Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-10-22

lmfUA NNrtnimtsi Tmrffai hat
tN W. lthnsylthhia Nae hucn iahHhi
hhi though ihe result a. against nt
iha bemocrnii, party hat not been de
icAiod Fraud aud corruption hay,
bctn rfncilscd everywhere. aud when
these would not do. threats ha,o been
made, aud honeat votom heightened
away from the 20 ls Na,nnlizod
ciiizons have been threatened with
arrcst aud imprisonment, II they dared
TO exercise their rights ns American
irccmcn, and thus iutimidatod, they
have been deprived Of their votes Ia
some cases the election officers have
taken possession OF their papers, and
refused either 10 give them up, or TO
give the clcctor his vote. In one case.
in the city of Philadelphia, the
Judge who had granted the paper,
the Chief Justice Of the State, al the
poll whore he himself was voting, was
sworn TO the genuineness of the paper,
yet the vote was rejected, the oath Ia
ken for nothing, and the paper pro.
nounced null and void Again, in the
same city, whole precincts were count
ed out by the Convention of Return
Judges, who passed upon the qualif.
cations of the electors, contrary TO
law and against justice and right, and
thus deprived about one thousand
bona fde voters Of their rights of citi-
zenship
1t is well known fact that several
thousand votes were imported 10 our
State for the purpose Of carrying GER
tain Congressional Districts and to
defeat our State ticket. Look at the
vote OF Philadelphia. In 1867 the
Democrats polled 52,075 votes in
1868 they poll 6O,S0S votes--a gain Of
S,733 votes, or 10 per cent. OF the
whole In 1867 the Republicans
polled 1857 votes in 1865 they poll
6O,633 votes--a gain Of ii, ,046 votes,
or 20 per cent. of the whole. These
facts show conclusively that this in
creased vote is not the result Of nat
ur0L increase. If it was, the greater
per centagc should be in favor OF the
party that was in the majority last
year; for il will be seen from the facts
before stated, that We increased our
vote-hence the Republican gain was
not from our party. But their gain
was imported from New York city,
Baltimore and elsewhere. The figures
already given show the vote in Phila.
delphia TO be 4,522 more than was ever
pollcd in the city of New York Who
will pretend to say this was not an
imported vote, or that Philadelphia
has more voters than New York Z Is
it any wonder, then, in view Of the
number Of legal Democratic voters
they deprived of their notes.-the num-
ber Of illegal Republican voters they
permitted TO yote-and the hundreds
imported to vote the Republican tick
ot-I say is it any wonder the result
is against US y
The Democratic party has fought
noble battle, they have steadily in.
creased their vote in the State, and il
was only the most gigantic frauds
practiced upon them by the Republi-
can party that prevented them
from being successful. The large
number Of illegal voters brought from
other States into our own, 10 vote the
Republican ticket, will return at the
next election to vote where they be-
long, in order to save their own States
and local officers. ! say, therefore,
we are not defeated, and If we poll the
vote in November that NC did ou the
18th of October, the State will 60 for
Seymour and Blair by 10000 majority.
The people are with us--a fair vote
will give us the State. Come up,
then, fellow-Democrats, 10 the work
in November Letnothing discour-
age you. Rally once more for fnal
charge. The enemy has exhausted
his strength. Let US make one more
Herculean effort and the victory is
certain.