iPEDrIUAYi;OCYI:2Ai - _ * mie BniDlt in '. iimoMter oountyJißvo reaaon to be.prond oflihe *Sto#dwhiok they i CS& tAo^nd'i^^Mn' dred and Sixteen votes, onljrtwb : hun- , dred and fifty-four , at theStete Elwtibn i veiy exciting oanvaiw wliioh preceded i the Presidential Election. Snehayote ] in so quiet a campaign, is ,*n evidence 1 of the unswerving devotionoLihe.De. mocracy of Lancaster county to the great political principles which . they have espoused.' Borne down year after year by an overwhelming I Radical ma jority, and without the stimulus that the hope of office supplies* they march to the polls at evezy recurring election, with the steadiness of veteran soldiery Now and then some selfish and unprin cipled fellow deserts from the pranks, but his comrades onily despise, the. trai tor and stand more firm; No defection can affect the rank and file, of the Be mocracy in this county. Tfieyare the truest, the bravest and the purat band of Democrats in Pennsylvania, Weare proud of them, and gloxy In their in domitable pluck, their* stern‘ Integrity, their steadfast devotion to: principle, and their unfailing energy. Had other parts of the State done as weir as 'Lan? ’ caster county, we should have elected Asa Packer by an overwhelming ma jority, have carried theLegUlature, asd have put an end to Radical rule in Pennsylvania. The proud conscious-, ness of duty well discharged, is ours, and that consoles us in the midst of a defeat which might easily have been averted, , if the Democracy of other counties had come up to “the work ae the gallant minority of Lancaster did. The Besuit in the City. The defeat oftheDemocraticparty In Lancaster city, and the election of a Radical Mayor is theresuitof.mistaken and foolish action on the part of a few dissatisfied Democrats in the different Wards. They chose to cast aside the obligation which all who participate in a fairly conducted primary election ought always to regard, and declined to sup port regularly settled candidates. Such a course of conduct was necessarily suici dal,and the men who were engaged in it have the satisfaction of knowing that they gratified their selfish and vindio tive feelings at the expense of great principles. We know many of them will bitterly regret their action, but that will not remedy the mißchief which has been been The defeat of Mayor Sanderson is a matter to be re gretted lu more senses of the word than one. It might easily have been pre vented, but the die is cast. Democrats themselves have give th,e entire control of the Government to the Radicals.— That they will regret it we have no doubt. The Democracy of Western Pennsylvania. The Democracy of Western Pennsyl vania have covered themselves with glory. They came to the last Dem ocratic State Convention presenting with marked unanimity the [name of an able and distinguished man as their candidate for Governor. It was universally admitted that the West was entitled to name the candidate, if local claims were to be regarded. The de votlon of Western Pennsylvania to Gen. Geo. W. Cass was of no ordinary character, and his maoy ardent friends were sadly disappointed at his defeat. It was feared that there might be a lack of energy in the West, under the cir cumstances; but those who argued thus dolefully did not know the character and spirit of the Democracy of that flection. TakiDg their cue from the manly and patriotic speech made by General Cass after the result of the second ballot in the Convention was announced, they proved that the candidate named by a majority of the delegates was their candidate, and showed by the splendid gains they everywhere made that they work ed for the success of the principles of* the party, and not merely for the .election of any man or any set qf men. Under the lead of James H. Hopkins Esq., one of the most prominent sup porters of General Ckss, the|gallant Democracy of Western Pennsylvania went into the recent contest with an energy and a determination which se cured a wonderful reduction of the usual Republican vote of that pectloii. Had those sections which promised to do such great things in case of Asa Pack er’s nomination done half as well as Western Pennsylvania, Geary would liaye been beaten by twenty thousand majority, and this great State rescued from the disgrace of being ruled over by the miserable sham and hnmbug who now fills the gubernatorial chair. Thieves and Uobbers. Radicalism is the same everywhere. No matter whether the election of a United States Senator is involved, or the consummation of some contract for plundering the people, the main ques tion is, how much can I moke out of it. The City Government forced upon the City of Washington through the ras cality of a Radical Congress, is a most complete embodiment of the Radical idea of Government. The Mayor la charged with stealing the funds of the city, and efforts to indict him.are being mode, while the City Attorney has been .detected in taking a bribe of $lOO to aid a contractor in robbing the city. Charges and .counter charges are made against membershpf the Council, and the evidence seems undoubted that a more consummate lot of thieves and robbers never obtained official positions than those making jip the cltyj govern ment of theCapltal of the Nation. The Alleged Frauds In Virginia. After the Virginia elections the Rad cals made grave charges of fraud, and claimed that they had been beaten by unfair means. Gen. Canby has exam ined the matter, and though sympathiz ing thoroughly with the parties making the allegations, he is forced to admit thatfheelection was perfectly fair. His report .shows that the charges were per fectly unfounded. This is an evidence off he honesty and high character those who are doing battle against the Radicals throughout fee Country.— Cheating at elections has been reduced to a system by the opponents of the Democratic party, and the Republicans Tffc.o should be ashamed to be heard tittering such sentiments speak of dis covered and Infamous rascality as agood joke. Such men must have become terribly debauohed in. sentiment, and their morality must be of a very queß* tionable character’lnde^d. Uemocmtlc Victory In Colombia.. - The Democracy of Columbia' have good reason to be proud of their victory, and the Herald comes to jus with its eagle screaming lustily over the reaulU For the first timejn thirteen years they carried tlie town,' glvTngTPaoEer ahandt some majority, and reaping a, substan tial victory In the municipal election. All honor to them say wo. They-hav' a right to rejoice oner theln triumph. Eadicaijbm 1* but another name for at eleetiohsaud plundering the people out of their hard earn hi : Whereyer the queetlou f» tented these, ue the sure results. The city govern ■ blent forced upon the people of Wash- Ingtou lB ifalr illustration of the prlns clpta . The Mayor la charged, With, ■ stealing the ftmlis of the city, and ef ■' forte to ihdiot him are being made,'whlle the City Attorney-haa been detected; In taklDg tt brlbe of prie , hundred dollaja |,«id acontatotorln fobbing;the.dty. ’> c v'<rv. ! flieral Co»a*o:<tf The Jiemodrata are not ionJy the popnlhrvDlfclnw^^lW^oe^ anyrepresentagve tumJudgea. ffle with lte pine single judge from this chyle a Radical. .When the returns of the late: election for Gov ernor and Supreme Judge come to be counted it, was found thattherewaebut a single Democrat present In the Board of Beturh JUdgec-i l<jf ll was not likely that he could detect all irregularl ties.and •• disoovßrnßveiy r -:dieere¥iiuey‘ that might eJdSt'ln • the from more than sixtyeleetipn-dlstrlcts, even if the most perfect Jacl|l{les©r so dolhg had been afforded to hfiji,, were. | however,-: some »tWUB handed iiu so manifestly lmi>crfeotyiaHldn iashape-so sn^ieieußry^VidlSfl^e' | glance,. ?