
no speaker You all know me- am fighting
man. But can tell you what l am for; | am
for Lincoln il he Was the worst man in the world.
| would be for him because he was elected BY
The people You all want pay for your negroes,
horses, &C.. and will say 10 you, mind how
YOU take care of your record all icho coted for
Lincoln ,ciH be paid for them at the end Of the
but, By God, mind how you take care of your
record The vouchers will pass through my
hand not a damned cent ,0iH you get unless your
record is clear | understand there is come OBJ
lection as 10 my manner OF treating guerrilas.
will speak out. Alb see before me a citizen
who was reported killed this morning. but am
happy be il alive. Had il been so,
BY God! had intended to have
taken four Of the best citizens of The county,
those who have sons in the Confederate army,
and have hung them TO day. And say now. by
God tpo.nting and looking around over the
crowd) mind how you act, or some OF you will
be hang before TO morrow night. ! intend TO
take five thousand horses next week. There are
but two parties in this war, one for us and the
other against us; and no man shall stay in the
state after the election, who is against US. Mind
how you make out your record"
The man who uttered these blasphemous ex-
pressions. wore al the time the uniform Of Ma
ior General of the National Army, was paid his
wages and his rations by the tax payers. and held
Office by the command OF ABRAHAM LIScoLS.
who was then candidate for reelection 10 the
Presidency THIS sstrap of the administration
stalked into public meeting of Bourbon county,
aud told the citizens there assembled, tina. they
must look to their record" in voting-that il
they we're plundercd OF their negroes, horses, -
&c, payment for them would depend upon their
voting for Mr.. LISeoLS. "a who voted for LIN
coin would be paid for them al the end Of the
war. said this unblushing military tyrant And
then added: 1.-The vouchers will pass through my
hands; not id cen, will you get unless your
record IS clear" Can any thing be more afro
cious than this? Does the history of any nation
exhibit such damnng record
To the credit of Kentucky. DO it spoken, that
state cas-, majority of nearly 10000 agains,
LINCOLN. She made her record clear" Ths,
gallant commonwealth could neither be seduced
or subdued.
This man BrRBsIpeE belongs 10 class OF mill
tary men that are scarce. thank heaven. They
are notorious FOR avoiding battle or active SER
vice 10 the field, but grand and mighty in play
ing the constable or jailor. These men belong
to the BrS BrTLIR school of warriors. They
lord IL over old men and women in quasi rebel
districts. tesrify the children. and control the
elections by fraud and force.
The reader viii discover that BURsRIDeE can
swear. and that hs.largusge is in keeping with
bis aeu Of despotsm. But he belongs to the
party which claims TO be governed by grand
moral ideas" and that party can ssnctify even
profanity itself. IL has an 'incoherent" vice
president, who tisgraced the nation on the fret
day of his service. aud why should partisan
general be choice of bic words His horrid
osths in character. Surely. call the de-
cency and piety >oi the land should be allowed
fe~ such characters in civil and military life
The record shows that they have them