The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-23
"BULL-D0ZED."
Why Negroes Vote the Democratic
Ticket.

Ticket.
kedheld to the Cincinnati Commercial.
NEW ORLEANS, November 2l.-Thero
was An interesting scene this morning at
the headquarters of the Northern Demo
crats. A delegation of twelve colored
Democrats from Ouachits Parish were
brought in and gave most interesting
experience This Is one of the bulI-dozs1
parishes. The delegation was above the
average in Intelligence. One after
another arose and gave his exper
fence. They all atfr ned that they
voted the Democratic ticket freely and
voluntarily. One of them was formerly
servant of JEFF. Davis. He said he had
been Repu blicsn for eight years. When
be started IN with that party he had
plenty of money; he stsid until he didn't
have a dollar, and then joined the Dem
ocrats for change. Another of them
said that his body was Republican, but
tire soil be cultivated was Democratic,
aud TO promote harmony he though.
he would be Democratic also.
They all testified that the election was
peacesole at their voting places. One
said it was more quiet than a church
meeting, for there was no shouting. All
testified that more blacks than ever be-
f.re voted the Democratic ticket, the
main reason being that their condition
got no better under the Republicans.
Governor Palmer, of Illinois, cross
questioned them at length, and got some
amusing responses. One said that he
had never been cheated out of his wages
but once, and that was by q Republican.
The interview aud speeches Of the
blacks were taken down on the spot, for
future use. The Northern Republicans
were invited to be present, but not one
of them came, although in the same
house, and not twenty steps away. Each
party here uultivates its own side exclu-
sively.
The amount of testimony being taken
for future use is overwhelming, Politi
clans say that future elections will turn
on the Louisiana case, as well as the pres
ent election.
Governor Palmer tells me that he has
not the least fear of civil war, notwith
STAND ding all the war talk. be says either
party in the North will submit to injus-
tice and be cheated cut of the Presidency
before they will fight. He says war
would last al ie st tULr years, and in that
time there is another election which will
settle matters and avcnge whatever
wrong is done in the present case.
The Experience of the Troops I'm
south Carolina.
Herald.
The officers Of the arrived troops tell
quite an interesting story OF their expert
. zee in South Carolina They say that
.n,lr presence undoubtedly secured q
I...1ceful election, and what ut tirS. seems
Il .ange, called out larger vote tor the
u .mocrsts from among the negroes.
" hile they were warmly welcomed BY
the whites, they prevented any i"timlda-
ton OF the coIored people, which would
have doubtless kept the latter from the
DO |, so generally that the Hh te DsmC-
Gratis would have had everything their
own way. The sy stem of voting is very
loose, aud can be made the means vi
wholesale frauds at the ballot box.
The voter is at liberty to vote
at any precinct within his county. AS u
consequence, any one Opposed TO repeat
his vote can travel about from precinct
to precinct and vote at each and OF
them. There is no registration law, but
the voter may be challenged and sworn.
As experience had already shown that the
colurei voters would d, ci to b pr, cine
where the soldiers We're stationed, AMI IN
such crowns as to preclude The polling OF
all of them durin the eight or ten hours
the election lasleI, the troops were scat
tered rs far as practicable to the several
precincts, company beng usually di'
vided up into squads, winch were dis
trIbuted 10 each precinct. In this way
the colored voters Were divided more
evenly about each county aud larger
number got their votes in.
Ostraci.m of Colored Democrats.