-; 1 sujmbwMA The returns from WestHempfield township werepresented ‘without;hav ing tl?e pfffiqer attaaijbd. Jj'tie atfc&tiphpEitto Bpjwd,:*<w gUft»»wjf-py; W onlyDeinofcratic Judge present, and a motion made by J film thatit-be not (Sainted,hfo one;sesradedlffisr bat a .KadlcatJudge. moving that.-tfiijf vote of the'district be conn ted,: the President of tbe Board promptly pat the ' motion ahd; pronpnnced;lt ; carried. ; Tlijs ‘ a and outrages).violation 1 of !tbe letter and spirit’ of the ' lhw, : of Which both thb President' of- the Board”'an'd - 'the' niembers ( thereof / were' made ~ fully; awaro by haying jt rea4 to them,' law is most explicit,; and .no paper pre-; tending to fee an election-return ;can; be fegally counted, unless it;is regularly, signed by 'the election officers! turn from West Hempfieid :township> Was decidedly suspicious inltsflgnreei Geary was returned as hayibg eleven; more .votes-than Judge WiUiamfej : .4“ft that too when it: is well known-that: quite a number of Republlcaflk-voted against Geary who voted for Williams.' There are a number of Republican tav ern keepers in thistowueliip whom, the very Judge who presented thisre turn declared had 'all voted for : Packer. We do not charge that the President of he Board, ora majority of themembers thereof had any idea that a fraud, was attempted in the return of this town ship, but we do insist that the return could not he legally .counted in thp Bhape in which it was presented, and’ that it was so unlawfully counted with the full knowledge and assent of the President and the majority of the Board. When East Earl township was.called Uo Judge from the district was present, but after some delay, another unsigned paper was fished out of theProthonpta ry’a office, and the annonncementmade that the Judge had gone'to Pittsburg. Again the single Democratic Return Judge objected, andagain was h.e'siun-; marily overruled, and over two hundred, votes illegally added to Geary’s major ity- ; ’ : ' The Radical majority of the Election. Board had no excuse for gross violations of law. They had the power to adjourn over until properly feigned returns could be received from tlie/dis triots objected to, and' it was their bounden duty either to throw out. the. imperfect papers presented or to adjourn over until they could be What confidence can any citizen have! in the honesty of men who thus boldly violate plain 4atv? Is it net sure that suspicions, must attach to election . turnsthuß made UP?" We havewritten without pasaion in regard to this mat ter. A plain presentation of the facta is all that is necessary to convince every intelligent citizen that a gross outrage was deliberately perpetrated. Hero, as in Philadelphia, the Return Judges de liberately violated the law, andwemay well ask of What value is our/suffrage if it can be thus trifled with and defied by those who are appointed to record it. Federal Interference In State Elections. One of the evils of our day is the active interference of the Federal Gov* eminent in State,,Elections; j It fs .a humiliating.spectacle, to augurs' badly for^tho L -future p£ .:oiir country. If : the American people were properly alive to what right and d,uty demand of our rulers they would, with' out respect to party, condemn the active interference of the President iu any State election, and would administer a deserved rebuke to any Cabinet Officer who might abondon the true sphere of his duties to write letters or make stump speeches in favor of any candi date for a State office. We haveseen this done most exten sively since Grant came into office. The members of his cabinet interfered ac tively in behalf of Wells in Virginia, Stokes in Tennessee and Geary in Pennsylvania; and now they are writ ing, aud using all the power at their command in favor of certain candidates in Texas and Mississippi. This is all wrong. We say so, unactuated by pas sion or prejudice, but from a sincere conviction of the truth of what we utter; aud we believe a majority of the best men of the Republican party will agree with us that there ought to be an end of it. The fault ließ not in choslng Stokes instead of Senter, or Geary in stead of Packer, but in makipg any stick choice, when the weight of high official authority is to be cast into the scale, and the President of a great people, with bis cabinet at his back, is to plead at the ihuatings, threaten iu the ear of every national office holder, and pledges bis patronage in advance of a State election. It is an abuse of power, which, if con tinued, must inevitably lead to disas trous-results. Governing by Jerks. Sometimes-Geui Grant is a mere piece of wax in the bands of his Cabinet.'and sometimes hajrness; nay, snaps itj anil-breaks the gearing. The ap pointment of his new Secretary of War,: Belknap, is undoubtedly his own work. knows , him. JiTobody ever 'Tieard of him oui of the army, and iji the army, not maDy, if any. Butßorie was as well known, and Robesou only a little fetter, in which there was not so much matter, as Admiral Porter '.‘runs” both. .This governing by jerks, however, is ticklish business for gov ernment is very inrich like other trades —a something, in which a man mußt know something, to ,do any thing well. Government, too, is. a co-partnership, save in despostlsms,-and sometbingeven of a copartnership there,—in which experienced practiced men must be con sulted, if-a couutry is to bo governed well. General Grant, however, we see, is becoming sopiethingof i' politician. He diddled the,Pennsylvanians .pntil after tbe election, with., an. understanding that tbe great head'of the Union League In Philadelphia; the rbmantic and rhap spjdic Borie, was to go in to; the Cabinet, find he staid athame.pendlng the elec tions in { Pennsylvania and Ohio; but* 'the moment ‘these' elections were over he hunts ifp, a'Belknap in lowa, and goes off to smoke and have a good time at the Maryland Fair.—She General is , learning the triekS'Of the trade. ;.. f '■ . a Senatorfeained. Scull, -wlu> tPoli'tfiu placW,tutz-- mauin Somerset; Bedford'and fill ton Senatorial lilstHct, has .been defeats ed by Findlay, JlWmoCratj fcy.twenty three malority,,as7^wiJlbe (speii following 1'.:.',:; -.1 -,j.-.■.•"il a-■! ' 0 BEnroßn," ddt:'l6.—The official retrirnd •bowlhoelectioiidr-PlDdlay, 'Democrat/ to the Senate in this Dlstrict by twebtyfthree fmidp'ritjv: Agein-. :. '<■ r Hi , '< ■Jdarshttinßepubllcap ' : the House of .Bepreeentatlyea, }p* ,the ' And.lndiana Bjstriet) la ' defeated. ADemoflratlogain. /p : . ;u-,r i'j; :r, <■>•.(& ; u: bvmUwi vjimm . !I O'S lorr -^hemttn&etnieji “tool'steel,” we aßqnlfcbe exporting ; edgetoole andagrionßuraUinplementß to all parts of the world, while oar oten ui‘l fnrmp.nLa7nllldbe BOP* plied at far leas prices than they erenow obliged to pay. At the same time, the home market martFen* ■ largedfßAtbflJßaiaitwftiteiottPolsspd impieffleate eaploje a yaryJs?g6«® n ‘ beriofhighly-fikHlea , artiir»De^oatiidmi irtj 11 iliVtr/foivi BUCfaIiOoIS J: anyamarltebexcept onr own. j"? ’lean i This Mad of steel can JwpoJchteeilit tlme{#t'4™i9'g4i<tjo' W? stegipg, jjejr ion,3?ith,a.eiiaot)untof:io/peiro'cenhrrr Lit itbeiiiEirked* tbafcithbseoatfc<ihe ; ‘%f jin |‘gWl to^^:pOT i tpn,.casbril»i: ( l)4» ■’/•l i■ . J3teel bf-this jnarhet valucvia entitled* to fee'Whtered at . a <Jatj*pf sybis;$ y bis; pbf gold 7B at ihisTfapuniy 'hag pot i satisfied'. tag, fewi makers of- afcefei who hate/ ffl* the lastfewyeare, dictated thepTiceaof steel- Cottie Tnechanics and’machine ma^er^, tinite(i States, 'and fpr^sopap;.; months • sbey : kjiave‘ -beem- < thregteniog vengeance. upon the miscreants who! hive ( d^ed f t6;fttmish-faw ey pnj hbn es and onifprnp ;.’qa^Usy j jip; ouf. mecbanicsapd arfe"jms ? fat'4, JpW, price* Jbut as Congress ;wak Dotinses-L ! sid&yit>did*i2dfc appear that there' Waa any oiher ijqdy at theiirbeck. and ball, through. erpricesj and par manufactureremade their usual Contracts: to deliver axes* scythes, &6.