Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-05-18

ment OF Governor English. has put the
capstone on the column Of infamy erected
in this country BY the Radical Perry
Governor English was reelected BY the
people. That fact was asccrtained in the
manner pointed out by the Constitution.
aud SO declared, but the radical ma
jority in the Legislature went be-
hind the law and the Constitution
trampled upon the elective franchise, re-
pudiated the verdict at the ballot-box, and
proclaimed Jewell Governor. No more
revolutionary. despotic act was ever con-
summated in any country. The coup II
e,dt, by which Napoleon converted the
French Republic into an Empire, and
changed his Presidential gavel to the
sceptre Of an Emperor. was not more rep
rehensible than the mode by which Eng
lish was ousted and Jewell put in his
place. In speaking Of this affair, the
Hartford Times says:
The outrage planned by the Radicals
has bees consummated. The law and
Constitution of the State have been set at
defiance and boldly violated. 1t was re-
solved, as soon as the returns showed, a
month ago. that the result Of the election
was so close. to displacc Governor Eng
lish by an illegal act of che Legislature
and declare Jewell elected. regardless Of
law or Constitution. Various excuses were
brought forward for this proceeding, ahd it
was finally resolved to count in the defeated
candidate on the claim that one hundred
fraudulent votes had been placed in the
ballot box in one of the wards of New Ha-
ven for Governor English and one hun
drcd of JEWELS votes taken out. The
contents of the box were found to conform
to the legal returns; but change was to
be made by violently forcing the result
desired. At FIRST it was resolved to throw
on. the whole vote Of the ward-but find
ing this would elect Kendrick (Democrat)
to Congress, the plan was changed. and
subscription paper started to elect jew
ell on. Names were put down In some
cases BY proxy, on hercsny. and others.
(party runners) testified that they believed
such or such persons ..yoted Republican. !"
and must have voted for Jewell! The
whole proceeding was illegal, aud the
names were in many cases made to cover
a gross fraud and imposition as now ap-
pears. Some fifty or sixty Of the bogus
lot are already spotted" The fraud is
n gross one. On the strength Of it 100
of Governor English's votes were taken
out Of the box. and 100 more, that were
not in, were counted in! And this stu
pendous violation of law is carried out By
the Connecticut Legislature! The vote
was strict party one in the House, 124
to l01. The Democratic Senators enter
cd protest against this violation Of the
law and the Constitution. The Repub-
lican majority refused to permit that pro-
test to be entered upon the record! One
Senator-Mr. Woodward. of the Twelfth
dis.rict-felt compelled BY his conscience
to oppose such a course. and voted with
the Democratic Senators to have the pro-
test entered on the records. His vote
did not avail The outrage is consum-
mated-the laws of the State overriddcn
by party caucus decree. and Governor
English is displaced by an illegal Lcgis-
lative act. The people will not forget the
deed.
As to the manner BY which the outrage
was accomplished. and the persons en-
ployed in the dirty work. the New Haven
Eeyis,er discourses as follows.
The Smelling Committee" appoint
ed BY the Legislature to figure out the de-
feat Of Governor English. have completed
their work to at beast their own satisfac-
ton. The history of the State furnishes
no precedent for such an act and there
is no warrant in the Constitution for it.
The power of the Legislature to 60 back
Of the returns Of Town Officers, and re-
open ballot-boaes. has been 50 thoroughly
denied. that it is unnecessary to discuss it
anew but there are some peculiar features
in this case that should be noted. for fu.
ture reference. From the start, this has
been \ one sided affair. Democratic men,
bers could not serve on the Committee, as
they did not believe in the legality of the
proceeding-and IN take part in il. would
be 10 counienanec the scheme. Besides.
it was evident that the majority were in-
tent on forcing the issue. When. there
fore. they found tina, the Fourth Ward
box did not contain rs many votes as were
returned BY the Republican Moderated
that instead Of ..too many for English"
there vere too few for jewell and the
laugh vas upon them-a new device was
iaauguratcd-the procurement Of more
signatures from persons in the Ward. than
there were roses for Jewell in the box
To effect this. all the machinery Of the
Post Office and Custom House was put in
motion, aud the 4th Ward vas searched
as with \ fne tocsh-comb," from Saturday
moraiug. through Sunday. mp to Monday
night-and when voters could be got %
appear in person. and say they voted the
Repaxican ticket. it vas done when they
eoald not. John w. lane Of the Custom
House. N. ID. Sperry. of tie Post-O kes.
or others. affirmed that such and snch cleo
tors did, 10 their knowledge. east Jewell
ballots. Nov les rs look q the figures q
moment. The recount Of the Fourth
Ward Box, (by the Committee. } showed
oaly four hundred and seveaty-uine votes
fog Jewell--snd his friends elaimed there
caght to be one hundred mcre-and that