Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-13

sion to concert with him 70 issue creden-
eisIs to the effect that the names Of the
holders Of them were upon the original
registry.
The NaHOndk Intelligence says:
II sppears upon Investigation that the most
e~tupendous frauds ever Attempted 70 be perpe-
trated we're usea In the reeent election in this
CITY. They were so gtupoadous that no honest
man IN the city ever dreamed they would be
cal adventures in ourmidst could possibly be
80 lost 70 every sense OF Justice, truth ana pro-
prety As DO BE guilty Of such enorfn1ues IL
was expected that election frauds would be
perpetrated Il was expeoted that hundreds OF
negroes not entitled % vote wouiQ be placed
sPo25 ne sssss ny ss eas tas @ @tSi e eS' inee M q sas
They had the result All arranged. Even II the
conservsuve voters bad presented an array 81
lair vote they were prepared 20 overcome IT,.
This result was provided Tor weeks ago. The
evidences OF it VII be for booming at me
proper time, They were moi known untl too
late 70 be acted upon during The election.
The frauds perpetrated were 80 CARING -
hardly 10 need exposure, Upon the morning
affar Che election there were crowds Of country
negroes found waiting for transportation To
Their homes in Maryland and Virginia who
had voted here. rhey had been bruught rom
al Quarters outside Of the ETY., and were IN
dignamt that after having compiled with their
contract 70 rec IN washington, they were not
provided, as stipulated, with transportation 70
their homes 10 NAV be that some OF these
same NEGROES WIN De swim witnesses against
their employers and help 20 show that the
election here was an enormous frzud. and the
result attributable 20 the perjury OF negroes
suDurned ~ The m~anlpuiators OF the negro
IL may be well Tor gentlemen who deem their
: cial positions above reproach 20 cong atulate
themselves upon the result OF The election, but
g would be better Tor some q them % prepare
themselves against a criminal lfosecuien
uuder the elecuon laws for s~uhornat'on or per-
Jury and Interference with the election.
Precisely the same frauds are being
prepared here in Memphis. Thousands
Of negroes are already registered, it is
alleged and believed, who have no man.
ner Of right to vote here. II the sort
Of republican liberty that the United
States are diseased with, was worth pre-
serving, every man concerned in these
frauds, in the registry of unlawful negro
votes and the refusal to register lawful
white votes, would deserve to be hung,
and if the law would not so rid the coun@
try of him, so much the worse for the
law and the country. But we ought,
perhaps, to be thankful for such villain
lee, because they accelerate the progress
Of affairs, and hasten the coming Of the
day that is to relieve the country Of the
curse Of negro suffrage ana Of such a lib
erty IS it now enjoys.
1t Is undoubtedly the intention to re-
enact here in Memphis at the polls, the
scenes enacted ia Washington. That is
the meaning Of the loyal leagues and the
universal arming Of the negroes, whom
bad men are bUsily deluding TO their
ruin. At Washington, the negro party
managers dragged negroes from the
country OF the market wagons, snd had
them registered. They voted negroes
living in Maryland and Virginia, by
hundreds. Knaves without interest or
character iB the community passed up
and down the lines Of voters waiting TO
gain access to the polls, snd inspected
the tickets of the negroes, saa when
Conservative tickets were found ia Cheif
possession, they were taken away and
torn up and Radical tickets substituted
for them. OF course the Radical police
looked complacently on and permitted
this.
The negroes in Washington were well
drilled. They took possession of the diff
ferent polls, by hundreds, early in the
morning, and m0HOPolized them all day
The Igts2igeHcer says
-Tbr-uzhout the entiFe day the negroes mOaOp-
oIized the OILS and ezciuued white men from
the approaches. This excited a good deal OF
feeling bEr the excitement was lADst lEtSnks
about the uitsr precinct Of the seventh War0.
There WaE 6 long Ilue OF c0lOrea men there,
extending along + street, and around the cor
nar down F-Cur-and-a-baiE street 70 +. In all
fUas EUsky crowd our oldest inhabitants could
searceE recognize a familiar 4 &C. indeed,
this was the calC a. al the precincts. II was
manifest mat ihe Woo G1nI57t was one DC
tween pauper negroes, c~erendsut for subslst-
tuce upon the bones thrown hEm Arom We
frs6dmeu's bureau and tue Old cilzens ana
uroBerrv holders OF ashlDEtOn- In the Sew
enth ward duFIBE the day a double line of
~ 10 vDrsre rgrFHsp udfuV 10 the lire OF col
formed On F street. meeting the obheA
line at the wlndOa, vita The IDEA
on voting the whites and col9red
alternately. and quite a number OF whites
were voted in this way bot complaint having
been made TO Mai. Richards. suuerlntendeut or
police, be decided hat the separate Whlle me
could NOT .e permitted TO vote in mis- way, as
beiHE UufstE 90 ilG EHaefS 10 LGe 0ri8lnaA me
who had stood waiting all das- THIS decision
created considerable ceiling aLnDnul lie
whites, and 10 was prOpns-H 10 open p0il9 ~
I'VE p ID. % take In g separate white vote.
INa~IlEEaa-t h-tNAAA tana AaHAt-a+NAA va VIZ
sted bv "a controversy between Ma. RichRrds
and Mr- Thomas F. Lloyd in relation A. lbs
ABOVE decision. Mr. Lloyd stated that the do4-
BE line had been formed with he coussut OF
Toe rsaal veTs Of votes, and ne denied Mr. Rich
aFds rL-hI - thus break up a Line OF voters,
especially IS + vas composed or some OF The
oldest citizens Of The gard. BY this decision
the whites were eEclEdcd nom voting ana
men who for ter, tive -, Ld4s., and forty
years have exercised The e eciFe lraGG-is5
Eene-uen VINO ave property Interests at
staEe-wefs virtually excluded from a voice in
munfcfual adsius by a horde OF strange negroes
Who have ne more AutsEeSt in Washington a.
faius than the king OF DaLOzass, and knoW as
Little as tnar mOnarch OF lis true Wahts.
In some OF the wards the colored people
strained every nerve 70 prevent the white PEG
pie voting. One 81 theif schemes was 10 sEeA
the line with men who bad alre11F voted, ia
order To keep out the whites. 4huE q aegrQ
rear Of the line. He would remain there until
some one came along who had not voted, when
he Wo1ld drop Out-of lle and give the new
COVER his Place This was przcuced to such an
extent in one Cf tha first wa q precincts thai
direct appeals TO prevent p had 10 be made to
the police officers
Republican Government ass Gegene-
rated to a beautiful farce. Humanity
has never committed such follies before,
even in San Domingo. No wonder men
begin 20 think that republican govern
ment Is played out