*-npon the supposition; that ; they would bV exposed’ onlyto'th© or dinary fluctuations of trad©.' ..They, have, baen in error, and must p&y for it since-the astuteinanagOrs who control our prlces have fonhd outf. a method of: enacting laws Without tlie intervention; of Congress. They: framed the Jawjun der which the duty is enforced, and framed it so that If the steel fs of a cer certain 'market value at the place of said above X5O, the duty, instead.of 3cts.per ' pound, shall be 3J.CU. per pound, and 10 per cent.* ud valorem, making 4i cts. in.all,or about.s93 per ton, gold. Singular td relate, a so-called Gcvem ment ageht,:lately made his appearance' inßbeifleld, and having, as he alleges, discovered that thiß; tool steel has come into someetnalldemandumongthetool makers in Europej who kre trying to’ imitate' American goods, andthat these small buyers for their little retail pur chases,pay somewhat higher prices than the large American sales nett to the steel makers, he has ordered the Consul not to certify invoices unless they are marked up to £5O per ton, and thereby made liable to the duty of 4J cjs. per poand, :. An appeal will, of cooTsey be taken from this new United States law, en acted.in Sheffield,,by asubordinate of the Treasury Department; (honest and true he may he, for what we know,) but in the meantime shipments have atop* ped; the manufacture of the only Bteel made in the world suitable for our pur poisesy has partially ceased, the price has ftCll In *>'« TT.-W ’ « every mechanic in the laOd mußt pay tribute In the price pf his tools, eVery farmer Jin the pried of his spade and every machinest in the price of his drill, every skilled arfcizan, of every name mnstißUffer lpas; r ,«Q< that the Government, may have more revenue,- but that.the Government may be de prived Of revenue, and that a few : “in* fanl M manufaettn'ers 1 tuay continue to live upon what they bavenot earned- . And as If this were not enough/ a volunteer Committee has drawn up and printed a new complete tariff bill, in creasing the -duties,* 'establishing new schedules, and still further discrimina ting againstronr well-established man ufactures : and for th© enactmentofthis bill,by the next eyerydevice known to .be effective Wili be used. The funds will probably be supplied by the advanced prices which the community is now forced to pay under the Shef field code of United States laws; .. We end as .we began. Defc Worcester and Webster both add a new definition, “ For steel, read sieali It should also.beparticularly.noticed, that if ihe steel makers of England should lie Cast In damages for fraud,be cause they have invoiced their Bteel at a lower .price than that fixed by the Treasury Agent, although .at higher prices than the J returns of sales- have netted them, then the Baid Treasury Agent is'entitled to^a large share of such damages, as compensation for his zeal. The New CltylOfilcers. The new City Officers will take their places this- afternoon, it being the second Wednesday, after the , second Tuesday of October. Wm. Aug. Atlee •will be inaugurated as Mayor for the term of one year/the supplement to the City charter passed last winter having changed the term from two years—:aa made by the law of IS67—by declaring that the Mayor shall be elected annual ly. This is 4,: ,‘a joke V ; upon our Republican, friends which we trust they appreciate.: Their chickens have come . home to roost and in their attempt to reduce' the term ofk Democratic Mayor, they have brought their own darling William Augustus to:grief... .They will have to callouthe Legislstirreagaittfor relief through another strpplemeht ex pending fhe term ,o'f\6ieir we advise them while they are; abpptj it, to extend.it long enough, say for ten or twenty-years,'for it is J fbe-last chance they will eyer have at the office; if they ever are coh3pelied n to go to the people instead of'the Legislature, for an’extension of theif terpi, theyjrill be apt to meet with a flat ' . All the old City . Assessors will hold over until ooe.yea'r from’ Wednesday next; the geperai 1 liiwpassed'ih April of last year'so: providing and over ruling the supplements tfi the ,City Charter passed'iii March v which direct ed their plectlon thie' ygair.' 1 When two jaws oohdief, Uae Tast‘'i<epeiilk ths Arfft.' The .election of A sa bsspr B this fall'was therefore unauthorized By iheiaw, and .wah nc&'ealliSd for by Mayor's pro clamation. When, General Joe. Fisher takes his seat as Alderman in the First Ward, we confess we do not know, : £fter diligent inquiry, we have pot heen able (to ascer.. tain upon-what anthority .heundertoOk, to run for that high p@Biti.on. 3?he/e ; is no vacancydn the' wardthatwe know qfj there was no made by ihe Mayor for the di^ctipn'V.rHd.^i^er'. ; ppan’therein, nor nue.an ji,EMjindnoyo|B beetrgivenbf the: deposition of-Aider man; Mercer. V, T e -presume, however, gets ready, the ground upon w&c&'he stands, and we*naay4hen be able to see n himthe ongUßtneesdf thr Alderman <we dph't., Mcfc»aKCiromCoVer(i^er. , ■Nashyiulb, Banter’s message to-day ia the ablestStatepaper pradndedtn. Tennessee for yeareii . medlata. enfranqhiseipent of Rebels was earnestly recommended, and the ratuica •• tlon' dr ttid Jfyth Amendment was pressed I , . ~. by him witba skill, tactyailroltneec, end. -if, ?*>rnl''[niu-.v sne'i : , forcadhstPommanded tee SBepeetfal.Atl, Fulili returnsrftom trie lloloraijo.eiec- • WpUon.9fisyenite,^nemlpa,.Tbefteestynjil thst. gained,largejyj, I,as£ existence,andltsoontlnttaaceandgenerohs. iturb 'aupporvwarmly/urgedi jThesale ofaJljde-,. pnteqM.tbesinpqr$ I ffiftpp&,way.,.9 J bJlofi anjl, Jpeßadlealg. seyen mijotKyln.pie, tbe^wretched, ,con4iffim' l dfpQr,.';finanres. lo'weslwaopjbj sdi (,t :iiiw "-!oJ«lni:i !i Thel<egiaatnrew»s.asKaJorti'egiheffifng. lilt'd Inn. «v»i«, ~iw,r,igvi<y*n • iefleattua.vtowaid ! .brir^ng4a,popig(iilon. !,; Several: DemecraUo.jpenilwrßof4fe.ljgp andcapltal todeveloptfeamaalngresdardea., ialatore.of. rWMhlngtop Territary-bayadiß:; : ofi Tennessee proper.! ,waa.. taken appeared,’ leaving that bedjtjWlLfent ;a of4beSJalj»p.rl»on<p»4;tfe ; .State’acßirl-- QUorumrßndprevanUnatheelactionpfTers, itjes.aetov.iSenterr.ls «toriaTotfieei». m-n-.&mioYf .«&.* i a *W^:by>ffif , SW^tfe9WSrj!>9®n; < ,;'' ; ; . .f'fif:/:? c:l; ;i,« bm: *'-.7,-6 r;r!T : .TttVna i»*J: -cil - .;'.o f j7* v-'.-i' o.:o /.■Tnolyflsil 'JV u--y.~a>: r-j fccvi'-jfovisU • ‘--o// ttJftwYoikßl ttalSKfgr denied bu name for Attoniey General* Hayt protested against/being put to Canal Commissioner, -Curtis, of Rich* nxoxid,‘backed ont..-BobinßOii,waafotntd. Hiilhouse declined to beComptroller. lapsed, drooped amhdied.l iThieitadical itadllie praaiialjffilJliOTße;" [isigelj fw&p reftised a nomination :afc.: Syracuse,: for Gnrtls/ttttffSTCnu B; fot 1 State Engliieerlh place ofGen. dohn o,‘itoo iniofl,'who .decline^ 1 %. week : sfcwff :!yA pfurty wUob'wpjara,befMe the public tp-fhfa'tindri htate mayaßweUxetlrebe and. Pohlnßon.!, Batit'midieeno differ ence; eicept that t'he'Btate <spiti»fttee ttcjffti wifi! be s, that of the *, ! The State (Convention,: after' Buch • a disgraceful 'platform, 1 and discarding sppie. of,ltt own fnndSwsJf^prr^i only nominated' uState-ticket wfiltdiit le’icompelled toj abandoni and.to pick np another, which lsanre tobe defeated; The Radicals.claim;toi)ave*elected , Geary by; ah'Qijfc, the ;majority bibi; lb. ’Ph iladelphta. With;» : large, ty of the ; el ec 11 ondisiricis unrfler their:control,' and:election Officers, ap-- pbinted in aU (he districts byaßoardof Aldermen t it Ik. noj; diffictiljrto’ Bee how.tbat majorUy obtaiiie'd v J3;. wasidone by fraud-?