The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-11-19
Communication.
(FoR THE CoNsERvATlvE.)
THE BIG SCARE IN MARION.

uClb Ol lnO OOHctF tdtftti W. piVpOhF
giving IN detail a few Of the incl
dents of tho election IN Marion Up.
OH the Bird day Of November, 1868.
But first let us classify tho voting
population of said township. We
arc composed OF from fiItyefivo to
sixty Democrats, q few Republicans,
including tho negro, and from two
to throc hundred rag tag ard bob I
tail Radical scaluwags, and few !
who Can DO bought BY either party |
for the leg ofa roast turkey or 4
ride on nn an old black mare. Now |
be lt.linGwn that these voters met
m Chesterfield on tho 3rd day of
November, 10 vote for President
ard Vice President Of tho United
States. The polls were opened at
the usual hour, and things went on
very smoothly until about 10 o'cl'k,
when the editor Of tho Conservative
rode into town, alghtcd and walked
into the room. Tho Radical ranks
Immediately became terror stricken
and rushed TO aud fro with tho in.
quirY, "what docs il mcug? ~ Tho
nuws soon spread over town and far
into tho country that II ku klux
| Klan from Tennessee " some other
| place had arrived, and they wrro in
great danger of their lives. But
when il was asccrtained that this
vast army consisted Of but one man
from McConnelsvlllo, their curosi-
ty was almost us great us their fright
/ to know what his business was and
when it became known that he in
tended to exercise the right of chal.
longing few negro votes, the Rad.
ical camp was again thrown into
confusion. Their sympathy for
their coIored friends knew no
| buund5. Ono Trustee wanted to
fight, tho others objected to all
questions; seal a'vags howlcd, shad.
bclllod Qhakers made mouths, while
the negroes wcro much tho best be
havcd part Uflheir crowd, Ono in
dividual, wo noticed, Of the shad-
belly persuasion and soap suus pro-
ftssion. made himself very couspc-
uous at the window. inQuinng for
! the CohSYrdiicC, while Democrats,
Of Marion township, are paying his
honest debts. Every measure was
rcsortcd t., both inside and ont, to
intim.datc or trghtcn Mr.. Kelly
| from his duty, but all to no pur.
pose, The fighting Trustee cooled
down aud gave it up 20 the outsd-
crs, who loudly called for the Con.
Sercdtire. When Mr.. Kelly, TO sat
,sly Their curiosity, deliberately
walked into Tho street, one would
have thought the yuwnng gulf oI
eternal vengeance and destruction
was upon him, ard would hannl
tic bono yard in running wild al
, the appearance OF Kelly who wa'
surrounded by set of drunken
ocalawags that are bclchlng dis
grace to Marshal Browns Pups, ant
such Il bowling mass of corruption
. was never assembled outside th,
Pcnitcutiary. The street was liter
ally PACKED with ofr-scourngs, 0
all grndcs, from black addcrs dowl
to the lowest degree Of RNdicalism
, 1t was Il touching scene IN tho pres
cnco of those who witnessed thi
torriblc catasti ophc, especially tha
VIII ich was to como. Tho Radical
were mourning over sad deere
of fate, as they wcrc about to lose
few negro votes. And such n con
- fusion and noise as was made on tn
outside of tho polls is disgroco
any party. Tho insults and slang
=, woro such as belong to the Quake
clement; such bowling pups Fl
10 the ranks of no other party, an
= naturally belong to Radical out
. rage. When they have about tw
on threo hundred RAIDS against ~
or two Democrats, they think
will do very well to raise mob an
very likely would they were NJ
afraid that thocut Of their jib wouI
j.. look very indifferent, Another in
& dIvidual sought to mako himse
very conspicuous by backing hun
III self and coming to the polls TO vot
wo believe no called himself Leel
which means, we suppose, n leak
tho brain pan, which was not di
covered in time to maze a man
hun but they filed tho vacanC
20 with wool, and he camo ont frs
., class Radical. In tho course Of Il
in day we saw another manly fgur