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The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04

electors. The total popular vote
cast numbered 5,716,788, of which
the Grant electors received 3,O13,ISS
and the Seymour electors 2,703,60O
"a majority for Grant of 306,5S8.
In that election "a States voted, Mis-
sissippi, Texas and Virgin ia not hav-
ing been reconstructed. There was
no popular vote in Florida, the elect
ors having been chosen by the Legis-
lature. At the Presidential election
this year probably 100000 persons
will vote, the number being increased
by the restoration of Texas, Missis-
sippi and Virginia; by the enfranch-
isement of the colored race; by the
general amnesty to ex-Confederates;
and also by the increase of popula-
ton. All these ballots will be cast
in the single day, November 5th.
In making any calculations as to
the result of the contest in 1872, it
is important to know how each State
at its latest election, the year of the
election, the chief office voted for,
and the electoral vote, the figures
being taken from the Tribune Al
manac, excepting those of this years
elections. Where more than two
candidates were voted for, pluralities
are given:
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04

dependence! For be it known we
have never yet given up this idea!
that the North and South cannot
permanently and peacedbIy iUe to-
getker IN the same household! While
this is true, it is equally trus-hav-
ing been demonstrated-that we can
not, unaided, achieve our own indie
pendence. Should Europe, howev-
or, engage in universal war, Euro
pean possessions in America must
become involved; and through these
complications the United States
must inevitably be drawn into the
contest. Then 1t a01I- be seen and
bnolcn that the South a0ill join for
tunes aojth any European pOaOer that
eOiH guarantee as freedom from the
thrGldom of the North"
There is little specimen of the
spirit in which the Southern men
stately in rebellion" comply with the
demands of the loyal people Of the
country. "Works meet for repent
auce," Mr.. Greeley where are they?
And when they shall make another
demand for separate existence, Gree
ley says: "If the people of the
South say they want disunion, l will
consent to it, Do you want him
for President?
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04
eermans ana Irizbmenl

Remember that Charles Foster was the man
who caused the arrest and imprisonment of SO
many Of your countrymen at Cleveland Ohio
four years sgo, because they voted against the
notorious BILL GIBSON. 1t was Charles
Foster who sent forth the pensioned pimps of
our government to terrorize over the Foreign
ers of this District It was Charles Foster
who had Judge Dickinson arrested and drag
ged like criminal from the couch of his sick
wife. Let every honest man remember those
cowardly acts and spurn the coward who in
stigated them Messenger.
The above is one of the most
barefaced lies the Messenger has
yet uttered against Mr.. Foster, who
had nothing to do with the arrest of
the fraudulent voters which the
Messenger now apologies for and
for whom it seeks to gain sympathy.
Those men had committed a crime
against the law, had fraudulently
sought 10 override the wishes of the
people, and if they suffered arrest
for their crimes, they invited the
penalty, and should be thankful
they were not prosecuted to the
laws extent. By and by we pre-
sumo Van will declare no fraudulent
votes were polled, and that no fraud
ulent papers were ever issued from
Judge Dickinson's Office. We have
one of those on file, however, as testi-
mony. But just for a moment look
at the vote of the Second and Third
Wards of our city that year and com
pare it with the vote since, and it
can easily be seen "ghere the milk
in the cocoanut'' came from. We
give the vote for Secretary ofState,
as showing more directly the num-
Der of fraudulent votes polled:
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04
The Presidential Election:

The Presidential election this
year is to be held on the Tuesday
after the first Monday in November,
the 9th day of the month. On that
day in every State excepting Flori-
da the males over twenty, one years
of age will cast their ballots in their
respective States for an electoral
ticket. In Florida the Legislature
chooses the electors as they former
ly did in South Carolina. Each
State is entitled at the Presidential
election to a number of electors equal
to the whole number of its Senators
and Representatives in Congressman
for this year the electoral college is
based upon the representation in
Congress under the census of 1870,
according to the apportionment bills
passed at the last session. Thus,
Pennsylvania being entitled in the
Forty-third Congress, which meets
March 4th next, to two Senators and
twenty-seven Representatives, will
have tWenty-nine electors and the
whole number of electors for all the
States is 366. This is an increase
of 40 over the number of electors at
the Presidential election of 1868,
which was 317.
The following shows how the cleo
tors are apportioned among the
States for the Presidential election
of 1872:
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04
Wilmer

