The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-11-06
THE COLLECTION IN BALTIMORE.

the election in Baltimore has been prolific
ono Even ,ha Democrats are ashamed of
it' anu many u" hoI Preteho W oe"y 'h"'
gross frauds were committed, while some
co so far as to express their disgust with
tho wbo,a nartv. No words can sufficiently
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eAp'o'' '"o enoi '' vi INV oo
viz A's =,
liiore -i"'er'c"" vi. !" eui'e'u"9 Will s'e
the reader an idea OF how matters were
conducted:
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no" HE hin" iHio Nj iHp
The second day OF November, 1870, Will
long lie remembered as dark ana pioouy
day i'll the history OF Baltimore. justice
vacated her seat, the law was thrown ASIDE,
and for twelve hours ruiiltnlsm ruled the
city, the legal y constituted authoiities
making no resistance. In many OF the
wards police Officers encouraged ana as
sisted the thieves, outhhlers anu uiuiueiels
vol Snch
o,u, n,-n,, ~, o,,r,c,.,
SHAMELESS rhos lioN VT VT
such utter disregard OF the rights OF the
citizen, such absence OF the commonest
impulses OF humanity never were para
IN any clvlllzed land. III the clty hao oeel,
captured by hostile army there would
have been more regard Tor the lives OF our
people than was shown YESTERDAY oy 1nose
oI,;n, =, ha CONSIDERATIONS of the ncace in
order to afford the
has enlisted IN Its service pfetext 1oT
illuminating and assauitihs the coloied
voters who ventured 10 approach the Foils,
it Was given out in advance that the city
was filled with colored "repeaters, who
had been brought here to vote the reform
ticket. Every decent man In baitlhoie
;nvsnted Inv tLe Riny and that if was mt
in circulation on Monday for the purpose
of giving the b!oodthirsty scoundrels, who
had bargained with the Ring managers to
give their candidate for Governor twenty
thousand majority in the city, an excuse
for beginning an
ohshAoGhr oN The ooLohhn rhofhh
on the evening before the election, 50 as to
intimidate them and prevent them from
coming to the polls. In point of fact no
effort had been made even to bring home
such absent colored citizens as were clearly
neglected in the new registration. and
thousands of those who had been enrolled
in former years were wrongfully stricken
from the lists by the
ooNhori iooAs of The hiN"
who acted as Registers. The coiored vote
was at Its mlnlmum; the Retormers had
scarcely taken it into account IN estimating
their strength, and during the whole cam
paign the colored citizens had taken no
active part. Nevertheless the Ring masters
',st ho , ,m,,v fra,r, uo+ino or ' than
would lose the city and the State in spite
of all that they could do in the way of
>.
HEPhATlNG AND BALLOT Bon sToFFlNG'
This work was entrusted to the Ring ruff
fans OF the several wards, and with the
assistance of the police they executed it
thoroughly.
On Monday night every colored man that
was seen on the streets was calied re-
peater, and was assaulted ana brutaliy
beaten. On Tuesday morning the rutfians
tx, ~ Loa,, o,s;e,ad "a ,r;tb ,ba nJd
cry of repeater > knocked down any col
ored voter that dared approach the polls.
These brutal and
n,rpnppons .ssAr1rs WIPE pppr TIP
curing tne whole gay IN some ol ,ne ~alus,
INC poiet el'a .t, isaass eWtiiey r.,,.'.,'e
vi aosie''hS ,ne iosuiIs' ".J
oout y, toioieu nh ~. u nv
inie anu ~ ~ 80 .nH lom LEI,
pistols, clubs and stones, and, as matter
~. 3 %I,n,~~
OF course, they ran away, some OF them
seriously wounded, ana all OF them terrloiy
frightened. In the afternoon the coioreo
people having ceased 10 attempt 10 Vote'
THE RUFF1ASs ORGANIZED INTO GANGS.
,a ,,,,a fror, ,,,,d o. ,,a .,;, 70
;no;+a r;ots ,rS haat;n. 81, Tho vanSoaS
- 49, 'nu o''Ns Oh 'N'
'nI S, .n ., 49,; ~ neas - A., d.; A.,
~. lne IN ~ I;o VI VI. a. a u,
not eApeIn al ILeil e nlIliee On ene oo,oreo
so.e . Gus VI LIZ 49, eno,Is h VIZ
uaiou ~ plI:.sy "srnst VIZ i' t 20
"oie un ., pea I.'".eu ~ Sno III
,ons VI INC nlns "eie Anocheu uG"h anu anu
peaIei, .ne poi.'e onoot. 's'iS ia at .nan
wards of the city the
REFoRMERs ABANDONED THE CONTEST
eor1v in tho d,v and tba ruffians were left
to count the votes and fix the majority to
sun themselves. AT some Oh 'he plec'ncts
they Ietulhea Twice DIS many soteS as were
actualiy eas' loi sn ., eSnuluaes' W. tnes
n'snI nave MAUI 'ne n'Joli:ies n i've lines is
do arg "i'IoeI enoounse s 'n1 ie'iso
op an s.and;n ahamt ~" nous and ~ tbov
eeeu s. Ias %oouO 'iio poh'' "Au 'no'
p "oen'iy WON no7
THE HISTORICAL "PLUG UGLIEs"
naver ryere ou;ltv of more brnt,1 ortr,nes
ar colossal frands than were vast.rdav ner-
netr,tod bv tho rourbs of rho Rinr No
do,ht thars are nen in Tho oitv nIa;r;n1
~ he nentlemen who will exnIf over the
bloody exnloits of these nntamed tigers
but every honorable man will hang his
head in shame at the verv mention Of
"Carroll,s victory The tbrilIino nara.
tive furnished hv onr renorters sbovs how
the victory, was won and the returns
from the several wards contain in them.
selves conclusive evidence of the ballot. no,
stuffing and mcnmnIative conntingn bv
which q nonn,ation of sO) oOO was made tn
cast a vote of 90 600
THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS