Year: 1864




WILLIAM CANNON was made Governor did not
excite much attention. We propose to show our
citizens just what is in store for them if the pres
ent Administration is continued in power, in or
der simply to teach them to behave themselves
with genteel self-respect aud to eat the leek
without making more grimaces than are abso-
lutely necessary.


We shall not quote one Democratic witness,
but only Republicans, on oath.


Governor CANNON appeared before a commit
tee of the Legislature. We adduce specimen
of his frankness and truth:


@. Do you know at whose solicitation troops
were brought into the State to be here on the
day of the general election?


A. From facts and reasonable grounds, of
which knew from responsible men in Baltimore
and other hundreds, that the secessionists in Ma
ryland and Democrats in Delaware had threat
ened to take the polls in Baltimore and o.her
hundreds Of Sussex county, and from the TREAT
ening oil with an unaw full weapon at the
little election in Broad Cresk hundred. thar the
Union men should not vote, induced me to write
TO Col Wallace. requesting him. if compatible
with his official duty, to see that there a fair
election in Little Creek, Broad Creek, Dagsbo-
rough and Baltimore hundreds; for feared that
there would be a conflict between the Union
men and those who intended to prevent them
from voting.


@. Will you state who we're the responsible
men in Baltimore and other hundreds, to whom
you allude, and from whom you received the in
formation upon which you actedf


II. Their names not on my mind now.
do not recolect their names. / had satisfactory
Information that Curtis W Jacobs had threatened
to come over from Maryland, and believe he
did come over on the 4th of November. TO deter
the Union men from voting on that day. | was
informed that there were fifteen or twenty who
did come over from Maryland on horseback for
that purpose.


@ When did you receive the information that
Curtis W Jacobs intended to come. and did come
over from Maryland for the purpose of prevent
ing fair eectiou2


A. think was informed about the 18th of
October, and also about Il week before the cleo
tion, of his threatening to come over.


Q. Will you state from whom you received
that information?


A. The citizens OF Baltimore hundred.


Q Can you name any of themi


A. do not like to answer certainly, as might
make mistake.


Q. Do you say that you DO not recollect any
single individual who gave you that iniorma-
tioni


A. Not to name him | am certain was told
by several.


Q. Do you say that you cannot recollect any
single individual that gave you that information,
with sufficient accuracy to name himr


A / cannot remember any with sufficient
accuracy to name him.


Now. how do our readers suppose troops got
into Delaware to influence the eectionf


@ Do you know whether any citizen of this
Stale, being in Washington, did solicit soldiers
,l, ~. k<h h
into this State, and to be present on the day of
the last general election?


A | solicited the Secretary of war to send
troops 10 the places i have named in Sussex
county, to see that there was fair election and
to keep the peace, while was on other business
at Washington.


Q How long was this previous to the day Of
the last general electionf


a. About two or three weeks.


@. Do you know whether any person other
than yourself made the same requestf


A. II is my impression that Mr.. George p.
Fisher made the same request. | do not remem-
Der any other person who made the request.


@ Was George P Fisher a candidate on the
ticket with you for election last fallf


A. He was.


O. Was the instance which you have named
the only time that you or any other person solic.
tied tn Secretary of War to send troops to be





A. | think solicited him once before. Soon
after the inspectors election was Informed o: a
man being injured at Georgetown and at Milford,
and was fearful that there would be trouble
at the general election if there was not police
force.


Q Were the two instances which you have
named, the only times when you or any other
person, far you know. solicited United
States forces to be sent into the State and to be
ba.o fl, A., of ,ha La .r.l al
A. | may have asked the Secretary of War
more than twice - do not now recollect.
@ Do YOU say that you do not know any
person but George p Fisher and Yourself who
ever made the request that troops should be
in this State on the day of the general electionf !
A ! do not now recollect any other person.
@ Did you at any time. or any other person,
so far as you know, ever wriis to the Secretary
of War requesting him to send troops to be here
on the day of the last general election2
A. do not recollect of myself or any other
person writing for that purpose
O. Do you say that you solicited Col. Wallace
10y letter, 20 bring the troops under his command.
or part Of them into this State, TO represent on
the day of the last general election. and that you
twice. and probably more frequently, solicited the
Secretary of War 10 send troops into the State to
be present on the same day, and that Mr.. George
p Fisher made similar request of the Secre-
tary OF War?


A. wrote to Colonel Wallace on Saturday
previous to the election, after | supposed that
the Secretary of War would not send any.
had previously solicited the Secretary of War to
send troops, and supposed they would be here
before that time: but as they failed to come. j
wrote to Wallace to send troops for the four
hundreds have mentioned think Mr.. George
| p Fisher made similar request of the Secre
tary of War.


No. yIat vhatxx tho of tha eoldiera
The Mayor of Wilmington, who voted the
"Union" ticket. being consulted by the Republi-
can managers as to the necessity of troops ai
Wilmington:


A. They wished to consult me on the subject
OF having a military force in Wilmington on the
day of the election in order to keep the poll:
open and free Of access-whether i wished a
force for this purpose. replied that | did no
wish any military force in Wilmington; that
was satisfied in my own mind that with the police
force | could keep better order than could will
a military force, and that | required no military
force to keep order


O. Did the presence of the military at the POLL
in the city of Wilmington conduce to the preser-
vation of good orderf


A. No, sir.


@. Do you not think that your regular polic'
force would have preserved better order than th'
military force didf


A. Yes, sir.
O. Do YOU know Of any instances Of outrag,
or disorder that were produced in that city by tn
presence Of the military on that dayf


A. | cannot answer that question directly. NJ
impression IL, if the military had not been there
there would have been much less difficulty il
preserving order than there was.


Now let us see what kind of order was pre-