The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-10-31
Outrageous DespotisEl in New


corrupt Administration are Joined i'll
a conspiracy against the integrity of
the ballot box and are endeaVoring 10
carry the elections either by fraudsor
force tits in the city of New York
that their principal efforts are. now Be
ing directed. They are working there
under color of that sham eful sand nm
constitutional statute, designed TO -se-
cure to the Grant Administration the
entire control of our State cleo
tions, usually known by the name
of the Congressional Election
Law. This law aauthoriZesSth ap-
pointmentlof a horde Of ELECTION
Supervisors" as they are called, by
the United States authorities, who are
in part to usurp the functions of the
regular Election Inspectors. A legion
of United States Marshals are also
to be appointed, under. pretense lof
preserving peace at the polls-all, fof
course, from the 0fant party, Now,
we ask the reader to obseTyesin what
manuer it is sought to execute this ras-
cally law. and to note the outrageous
tyranny that is being practfced under
it. There have been number of cases
designed to intimidate the voters and
teach them that we have an Imperial.
government at Washington, and the
latest among them is thefollowing =
One Charles Hussy, a liquor dealer,
had registered his name as a voter. On
Wednesday morning John Heenan,
one of the especial Deputy Marshals,p
appointed in the interest of Grant, to
do his bidding at the election, entered
Mr.. Hussy's store, aud there, i'll his
place of busidess, put several iInperti-
nent questions to him in reference to
his right to vote. Mr.. Hussy, of
course, was annoyed, and, knowing,
that mans right to vote is to. be set
tied, and. only to be settled, at the
place where he offers to register
or to vote, he not unnaturally
ordered him out of the store. Upon
this the Assistant Deputy Marshal
procured a warrant from United
States Commissioner by the name of
Davenport, WI o seems to have been
selectedtedo the dirty and villainous
work for the Custom house Ring, who
ordered the arrest of. Mr.. Hussy upon.
the pretense that he had resisted this
great Mr.. Heenau in the discharge of
his, duty as an electionIofficer.a When
| dragged into the presence of His Sc
rene Highness, the Commissioner Mr.
Hussy of course took the ground that
he was under NJ -obligotion to answer
questions concerning his right to vote
except at the place where his vote was
given, and then his answers would be
given to the legal authorities. Com
mon sense would teach everybody
! that an election officer has no right to
accost persons on the street, follow
! them to their storeS-to Stheir own
| houses, and even to their own bed
rooms-Which latter one of these Off
GERS did in the case of prominent
German few days sinee-for the pur
pose of holding dialogues about their
i eligibility as voters. The only1pfoper
| way to serve such intruders is to order
/ them out of the house, and if ytheysdo
not go, kick,them eoatS if, in 3the
melee the offieerswere killed, any hon
es. Judge would instruct the jury
that, under the law, it was justifa bic
homicide. Mr.. Davenport, who had
learned his knowledge of law while
he, was aid-de-campl to General Butler
in his celebrated campaign against the
| ladies and the silver spoons of New
Orleans, admitted Mr.. Hussynt to bail
in the sum of five hundred dollars for
| his monstrous offense of ofderiRgna q
disagreeable man outof his store, and
at some future timelhe wi Il appearin
| court to answer to it.Iii5i iss1glH 5tii
The higher authorities at Washing
ton know that all such conduct lis gH-
tirely illegal and.op p.;essige, sbutl still
they sanction their ,IniniDnsaif it. MAY
more, we are threatened with still
more advanced steps iiu.tlespotism.-
The New York Herald, i'll noticing
this, scandaIous outrage upon, AmePi
can citizens, iDtormet the latter that
| theY,were under Ilo obljgationi to an
! sWer electi al questions away from the
polls, and advises them to refuses Mr.
| Hussy alluded to the EDITORIAL sanG
said he had been governed in lhis9oon-
duct by it, and a Grant politician pres
ent said that it might iIbe necossaryRto
arrest James Gordon Bennett, jun3if the
proprietor of the Herald, for writing
such an article Thus, not only the
| freedom of the .domicile3 is, strucklat,
bur the liberty of tie press is. threat
ened by those who draw theirinspiras
ton. from the. would-be despotT at
/ Washington. We should 0notibei sur
prised to; hear that the, thieves at
/ Washington, had daid violent hands
1 upon the New York Herdld.aTribuIae:
/ World, and other Journals. of the peo-
i ple,.o3...as7a4.fi 9HI baaiG2 I .9sUof.
We have. spoken of this Davenport
as doing the .rascallNa work. Of the
GRANTEES. 1t is proven by the fact
that from his judicial office he has a
tele9raphic wire connecting with the
| Grant Headquarters at Filth avenue,
from whom he, takes, all n, his aihstruc-
tions,, and they act under promptings
from Washington. j Is, mot this "a de-
lightfnI state of thingsfin the interest
! of justice? Itis understood that this
/ very compliant officer-this imitator,
on small scale, of Judge Jeffries44
will sign warrants in eblank,a which
will be scattered over the city on elee1
tion day like the leaves of Vallambrosa
to be picked up at the different election
precincts, as the Grant interests. maN
seem to require, by their horde ofras-
Gals who act as ,challengers, deputy
imarshals, etc. The game in. New
Y ork is to terrify, or render voting SO.
difficult that thirty or, forty Thousand
1spersons entitled to the elective franz
/ chise will not vote. This Mr.. DsVenr
/ port does not hesitate, tof assure his
political friends that hewill .beable to.
SO manage business as 10 freduce the
vote of New York City tloE El20. .000.oIt.
was 5000 four Wears a9o.isnT This is,
just about The vote which Philadelo
phia cast, which has ,259000, less peo1
pie, and has full ,50,000 less votes than
the metropolis oushtilo give. In that
way he absolutely expects to give
Grant a majority in the city,f where
| he is in q minority of $4,000. Bat,wel
have no doubt he is counting without
his host. The, Demo and Liberal
Republicans Of New York. aye not
exactly in the helpless sdeenditionggin;
which they were tonPa DIM RlitiadaltI
phla,,I-4hi'aq"tfsf. a. n rs iino T9iIo edl 2niTa
~ Morton, the rotten Chandler the
bloat; Cameron, theu plunderer, are
Grants pets. Vote 4fof. Greeley bnH !