—shameless, wicked,; wholesale,damnablefratitli. There are Radical districts, where similar tUbugh.lefls _ extensive frauds upon, the ballot-box wereiQom mitted. Co.vodeaaw dimly in the earlier 1 and cleady enough in the later BtageS; of. thpbainpaign, that honest vote; and honeSt’returns would defeat Geary,, and 'the necessary instructions' Were doubtless issuedand thßhecESßaiy'pfe paratlona made and carried in(b eSe6t l: both to poll fraudulent votes and make fraudulent returns;! Thus have the Democracy been again cheated,' and Geary re-elected not by'&q hopest, vote of the people, bufctiy. ashfijmeful.manip ulation l or the ballot box and false returns. ’ r " A Radical Journal Condemns Badleal The Philadelphia Post has the good sense to see that the outrageous frauds perpetrated by its party must before long recoil upon the organization with terrible force. In .view of that fact it speaks out boldly against the barefaced piece of open villainy by means of which a Democratic State Senator was delib erately counted out in the Ist District, and a certificate of election given to the defeated Radical contestant. The Post takes up the returns and shows how gross a fraud was perpetrated in this instance. It proves incontestibly that the majority counted up for the Radi cal candidate is a bare cheat, and a most outrageous and unblnsiDg fraud. It then goes on to comment as follow^: • Until good cause for Mr. Watt's aston ishing and unexpected majority ia shown, intelligent citizens of both parties will be lieve tbabthoreturns are The mond, but public opinion will declare that downright cheating has been committed to send a Republican to the Senate. That is our opiniou now;;, we should be happy to have it changed, but.bave no hopes oi that. As the figures stand, as tbe characterof the contest is* now understood, the retard of Mi*: Watt appears to be asp'alpable a fraud at! ever was attempted in this city. For the sake oflbe Republican party we are 6orry that any Republican paper should attempt to deny the. apparent evidence l of cheating, and: sneer at the j net complaints of the Democracy as mere party clamor. ThisTAc Press, with its habitual contempt of facts, did on Saturday. rr We must make allowance,” Jt said,; "for exhibitions of that spleen which is attributable to defeat. 'As to the fraudulent counting 6f returns there was nethbtg to substantiate the charge except Democratic suspicions. These wefeof course strong jast in proportion to the extent Dem ocratic election officers are in: the habit Of indulging in , thati business.” -Nothing? A difiarence of 457 votes is nothing. Col. Forney ought, by this lime, to know that the Republican party can belter stand cheating in the ranksofits opponents, than rdscality in its o\vn. If Mr. Watt becomes a State Senator on the strength of this un explained majority, the disgrace to our party will be infinitely more damaging than his vote will be beneficial. Nothing pould have been more fortunate for us than the.prompt exposure of the fraud in , the Thirteenth Legislative district, by which it was intended to defeat Mr. Forsythe, Democratic, and elect'Mr, Geisz. When Radical newspapers speak thus in regard to the actions of the Radical Return Judges of Philadelphia, some ponception of the full extent of the ras cality practiced in the recent election can be gained. Ootraseous Frauds In Philadelphia. The Board of Radical Return Judges in Philadelphia, have been detected in the commission of the most outrageous frauds. By the most unblushing ras cality the real majority for Geary has been swelled, several hundred votes, and a Democratic State Senator, and a Democratic Assemblymzm counted out. An account of their performances is published elsewhere. The Philadelphia Ledgeri an. independent, and reliable neutral paper, thus condemns these outrages in an editorial: Every citizen should read the report, pnb- Ushed.thia morning, of the proceedings in the Court,of Qomtnon Pleas yesterday, be fore Judge Allison, concerning th e proceed logs of the,Return Judges' ot tte elections, and the, report oi the' pfocoedlnge of the Re turn Judges thetnselvss. They are ofaohar 'acter to demand serious attention. It there appears that a return filed in theoffioeofthe Protbonotary of the Common Pleas was mutilated and falsified; that another return was stolen from the custody or a Return Judge, and that these two crimes even luated.Ju giviog & perUgOate bf.44ec.tion to a candidate for the legisla tive District who was’ppt.elebted^,that there Were, well, supported chargee tfcgi-election jjapert in the First Svoatorial jMstrict-were 'fiilsiffed'j that-Jodg&Alfifcon was obliged to denounce from the bench the serious‘srfme 'Of andimoiltatihgL ihe records oil the Co art—record tru pon which thoSafetyof ; every man’s intere*ts.«nd; .prppejjy-.de : pends; Jbat a; ;writ issued ( from : the. Coprt and directed (o' the KelufnJ.udgea.was, re slated by’vlojepcp, anff.that Judg'd';AlU46ll ! was obliged to mon a sfif&cient force to esecute ihe -writ; and that, notwithstanding all Judge ATHson said as -to - the duty ,; of : lbb -Return Judges to do everything necQssairy> to insure an " honestrieinni,/' they did! ndtbing towards getting, any legislative, retpm irqm. the Seventeenth Ward, or inquiring ipto. the falsifications of the returns there of in the . First Senatorial d istrict, • J ndge All I son ‘said of. some, of is • wbat every honeßt citizen should say of all, -thaf they eridaiiger tlld' very foundations .of society,'• Twice : jvitlilh two dayA the writs fsstied by the Court wetudisrfcgarded and resisted by violence byrelection officers, There can be no safety or good order where the supremacy of ihe law ‘and. tJie'Conrts are defied in ibis way, ppd these actual .wronger should ; be. .visited; with.the. same universal censure, that Was yisiiied on the .threats of vlolepce.Ti.sed by another official previous Jo the, .qlgctioh.-and all citizens should encp.uragetiijß popT.tfflpiaijy efforts ■ tii have Buch wrongs Pet rjghtrae, welias to have the perpetrators '' ‘,' 1 ‘The*Radical 'nevspatere.totthfy city do phi; ;.defeua;.'or l‘..eitemiate these outrages*.; filycii - is forced to; be quiet. iairegara.tQ them* .'TBWHJKfiJSEI?. for officials I*l Itiffibftf** foaryqfjj jObdrt tfCunmio —„ xbare not beeut! altered byßadl cal hand*. the: Fifteenth : the Thft hnnrlv_iretnrp« fi»- Ifr-afcgHk Radic^candH Staint fibV e the' i Betarari SttSgsx.'A Itt ith* 3Veoty totiwwa B*cto*»4B®Tßt«*s tag l^SlfTvotes?" * i ”^jiroS^S!rSfcb’wtj^s ESMSvS^i^i®! 100, bitaln thhHsaaellle workfmiiohnng- Un2lyddnß. ; tb*t' ewuuthe; Butara image* ireitijrfrasd. te«jiitfwrA^ai4^k!s>cje« Twei^-Btat^J^^thajilßftvaHdoTjiwnft, iifelSl maktag^frgata J of;iustfbne pttaQrßflrrxft; (ho cases- cEtod, ’which '[ata cnllod’at rani doM ftota-theuMipen, Judge PacUerla ch ea tad I: -ont ;- , of; i 529: Y u 1 0B. ; u Bat . the trxndsdoopt.tsraiinßlftßt tbSSEPtetksrajS) extend to otaerjjsardSj; Jo, dty, until itis certain the returns, g\ypJB9! honest,;JJdr.,.n&ibß f»f s .;U»«‘-mSBy-JK® 1 ® dn 'Tueadaj- Wgßt , ’ WJtCMft Court would sustain theta, 1 Radical- -man 1-’ pula tore iabkWaiHf oaVJbrgHi hadtiWered rettirntfai thiiyuplbiteed. : AtmUditHt- feilHi; tKam 'to: dn4blsl?waEk«< Theywere nokatintod for. time; &oX did the: avtotn custoJiana &t lb© rejoins iscfuunize> -wljeij they; handled and had possession of the returns, fpr hours. _ The appearanpeof. webUkiW l3 professional'forger? of election papers, who haveheenin tbepaybt' the Radical ftfyeaiß : li<*Uio-p’l^ j^herf©i th9„ j r^«irfts s were'keptVshohl&hSvewatHe&bonestmeh that !Bdcnp'3wi46a> wai taken tolihi? feet, 1 and .'the result is: he*? fore 4ho if.Oonw>QflUy«a> fihdi fprged : returns, jj took r*of fair ones before the Board,J?f[ jfle*v torn Judges,- some of;them spfbaqiydone that eyfen; Judge Allison wakcojppelled 1q become emphatic 1 ■when denouhcing'thetri from the Bench. Jf fraudulent exclnsioce and errors fEPtbtsmiyy , i& is presumptive fitfidSnce of aooria pi racy oniher part of the .Radicals to xheat iba people) out of their votes as depositedrta the. ballot. box,wblch .covero tha whole i *lu view of each<astai» of facts, we urge ,tho- I)emocratfaopunty,CompiiUeefl t In I B^rparto. of the, J slatei .tpTtawotigate' «W rjStuxnr bf their respective counties; and alv .frauds knoWnHo them; aid report tberesultrWHb'. out delay to dohh Hamilton-, ESq.