He RANTETH.-Recently we had
occasion to remark that our con-
temporary of the Courier, Justice of
the Peace, Clerk Of the Township,
candidate for Probate Judge, and
everything else available, had just
discovered that we were living in
1872. Now we had no notion of
treading on corns, or touching sore
places, but the tender nature of our
dear nephew took affront, and he let
loose his indignation after the fol-
lowing fashion:
"The JournoI intimates that the Courier
has just made the discovery that we are living
in 1872 and no longer in 1862. The Journal
is mistaken. Not US, but some crazy fanatic
of the same ilk with the Journal it is who
would outlaw every one that differs with them
in their views of religion, politics or ethics.
Fools like the one we exposed in last weeks
Courier, imagine that we are still living in the
time when the life and property of the stran-
ger aOhonr an 'SsfaUora6le toind had stranded
upon their irlhOSpitibIe shore, was deprived of
all claim to protection, and are exalting their
Christian philanthrophY and advanced civil
ization If they allow the unfortunate wight
to remain in their midst, but concede him no
rights which they are bound to respect. So
long as there are people of this kind will it be
proper to remind them from time to time that
we are living in 1872"
The excessive tenderness of our
esteemed nephew surprised us, until
we came to think that he had espec-
ial cause for not wishing to be re
minded of 1861, (not '62 as he puts
it, He put his foot in it that year,
and received a reminder which will
last him his life time. Possibly he
did think that it was an "unfaVor-
able wind which had stranded"
him upon "their inhospitable Shore"
when his reasonable utterances, and
his willingness to surrender to the
Southern Confederacy, awoke the
righteous indignation of not only the
American citizens here, but the mas
ses of his own countrymen, and they
demanded the suppression of his sin
cendiary sheet" If the wind which
brought him here was an "unfavor-
able" one, and he regards these
shores as "inhospitable," would it
not be well for him to betake him
self to the domiRions of Kaiser
William on the first opportunity.
Or is it "inhospltable" because it
does not bestow upon him all the
offices within its gift or create him a
Kaiser Frederick, as he assumes to
be over his countrymen, when he
demands they shall do as he bids
them.
1t is well enough to remind such
a man Of his delinquences, and as
sure him that the people still recol-
lect the bonfire which his Courier
made on Front street, in 1851, be-
cause OF its infammable character.
1t may be convenient for him to for
get, but it is matter of record that
four days after the firing upon Fort
Sumpter, when the patriotism of the
people manifested itself in ardent de-
vOtiOn to these "inhospitable Shores"
Wilmer sought to restain the mani
festation by publishing an article
like this:
"The Republican party stands arraigned be-
fore the judgement seat of history with the an
Inhalation of the best government upon the
face Of the earth, and the hope Of the oppyesS,
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04

GRANTS corruption organ of this
place tries to prove in tape-worm-
like article of more than column
that Wilmer should not be elected
Probate. Judge. Winners answer is
all the shorter "Shoo fly, don't bed
der me!"-COWrier.
Elegant, is it not, this efusion of
the learned and erudite Wilmer?
He makes no denial that he is the
saloon candidate, and that he is vir-
tually pledged not to enforce the law
against them if elected. He even, by
his silence, admits all that is charged
and that he will disregard the law
and be a law unto himself. The
candidate for a judgeship, of all
others, should be pledged to admin
ister the law as he finds it upon the
statute book; but here is one pledged
in advance, according to his own
reasoning, to disregard the law and
the testimony. Can you vote fol
him2
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04

