, 1879-03-07
THE pLAQUEM1NE FRAUDS.

TIE IIAHUElllNE AAONO'
4 1setntnlsecnco How the Democrats Cheat
ell Clay tlut Of Louisiana.
Nam fork Yat'on f1nd.l
Webster had Jus. tccn denouncinE In Fanefs'E
fin, "tllo abu,ninnh!c lrau'1s, Tic OUTRAGEOUS,
flasramt trrjurtcs. which arc nososously pernr.
tratel In nil the grcnt cities" "fcnnsylvania,'
lie continued, az, Us they say. she has EIrf''
C,C01 Tor our adycrsarses, las done 80 through
tho bnscst fraud. Is It not sol And look at
New York. In Tic city there wcrc thrown Go,GuU
votes. or one ynto for every i've inlinbltalite.
You know that fairly and honestly t1'erc eau bc
no sel. thing Oh Garth"
They matIagel ll,tac things somewhat better,
however, down In Pln9Ncsnuc, wtlosa swatnps In
1910 contained only l,:;5l whites n,en. Tointn.
and children; n,,,t which l,o'1cd that guar total
vote OF yJJ. TT 1872 ttr Yutc ilal fallen to 2i2;
in 1878 It lasl risen 10 3i0; In fsiat was BROUGHT
up to 1.0t4. I'lle Loeofoco majority was 97a;
Folks majority In the staic at large was 6St.
which Tic Wig Returning Uoartl Of that day
would doubtless hare retlneed below zero ny
lllruwit,.. OUT ,c parisi, altogether, Tor good
niid sufficient rcaCons. ...-...,....
week III i9il, mus: Of tie States satiHE OH ~:
nnl i:t!,. Louisiana tcsau wi'l, ts": earliest.
but, assln. to her snarse settlement, Kept the
country polls opcn ior three iays THIS ct.sto1f,
was not lest On ..Judps, LEONARD. the Losoloeo
Representative nf tlt Parish ut PIa9,tcn'llsc III
| t!,e Louisiana Legislature. llc chartered
etr,plr nf sseaIntuatk nt New urloaus, s1lc Agnes
hrrl the Fla"lcr, unt on board soHle :tD voters,
Inos.ly ls's'' md aernaf'c sung nl whom con';i
supplied with liquor, n1nl fo took them down
,he liver TO the tlircc polling places in tic par
t.h, itlc tir't hciHg Just below his own home.
On t!:s. flHnte: there MES great nctiy!tr during
l the trtt In H1jtr tA4k which
was thcoInpiric whrn tue nrst landing VIVA
reached, Hnt Which pteycd quite arpcsflnons, as
the Sheriff. Charles OUTLET, threw awuY tho
rcsripts when offered him: tIioug's tl,s fav in
pd6ed property qualification. The tick,
cts were ta:en as fnst rs they gould
br sho1cd into thc boz: no questions bring
asked, dn, every folded l,allut being opened
The 1oatmen thu tnsclyra. fron milo. 10 engineer
Mn! calsn-tos, we're made to s.er un nilh vote
fur Polk, .in! whcn this great moral spectacle
tia closed ut one lu'!hli% II Wah rcptate:! ~ ihe
tllc it.cstin,nbIc right Of suffrage from ono 10
three times. Meantime 1T" Whfrs Of >iew Or
leans. getting vim! of tic ulle'!, laa dispatched
boa. to wi!ncss tis proceeding. lllt shs saerii
that nr was expecting voscrs EY t1uat. 1tv this
l.o fncaut that the honest felluwa in qacs. ton
| would not bronk delay, for elsewhere. whun
taken to tn.k ly n WhlE voler:ior hur!nE opened
the polis ai! liolr bcforc tIir advertised tIr, he
declared iii. rcupIc were catnoruis to vo:c, and
he had srattncd tI.cm. With equa! constaerate-
ness, when Il slrangcF VAS challenged 10 be
sworu "a 10 his qualifications, !t'e Sheriff
suechcd tho Bible iron, thu clerks haiil sslri
forbade the administering Ut the uath. Whr'l
tic Clay voter Ind sueccce.'. after .l,c
eea;sst a'y snh. H. HE H. E,a hs way ts9sF 81
what wan regaire'l Of thu nonresident niena
an,. minors le was rtguIarly tworn:, hut MS
bai.ot too waa unfofdcd, AMI. II sometimes re-
ulul ao,naltrlrs 4 I.nso:oco. ballot was substi-
tutci for 1t. One N'nir, who tried III yasu ~
rcach "t!,r table IN which WIS The box Of tln,.
