The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-10-12
HOW THE INDIANA DEMOCRATS
IMPORTED VOTES.

IMPORTED VOTES.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
Horace Scott, Superintendent of the Jefier-
snnviIlc Railroad, makes oath that the tickets
over the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago
Railroad for the forty-four negroes from
Louisville to Indianapolis, were paid for by .
Democrat. This is direct testimony from
man whose word is believed by those who
know him. This exposure has driven the
Democratic conspirators to an attempt to
break its force. What they call evidence is
of the queerest sort. hey have Thomas
Hanlon, of New Albany, and Thomas Sparks,
of Jacksonville, make oath that they havs
called upon G. E. Haskins, the passenger
agent who sold the tickets to the negroes, and
that he made . statement that he did NOS
know the person who bought the tickets.
This is all they pretended to produce bv way
OF evidence bearing on the matter. They
then plunge into elimination, and assert that
full investigation shows that the tickets
were bought "by hired scoundrel IN the en-
ploy of the Grant and Morton party" Why
not name him. II they knew of such person
they would. Not naming him shows that
they are merely asserting Q lie.
Let US look at the features Of this affair.
Forty-four negroes were taken from Louis
Vile in a body by railroad. Their tickets
we're bought by one person. This was in the
midst Of heated election canvass, in which
the accusation of importing negro voters had
long been banded about in Indiana. They
were taken by circuitous route to Mitchell,
place where Democracy Of malignant type
rules; were detained there several hours; ten
to Seymour, whose venomous type Of De-
mocracy is well known, where also they were
detained several hours, and after all this os-
tentatious parade through ultra Democratic
regions and over roads managed by Demo-
Gratis, they were dumped at indianapolis into
the hands Of Democrats, who forthwith
played their part Of the play by having soIe
of the negroes arrested for intention to vote
illegally.
No one will suppose that if Republicans de-
signed to import negroes to vote they would
be such fools as to maks this ostentatious
parade of them through the Democratic re-
gions OF Indiana Without doubt, these ne
groes were deceived by a scoundrel, who pre-
tended to hire them to 80 to Indiana to vote
the Republican ticket, for the purpose Of K
hibiting them, in order to give color to kue
and cry against tho Republicans. 1t was a
cruel az eli as scouudrelly piece OF work.
But it was not merely to prejudice the Re-
publicans that this job was undertaken. Ia
Kentucky is a hoide of rascally Democratic
whites ready to be hired in Indiana for d
small consideration. And along the border
in Indiana are counties in the control of 4
party which is ready 10 receive these votes
Tie Democratic leaders in Indiana have APP
pealed to Kentucky for help, and formidable
conspiracy has been organized to carry wha
they regard as the pivotal State.
This trick Of an ostentatious importatio,
of forty-four negroes in body, to be exhibi
te around in Democratic districts, was
trick to blind the eyes of the public to tn
gigantic fraud by which they expect to carr
Indiana by Kentucky white trash. 1t wa
also in pursuance Of the persistent. purpos
to create the rule that color shall be regardc,
as proof Of an illegal voter, and the colore
voters shall be driven from tbs polls in Obi
and Ind lana as they were in Georgia. Tn
detection OF the recently imported negroes i
70 easy that this as a means for carryin
elections in Ohio and Indiana is impractica
BILE. Their color everywhere distinguish
them. But there are no means of stopping
the voting of white Kentuckians 10 the coun
ties wiIvre Democracy rules. This is tn
great danger to which our institutions ar
now exposed. For there can be no Iespee
for Government when it comes in by swind
ling the people.