The result in this Ward shows the
fraud most forcibly. In 1869 the
Republican vote remained the same
and the Democratic vote fell short
40, and the vote in that Ward has
not since been as large even as 1869.
Here a fraud of 1O6 votes shown in
the two Wards of the city under
Democratic control, and for those
fraudulent votes Van apologies
and demands sympathy. We do
not believe that Judge Dickinson
will appreciate his efforts to drag
him into publicity again in this mat
ter, but when the editorial blockhead
of the Messenger sets him up as a
subject for sympathy in that trans
action, in order to belle an opposi-
ton candidate, he must not expect
to escape unscathed.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04

Hon. FREDERICK HAsAURACK, edi
tor of the Cincinnati VolksbIatt, the
most influential and largest circulat-
ed German Republican paper in
Ohio, came out for Greeley in a
strong speech at Avondale, Hamil-
ton county, last week.-ETchdnge.
HAsAURACK offered to "come OUT
for Grant, for $4,000, but could not
get taken, and SO came out for Gree
ley. The Cincinnati Gazette makes
this charge direct and offers to stand
libel suit upon it, but Hasaurack
only blackguards back, and does not
even make denial of the charge that
he sold out to Greeley. "Honest
Horace" should go on talking about
buying votes.
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oreeley's Partnership with Tweed.


The Utica Herald thus reviews
the facts concerning Greeley's tobac-
co speculation:
In a speech recently made, Judge
Hoadley referred to Greeley's tobac-
co partnership with Tweed. The
Cincinnati Enquirer pronounces this
lie out of whole cloth. On this
the New York Times had the matter
Investigated. Fortunately it had
only to refer to the court proceedings
on the motion to have a receiver ap-
pointed for the company, when the
following facts appeared, as summed
up by the Times:
at is shown that Greeley went in
to the tobacco manufacturing bust
ness with Tweed and Sands; that he
pretended to subscribe for $4,000
of that stock, while in fact he was
only q decoy; that he acted as trus-
tee Of the company; that subse-
quently Tweed and he separately, if
not in concert, backed Yeaton in a
scheme to wind up or black mail the
company through the scoundrelly
instrumentalities of the Ring At
torney General, Judge Cardozo,
Gratz Nathan, w. o. Bartlett and
others; that Greeley persevered in
this after Yeaton's character was ex-
posed to him, and the natural effect
of the proceeding on the company
was shown, insisting that they must
settle with Yeaton or they would
have trouble, and that settling with
Yeaton meant buying Greeley's
stock, and that it was only happy
accident and the strength of the re-
form movement that prevented that
trouble from being fatal to the com
pany."
In this not only is Judge Hoadley
vindicated and the popular impress
sion confirmed, but the real character
of the coalition candidate for the
Presidency is made to appear. What
sort of a President would such q
man make?
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The Elections in Georgia and Della
ware.

The Elections in Georgia and Della
Elections were held in Delaware
for local offices on Tuesday last, and
complete returns show a Democratic
majority of only 80. Two years ago
they had a majority of 1884. The
tidal wave was not set in motion,
yet Van and Wilmer rejoice that
they have even a peg left to hang to.
In Georgia, the Democracy have
succeeded in carrying the election
held IN the I'd, if the fist reports
are not like those sent from North
Carolina. But we presume they
have carried the State. They carried
it two years ago by 1886, and it has
always been conceded to them. Let
'em laugh. Delaware will slip from
their grasp in November. That lit
tie 50 Will be converted before tie
Presidential election, and we shall
transfer that feather, small as it is,
to our cap. All hail Delaware.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04

The elections in Maine and Yer
mont having recently taken place,
and the official returns being not yet
made up, the maiorities given are
those reported in the latest intelli-
gence from those Statet. In West
Virginia the official returns of the
recent election have not been re.
ceived. The reported returns show
the figures for Governor to be very
close, both sides claiming the victo-
ry. The candidates were John j.
Jacob, Independent Democrat, sup
ported by the Republicans, and John
son N. Camden, Democrat. We
therefore give the majority at the
election for Governor in 1870.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04

The desperation of the Messenger
over Sloane's chances in this dis
trict is narrowing. Not line of ar
gument upon principle, but mass
of abuse of Mr.. Foster, whom its
readers know to be just the reverse
of what he is represented. Van is
trying his dirtiest to earn his share
of Sloane's $25,OOO set aside to carry
the district, but it will not win.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04
sloane's Free Ride.