^Chair man of’the-Democratic City- OOmmUteejJ This 1 , plot, concocted by Radical ISadfira and car* ried out by willing tools, in <apd pat of pur judicial tribunals, must:be ; unearthed and exposed, or voting is a • mere farce; \ an in-, suit fo honest, Intelligent men.', now stand, the people have no voice Tn the ; selection" 6? their 1 ruleri Return Judges forgoor accept fdrged returns; and falsify* additions as the exigencies of the political ! situation may demand, and Judges of our I courts trample updn the verdict at the polls 1 and lift to official positions men whom the masses have declared unlit to be-entruatad. witn power or money. There , must halt of this column or our 'liberties are* gone. Now is the time, .to' Jsefiftn an investigation bf the Radical this city and State, and we ask all honest in telligent men to aid the- Democrats party In the effort. Ills the flgbt of every decent man, every'man who has a i vote to give or a dollar to lose ;• for a party which will' cheat .men out of tbpir jyotes will despoil them of their Ufcarjias, and 4 Court, reck;s lessor corruplenpugh todriveoffidals from. place because'they differ from them in litical opinipn, .will not pause when vfre causes push them to'attack, the righra|of propert Age. '' J Whut ft nail Bo tie Hfriutly, The high-handed' altemptonade InT'hll adelpbia by sworn.. Jlepnpliean. election tifying false reiui&s,.; Jiufctfy. excites jhe' indignation of- hdnekr men of -all parties; and more especially of‘Democrats, ,wbot have good reasons for belieying. they have been at leaetdwfce before the victims of similar fraudsinthi&State: That Woo d was elected Governornver Curtin and that M’filftHpn toarried the vqte.jpf the State against Lincoln was, universally be-, lievedby Democrats, at thqtime r and, the lapse of years siucetlxo’se.electlons occurred has not lessened tfcfo cdtivlctlon; It 'is nb wonder, then, -tlTat ; they should show some excitement ‘now; when the evidence is clearly befdre them' that the'.same .in famous game to rob ; themof and their candidate of his election, haspeen. commenced again anil-is aTaputtO be play ed qut ness to pfeve'pt it. .Iris notfabWaoTSmch a question of worda'-as it is-bf deeds." liWe would" preserve ottr tliem like-men. JWd aduflt appeal to.the courts for;justice, andihring tne guilty. W punishment. In' every'base I; yfhere fraud has been practiced .the. election* should be contested; and in the- ©no, if we. fail id obtain justice.,by 1 these peaceable means, 4 it will become .our'dmy to consider seriously Whether other kn 4 more sum-' mary' proceedings'-' shbnld be resorted to. Of what avail are our.boasted righlsas freemen; if fhey, can yeart-after yfcarp be wrested troßrustiy corrupt ppliticlansj who manipulate the ballot-boxes to suit them selves, and, ..distegardingifhe. will of tpo people as expressed’by their votes,; elect whom they will, by changingthe ballots, or making, under oath, false rettfrnkpf the re, ault? ltis too muph’to expect of democrats that they sbould'.qaietly submit, year aftef year, to "such knavishjoutrage. They have already born&mnch, moi*e than they should have borne without resistance, hnd:it is ba.« cause they have been submissive that; the abusedk ©ontinned. :Ther© ia not p doubt in our mind that © fair count of thp Votes honestly cast on Tuesday wbiild elect BaqEr erj.and it rests, with the democracy;of Pennsylvania t 6 say, in. the of fraud being practiced'gtid faise-returns -made'to secure ine election of Geaiy, what/.means shall he resorted to‘tb- eecure redress and bring to just ptmlsbment those who dare insolently andwlckedly to trampleon. their rights am set iho la*W. at defigpcd.—Bar ri&burg J t tnA*. t Bof>; Gpary Goiucjl lu FlillndclpUin. | The fanner in which the Radicals gained some thousands of votes in Philadelphia, Ip thus explained by the Age of Wednesday. .The eameaccountofthe affair, in substance, is fciven by the Philadelphia. i&enK?£-£*aa2, a netltral paper :•' ‘ INUTJBOB.OINA.TION' OF. BAPIQ.4L ELECTION V ‘ . , ’ The only matter threatening a disturb ance, that came before the Court, was'a complaint of insubordination in the Hadical poll officers ofthe Sixth Divisiouof thti Six teenth Ward. Watchers having beenfsp pointed here to keep an'ey eon thepra ceedingß .und..'Endeavor ..vto ; , detect., apd prevent any .attempted frauds,; were ; at their post atiha opening of the pops, but the Radical~offipejfs. 'dns»ide - absolutery refused to admit the.m Ihto tjife robm.— This .was Mymmnnjcatep to /the- Coyirt, Who ap oi)ce : aireytes the Sh’ferifif to-gd-ih person and aee ; ?be wotcl*efi» installed/ The Sberiffbf ahd in a oalm, xm *uffifed thanifer mbtifted thß-ofiiiifira:6T;thj& order of ihia Con rf, and rafotnmejhfed that, -they Hboiild oUry i)r\yilbuut-. and thusfa,YoLdeQy cals were aiiU,dett-r,iuined tu tusasti maud ..of tha .Cdurfi ; and . appeared sustained by the~\n - olsy. crowcT &rpndldg about the Window. asked leave td go inside arid mik kotßebi, bnt-diirfaleo, was obstinately denied hTth. ; Tbe'sUflge, however, stepped toi'tbe doar: iff ipadlng'him ■ to’ the appDEUesidhCcMiie street > endeavored; to poq vinp*. &ifK Qf. the ; impropriety apd. of- fcla con duct, • but.after soipe rejection and -shak ing of: his fheacT,...the came joflieponcluisjop lb at fre'Wa&'itpboint dd bythe'QoUHto. manage-tbe elo’ettohut ibexpoil. knew anti, tittitS hre-: lyj.TVCjnidnot obey tbo'crderv 1 - ; T7poO P&ra inglljat the Gdnrlagnindirectedthe Sheriff to proceed to>'the. poll'with lijorca for lbepnrpose*‘ta.pßt the watfchsraf£3><£* Baeaidnof the wjl randprofeo^^hemffrom violence, epd v>- ejssuje ojrfaer^aj^i hazards, at’tba: aam'iifa43s«?rmg,'hi». .that howdulcTbesustained bjr.tfce'Xjbfijt m . whateyer he shotild fin'd it necessary under iho'cii'catnstahceatbdo. ' Sheriffs Jjyie;’'W*B then ; afmed : with ' the he<»efl^ft^huthority, : 'ah3 a‘ force- of/pol tee, eoargo't)f'‘ttigtLi>3n6tfftde tfiAiry Clark, i wfesipat :nt. again pcoceededitcrf&apattb admission for.thewatchers.'-So'mejwrang ling ensued, when the watcherß entered Iher room wEere tEe~voT£s were being - received; and immediately'etfretjfc!lsn their duly, : Sherlff and his Iforce '■ then :relired r beileyiog.eyeryihing .ggbt, hot; .scarcely.qn£ of sight r ,WP e ft. M® Whispers ' were ouafed fromtneif.seatsaird driven to thew Ell; wferd-dritwh on them. They beatairetreaLaiid escaped .from was a^n^-ta SSSS**I ; r '^Rle l entir!rik)Hce'fbToepreebDt tyem fbfeu ! constituted deputy ahferiffaynrrrti tioi ira Was fciy ea on.Jsߣy: , .at thp polls. whsn , the announcement .was Inadelhat the‘,watclief&wtJutfihot‘be Inter ■ ! : (.: } j.Qne tf^mjiMade.oa«wi,^i|pr-t|mwat^-: a^^ar* ijarie L mg Bheriftte' fimlnUmatiDnrtinat;tho .'.■*u y f Kuj r v.. r .-fi i rr. ’ "'dzr.'. Irnitw -x htsi l ■■-!■.,vhyyrf inn ' i: i'-. n «cGif r - sheriff Atlocked. , - - i.u 'j ! OcinoerftUeDtriiioaa TtumOnt, -• -l&Qttg:an<"«KClliUg aefi ppjwn»*jxHacttiS ari&naoopj Kndßcasyihei'Dntfjrf I WfcaP ££jktf(6a Sraeedy iri-thfr ]>aadc«<'BiDi>pß^iatfert(^Mbd | 06diMito~ Ing ifastosm to B*tnpozL> tflrfl^^o^dca^y^i^wp^tgayabim; brokete'dWhl theS*)6p aM 'made-'foniSfie ddandhrooght JbkforeJlujge.Adliaoa. T@!b& ela?tJ»i>j»ijg*sw)UhaTel#iWaring-tonuic-o rep. Qfw,°{lh9mtoti^d ihefhfit«tk^rar BWiM waS SUlftOt fi# WrUftlate tirhecofiritedhy IBS jlldgeipiTOh’Jm 203. SWainost flsgrant 'attempt at fraud on the part ortho ItaulOAlß nrfenpHTtwSmtttt oVmt^Mßntitnf.frnngnriDde pepSenoa sHall nwiimany flghta add' dip*! tarhanoes fpokiptapeAn thajmmense crowd: which hh£KthheeU‘oot T lf;hU iaa specimen fc'esfabS^: jdabrfySatMfe'teothffi, .