Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-04-17
HOLE NO. 2,3I6.
INDlAAA ELECTION.
The KDrEas0cratic ceumty rFeasureF
Ciuhbed and Nearly KILLED by a
Radical Rough.
10 INDIANA State sentlne

I The DrAaaocratic County Hreasure
Ciuhbed and Nearly KILLED by a
Radical Rough.
&. To Indiana state Sentinel.
SHELBYvfLE, Ind, April 81 F'o
} several days past che Democrats D
this city have been of the belieftha
the republican leaders of Shelb,
. county were importing negroes in
. TO the city for the purpose Of carry
ing the election here at all hazZafds
/ Al dozen strange negroes We're seer
on the, streets last Sunday, ia com
pany with Republicans here, who
were drilling them for the election
to-day. A number Of negroes were
tibrOugf1t from Seymour at a late
4 hour on Saturday night, and dis
\ ltributed here and in Washington
itownShip, this county. Republi-
teans openly said that they intended
to vote these paupers, regardless oi
public sentiment and over the, wish
es of Democrats, ana threaten to
knife any one who should object to
theirschetne 10 carry the township.
THE boldness Of Republican leaders
! to thus carry the election by intiln-
idation and fraud vas the greatest
outrage OF modern times and stamps
that party. tor all time o.come as
the most conuptihe world has ever
seen. 8aE .an f3H HI 1aiiEslH
Republicans went secretly armed
1 to the polls contemplating murder,
| If necessary to carry out their'de-
tsigns. The Democrats, however, +,
lauf old Shelby, being as true as the
needle 10 the pole, determined that
no negro should vote who was not
known to be a legal voter, and in
solid phaIanx8 they stood to guard
the ballot k0xesn from the hellish
designs of their opponents. About
II O'clock h colored boy not over is
years OF age was marched to the
polls by government officials and
Republican desperadoes, and an at
tempt was made TO vote him, but
the Democrats challenged his vote,
and the entire Republican forces
rallied to the negra's relief The
negro was a mere STRIPPING, and had
never. been seen in the county be-
fore and was total stranger 70 the
negros themselves. Republicans
threatened violence unless the ne
gro was permitted 40 vote, but the
/ Democrats were not TO be bulldozed,
and gave the lawless element led
by Republicans here to plainly un-
derstand that their negro pet was
one of a. gang of Imported cattle,
and should not vote. The negro
finally left the polls, and publicly
said that he did not want TO vote
any yhow, but had been eoaXed to at
tempt the act by Republicans, who
assured him that he would not be
prosecuted, gissu.,or ea ..r .f.t,
In the afternoon another negro
made his appearance at the polls
with large knife drawn, and
threatened to kill any Democrat
who should challenge his vote, and
went about the yard threatening
Democrats with violence, and said
that he came from North Carolina
to vote, and he would be did II he
didn't vote. He was very soon in
tervieWed, aud when III was ascer-
tanned that he had been imported
by the Republicans 10 vote, he was
driven from the grounds BY lniuri-
ated Democrats A Repabllcan
bully by the name of Kennedy was
armed with a large club which he.l
had prepared himself with IN ad-
vance, and slipping up behind Mr..
E. b. Amsden, county treasurer, 1
struck him a heavy blow on the
head, which knocked him down.
Mr.. Anlsden was carried to the
residence, where medical
aid was rendered him, and at this
writing is in critical condition.
The affair was disgraceful, but the
entire blame Is due to the Republi-
cans who attempted to vote North
Carolina negroes, who were not le-
gal voters. a, nice party, indeed,
to talk of the purity of elections.
There was Il deliberate purpose /
on the part of Republicans to get
ap a quarrel, andto have Mr.. ANS
den to engage in it, and then to kill
him before the fight was over.
Those North Carolina negroes who
were brought into Shelby county to
vote the Republican ticket have
been given to understand that they |
cannot thus invade our soil and cast
Illegal votes.