The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-10-22
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The Radical leaders in this city are pre-.
pairing to have cast at the approaching
election . large number Of fraudulent
negro votes. They have procured the
presence in this city, by the same means
employed by the Radicals Of Pennsylvania
and Indiana, of negroes who have here
neither - local habitation nor name" and
it il the intention TO have the votes Of
these men put into the ballot-box on
Tuesday week. Already the names OF
many of these negroes have been regis
tered. Seven who are registered Is voters
at Osceola are also registered here, and
others who have no more right ~ vote in
Cairo than the man in the moon, have pre-
pared themselves to do SO. Several Of them
have already been spotted, and, if they
persist in their determin alton to vote, may
enjoy the pleasure Of few years impris-
onment in the penitentiary.
A. we have said, tho white Radicals Of
tho city are aiding and abetting the
negroes in their preparations to vote
fraudulent ballots in this city. We know
Of instances of white Radicals deliberately
making afiidavits that negroes had been
in the State year upon their statement
that they had been, and without any other
information on which to base their belief
Mr.. Nellis, the Radical judge of the North
Cairo precinct, IN order to get . negroes
name on tho register, held that tho oath
was that the person making the affidavit
verify believed the applicant for registra-
ton or to vote had been in the
state year, and that such belief might be
based upon information obtained from the
applicant himself. For instance negro
who had been in Cairo several months ap-
piled to be registered. He was required to
furnish proof that he had been in the state
. year. His own oath would not do. The
law requires the affidavit Of voter OF his
own precinct. He declared to the judges
that there was no man in the precinct that
could make such oath--that no one in the
precinct had been acquainted with him q
year. But Mr.. Nellis held that if he would
find some negro or white man who believed
him to DO q truthful man and would tell
such person that he had been in the
state year, and such person believed
him, such person could swear that he had
been resident Of the state ~ he, the afR.
davit-maker, verify believed. If this is a
correct construction Of the law, then the
Jaw il farce!
What do the Liberals propose to d,
about this? The man who makes such q
affidavit 10 guilty, in our opinion, of per
jury, and should be arrested and put upo
his trial. 1t is In the power Of the Lib
erals to obtain the necessary infor N alton i
regard to proposed fraudulent votes an
they may prevent them from being d.
posted if they have the courage to do q
The men who make affidavits upon Insult
ficient information, white or black, Rad
icsl or Liberal, should be promptly az
rested, and the person OF
fering to vote who 10 not en-
titled to vote should promptly b.
put into the clutches of the law. TIL
name Of each negro in Cairo and hi
place of residence should be procured be
fore election day, lists should be put int
the hands OF challengers at the polls
every doubtful vote should be challenged
and the lists will, in most instances, fur
nish the basis for an action in the courts
against both Radical perjurers and Rsdi
cal repeaters.
We have suggested the necessary cours.
70 protect the ballot box in Cairo from
corruption Will the Liberal managers
promptly act upon it, or do they propose
!" allow the election to go by default
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