*•'••*• •-x;: ■ iITDtfciMfTAJTPfiBCT'O -WITH BBTUBKa' •!PHits£3t.i3iii' I ©et; 'l4 jl i.xtifi State is vpnyiclbse: , The effloiai agates mmt de otdß. jjEhe-'isdtealMetnrn judges here to- t day, hy throwing out.divisions andiconnt iog,altered; reiarpsioare trylog.tQ. make; iSßaryta^tgaftri^fi^ithpasandcio- it . a tft ?k khEOTBD. . .„ , jpdgesy W an&ea TotiimBa run, up the mil jotttyfiOTWtty tdftburtbotiesndfcrar Iran drw;l * ®tisp v etytmftied' toil; tenfonw.' Ktfrey throve oar ftro totwtetdiViaSpas U will badfQlbou3axtd-.oi:o if: vi o? The-A thee© l . l, ’':' ;'■*'; \ 1 ' *of the* Elecfloki. in. this city, mfefcafc ! 6fo© r StfpretneC6nrt ? rboHir- ,iT : ••"•.* 1 iered thd oasbl toitbefj udges. vj j;' ... , iTtie'wtama frere nbw read. Those for th*? first RegfctoriVl district iwere arranged: so. as toyotratoujt DojpocsaUc candidate,: Mr.,'Dlamd£q.,... f ,*>o *.*; i| 1 / -‘Tffß tUDIO,US ,BESiai liAW, . , , :. - Shqrtljjyaftefcyttd&i EYVan’Hbbk appeared nr the rpbm. He ctyiid—get' butAwi> dr. three feet frddi ttie' •tie r/ rifiri , oUtibed i himself ala iSheriff’s officdrwith awrlt' of the Supreme Court*. He.was. immediately struck. dowp : hy. t thje ■ doorkeepers anti was thrust tram, the rpom. Th©,Preftidiog. ( Jndge then went on reading f£e returns, butin about fifteen thepe wall :a. knock at the door, which was.opined' pliTncU or two, disclose lug me btiptonsand' ulnifoml' of officers of rhelawv- Thir unwelcome sight led to,the doors bfclßg ! bl6feedl" J The officersthen com rUenbedifcnoOkingp tiac no attention being paitLttt\theic;»cteiHahdifor entrance they ! knocked the-louder, land in perhaps,, tea minqtes they 9ommeqced to break the doom : m,thpEadjcalsoccupyiDg themselves while : ths piling settees against !the";d6orkV ‘lodn the. panels were of the ‘doors, and then J, Alexander presiding officer, ; appeal t3 : T#*eti(laeilly 'struck with the 1 iciea'that'BQmfebddy ? Iv4s deslronsuf onter iDgitheooflrtrbomi'f-HeUnduirodwhothey w'ere, eodLsud itithey..w.ore officers: of the law they >w Wiff be. ander-th© aecesasUx of admitting ffeeha,,-t Quito , gny^CTay. .doors opened anaft .large -.pdssa of-.ihh' May ora' and Sh?rlfTs otfldlrs- Jl p>?hr9d ) .ffit<J the room, led tir Vtih' Hook," who Sprang 1 upon the tableau-me- niiadl©i r df ’-the' Court roomj' ■ p«» -to the writ an instant UHre ~wasn.'fU wild.' scene, the Radicals tiowlediv, 'commenced to hustle soifle.of ,the; officers. Mr. Van Hook ordered tha : arrest of several of the offenders, pthecs r did.ihe' same, Vjit meeting i With reaistldW/ir noti uhul they. knocked* ddwrr ‘ana "nippers applied, that tbeie'knemfceife anif setwa&tsof the' “ftadi oHl Hing^he-last fohfid 1 that the law had I laid Us Heavy h&rid updn them. Inthe | oitement thereiwas pnfl: case of pure: mis fortune--the arrest of William. E. Corbit, a repwjier ; / He; ,v(a© mistaken for one of the doorkeepers,,was ncdy. handled, was t&ken away.' ,buf almoirim media,tely released, tijJ«wasatie^gtn sofaf testored thafMly ad'Hook mounte(r i ttie’clerk!s J deSk, hold ing $n his'band the WTifc torn dh-pieces by' thffdobrkeepers, and read it, 'Commanding thd'Rdtnrn'jiddges to desist is counting the votes, fThiyoiow Buccombed and promised obedience mtber Court. Mr. Zell, Deputy read from Judge. AUK son, of the Com mod Pleas.- 1-) *Tce proceedings'in .the pom£ .folly esta blish ed’-ilie fapt, that.the,'Trtost' outrageous frands .held 'deliberately planned add boldly perpefroird by the Radical Board of Return Judges. t' Wp.will 1 publish the fall report onplroieedings to-morrow. following account oftbe concluding proceedings of the Board: After a 7 recess of About two hours, the Retard : Judges* cam6 :i back arid resulted thecounfcbf Vote.‘ j . .When- the'yote foh'the/lSih. Legislative District was counted* there was.no return banded in.fop tbeßevanteenth Ward. ■. The Return,Judge,from.this Werhpresented a paper wt^h.. the names, of the candidates dpewnit, and the Vote in Ipearly all of the precincts,, btjt; It ‘hiving; no .Signature‘but ms of Jadges declared it to be an improper reftiro, and it was thrown out. Hcrw-tße regoiar official 1 re turn disappeared IS explained In'the report of.prOceedingß'in Courts The entire vote of this Ward, .as shown in the. returns, is 1039. for Geary and 0650 for Paoker, apd for the Legialatur'e, the District, taking in the entire ward, ine ,vot‘e was, for Geisz ‘499, Mullen .369, and Fotsy th‘,4«. The certifi cate'of election, as made but by the Board, Was irf favof'of Mr. GeiSz;/ Tne certificate of election' fbr ; the Eirst Senatorial District was given to Mr. Watt. * - The candidates lndependent (tem perance} Reform ticket received the follow ing,yotes.: Ebr: Rycarder-of .Heeds,i Geo. Geo. S. Fergason, 24A votes f for RroLhrtno tary -District Qoutf, Cloghofm ; Clerk of Quarter sessiops, Peirce, 270 \ for Cdro ner, 'Gabet,'2ol: City Treasurer, England, 274 ;'City CommlasiOneh Finley,*26o. * ' The Eighth Division of the sevehfeenlh -Ward Is not included in■ the oouri t- for Gov ernor, Judge or city dffides.: This, division snows, 1 by > the rstmii. at the office of the .Coutraon Pleas; 303 votes for. Packer, aud 124 for. Geary. ■ There iB -no vote given on this retard; exoept. for ft was signed' by.only a poitipn of (fie election bfficera,ahd. i itslkce, tfnder jjrotest.” Tne T Eighth Division ol fbe Twenty-second Ward-- was also omit ted. { t • .*■- vproefiedlogs in Coart. ip£pqiy it bor iff Vuu iiouU. L ,. ; Tq-day of Jolcernallye'miridoaiue .from' the Cqarl of Cqmmqq. Pieae dirp*qted‘ fb iqe pp trjJ of'pQ from.poqntitiß'Kqy certiqcate pf'therattiro tch f t*ro , tboao<Ari I B , o(Sbeof 'tfieNlnth Division oMb»B‘ : Ventevntb-Ward. itioßoard jr' ; -ii L r -*• i‘ { 'no ii-'-z. •j...';:.. ‘dik.ely. tuitl u opened by the idoorr &eeper,o£ whom there appeared to be 'five or eixlj addressed dune SlidpsbajEsq\ vb6ia lift‘ip ttie'writ atrtreayftjg't'hat Ib«d a writ ; ldgtihe®&V'd'to defcliM&m cbantlngaald •r^farn*'tbifl'Titas saW lead enopgblor aH -.perso&B#h'±hß)rooiq to-hear,; I wSs imrna fdiatclyi serized-by: three QrvXonr personß, the BOferal places and forced hack while reaping ihe.yyrjt.tnrougb the. door- JC‘ininiehiaiely; , proceeded to 'the ifctir&jrobm:' where. I' affirmed, and-made kbbWrt w|ien Judge'Ailisdnrthetf-B/tUpg.na id &!arr order, ': v-v ; i.fl4id’l»>w6dtohfir44»'lßd6, it is ordered efficient &fjb? ttwdy of, to -execute the wj^lt'.^ma^Bw^^ue^hyitbis'CQgrffUiß 1 batelr again, having • a jp'ojae e( dsafot me, • iftotidedlng to't&d ddofy Wid there demanded atfuflaslem wßy c*hisy tim* f the ?door f .was. rtianicariedj iwhenXjorderedi ilie door :ta> be im;and,: amid a .great Of ppnfuaiop, oi the persons, wlm Iffia^cpocpdamed l one Bergeaßt-ac&w-tioaplo -of-potieemgn to rewelfi: stitg>4onoiBw>iWb«S.lbe r £blef of Police asked mawhsterny orders were, I (old.himto Ift. Ills mpn.stayflutsjde of the 'amjt ifidertoy, dtrho . jferogilggff benah, that onttw nigbV trf-thfrdecttoii th* : .- '.[icj cr;; : ,',-CMOTi !■:■ o-.Vf-ri-ilo -.eo;j? ci 1-* • >v. J r ? !-.‘. C‘ l ■-t .r ■ WtotbeT^jtla ißatimDldlbi ingorth®jrS& afidMlL An EnStharOrait taittnledin the fSbin, upon in [been elected by I to refrain fromoottnllng the sieged forged ret nrQ from the Common Plep»- The writ ma granted, : retmnablß'-forthwUh. end placed In thehenda of Deputy Sheriff Van Sheriff returned to Oourt," and made affi davit that upon going Info foe room where the Judges were already awembled, and* making known hla hewaavio ■Baffle. r-Hs\oDnldj not; howuvertfname * ibb: oppffHSifl»<i«rt7tfafcO»wag prominent in the assault :,Henry Connor, JettW^ftohi a ««i o^m€a :In Senatorial Diatxlciv: compl ain* wwmnde.thßt the majorities for 1 Mr* piarppxtd were pjtfpf; the',count, and, j% traamZagiuj was iaagid. again bL f£ueTieturp Judgea id odjmp^Ttbein. •offrOficatM Artiftfer, tfcn‘until. tfiey^puld^‘^wfej,;tUeXxmrt upon oon&ttafnfc.' ’?