, 1876-11-25
DEMOCRATIC FRAUDS,

SOME OLD RAsCALlTIE3-u9Lw "REMINISCENCES.
PHILADELPHIA fff4g. Nae ~.
Frauds In elections layo l,cen tho staple stock
in truie Of tho modern Democracy. Horace
Grccley branded san,uelJ. Ti1den us party to
thu great frnnd It, the City Of New York whfrl,
catna nrar clccttEg Horatlo Seymour in 1sbS,
and now tho figures show, by comparison he
tween lS14-'75 md 1871, that at least Hye
Southern Gtatcs haye hccn carried for Tlllcn
by trrror md false returns, viz. Georgia, Mis-
ss!sstppI,> Alalm'na. Virginia, aud Arkansas.
!lowt Now Look ~ the cp,nh!n:t Influences Of
furcc anil tlaud III Kas.Bas III 1o5J, 81, and '5S,
companion pictures rs they arc Of tho out
raEe0us system at tic 1atu elections IN tho
souti. We Elvu few specimens, a.lling TINT
It ts from this fountain Of fnIamy most Of Our
presunt evils have lown:
On Oct. u, 1851, bogus election VIA held Tor a
De!egato to Congress, MeEabess Of Territorial
Legislature, and IN thu question Of calling Con-
st4te tneA refused to sotc. Many insru.Iyu sotcs
werc thrown Ut Leavcnwufth and Other tuwiis near
sht Missouri. or tho 4,::7J vutes cast TOT Whit.
moro than Tho whole population pt TINT ptuce. On
nc aasas.4!sSna W. 4Sa II GouysHt!os tho vote was bo
1n Oct. II an ym'grant tlain Of so,ur 500 Froe.
ststs sstl!oE*, led " CoI. EldEsdgc and ;cu rou.
Nehtasks, wss arrcsted ny lhu Iraxo1ns, by or,ler
Of Coy. Geasy, who wsa stlll labUslnY unfler f,ls
talueinatlan ii..t Lane va marciins ino tho Tur:
FltaFy at tle htAu Of aErelt army. The arrested
cmtGrlut1 wusc very hatshy trelted. Tobbed pf
part Of !hetf arms md othrf property. md were
Z xs ' Gov
On Oct. u, NraNI Jury. packed ny ''Slerin"
Jonas and conaatlng ent!fe!y ol pro. slavery nsen
crimes against laoEs than hundred Of ths .Plee:
Ststv pr!1oners These .p.laonufs woru tried, and
sas gst pat9 r. Tsd1sy q 'ss';
Hickory Point nrlaDntrB Mete ConfILt,.l pt man.
slaughter. and were sentenced to dse yours 1T hard
lanpF ~ win hull md ehans.
Kahsas u thu tsstnninX OF that terrible hfttos{.
In lB5S, In .gItI Il! al tho eorts OF uoy Walkor,
" tstSd iS NIT,
which cAuis o1 on the 18th of Inne, and At which
onl} about 2, o00 yotss wsrs lhr0Wl, A. tho mt
the old officers chnspu t.y vuence the preceding
rallied In fo.cp ind tslt tlcSst by decided
compton At the begtAuing u septenhtf; hut. sfles
9tKnuizns hnd appointing few committees. At'
Sa'ned o.sr until sttsr tas Territorial elselon
election. which, notwithstanding ths anfAtSness Of
~ appott'onment md the restriction tho tigtt
triumph fps lhs Fise.etats men. They throw
a5out I. 6o1 yutes tv alapt .. 1uu thruwn by tua
9!hsr party. escttns F4etoLt ther candidate lUr
C9unc,ln,cn, And twenty seven out OF the thirty.
niue Representatives.. An ntteMrt WAS tndrud
msds to s7tst a. eoap!ssioa q !hs Lessl.tats by
Precinct ~ Joha.op County. THIS rsiarn wiz .
manu.espt f9il my feet loqy, continuing the
ford Freclnet,-a place cuntaiully eleven houses.
4 aunt'su W t!au'fcrE'ns Iron, tue ftee-stat IL
ias pso, riasssy sae. sElss Lounelli.en and eight
cnct fusmsd pnF It would have changed tho par
Character q the Legislature, though sill leaving
| : deetded u,sjcrsty Of the popular vuss
Tho Couft9tlon that framed the Leeunptpn Co0.