Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-09-25
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Under the above heading the Column
bus Journal of the 18th inst. says:
The Republicans of Madison county
should look out for and make list of the
s. legal voters imported into that county
this week, just in time to become g citi-
zens'' of the county and vote at the Oc-
tOber election. Out of all question the
greater number of these men are frauds,
who never intend to become bona yide resi-
dents and citizens of the county. We
call the attention of our Madison county
friends to the law in the case. 1t is a
felony to bring or send man from one
county to another for the purpose of vot-
ing at any election-a felony on the part
of those who bring or send them, as well
as ON the part of the imported voters
themselves. A competent attorney should
be employed and the facts carefully aScer-
tanned. If there is any good reason to
believe that these men have been brought
in for the purpose of voting, and that be-
lief is supported by sufficient proof to
make prinad .fdcie case, then both the inn
porters and the imported may be arrested
at once and bound over. You need not
wait until the crime has been consum-
mated. At any rate, let lists of the car
pet-baggers be made out, and make every
rascal of them swear in their votes, If
they dare to do so. At the polls they
will be compelled to disclose their last
places of residence, and state whether
they are married or unmarried. Inquiry
can be made subsequently and the truth
ascertained. Then if any of them vote
Illegally both they and the men who i'm
ported them, or harbored them, may be
made to answer i'll a criminal prosecu-
tiOn. These remarks apply to all other
counties as well as Madison, and we adj
wise and urge Republicans everywhere,
and especially in the close counties and
districts, to pursue the course indicated
above.
The precautionary measures recon-
mended by the journal for Madison county
apply to Fayette county as well. The
Democracy of the State have determined
| to carry the elections this fall if they can
do so by smuggling in voters under some
petty pretense of furnishing work for
them. Men who have no design of be-
coming citizens, but whose stay in the
county is only temporary, will unques-
tionably be brought into the county and
present themselves at the polls with a
| ballot in their hands, demanding the right
to vote. We caution our friends in all
parts of the county to be on their guard
and watch for just this kind of frauds
upon the ballot-boxes. And here let us
suggest to each member of the Republic
can Central Committee in each of the
townships that list of all the newcomers
in their districts be made, noting the
time they come into the county and school
district; who they claim to be working
for, and from what county they came
into ours.
Knowing they cannot succeed in Fay
cite county by the vote of their own
legal voters in the county, fraud and
base Misrepresentation will be resOrted
to by the unscrupulous ones of the party
in order to carry the election. As they
are determined to carry the elections Oi
the State for members of the Legislature
and obtain majority in that body for the
purpose of re-electing Mr.. Thurman, ol
some one equally Objectionable to loya
Republicans, they have already com
menced circulating reports that this and
that prominent Republican is going tC
vote for the Democratic candidate fol
Representative. This is done with the
hope of discOuraging some Republicans
as to the election of the Republican can:
didate foc Representative. Now, friends
when you hear any such reports, insis
upon knowing who these prominent anC
influential Republicans are, and wher
you have thoroughly investigated the
matter you will find that it is mer,
strategem of the party who attempt tt
give currency to the report. We havt
heard OF such cases, and, on inYestiga
ton, have found they were totally Voit
of truth. OF course, every man has {
right to vote as he pleases, but those whC
would deceive him in order to secure hi
vote for any purpose are guilty of a Grim
inality for which they should be made t.
suffer the severe penalties of the law
Again we repeat our caution to our Re
publican friends. Be on your guard anC
see that fair play is had, and our who'll
ticket will be triumphantly elected. Th
election is one of more Importance to tn
State, and to the nation also, than an
one that has taken place for a number G
years, as the result of the election 70
members of the Legislature in Ohio ma
determine the political complexion of tn
next administration. The election of
majority of Democrats to the State Legi;
lature would secure the election of MI
Thurman to the United States Senate an
give prestige to the Democracy tha
would have an influence thro ughOut til
Union adverse to Republican success.
d requires no great amount of sagacity t
: foresee the effect that Democratic SUI
cess in Ohio this fall would have on tn
Presidential contest throughout the whol
country. Therefore let us all stan
firmly by our principles, and let us vol
IF for them, no odds what our personal like
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= placed upon our ticket for candidates.
the men are men of capacity. reliable an
always of sound political and moral prIl
ciples and practices, let us support the!
principles by voting the straight Repul
lican ticket.
Republican friends, you are PERSONAL
acquainted with some of our candidate
Are they equal to the standard v
we have referred to? If so-and we b
lieve you will not object to the standar
>. nor deny that the candidates are equ
to it-give them your solid votes withol
scratch on your ballots. You wi
hardly claim that your political primo
g pies will be better represented by mt
who have always stood and acted in O
position to the great principles of Il
Republican party, which you, as Repu
licans, believe best calculated to preser
es' the liberties and the true interests of TIL
: the best of countries in the universe.
--SS4--
The Ohio State Journal fires off tn
: red-hot paragraph at Senator Thurma
The Senator knows perfectly well tn
he is inferentially uttering ga falseho
of enormous siZe''-a lie which won
shame the devel-when he says that t
main issue of this campaign is involved
the law of February, 1865, 'aathorizing
asse of the GTnay Of the United States to K,
peace at the pools.'' There is no such L.
. in existence passed, February, 1865, or
any other time, and Senator Thurm
E knows that there is no such law, a
: that no one puts such construction up
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