Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-09-18
The Indiana Election-Radicsl Fraud and
Corruption.

Below will be found an extract from
the New Albany Ledger, a paper pub
lished in our neghborlng State of Indi-
ana. From it our Kentucky readers may
learn what is going on in that State, as
we'll as the character of the falsehoods
under which the Radidols seek to cloak
their evil Vaccinations. The ledger
says:
"Asusual, when they intend some first.
class yillaiay, the Radicals are beginning
TO accuse the Democrats Of design of
importing voters into this State from
Kentucky. OF course there is not one
word of truth in this statement II is q
lie made out of the whole cloth Equally
false is the report that large sums Of
money are being raised in Kentucky for
use in Indiana. But even if such were
the case, it would not be q whit worse
than what the Radicals are now doing,
in spending large amounts of money in
this city and district, sent hither by the
great bondholders of the Eastern cities,
who are moving heaven and earth to re-
tain in power the corrupt party that has
involved the country in thres thousand
millions of debt, and are now endeavor-
ing to fastea this enormous burden upon
the country for four years to come.
but we have in our possession un-
questionable evidence that the Radicals
are now secretly Lut ipdustEio9sly en-,
gagged in concerted effort to carry at
least two Of the counties Of this district
by fraudulent votes. The counties we
refer to are Orange and Crawford. For
weeks past the process of colonizing vo-
tiers into these counties has been in pro-
gress. Strange men, with black carpet
bags on their shoulders, have been seen
vending their way into both tsess eoun-
ties, inquiring for the residences of prom
inent Radicals. When asked what is
their object in seeking these places they
say it is for the purpose of going to work
on their farms. Everybody knows that
farmers are not so busy at tbis season Of
the year as to mase il necessary to send
abroad sor help. There is absolutely no
need for extra help by farmers Plow-
ing for wheat is nearly oyer, and the
time for pulling corn has not arrived. 1t
is strange, too, that these extra laborers
are needed only by Radical farmers.
Democratic farmers need none such"
We need not say the Ledger is correct
in branding with falsehood the charge
that Kentucky Democrats contemplate
like attempted fraud upon the
Indiana franchise. Th; accusation is
part and pAsesl of the infamous con-
spiraey ieohcocted by Radical dema
gogues. We do not pretend to say that
Kentuckians do not feel the deepest in
terest in the result of the Indiana cleo
ton. Fraught as that result is with such
immense national Importance, it would
be strange indeed if they did not.
Kentucky Democrats would be false to
their party and country,
if they did not feel the livelisst sympathy
with their indiana brethren in the gal.
LIANT struggle they are making against
the enemies Of constitutional freedom and
government, and if they did not consider
il a privilege to contribute TO their sue
cess as far as lay within their power. The
Indiana election is a most important
one, and no true friend of his country
could ever hesitate to assist in every
legitimate way and to the best of his
ability the efforts of the gallant Indiana
Democracy for the rescue'of the State
from the Radicals, 10 spite of their dia-
bolcal schemes of fraud and corruption.
Louisville Courier.