The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-08-22
Kentucky Election,


We believe tho Representatives in Congress elect
from this State are as follows
Dist. My:
l. l.. s. Trin,ble, over C. D. Bradley; 5000
II. '*GEoRGE II. YEAMAN, over B. G. Ritter. S0O
I'LL *INenry Grder, over J. H. Lowroy; 25O0
w. *Aaron Harding, over Marion G: Tailor. $500
" LOWELL H. RossEAu, over Robt Mallory 1900
- VI SCREEN CLAY SMITH, over A. ID. ward. S00
VIII. *W ii. RANDALL, over 7. T: Garrard. 1000
' TX. SAMUEL McNI;E, over j. Smith HURT. 1000
*Members of the last House. Anti-slavery and
pro-Amouimcnt in small capitals Democrats and
Conservatives in ftaticS.
Grder Harding, Mallory, and some Others now
The northern and eastern Counties have gcnc-
rally gone strongly anti-slayery;, the southern,
western and most of the central have gone pro-
because Of the Senators who hold over; but we
hopo for an anti slavery majority in the House.
"a U. g. Senator is to be chosen In place OF Garrett
. a rotsEoluto attempt was made to enforce tho
State law which divests those who have aided the
robslion Of III, right Of suffrage; bIt th9ugh
by Gen. Palmer, military commandant Of tho dis
trict, it proved an emphatic failure. The rebels
{formery Linn Boyd's), which elected in '61 Henry
g. Burnett to our Congress-, though he took his
scat in that Of JEFF Davis, though it has twice
since chosen Unionists, because tho rebels didn't
vote, now goes against us overwhelmingly, by the
votes of men who shouted over their victory Mt
Bull Run; and hoped for the Liberation" of Ken
lucky by Bragg's army in 62 They now take the
oath and vote, on the basis of the Hon. Reverdy
Johnson's opinion in the Maryland oase. Thus the
Commonwealth (Frankfort) says of the election in
that (Frankn) county:
"The entire Conservative ticket in this county is
triumphant. The Union candidates did WE'LL but
strong to be resisted successfully. Mr.. Gray, the
Union candidate for the Legislature, was opposed
by. almost the entire bar Of Frankfort, and money
were offered openly, and by men of place and
power. The oath was entirely disregarded-
ls, it's binding power. Almost the full rebel
taken freely under the Conservative teaching that
an oath administered under such circumstances is
not binding upon the yoterethat such fase swear ear,
would thus swear at the polls, in accordance with
this doctrine, would swear to falsehood at any
not Conservative teaching, and these men arc
bound to the party, body and soul, to do it's
bidding, no matter how dishonest and dishonora-
bio it may be-"
In another article the same respectable old Wing
orsfn sSss sSss party there some Union
the rebel aiding and abetting element are largely
in the ascendant. Of this there can be no doubt
One Of the successful candidates OF yesterday has
been known q rebel sympathlser, out and out,
-hom the first of the rebellion"
OF course the pro-siavGfy organs complain Of
military Interference at the polls, and we presume
with justice. General Palmer undertook to pre-,
vent voting by the rebels, but he might as we'll
have opposed feather to Niagara. He stopped
few at the few polls attended by sodiers but this
only made the rest more active and unscrupulous.
We suspect that he helped the pro-slavery vote,
though that was not his intention. Even OF Lou
isvc, where the military were in force, the Union
Press says: '..
''The Democrat is in state of astonislment and
grief ct the result of the election in this city We
expectedt it would be. Of course, it accounts for it
by declaring that the election was not a free one
WAS virtually no election at all. We also expected
this from it. Now it is q notable fact Ghnt there
and pesceae ss eleeon1 IL tsg n t Je
Monday. Everybody in town knows this to be 80,
who is accustomed to watch tho progress of elec-
tions here. The vote was larger than that cast in
April, when the Democracy achieved the great
Tomppert triumph. And the charge that the mil
itary were in the way Of any one voting who was
entitled to vote, or that they we're present at the
polls to threaten and browbeat, is directly false.
a. few arrests were made, and made mostly by the
city police. The dismgenuous whining OF the Dem
ocrat over tho despotism OF martial rule is o very
ridiculous and childish way Of acknowledging the
corn.'"
All which does not prove that an abortive effort
was not made to prevent ex-rebels from voting;
but we see no evidence that military interfer-
ence" helped the anti-slayery vote in, a single
county. or kept one Copperhead out Of Office We
guess the Unonists of Kentucky will have to agree
that all residents shall VOTE uEder proper safe
guards against colonizers, ''repeaters," and loaf
ers.-N Y. Times, 18th. ~ !Es'., e. 400