Hcvrctury,n psutlcntiy retired from The cabaret
| and s'Wcnt nut un tt r0al, wliefu the crowds
were l,urrah:tr fur Polk Au.t DAus OIL a!l sides,
anil growing iiIse eue.it.f 1iltrc having seen Il
friend nlenace1, he tried to persuade one Of hls
ncightors not to 20 IN: but Ills adylcc WIS Us
unfortunate, "wltl.out bis hat nlnl wounded,
Ills shirt covered with blood. :. lie told
me that the Sheriff had stsucit lin With tticIs,
.u.tl l,a.l nlclctl severe wound OH The heat,
aud liz showed nl- eeyerc l1rutsc III thu right
shoulder. Thcn anl nil my friends vito wish,
cd tu vote were obliged 10 leave and 70 to o1,I
noe', % tGar Hat IT VIC rema'ue' We should
/ The WlsfG Senator iii Congress, Mr. Barrow
. said In Ills p!are tllnt "he kaew full well ,la
the lntc Presidential election In Louisiana l!ai
! been carried BY the most infamous fra'!ds II.
purifHng tht po'l ot Stair, II would be Inant
. that il minority Of thc people had east t!!sf
euflrages III favor Of Henry CLAY TO Tits s!r
Slidcl {Dcut} replied. In the House, that A]r
!. Barrow was not a irresponsible " pcrson,-:y'
SUPPOSE, III the tfrc-catiig scnsc ri tl,r term
! that ilrro might have been md probably Wer'
. Illegal votes cast for tic Democratic .sckct
! wurnly-cuntes1cl clertiun5, alnl especially !,
| districts wlleru parties wcrc nicely balanvei!
T. lie denied that lhc leadcra OF tho Democrats
party In Louisiana Ind o,leuraccd Or sauetinnrs
ltnI.is u1i.l guyr 1t MS Ills "6p!cmN nNd tlcllbrl
ale conviction that n;nctunths Ut all the clcc
= tion frauds eyer rcrpctratch III ttle State wcr
! ol Whss origin mn! In faynr of WhIs rntn!!
I dntcs.(D Whether hecAuss Vt tilss hraze!, us f.
tllu Louisiana House on motion u
i member from East Fcliciaua {asatust whtcl
Y every Democrat voted hut lwo), Or lecause O
sisxiso, :'is 1aossis ST. sele na"e In. eoMs ds~u
: us ns directly associated With t!lc plaquesntu
e frauds. Certainly tue arlthmctieal appearance
I were opposed to thu correctness Of h!s ue!iht
J, a,us tho sworn n(,ttlnyits malo before the Nc'
!, Orleans Clay Club Committee were stroilgl
i corrolorat!vo OF tlu WhIg charges. ..,, -,
partial remedy for 'hsse syi,s within n y,
= provlnrc Of the Federal uaysrnnicns, wu: IL,
j! 20 ns to present voters going from one stale
another. A bill to this effect was passed by til
10 IIuuse Of Rcprescntatiyess sDee; ~ lsii1 witho.
tMc Trcaideut DO vntetl for directly BY The pct
IS llo or .c Legislatures withnut tiic ntersentlo
Il u Electors. hut the Wings laid stress OH
i tending tho term Of resltcncc,., whic
J. Ind been five ycars under Washing
+ tuu, WIS nlnlc fourteen yeara unde
It Alntns, aud under jefferson hal been reduce
u to iiyu again. Webster Insisted un this IN LAT
!. guago which laid him oprn TO tho rcproact. {
!, Wishing to rarry oycr thu Hhtgs to ths tue
,r Naiyr-Aiaeriean Marty; but air. Greeley, nor
it practical. minded, inquired how extending u
!, term from flso to twenty years would lief
10 matters. states, llo pointrd ont, would adm
f. aliens OH shortcr probation. an1 MIeIitgan ~
it would be- galnell Senator Morgun encountcre
II s!tylIlar stiat: tho ot.,cr ay when lo lcnrne
IT from Mr. Dawes that though Cinnamon eannt
k bccotnu cittxeus Of tho United States they n1
b. naturalzed by Massachusetts,.
10 as we all know, nothing ca1nc VI tllcso REM
III dirs except Us to thu uniformity Of ecelion-da,
ii Tie Slavc Power was abroad. antf the annex
r. aonu flrayn ali other slll,icGts out u mind. T