Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-11-01

BeA- The fact that the poiis Were AeP'
open at Richmond after the usual and
legal hour by order of Gen. Schofeld,
thereby letting in number OF illegal
and negro votes, which crowded in from
oil quarters, has been hitherto published,
as also the fact that n protest was en-
tered by John II. Gilmer, Esq, in behalf
of the citizens Of that city. This protest
was chiefly on the ground that the law
which empowered Gen. S. to hold the
election also required him to give thirty
days notice of time and place, which
having been done, did not include the
extension Of time included in the subse'
quent order, which, besides the two days
notified, embraced the night Of the 25th.
1t is now contended that there can be no
dispute as to the legal effect Of the cleo
ton, as the whole power over the subject
was confded to the commander of tho
district. The protest insists that he
must follow the law from which he de-
rived his authority, and from which he
has departed in holding the election in
part without notice, and alleges and
offers to prove the following summary of
facts:
|. That it was the purpose, design, and
foregone conclusion of certain parties,
among whom are included Col Thomas
B Rose and General o. Brown, that the
election in this city must 20 in favor of
the Radical ticket at all hazards. | do
not utter these words without full COM
prehension of their legal import / be-
iieve / can prove them fully. In addition,
| undertake to prove by the most positive
testimony that by fraud and preconcerted
arrangements a good number OF colored
voters did vote who we're imported for
the purpose from adjacent counties. 1t
will be proved beyond peradventure
that an organized band ofcoiored people
were instructed aud allowed, by the col
ored police employed by Col Thomas
B. Rose, to intimidate by threats, in
some cases by actual violence, the Con-
servative colored voters. 1t will be
proved, and this beyond doubt, that in
various instances Col Thomas B. Rose,
the official superintendent, was repeat
eddy guilty of the grossest misconduct,
rudeness, and official insolence to the |
yery best, some of them our Oldest
citizens, and this without provocation;
that he connired at fraud, and was, in
nv opinion, party to it. This | mean |
in it's full force. If he denies it, let him
so far honor his official straps and
iaSiqnia as to demand a court of
inquiry, and | hereby pledge myself
to prove at least that he was, on
repeated instances, guilty of conduct
unbecoming an officer and gentleman.
! refer to the article of war on this point.
/ will undertake to prove that after the
polls 10 Madison Ward, on Wednesday
evening, were announced 10 be closed to
the white voters, the polls at the colored
window we're kept open, and heavy vote
pressed in with unprecedented rapidity,
and that Col Thomas B. Rose was then
and there officially present, and did then
and there, with the most unmanly and un-
ofIicerlike rudeness, commit an actual tres
pass upon one of the Conservative candi-
dates, the Sergeant of the city of Rich
mond and Others. / will prove that
fraudulent colored votes were mGnutac
tuyed, dllolced, and recorded, in my
opinion, to the number of over five hun
dred, if we can have access to the ballots
and registration list In addition to all
this, it can be proved that white men
,vcre rudely driven from the election |
precinct in Monroe Ward by Col Thomas
B. Rose, and this without cause, provo
cation, or even asserted pretext