The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-12-20

ELfcIi0S ERAtDs 10 SksuAk NhSAo ~
rasnAcv. No, coatsat ~nh voting Oh the
necroes in the Southern States. u u now
openly charged that the radicals resorued 'o
fraud IN order to obtsin possession Of pei's'
zeal posss. 10 an article upon the South
srn cleo lions. the New Haven. Conneclieos'l
Register presents the following isels Ia re-
ialion 10 this suhjsc': w @
/, i somewhs, significant that In several
Of the Southern S,stes. wa have hsd no OF
|sicisl report Of The selections" All that y
.sd ppop lhe snsl,es 10 that the convss''oo
u carried. IL M.ssissieoi.i, was lid that
the result MS doubtful siler k.ss'"g the
p,iia oesa : even days. aud ~a-n The ~
Dor, csms We Af,tk occas - to ~ Io~I q
y oahA shsr istie dslas, " sga,a r-peftsdl
,..s ihsr snhyen,iuu Wa. cssfifd. Tae fs-
3,rt now comes ihs, -an- four Thousand
usfe than h.if OF tho.e VII, wer. rresisr u
waited. IL Svuih Crolins me f'asa i riill
u.oss open. Return ir,m yearly three
icusths u the Sis,- wefs puhtl-hsd aud h'd
every person registered 10 the rsmsiring
psrlion Of the State. the convenllsa would
have have been defestsd BY several 'hous
: nd VOTES. Bat the military aud bureau Of
Gcers ,ook hold Of the ms,,es, aud nos Il
is reported :hs, the convention i carried by
,lrom ,ix 10 niae thousand msj9rny. No
figures are gwen. 'rhs whole husinsss Is
;in the hands cf set Of unpriocplsd Loli'
i,irisas. v no wvn 4 not hesitate AT any mssns
10 gain their end. The convention must be
earned or their roi,ic,i aspirations could
not BE realized.
l.. Georg,, the fraud /. s,iII more gssring.
!. Ouly n,gr,ss vr,ed in that Safe. a few
Northern bureau agents went with the NJ
rross, but the numesr was vey smpl. Ia
The city Of Ssvannsh. which contains hun
d.eJs OF Northern men, only fry hse white
men voted. o. every town aud ccun'y in
the State the same thing can be said. La
several counties not q white vote WIS polled.
Aud YET the Opinion, pope's official organ,
I Atlantis, asserts that thirty thousand Ah',e
men voted Ia the State OF Georgia. N
other figures are given by which TO prove The
truth or falsi,y Of The s,stemen, THAI The
convention is carried BY large mrjosity.'
The matter has been hushed up aud We are
lett 10 conjecture where the 'hesvy vote
lin favor OF a convention must have been cas-
Tbs conservative convention. which met .,
Macon last week. denounced The whole
thing % fraud. The fifth resolution resdr
,.sTha, We enter on record. 10 the name on,
on behalf Of the people Of this STATE, ou
solemn preiss, sgains, the assembling Q
The convention. which we sfIirm. With M
4 ~ idence before US, hss been o. d.rrd unds
'lpretense OF votes Illegally sofnorized 20 b
7 fofcibIy procured. frsutuientIy received
, aid falsely counted I"
!, will be noticed thar the delegates wer
not abiding 10 vague reports " rumors.-
They decisre that votes were illfgslIy pro
cured. that votes we're frauduien,ly rereis
Il "a and that tie votes were falsely countss
VI and they ssser, that They make these gray
Is charges with The svideure OF ,hei. truth BE-
tore them. What say The advocates Of NJ
gro supremacy to these f'suds which the
are pieased TO call seiections!,