Sloane was applied to last week by
the Republicans of Clyde, for trans
portation on his road on Thursday
of this week, when they expected to
have their meeting, but could
not get it for the reason, as assigned
that their cars were engaged for
that day. Sloane has since adver-
tised a free ride on that day, to San
dusky, and so neglects the interests
of the stockholders of his road to
further his own ends. Happy
Sloane with "My Road" at his com
mand.
In response to Sloane's refusal,
Mr.. Lennon, wrote again as fol-
lows:
SEPTEMBER 25, 1872.
H. NJ. BRoN soN-Dear SIR
Yours of the oath is received. In
view of the fact that your road can
run free trains for Judge
Sloane's election at any time,
and can carry passengers to Dem
ocratic meetings at much less
than hdJJdre at any time, and
can issue vast numbers of pas
ses to Sloane men, am astonished
tnat you can't sell half-fare tickets
for a Republican meeting. l did
not ask you to send extra cars or
trains. Your trains are not usually
much crowded. Many trains pass
here with less than twenty passen.
gers. Our meeting VIII not suffer;
horses and wagons are not yet all
controlled by the candidate for Con
gress. j. M. LENNON.
To this letter the ticket agent re-
piled that he would issue directions
to agents to sell tickets at halffare,
but they must take their chances for
accommodation on the regular
trains. The whole thing was an eff
fort on the part of Sloane to prevent
attendance at the meeting, as it is
well known the road has kept a
special train for excursion parties to
the Islands, which might have been
called into requisition for the occa-
sion, if there had been any disposi-
ton to accommodate.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04

The talented editor of the Ere
mont Journal makes himself merry
over an Irishman who registered his
name at the Cooper House in an un-
readable hand, and takes occasion
to speak of "hyerogliphics." Aunt
Balsley should know that one should
not throw stones who is himself liv-
ing in glass house.-COurier.
With Wilmer doubtless the wish
was farther to the thought. Our
'hyerogliphics" are what ails Will
mer. No doubt he would be glad if
ther could not be read. But they
can, and they stick to him. Hyero-
gliphic Wilmer!
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04
Get Ont the Vote.

The Importance of getting out the
vote, is a matter frequently over
looked, every voter who goes to the
polls imagining his neighbor to be
as deeply interested in the result as
himself, and that of course he will
be there. AS rule that is so. But
in every community there are some
who are dillatory and slow, but who,
if they come to the election, will vote
right. These require looking after,
and means should be provided for
sending after them in good season.
Give little time to your country.
Vote early. and then see if your
neighbor has voted. If he has not,
go for him and see that he is there.
Do not leave a vote unpolled on
Tuesday next, and you will be GER
tain that you have contributed to
grand victory.
Remember also that the elections
on Tuesday next virtually determine
the Presidential election which fol-
lows, and that the eyes of the nation
are directed toward you to see what
q raoCTd Ohio mill ,,,oT,o T - Al
memory of Vermont and Maine in
spire you with ardor, and resolve
that the glorious example they have
set shall not be lost, but that it shall
be intensified and expanded by the
decision of our own noble State.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04

Aunt Balsley is offended because
he was not invited to the oyster
supper at the National Saloon, on
Friday evening last. Foster should
let himself be heard-Courisr.
Not at all. We are not for sale,
We do no propose to dispose of our
principles on any conditions, much
lers to transfer ourselves to such a
man as Sloane for a mess of lager
and oysters. 'Foster" will '1et him
self he heard from on Tuesday next,
and then what a futtering there will
be among the wounded birds. Bro
ther Wilmer will imagine he is civ
ing in 1861"
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The case of the Ku-Klux law fur
nishes another illustration of Gree
ley's present honesty and the Dem
ocracy's consistency. OF its enact
ment Mr.. Garfield in a recent speech
says:
1--WE found that the men were be-
ing robbed, assassinated and murder
ed all through the South because
they were black. A law was framed
in Congress to protect these people.
1t was severe and stringent. 1 con
sidered that in some respects it went
too far, that it even conflicted with
the letter of the Constitution.
told its supporters that in that form
1 could not vote for it, even if it sep
arated me from my party. To my
great relief twenty or twenty-five
other Republicans agreed with me,
and we prevented its passage as or
iginally drafted. We met IN coun-
Gil, the desired changes and moditi-
cations we're made, and the bill then
passed by the vote of every Republi-
can in Congress. Immediately there
appeared trenchant editorials in the
New York Tribune, declaring that
tie laaO aUas too loeak, and it should
be enforced. with the utmost rigor.
Yet, to-day, the editor of that paper
is holding up his hands and beseech-
ing us not to be so fierce and ugly
towards the South"
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04


