Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-10-27
The Journal and the Corres-

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'otes over three columns, to the late cor
of the Republican and Demo-
'ratic Committees of this county. wei
shall not follow its example. We are per-
Ieetly willing TO let that correspondence |
speak for itself, and let the people decide |
upon lis merits-having no fears as to what
rat decision must be. The position of the
Democratic Committee is impregnable, ,and
the Journal knows it. hence its perversions,
falsehoods and abuse. The object Of all
this Is plain. 1t is to cover up the frauds
perpetrated at the late elections and those
meditated at the next. 1t is notorious that
hundreds OF manifest negroes voted the
Republican ticket In this district at the late
election, especially in the counties of Greene
and Clarke, and that by their votes Judge
WINANs obtained his apparent majority
For weeks before the election, =
groes were on the move from various
parts of the State and from Kentucky, to
Greene and Clarke counties, to remain
there until the election and vote the Re-
publican ticket, and then return to their
homes. They did not go there of their
own accord. They were systematically
procured to go there and their expenses
paid. They were doubly disqualified to
vote; first because they were negroes, and
secondly, ,becausethey were not residents OF
ishe counties or precincts where they voted
But vote they did. If challenged, they
swore their votes in, and Republican
Judges of election lent a willing ear to their
i estimoIy, however incredible it might be.
The thing was done so unblushingly that
the negroes boasted of it. A gentleman Of
our acquaintance was on train that came
from Xenia the day after the election.
More than score of negroes were on the
same train, who openly talked of their
having voted in Greene county. Every
man of them belonged to Madison or
Franklin county, and got off at station
between here and London to return to
their proper homes; and this is but small
specimen of the way in which Greene and
Clarke counties were colonized with ille-
gal voters. Now, what word of condem-
nation has the Journal had to say of these
disgraceful and systematic frauds? Not
one word. In its estimation they were all
right. They Injured to the benefit OF the
Republican party, and that is sufficient to
sanctify them, according to the moral sys-
tenn of that paper. "The end justifies tie
means" has become an axiom in Radical
politics. Witness the turning out of
BRooKs, VOORHEES,, YOUNG, MORGAN al d
others from seats in Congress to which
they had been legally elected. Witness IL e
means by which JULIAN now seeks to OBJ
tain seat in that body.
ls Witness the purloining of the poll books
in Philadeldhia in order to deprive the
Democratic candidates of their certificates
of election. And yet with these and SINH
lar enormities before it, and which it has
never mentioned unless it were to approve
them, the Journal has the effrontery to be-
wall the absence of free elections in Colum.
bus. More arrant hypocrisy never was
seen. The Journal knows that no fairer
election ever was held than the late elec.
ton in this city. 1t knows that no legal
voter was prevented from voting. 1t knows
that the unfortunate affrays that occurred,
and which it has so persistently and false
" magnified, did not keep one legal voter
from the polls. Itknows that all its clamor
On this subject is mere party trick. All
his it knows full well. eT5 5s1ot5 s57aiioN
One word more. No party has SO great
IN interest in preserving the purity of
elections, as has the Democratic party.
Great systems of fraudulent voting re-
luire large sums of money to carry them
nto execution. But Democratic Commit
ises never have such sums at their COM
n and. If they obtain sufficient to opublish
Iad disseminate Important documents al d
peeches, and defray the necessary. ex-
'enses Of public meetings, they consider
themselves fortunate, Not SO with our
pponents.9 Their Committees levy con-
ributions on bondhelders, bankers, office
Iolders, and others able to contribute, and
hey count their electioneering funds by
ems and hundreds of thousands. Hence
heir ability to execute gigantic schemes of
voters, bribipg thevenal, and in
arious other ways corrupting the ballot
OK. For the Qemocraticp party to attempt |
ocompete with them in these iniquities,
would be as foolish as it would be wick
d. The Democratic party knows that
ot only its success but the very existence
f tree government depends upon fair and
lonest elections. It knows that corrup-
ion has been the chief cause of the down
al OF nearly every Republic that has ever
xisted. Hence, as if by instinct. it sets its
ace against whatever tends to corrupt the
allot box. Such has been Its uniform
istory in the United States, and when it
eases TO be SO, Tree government in Ameri-
"a will be at an end.
kenegades Calling Themselves
sRaTEs War Democrats eHEoes]
Like the fallen woman, who loves to talk
f the days when she was innocent. men
rho once voted the Democratic ticket
lake loud boast of their having been DEM
orotc IF i, N bopor that IN, ba;r fol |