St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-08-25
The Truth About Alabama Election.

The Democracy of Alabama have
rolled THEN majority upwards of TO-
900. As they know that this Will he re
gardcd with general suspicion they have
taken pains To send ont word that
large numbers of negroes voted the
! Democrat ticket" This is denied in
the most earnest terms 10y the Repuhli-
can press of the State. and thus far not
| the slightest evidence has been given
i'll lis support In the meantime many
/ facts are leaking ont H. Ia the true
/ character of the election in different
parts of the State. which show that the
same old Confederate tactics are kept
up. even with som" modern improve
mcmtS. Take. for instance. the follow
/ ing account 10y the lIaNncville Examiner
of the way the election WAS not car
ned out. but dispensed WiH in strong
Republican district of L"wndr> County ::
"'rhc true and good men of Collcrinr.
not wishing to he servants of the Radi-
cal party 10y sitting down all day, just
To receive the votes 300 81 100 negroes
were anxious To east against the peace
! and welfare of the State. wisely con
| cludrd last Msnday that if the Radical
negroes wanted to have an election.
they might hold il themselves and if
they didn't have sense enough To hold
il they didn't have sense enough to
vote at all. and therefore the county
would he all the better for it. This
was Il Just aud sensible conclusions. for
nothing can hc more foolish and ridicu-
| lOuS than for men To aid this VillainouS
party to carry ont its schemes of plum
der 10y acting is their agents To gather
in the votes OF Il blinded and pre- JUDGED
people. And no man who has care
/ fully thought over the matter would he
guilty of such Il crime against God and
his family if he could help himself.
! Therefore, the patriots of Catherine are
hereby thanked for the splendid manner
in which they struck ut carpet -hagger
and negro rule in this State"
One such case as this unbluShinglv
told and boasted of 10y Democratic
organ in Alabama speaks volumes us to
the utter inSensibility to tight and the
determined untairneSS of the party in
that State. Nor does it stand alone.
A Republican writes that in his dis
trict the ballot boxes were locked by
the Democratic official having them in
charge. and he had rowdy associates
enough to sustain him throughout in
this high-handed act. In another dis
trict none but Democrats were allowed
tn he witnesses of the counting of the
votes, ~ thing says the reporter of
the incident, ''heretofore unknown in
elections in this State" In another
place, a reliable Republican writes that
the colOrcd voters We're compelled to
register in such IL way that IL large ma
jolity of them lost their votes, while
the Democrats registered and voted
oven one hundred men that were not
present.
Similar instances have come to the
knowledge of the Republican State
Committee in such numbers that they
have resolved to make Il thorough in
NeStIgatlon into the matter-a move
ment which Il leading Democratic organ
calls Ian invitation to prejudice and
mendacity." We trust, however, that
1t will be resolutely prosecuted. No
intelligent man in the country believes
that the forty-two or forty three thou
SAND Democratic majority which is
claimed i'll Alabama is an honest result.
III Is due to the cause of justice and
truth, 1t is due to the good name of
Alabama itself, that the real facts with
regard to the last election should he
brought out and we hope that the
leading Republicans of the State, in
spite of all the derision and intimida-
non they may encounter, will see that
The full truth is made knOwn.-B Boston
Journal.
I. y. Davenport is soon to commence
,he publication of Il paper at Brattle-
boro, to he call the "Windham County |
Reformer.n