/'• ;v n ::l' KJ ~ 4 -- r * ~U9O 'b t ekJckp Mr. ij fifftnn'«attiei “iifttf court reprebebtirifc fheßethnl Ju<3g«?i >wKb followed him, and said: that without speaks ingofthaßrst attempktbLafflnrajibeswfit. whjoh, wPltid oxtiy !.<&BflPi qsimlufrtlQti£4a& > iHlalTohor ,called attention fo tbeordar; lihribe alto6k**up6n *tner:l)ephiy Sfaienrc‘nying’ thafche had fixed' nfornfeh afc*H>* o'WhcH'fOr the'hearfi}gi l^°i l ‘ oa ; m regard- to thei mandfcmns' Mr* Mann • sald/fbeißeturii. rJudgee did; not haunt: t&ai oertlfiosiJe jeachjudgecalled puttbefigures; from hli own paper, bavins, nuloertihcate ibe^rehlm*. and-therefore ine yr/rit of man-, damns'was/wiUiout',j-urpose;.., ", *- , V;- 7 'The .Return* “Judge wild "had Ipat lhft tp tprn paid* he had ; obtained 1 tbs'permission; iofHhe Court' to take out certificate of the retrirndQtheTrothonntary’floffiee?'' Mr.MonU them made'return to the Writ as follows; . i w: *7; -J h-j:i Tkeretunfofj..Alexander Simpsonand, 1 others, Board of Return Judges,' to,the. 1 writ of alternative mandamus, respectfully ' showithatthey J&v©; not Violated the .cm*. mand of said writ," and that.th&y db.hdt lar ( tend td violate the command'of said'writ,. biit that they wilf refrain, in bbedientse'to the command of Bfltd Writ, ftpm counting any certlficate'of Hhorretarh filed in the Prothonotary’s office of the Ninth division of the Seventeenth'ward'of ; the City of Philadelphia for members of the Legisla ture of the Thirteenth Legislative district, Mr. Hirst produced thehourly list ottbe 1 Ninth division of the Seventeenth ward, real Vote to he for Mnilfen; 115: Forsythe, 124; Geisz, 153 hat the certifi- * cate to he counted by the judges gave Mnl* len ti 64; Fprsythe, 75, and Geisz. 253* : Mr. Mann suggested that heaeemed the question here to be one of how far Cbe Court vyontd usurp the power of the Legla-, lature in determining the qnallficatitrnaof its members.' Mr. Forsythe’scohaplßint-of forgery should%e made to the Legtalitnre. : After some- parley between > Mr. Mann! and Mr. Hirst, representing the different parties, bis Honor. conotnded to go intoa hearing upon the snbjectof the alteration qf • thlsnertificatejand the following testimony was taken: ; . f . , Murphy, the Return Judgp oftheSeven teenth ward, testified that he received the return of the Ninth division of this',ward ‘ about9o'clock.on Wednesday,eveningyatf the preoihcb house, folded-Jt, 1 and toofcit home,, where he put it in a bundle with the returns from the’ otherj divisions,'in his booK case at his residence, No. 1341 North Second street ; nobody, that he knew, had. access to it; having placed it there, he never s£W it again; there was none others misled* and witness did not know whether this one ; had been stolen or mislaid; hrtbe mopping he ; went' to the Prothonotary’s office.antf made a copy of the return there-filed, which was the same paper produced in court, which; proved am erasure, to havqbeen made upon it, altering the majorities, and thiaco jy he intended to have read before 1 theßeturn Judges; he bad no return BigM ed by a majority of the.-Jadges.of.tbe ; ward. .. :* Joha E ; Ponce, sworn, testified thaJ on Wednesday afternoon he went;to thePro thonotary’s office to exatainq-Hje-Tettirfis, and found there the papbubbrelh question; it had,since then been changed. '• Judge Allison then sent for the elerka-ef the Prathonotary’s office, and examined them under bath with.regard to thispaper. Horace Gaw t clerk, said the returns Wfre deposited at the office on Wednesday,.and : were locked up in.a .box,at. the.close of .tho day; a dozen or two. persons' were 'thsre 1 handling them in the'meantime, 1 ' 1 ; ‘ Mr. Russell, clerk, said the returns Were deposited with him at noon on Wednesday, and were left upon the .tahles for thcrin-i speotionof members of the. press, andat 4 o'olnotc In. «.ffprnnr>n nfm-n np ■ Mr. Ponce here said the alterations must have been made after 3 o’clock, ' . . ! Mr. Russel said he knew of no one hay-, ing the paper after. 3 o’clock; he heard' nothing whateverTintil.it bad been men tioned in court, andbe bad no 'knowledge of ifi from anysoure^ Gaorge Deis,-chief clerk, stated that bo hadn’t-the slightest knowledges! ihe'alter ation ; on Wednesday afternoon, (few;- the. Qlerk, two brothers named and a friend of theirs, were at jhe office.to take out a writ of habeas corpus Jot sqme.oiio who had. been arrested, and they W6cb‘&ant fo Judge Pierce’s house.; afteir that nO one hut witness and a friend were there, j aiHl at; 9t:o’dock.the offioawak looked 'and tfadgas 1 turned off. .< :.j . Joe • i .-J Tee examination of : the. witnesses being concluded, Mr.;, Hirst .said* that where so gross and palpable an outrage ap-> peared to have been committed, the-Cburt ought, for the protection of the community, to throw out the whole division; and Were this division thrown out, or the honest vbte counted, Mr. Forsythe would be elected. Judge Allison, in deciding this ’extreme-* ly mnddled and' unpleasant controversy, spoke' in substance as follows:' My most concern in, this .matter is in regard to this flagrant alteration of t the records of; the Court, which it is the object of our laws to keep so sacred. Matters have come to a fearful pass indrtd, notwithstanding the many Blrong guards thrown around the records of the Cobrt and the election re turns entrusted to the care of the Court, evil-disposed persons may- iu this manner tamper with, them: and alter, them in fur therance of their bad designs* I know of no punishment too. severe foil;one who should be found guilty of so .foul a, deed. With respect to the question before me.J say that ir no return had been presented to the Board - by a majority of the Ward Judges, 1.-wouid be willing to go-bb far as the law would allow; to have tne origi nal, oorrect figures, wberethey could-oe obtained with any degree of bCttarlDty.—- In answer to a question propounded; to me last November, I said it.was the ddty of the Return Judges,to take.the,.returns presented.to them as' cobta|ping pfw\a /a* cie the truth', but that, were i a .Return Judge, and such a paper.were presented, containg upon its face evidence bf fraud;! would never count it 1 until compelled by the Courte to do so, andeapecUllw where such a return, os this, bo eyidenfiy tt fCaud was;presented, they ought to. goas far as possible , to; avoid it.and give''justice find make a proper count.; There, are casts in which the letter of, the law-should strictly enforced, where its non-observance #oala prevent a great wrong, and serve the public good, the truth shopld besought and given effect as far its possible. The only question now before me is whether the. alternative mandamus should be 'enforced against the Return . Judges.— They have made return? to the writ,.saying they do not intendjo dp what,the mondd v\us sought to prevent; tkifl,thQQj ia.the end of thb application, and there is.no op caslon for a cojnpjilsory 7naxi(lauiyj,'.hQ- CauVdthelr oca We/ feip full* dpedlelicb Ip the writ'lUrcQtljrissued.'jWe to the uiiermost to discover' w'h'V'cbaamiUed ‘Uiis wrong', and every, man’ln the. -cbm . mujipy pti<e§ it up p duly' to* make a\i effort to ferret out the perpetrator, of this crime, which ought to be.eeyerely punished. The ■T I think, have a right to use the re turns filed ill the Protbonutary's office', when noxjthera-have beep presented. Mr. Mannfiaid, that if' a' party-from a ward hpd nothing at all, the Uetorn Jqdtgep could not be expected, to make up a:-wholp return for,him, ~ ;• : •«- .. . Judge Bui where the title.tq an js tq be established, the jadges ought 1 togo yery'far’ to at the. trmb.',' In regaril'to'tbeTnandrtOTMlasned^n'{he case of ihe First Senatorial district*, Diamond and Watt were the competitors, thd return was to the effect that the ‘cefjiit* cates signed by ’&• majority l -of the-Ward. judges had been.pts>dar»d. and the. Board, had finished their count half an hour before the writ was takem opd therefore it wjae.too late, i:; ; Mr. Hirst at some Ifingth,. spoke of ap parent Xrhuds in thel retarna, shown .by comparison with the votes (S«t for. .other candidates in the wane divisions, and: strove to convince his Honor,, that'.they 1 should not .be counted) and- Judges should be Instructed to dksregarfi them.;, , ‘ 'Judge- Wl4«' w going%nt3rely toolar'j it la asking toe to determine; 'mot-omy'‘wfcether’tnero- has been an undne election, biit ,whether these are: not! 