Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-27
The Election Frauds Expo.-.~

We copy from the st. Louis CHA. a..
very full and fairly stat.S us
tome Of the testimony recently elicit. ~
the matter Of the Louisiana election fr..19
perpetratcd last fall. As starting :. ~
are, thus made under ths
emnity Of the oaths Of the several afB,sss
there is scarcely statement made certs:s
ly aot material fact, that has not IN ~.
known to US and scores, nay, hundred y
men OF both parties ever since the elect;.uo
We have, on every fitting occasion. ss.nsss
the readers of the Repu6iican that ~ 49,
sionists made an attempt to ovcrcoiss 81
twenty thousand Republican maio,;s,' !:
this State by the introduction of pt.sX;;u
which could not be sustained by -.
men. Yet what we said was creditss. n
the score OF party zeal, and the old a.
the Fusion papers that "the pcoples iS
elected the opposition ticket drownsiS
time the utterances Of truth. VIII n
completely or privity of Colonel McEpss
Mr.. Penn, James Graham, and thu 90
candidates on the Fusion ticket in this M.
ter, we have nothing to do. It doea -
make any difference to us, as the roprea~.
tative OF the Republican party ofthis Slss.
whether the parties who would immsdi.ss'
ly profit by these frauds had any knoVleSs.
of them at any time, either before a. NJ.
the election, or not. 1t has been our endss-
vOr to protect our own party from inn;
ton by such means, without inouir;r~ =
to who were the really guilty parties' ~.
Fusion candidates are responsible MAJ :
their confiding friends, not to us, for 49,
conduct. we are responsible to our us,s,
for ours. 1t has been our endeavor to ~
tect it from all foes, open and iisidIos.
and to sound the alarm on the first approae2,
of danger. But no attempt has been nj.
to call Fusion offenders to account, H..
it has not come within our province q 4,
quire into the acts of individuals. IT..
is q suggestion, however, that has freouspt.
ly occurred to us in this connection, VIA
may or may not be of value: If the Fuso
were ignorant of the efforts H.
were put forth by their friends to secun
their election, then they were the wouth,
formed men in the city.
Since these afidavits have been nh
however, two of the Fusion organs haw
come ont promptly and disclaimed for ca
onel John McEnery, and, 90 far AZ weem
judge, for all the leading Fusion candidstn
. total ignorance of the whole system \
These disclaimers possess no h,
terest for us, being made probably without
further than they show disp>
sition, now that the whole thing has bea
brought to light, to join hands with th
in repudiating the whole bus
iness. We have always protected agaiux
having our opponents take any advantsp
from their own wrong. And now that +
wrong has been proved by their own agenk
we expect they will cease to insist upon&
election of Colonel McEnery. If fairnm
is to be insisted upon, on both sides, shy
can not be permitted to plead the wrong
full acts committed in their interest q their
title to the Offices for which they wers csu-
didates. As tire Herald very magnanimous-
ly remarks that not q candidate on the fu-
sion ticket would design to accept IN once
to which he had not been fairly elected, W
may hope that its assurance will be cosro-
bOrated by the clients in whose names Il
speaks and that we shall hear no moro 4
the Louisiana question. For the TESTING
ny shows beyond all doubt that the honoE1-
BILE gentlemen referred to were not elected
but failed by several thousand votes An
rs their sense of propriety would have -
ehcAh tVPhu'otC tnc WAouSS COumitOS3
in their interest at the time4
their commission, we may presume ~
they viii refuse to any longer cousid<s
entitled to the offices fur which
they ran, and which they have been pur.
suing before Congress ever since. Il viii
not detract from their credit perhaps tol let
the fact be known that these offers are it,
revocably beyond their reach, and that A.
ter the expose which has been made no
party can be found in Congress Or out Of Il
to espouse their cause. For there h COZ :
tain cclat that attaches to every effort h
promote justice and right, whether The
sacrifice their interests.o or nol.
Some explanation may be demanded 4
Governor McEnery by bis friends in th5
matter, with which we have nothing to 4, .
1t Is sufficient for out purpose that IT,
truth has come out at last, that the exis
tence of organized frauds has been estsb-
lished, without pursuing the guilty parties.
Let those who have been so long deceived,
if there are any in this position, cal their
agents to account, and if they are found
guilty, punish them or not, at their disorc-
tion. All we claim is freedom from distur-
bance in the enjoyment of our political VIZ
tory at the polls. This point We shall CO..
tinue to insist upon.-(N. o. Republiosa