IT is bad omen for the Grant
Worshippers that their costly ban
ner with Grant and Wilson's por-
trait on it has twice fallen from its
lofty hight into the mud. Grant and
Foster will literally fare the same
Way.-CoUrter.
Don't clay that fattering JUNCTION
to your SOUL" neighbOr Wilmer. We
intend to eight it out on that line il
it takes all summer" and the result
will be a glorious victory for the bat
tie SCARED warrior, as well as for
Charley Foster.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04

AS compared with the electoral
vote of 1868, the Western and South
ern States gain 80 electors, the Mid
die States s, California l, and Mas
sachusetts l, making the total in
crease of 49. In the Middle States,
Pennsylvania gains 3, New Jersey 2,
New York 2, and Maryland 1. Nearly
every Western and Southern State
gains one or more electors.
In 1868 General Grant received
the votes of 214 electors, and Horatio
Seymour received the votes Of so
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04

Look ont for the Sloane colonists.
Remember that he has over a hund-
red men colonized along the line OF
'My road" See that they are chal-
lenged, and not allowed to poll an il
legal vote.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04

THIS is the @ay they vote in New
York. On a train between Auburn
and Rochester, on the 9th, vote
was taken which resulted as follows:
Grant 1S4, Greeley 80, neutral Is.
Bad for sHonest Horace"
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Decrease,

This shows just how many fraud
ulent votes were polled in that Ward,
which was under Democratic con =
troll 1t shows also a change in fa-
vor of Republicans the next year,
but an actual falling off of 81 from
the voters of that Ward, and the
vote of the Ward has not been as
large since, the total vote in 1870 be-
ing 385, and in 1871 395. Either
that Ward has suffered an immense
depopulation or the frauds were per
petrated:
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04

FOSTER has done his duty to every
part of the District, and Sandusky
county has especial reason to remem-
Der his attention to her interests.
Vote for Foster.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04

The Journal should procure a bet
ter translator.-CoUrjer.
Our translator is good enough to
make Winners meaning plain. We
do not care to obscure his ideas.
He will be obscure enough after Oct.
8th-about as obscure as he was,
for a time, after the 18th Of April,
1861.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04
THE Canvass i'm Indiana is

The Canvass in Indiana is pro
crossing favorably. The greatest
enthusiasm prevails among the Re
publieans, and the Sth of October
will herald a glorious Republican
Victory. So also Of Pennsylvania.
At no time since the campaign com
menced have things looked more
prosperous. The 8th of October
will prove Waterloo for Greeley.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04

BEWARE of the Democratic rOor-
backs. They will resort to all man
ner of stories on the eve of the cleo
ton.
The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-10-04

SLOANE is sensitive upon the point
of having refused to pass Soldiers
Orphans over his road, and of aid
ing in any way the project to estab-
ish a Soldiers Orphans Home,
But here is an item from the Seneca
advertiser of Oct. 10Th, 1871, which
proves his capacity for such work
beyond question;
"All the Railroads in the country
are passing the Chicago sufferers
free to their friends, with the excep-
ton of the one through this place,
which charges regular rates. A lady
who arrived in this place, and whose
house and furniture was destroyed
In Chicago, received a free pass to
Clyde and paid 10 cents, the regular
rate 70 Tifin. This is what may be