Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-11-20

offending our Democratic friends ia the
West when We say that the New York
"ring" Of Democratic politicians are the
most accom- lished rascaIs Ia the country,
aud not exceeded 10 trickory anywhere IN
the world. A considerable number Of
good Democrats who belonged TO the PEN
dleton Escort, would, we are confident,
confirm what we say IL may be proita-.
Bile to recollect at this point the. calling OF
the Democratic Convention Of 1868 In
New York. the seaittsiag Of the several
State delegations so a. 70 prevent close
connections between them, and TO subject
them to all the manipulalions of the New
Yorkers--the fact that Seymour was made
President Of the. Convention. aud Murphy
Chairman of the Con- mit,ee on Resolutions
and Belmont Chairman Of the National
Executive Committee--to say nothing oil
Seymour's nomination for the Presidency.
MIR. Pendletop's friends were met ID
New York by an outcry that he would moi
carry the State Of Now York or any ofths
Eastern States, whicso me one else nj sht
After the nomination Of Seymour, the
lammany Chief and Mayor Of New York
City. Mr.. Holman, was nominated fol
Governor, aud then there was apparent
the prrpose Of carrying the State 70,
Holman ut all hazards while there was
comparative Indifference about Seyn our
The New York ring was, beyond doubt
ready 10 sacrifice the Presidency, il need
be, and il wers possible, TO secure their
own ascendeney in The State and city
The hope that the name Of Seymour
might be useful to the ring caused the
consent Of the New York delegation e
his nomination when they had prepared
another plan Of operations, II was per-
ieeily well known to the New York ring
that the State was Republican, IL only
honest votes were counted, aad they pre-
pared deliberately TO carry the State. la
the first place they provided new VOTING
places in New York City, that their IRE.
peaiers" might have greater facilities, aud
that the scope Of fraud through bogus
naturalization papers might be increased
The registration was enormous and grossly
and VIGOROUSLY fraudulent. Thus New
York City was prepared TO east sufficient
Democratic vote to overcome the Republi
can preponderance ia the rest Of the State
however great it'might be. The neSt steI
was to issue the following circular
PRIVATE AND STRICTLY eosBIDENTTAB
"RooMs or DEMocAApls STATE
COMMITTEES, October ~, 1868. (
any DEAR SIR--Pleaso at once 10 com
municate with some reliable person il
three or four principal towns, and each
city of your county, and request him Eek
pense duly arranged for this end to tele
graph to William Nj. Tweed, Tammany
Hall, at the minute of closing the polls
not waiting for q count-sach person.
estimate of the vote. Let the telegraph
be as follows: This town will show
Democratic gain Cor loss) over last year
Of Or this one, If sufficiently certain
This town will give Republican Coz
Democratic) majority Of There is, o.
course, aa important object to be attained
BY a simultaneous transmission up TO the
hour Of closing the poll, but not Longer
waiting, opportunity can be taken Of Ill,
usual half hour lull in telegraphic com
munication over lines before the Associa-
ted Press absorb the telegraph with re-
turns and interfere with individual mes
sages, and give orders to watch carefully
the count. avery truly yours, t
SAMUEL j. TILDKN, Chairman"
Mr.. Samuel J.,Tiden, who is a gentle.
man worth some millions Of dollats, and
intensely respectable, denounees the use o.
his name to this document as forgery
We suppose he did not sign the circular
but it had its effect. His name upon il
was influential. The Tanmany Hal
clique got the information wanted, auc
the important object that was to be at
tanned, was attained. The New York Pos
states the case as follows:
"The reports from the State received of
Tammany Hall, by William NJ. Tweed
Immediately after the election, seems tc
have been, like those received by others
very favorable to the Republicans. He
doubtless had, at s o'clock, 10 answer Ia
the secret circular to which the signature
OF Samuel j. Tllden was forged, subsian.
TALLY the same returns which reached the
public about ii o'clock, and which
satisfied the best judges that the State had
gone for Grant and Griswold by u small
majority, in spite of the enormous MAORI
ty Of $4,000 then supposed to have been
cast for the Democrats in this city.
"But the returns from most of the city
wards were still held back. In ten OF
twelve wards the vote could not be OBJ
tanned by the police officers until Their,
had been ample time to send instruc tionl
from Tammany to the inspectors, to stuff
the ballot boxes with the required mum
Der of tickets, and afterward to coun
them in full.
"The secret circular discloses plat laiC
by the Democratic Tammany Committee
to cheat the people out of their decision
if they should decide against Hoffman
The actual holding back Of The returns o.
election night shoscs to q mortal certainty
that The plot iods carried out. But the
absolute demonstration in figures NIGH
have been impossible, but for the stupid
ty either of Tammany in demanding, or oil
it's tools at the ballot, boxes in attempting,
more than was needed.
"The conspirators had provided ample
room and verge enough for their fraud
by registering forty thousand more names
than there are legal voters in the city
OF this excess, some thirty thousand, al
least, were ia districts which they con-
trolled without check. They had but to
keep a careful account Of the number oil
false names registered in each voting dis
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