New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-01
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLI0Ar, FRIDAY.
Democratic FrauAs-ssns Ugly Reais'

Demecratio Frauds-Sene Ugly Re0ia-
isceDees.
Frauds In elections have been the staple
stock in trade of the modern Democracy.
Horace Greeley branded samuel j. Tilden
| - Q party to the great fraud In the
| city of New York, which came near elect
ing Horatio Seymour in 1868, and now the
| figures show. BY comparison between 1874.
| States have been carried for Tilden by
| terror and false returns, viz: Georgia, Mic
sissippi, Alabama, Virginia and Arkansas.
How? Now look 1t the combined influences
| of force and fraud in Kansas in 1856, 1857
and 1858, companion pictures a. they are of
ths outrageous system at the late elections
in the South. We give . few specimens,
adding that it is from this fountain Of in
fanny most of our present evils have flown:
o. October 6, 1856, bogus election was
held for delegate to Congress, members
of Territorisl Legislature and on the ques-
| ton of calling q convention to form State
constitution. The free State men refused
| to vote. Many intrusive votes were thrown
| at Leavenworth and other towns nearest
Missouri. Of the 4276 votes cast tor Whit
field as delegate 1458 were cast at Laaven-
worth, more than the population OF that
place. On the question Of q. convention
The vote was 2592 for and ASA against. OF
| the former number 1913 were cast at Leav-
enworth.
On October IL an emigrant train of some
| SEQ Free State settlers, led by Colonel E.
dre6ge and General POmeroy, having en-
tered the Territory by way of Nebraska,
| was arrested by the dragons by order OF
Governor Geary, who was still labOriog
under the Naturalization that Lane was
| marching into the Territory ct the head of
u great army. The arrested emigrants
were very harshly treated, robbed OF part
OF their arms and other property, and were
marched prisoners to LecOmpton, where
the Governor found himself Obliged to re-
lease them.
Or October Is, a grand jury, packed by
Sheriff Jones, and consisting entirely OF
prO-slavery men, found bills Of indictment
for murder and other high crimes against
more than 100 of the Free State prisoners.
These prisoners were tried, and the larger
part, Immediately on their scquittal, We're
arrested ON new charges. Twenty-one of
the Hickory Point prisoners were convicted
OF granddaughter and were sentenced to five
years at hard labor with ball and chains.
This was one scene OF the Infamous
drama in Kansas in the beginning of that
terrible history.
In 1858, in spite Of all the eff.rts Of Gov
ernOr Walker, the Free-State men adhered
to their resolution OF taking no part in the
bogus constitutional election, which came
off on the fifteenth of June, and at which
only about 1000 votes were thrown. At the
municipal election At Leavenw0rth, few
days later-the old officers chosen by vio-
lence the preceding autumn having resign.
ed-the Free-Stste voters rallied in force
aud elected their ticke; by q decided ma
jority. The constitutional convention met
ut Lecompton at the beginning of Ssptem.
Der; but, after organizing and appointing a
few committees, adjourned over until after
the Territorial election. Both parties now
devoted their energies to that election,
which, notw outstanding the unfa:rness of
the spportionment and the restriction Of
the right of voting to those regis.
tered, resulted in decided triumph
for the FreeState men. They threw
the other party, electing Parrot, their can
didate for Territorial delegate. nine out of
thirteen councilmen, and twenty-seven out
of the thirty-nine kepresen tatives. An at
tempt was indeed made to alter the CON-
plexion of the Legislature by means Of
false return cent in from the Oxford pre-
cinct IN johnson county. This return was
manuscript roll fifty feet long, containing
the names OF 1924 persons as having voted
in the Oxford prepinct-s place containing
eleven houses. If admitted, by transferring
from the free State to the pro-slavery side,
three c0uncilmen and eight Representatives
for the district of which this precinct formed
q part. it would have changed the party
character CT the Legislature, though still
leaving the free State men the Delegate in
Congress-, and q decided majority Of the
popular vote.
The convention that framed the Lecorap-
ton constitution declined, in spite of the
pledges of the majority of the members, to
submit their hsndiwOrk to the people.
They allowed only vote on the insertion
or rejection of the clauses by which slave
was declared to be higher than |
any constitutional sanction, and establish. |
ing the holding Of elaves as Q part of the |
law Of Kansas. The vote
upon the adoptiOr or rejection of this |
clause was fixed for the twenty-first of De- |
against slavery without at the same time |
voting for the constitution, the free State |
men abstained from the polls and the |
slavery clause was adopted by q vote Of |
SLAB for, to 500 against it. More than half |
the affirmative votes we're returned from /
counties along the Missouri border not hav-
ing in all more than thousand votes.
At the election of the fourth of January |
q maj ority OF 10 226 votes we're cast against |
the Lecompt0n constitution. The result of |
the Lecompton State election long remained |
IN doubt. 1t was understood that little
over 5000 votes IA large part of the Free.
State men not voting) had been given for
Goth sets of candidates for State officers,
out, according to Calhoun's figuring, the
)rO-slaveIy men were chosen. 1t was also |
understood that the Free-State men, of
whom large part had voted for members
# the Legislature, had o decided majority
a both branches of that body; out all de-
pended upon the returns from Leavenworth
county, the returns for some districts Of
which had been talsifed on their way to
Calhoun, and, as he kept the whole body of
eturns in his pocket, and refused to certify
o anybOdy's election till Congress had
irst acted on the question by admission,
understood that if Kansas was
Omitted Calhoun would cook up the re-
urns SO as to produce q prO-slavery State |
government and Legislature.
These passages need no comment. The
eneration that controls the South to-day is
he legitimate successor of the merci!ess |
lave power that aimed to crush the life of |
be free young commonwealth in the West.
here is the same defiance of law, the same
espOtic suppression of the popular will.
he Confederate Outrages of the campaign
'hich has just closed have given fresh
mphasis to the Lecompton enormities of
wenty years sgo.-Phii0delphi Press.
How They Do 1t In New York.
Says the New York Mail:
There is a noise in the newspapers about
ty, who hold and get pay for three times
many so.called inquests as they are just
entill I'D to. They are charged with
10rQin0 for iDOueete uDOn num0rOue caess |