The Shasta courier., 1868-11-14
STEPPED in Fraud and Corruption.


No amount of special pleading or denial
can cover up or conceal the fact that the
Democratic party, as now organized, has de.
liberately adopted system of fraudulent
naturalization and colonization, in order to
carry elections and secure official spoils. The
extent to which these oatrages upon the
sanctity Of the ballot-box were carried on in
the October and November elections is
appalling, and should awaken the wrath and
Indignation of every honest voter in the land
A party which inaugurates such policy Of
swindling and rascality. deserves the scorn
and condemnation of all honorable and fair
minded citizens.
At the late State election in Connecticut.
Democrats were imported from New York
and distributed among the factories of Hart
ford and other large towns, and by this
means sufficient number of voters were COL
onized to elect Democratic Governor and
State officers. At the Presidential election
the presence of these portable voters was
needed in New York, and as a result of this
necessity Connecticut gave three thousand
majority for Grant and Colfax.
At the State election held in Pennsylvania
on the 18th of October, a large number of
Baltimore Democrats were imported into
Philadelphia, and voted on bogus naturaliza-
ton papers, about one thousand Of which
were detected and rejected at the polls
Enough fraudulent votes were cast, however,
to give the Democrats two thousand majority
in the city At the Presidential election,
held three weeks subsequent Philadelphia
gave a Republican majority of over two
thousand votes, the Baltimore recruits Icing
wanted at home.
In Indiana, at the State election of October
18th, the Republican State ticket was elected
by only one thousand majority, after hard
fought campaign. Democrats from Kentucky
were coloGized in every county in the South
ern portion of the State, and there is no
doubt that Hendricks felt perfectly confident
of his election as Governor in consequence of
this colonization scheme. At the Presiden-
tial election the migratory Kentuckians
were recalled, and Indiana, freed from inva-
sion, gave twelve thousand majority for Grant
and Colfax.
In New York over ten thousand bogus
papers were issued by Demo-
cratic officials within three weeks previous to
the day of election. Special detectives nego-
tiated with Benjamin Rosenburg, Chairman
of the Tammany Democratic Naturalization
Committee, for several hundred bogus certif-
Gates of naturalization, containing the seals
of competent Courts, and ready to be filed
up. Rosenburg and several of his confeder-
ates have been arrested, and will be tried for
their rascality in carrying on these frauds.
Judge Dickinson, of Ohio, Judge Gibson,
of Illinois, and several officials in Pennsylva-
mia, all of whom are Democrats. have been
arrested for issuing fraudulent naturalization
papers. and it is highly probable that some
of these personages will shortly be provided
with penitentiary quarters.
Even here, in our own State, these frauds
have been attempted, and to some extent car
ried out. Persons holding frauduent natu-
ralization papers attempted to vote the Dem
ocratic ticket at San Jose and Santa Clara
In the town of Santa Cruz twelve bogus nat
uralization papers were detected, and the
holders prevented from registering. In Los
Angeles county number of persons voted
who have not been residents of the State four
months, and similar frauds are reported in
Tulare and Kern.
The record of the Democratic party for a
number of years past exhibits state of moral
and official depravity and corruption sufficient
to startle all honest men, and warn the peo-
pie to beware of giving it encouragement or
endorsement. Let il die of its own corrup-
tions and iniquities.