Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-10-17

FHE ELECTION IN THIS Town was an ear
nest and warmly contested one. The democ-
racy was thoroughly organized up to the last
man. The stronghold of the party at the sta
ton has been burning with all the warmth of
Irish ardor, for some time, and much of the
smartness shown over the enjoyment OF the
act of voting has been but poorly suppressed
for weeks Yet with all their industry, and
with the aid of fraudulent naturalization pa
pers. thirteen of which we learn were in hands
their ratio of increase is but tritic beyond
thai of the Republicans, who lacked the adj
vanta@es derived from thorough organization
The vote to be sure, was full beyond any pre-
vious election but this fact is due rather to gen
eral enthusiasm, than 30 tie individual efforts OF
our friends. 61S is the largest vote cast In this
place. previous to the election c. Tuesday,
when it run up to 694. The determination OF
the democracy TO win at all hazards, and by all
means, is perhaps nothing new in the history
of that party, North or South, but the introduc-
ton of false and fraudulent naturalization pa
pers into place of the size of Ashtabula, is
not only new but deliberate, bold and reckless.
These papers purported to come FROM Fremont,
sandusky County Though the fact of their
coming from without the county was irregular,
and excited suspicion, neither the boardnorthe
challengers, become fully alive to the
real character of the thing, until one John
Fitzgerald presented himself with his papers.
Knowing nothing about them, he was not very
we'll prepared for catechising. His having
gone to Fremont for proof. after fourteen
years residence in Ashtabula, looked a little
doubtful, and when asked at what time he
went to Fremont to obtain them, his answer
was, "a twelvemonth ago." while the papers
were dated the gath of September. His DEM
ocratic friends. urgent to help him out, and get
his vote into the box, set up that he did not I'M
derstand the board, and that he should have
the privilege of swearing it in, but he at once
showed that he had more latent principle a.
bout him than they had counted upon, and he
refused absolutely to swear at all, at all. and
the game stood out bold and palpable The
papers were regularly sealed, and purported to
be signed by deputy clerk. Several of these
votes-from three to five perhaps, had already
got into the box. The probability is as has
been elsewhere lOunQ, THESE papers WcTc lSSueu
in blank and filed up to order on the spot, as
it was evident, Fitzgerald had never seen
Fremont This outrage upon the ballot box,
is worthy of its paternity-the democratic par
ty, and the failure of the game at this time,
will put the Republicans upon the alert, for
other and new rascalities that may be concsct-
ed and sprung upon them at the November cleo
ton. The corrupting influence of politics,
most of us have heard about, but to have it
thus brought home to US, and to see friends
and neighbors whom we are wont TO look up
on as above a dirty trick, endeavoring to drive
this infamy through, and give the franchise
through fraud to men who were not entitled to
it, while some of our older more respectable
citizens were questioned and impeded in the ex-
ercise of a right that admitted of no suspicion,
is bit of experience that all right minded cit
liens of every party, should take note of and
frown upon as it deserves. While the democ-
racy of Ashtabula have made nothing by this
profigacy of principle, they have shouldered a
load of infamy that will be hard to bear.
Wool BLAEKETs.-Tyler & Carlisle make speciality
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