Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-11-02
The Recent Virginia Election-lts
scenes and Incidents.

scenes anu iuCiuShaS'
II has been heretofore stated by iele-
Oraob tina, John H. GiImer. Esq, well
known lawyer Of Richmond, had present.
ed 10 the commanding general of that de-
par,ment protest against the polls being
kept open in Richmond on the oath uit.,
after the election had been held Tor Two
DAYS a, The time and places previously
appointed by the commanding general
We find this protest al length in The Dis
patch of Yesterday. Mr.. Gllner con-
tends that the powers OF the commanding
general are not unlimited, but are derived
from and restricted and defined by The
supplemental reconstruction act OF Con-
gress, the second section of which re-
quires the general 10 appoint "Ilms aud
places in The city for the election, snc
TO give at least thirty days public notice
OF both time and places. No such notice
was given OF an election 10 be had on the
oath of October, aud having made an or
der appointing the time, ION the 22d and
23I without any reservations or qusIItlcs-
lions, the commanding general had ex-
hausted the powers conferred by the law
and Mr.. G.lmer protests against his ex-
ercise Of power not conferred. Mr..
Gilmer says he is prepared 10 prove that
il was the design and foregone conclu-
sion Of certain parties, among whom are
included Col. Thomas B. Rose and Gen.
o. Brown. that the election in Richmond
must 90 in favor OF the radical ticket al all
hazards. He adds:
IL do no, utter these words wilhouts
full comprehension Of the legal import. |
believe can prove them fully. In ad-
di.ion, undertake 10 prove, by the most
positive testimony, that by fraud and pre-
concerted arrangements agood number oil
colored voters did vote who were import
ed for The purpose from adjacent counties.
1t will be proved beyond peradveniure
that an organized band Of colored people
were instructed, encouraged and allowed
by The colored police, employed By Col.
Thomas b. Rose, 10 lntmldsle By threats
in some cases by actual violence, the con-
servatve colored voters. Ii will be prov
ed, and this beyond a doubt, that in varI-
Gus instances Col. Thomas b. Rose, the
official superintendent, was repeatedly
guilty Of The grossess misconduct, rude
ness and official iLsolence 10 the very
best, some of them our oldest ctizens,
and this without provocaIion that he
connived al fraud, and was, in my opin-
ion, party 10 it. This | mean IN It's full
force. Ii he denies it, let him SO far hon
or his official straps and insignia as 10 de-
mand court Of inquiry, and pledge
myself 10 provo al least that he was, on
repeated instances, guilty Of conduct un-
becoming an officer and gentlemen. re.
fer 10 the article OF war on this point |
will undertake 10 prove that after the polls
in Madison ward, on Wednesday evening
we're announced 10 be closed TO the white
voters, the polls al the colored window
were kept open, and heavy vote press
ed in Unprecedented rapidly, and that
Col. Thomas B. Rose was then and there
officially present, and did then and there,
with the most unmanly and olhceIllke
rudeness, commit an actual trespass upon
one IF the conservative candidates, the
sergeant Of the city Of Richmond and
others. will prove that fraudulent col
ored votes were manufactured, ailOWed
and recorded, in my opinion TO The nun.
Der OF over five hundred, if we can have
access 10 the ballots and registration list.
In addition to all this, II can be proved
that white men were rudely driver from
the election precinct IN Monroe ward by
Colonel Thomas b. Rose, and this with
out cause, Provocauon or even asserted
preIexL'
AS the final majority for the radical
ticket in Richmond was but 407, Of course
i! Mr.. Gllmer's showing Of 500 manulsc-
lured votes were 10 avail anything, il alone
would defeat that ticket.
The Petersburg Index states that al
SlurdiYanI's Shop, in Prince Georges
county. the negroes attended the polls
armed almost 10 a man with United States
rifles and pistols, and assumed complete
control OF affairs, and that a, Poplar Mt
precinct, and Hbsford. IN Greenvllle, and
at Henry precinct, in Sussex county, a
similar STATE Of affairs obtained. Many
voters were thereby deferred from casting
their suffrage. At Smoky Ordinary, in
Brunswick county, an armed negro stood
a. the entrance leading 10 The colored poll,
and notified each vOIer as he passed that
conservative vote would insure his death.
At Brunsw wick Court House, Lieutenant
KimbsIl, the military officer commanding,
seized a number Of guns in possession Of
the county, and had them distributed,
with ammunition, among the negroes. In
fredericksburg, the Herald Of that place
says that prisons we're unbaTed, end pa:-
ties resting under serious charges were
taken 10 The polls and voted.
The Richmond papers publish the fol
lowing card, purPornng TO be from VIg'
lance committee Of colored men, ordering
an old and respected citizen Of Richmond,
MIR. A. Monroe, 10 leave the city. Mr..
Monroe Is a pescesble and unoffendlng
old man, a naive Of Maine. A document
Of similar kind is also said 10 have been
,..,aJ unon n prnminanI iohacc0 manu-