'false - returns;:; boihl which are grounds for a conteefi tbe remedy provided bylaw. haaeyer t gpqq waa topjrofcifclt jhetcnpnUpg bf a suchupbn its'face. The law' oJeiuriy.Sfiyß that whefi toade ‘theJpdgesmpst isfiyldenraof the facw therein ‘contained. whether ; we' retarns- { made by r the Whra Judgesare;right;or wrobfr Mr. DiamOn'd may havie rofferedaigreat wrong, thttf/bis mace,for redress la in the Senate .GhAtobac.; However,' if there la, any evident the returns, I yet say th|d 4b, e otnght to send fo£thp uhdispatefi zehntosfftofiia the 6race,nnd'fisetße m ;f6'r the pur^^ofasccrt^bfiflk'tbbtrtlti.'' • I Th‘6a r entie<f ibo prbceedingsfarjne day.-: .. !tvv.y^i:aa ’.;ii The. amount of poal fbrjfardrf “ipgiii: from Mjiueh'Ghunk'Jaat'week vrtiaCB.- 089.08 f tons, ajfaUuit 102.754.36 taut Stari o j* ooonty-, was foaud dead In tfift raHfOad cot khta iSda of SOHlYan’a l*T«nlnHJd»PArk, '■'■> ,i:Oi ; .s:j:Us:i~jfcs-; -/[ft ycj.-avxc r. 4 ' le Jbr.en- -.uomeyhw ,ery\ .recog nised . as «a honest and »hln oMtiltL and, daring bU tens, hasdcttrly eiUbliabedTo blend and fowbbi apdr bis foarleBBneasJttTSOTOetkr|& tf-atfdntles. liot'aa rha idol of rogues andlsgy'nftfljffij StWiW tlt».Miygi)t;_ofonatifr»w)t-rt!P«*, utwWEdMta aitetttiwittißhe-fntrlilrty 83ttWKfotfibId«lw! well oongefl#4 OwtWtei itiomaa ■to/mbk€Lt£B>.*rora« Rps£arrtn9 b©U*»C icansop -sots.; brenghtDipttcxfeqntaiUan tfaft tfitetfXvtitf&lKthftftKo* ttU»fctbfcjfotfffi tielr l 11 ’’* ;: .Democratic majoriljti-V Weija ai ( 6iud6d ( Yh6' tacninbeuta &9ff>i :■ W)W: i l * lo earns rule agm «$• sjitHfld ip E&uiiity*- :precldotaiilheLip»jbrity.dillbanalfilylgaored the‘pHnfcit>ie ; itivvkerJ ! to U!d : m : flio per-po ti&t'Judgt} jfafaift fit '“ffl S*9L“<l fiWsmi wm-jw* .wctlV¥& a^/ great; HV) S 9 m e Ll \n9 to noee*; gffat £*r* tbism *thostio£ibottoijirxirjie«pwrtlfl -d4-J Tiaioos. Instead of excluding 'lto, preolncte, -however, ’ -he-' tattipreinU6a by .. discarding one .or. 'Wo I -bcfb’ra!? t for’ tbfc? la ,^e£^ude (l3i flg)i exejfltaionj iia'ji. i hafe been, ted toien tfr divia to uios £h© iiliw?! teenib Waid£ this diajorl d hareeijeed inetetoed7t6299.'- .filtftft 'ti^waiesi-Wrelfe*' to ; iii l ‘ i }3r»ty£h*; tp^^opliioW;.; Jutfgp't lias fetlioVi flipped frick ‘ 1 £, • i;<K maina lgr,us pijqnxV inent, features in tuaacanfdlLtOireoogmaei tp : M-t,.- Stoppard. l tPhe ottor .candidates obdTd liPt Ue saved by'«iQsXUH»roarrir Ito- Il&pubHca’tr Sf ‘tymi l wrong was done'them' ill tills''lesptet^. { The sppolal ; jde.©^ng i^fSI man§UW »o v -wijop'gßp%Jpable, j^rtiaaiahlp.po \fflsu-i-2Vantotp<j mjv> ;■■*«;: u.>: ::i •-. .’* i Jndfcfth'Bttewafco?; AlllUtto' and )Felrce;ne‘ wilf entirt 1 , ij^o&ptfe^©lfiCtlon n J-wfeicb frftfid* v^VfdnHdV •out a small part of HepubUMfi mvfeopMa which there was iratid, drived-at . tne fol lOWlhgS - *?• *•'& •■ > ~if. >. Mil : XcsnUs. t Lj-U’--z v yiw'i ■ ■•’j -j :c . boblmayob. 't:. i '.i.-L'J. Mr. Fox's majority, as returned,.was^.-i-.....1638 To which la in bq odded the,number oTnat*.- utilized pereous who sweati&Cy worild A have voted far Mxu.Fox. baiiWhcttp'-rviJtca '. were.illegally rejectedW •-■•••• •* 1 •' ••w-' And there is to bo doducted'^hare* i/lhe*following bMUorJirog In rr-Jacfcetf .‘J.... , polls: ••“ • •'*••.' 1 • •' , . 7th Division, ad .Ward..-ui.i.~.i..aw-w4so:s / Oth ** Jth "'■,.*4**4tJ*j»Wd**£B3 . i: : Bth‘- “ • itb - J u ' * U. a ho numbers eharge<r by purging tha u Jn.theS'th Division,- Otty Ward V L. ~4o . • «- -oth ' • 'fltff*- “ -61. '• , .4,.,- 7tU". ■ 17th ,*.* ‘i.ith; • ;,aWh.. vtSP....—»'A4l7• •'» Kb-’-- ta Mr. Tindaloihy'lhe' ... .• £rauduian^cpuntl»Ui9l^lh'DlyUto»i against ilr. JXyxKUie'*— r, BrnaWg out x©-' grns:' - •‘* l 1 =s* ‘ J *-* c “ 1 ’ thu2udl3lyiJtoti f l»6'3Vard.^J. 62: i . -u ; .. . 10th . ' • hit , ,-i*;1& ; ‘ t ,11.thoj}legaI.yo.t^yUftfifed : o.;..- j S?, ‘ ( , Total; ‘Graving' tfieiothat majority Jot ilr.^ok.' ll-)i , Mr. BUeppar4’* nreJcKi|y oaxeturaed, wi«r IZ7« Tp whTcpJls to. he added!- ~ '. *_ ; ~ l. Ah error In tholSth Division, lCthWard' -oi In his favor of .-A 11. {Another crroiln Uie Ist Ward p!3 .. . -i;: l ... And there Is to bo ttatuttetl,ih9T<iTQi&i :i' , The foliowlnaxuaJorlUealn rejected p 0115:.., ■7LU Division ift • j * ‘ 7lh : ’*l i Blh •. “ .™™^..-^.-,^!. I. Thh numbers charged by^fuiigingthe - *, fd theB(h 45 . •*' ,otn ... ?• . . 17tu Al., ... u nJx u 17tlr u Ml *' * “ >‘4th ’ >» li 25th' 61 ILL.The: Joes to Mr.Lflibhonp- by Lh.a, ; .... . ii) . • ,-a VIBU-/. 'Less the charges against Mr.jQlbhohaL r .„ . I, By the striking out ol hpoTiy returds r• J V «Xuthaa4 • ,f " 10th “ Ist :‘V‘j-'»«r 34? m- *,h IL By the Illegal ;.(5.148 ~ Total deductlohs...lo63 Hr, bhappsril's majority .as pbovewasq. 1625 Majcrlfy far Mr.- Gibber ’* - The 1 same rdeapUalatiOna'W©ald show that; all the other dontestantß rwere elected by majorities exceeding -thb figures last stated. ■ -it .) • \f. Ur. Peltz, as Becelvex of Taxes, by. ,; . over„...„ r ..'T4oovcUß Mr.-Hancock, as Oonirolifer^by-oVerJWK) 1 Mr Worrell, as-ultyfiollcitw,by over. 800,. '* • Mr. DOncgan, as Prothonotary of the • . , Common Picas, .by over...*— r .**;..JoQo • J Ur. MoCuen, os Olty Cotmnißaloner, v * - • - by aver •, Judge Lndlowdieaented-from thedeoislon of hl9 colleagues' iff a very strong opinion of which "we pulfilsh ; - Opinion qf ‘ It .18' maitffesUyuJmfWMifrleijJbr/JnQitQ agree with the. majority .of the.Cpurt in the conclusions just siaieQ,. 1 A dee jre to place upon record iny qvn views. oblige me to state at length the Kpabtfs upbn which they aje baaed. I' hate tri eaanred boy words be' danse-1 stand alone, and as I am about to discuss principles of ibe nighest importance to etery loverof tha-Oonslunttohal Amer}' can Governto'enly fladof freedom. itaelf as connected with the, supremo rpfwerjof! the people, I, sbftU gather .strength frojq.iJje yery fact.thatucaided by my colleagU£?,my thoughts .have rayplTea about, thenlsoly esj and I see tbofl'ecesMty'whlchpDllgoanreto be, self poised; in views of the rights dfthb beopfe.-' ! If I 1 am not able to comnluid : Sticd6hB, I shall congratulate myself l that at.least<l baved6&erved‘lt. ■ The designhl this- Jodi* cial investigation as Of ieVery> Author,; I* to discover ihq.trutb,andV)/irncUp/AAsepi|3ly bleaply indlcateituat bedistoy* ered is the stfbstnnlf&V truth,'; 'iiChce'. we are commanded'to docfcfcthwo cases'upon their “merits; 1 * 1 r ;f T^egteatquestion which’xveouiatanawer is, not who'can or-who cannot Jbe declared by theCoart, bat who was ihrbOiotof tact audoflaw, elected by the.legal. electors; of this county at the fcf ISOB, and if/orany reaabn it3s to'jde* termihe the question wo oqght.ia , ...It is iny Judgment that whlJolw^hWb'a legal rigtAiibsoluttly^o l r*J«st vole# cast; unless it Is hliabluteiy impbumie -toa&cet-Taln them. • 1 Thes*k£dpropQ?itida gravely, sastainedia-thearffumenk erf oquo; sel and byitbe.C&ajtJJtt.qottriPgileeajtjMn thter-tbat an Am^ricaa./rcetnanjVy;lay'f 1 $ qualified elector, may hy the acta or aofca of an elecUpp.ofßCir 6i qfn Cers.'ih.wbichVactsha bad bO r Jov'op'pfcrt, and that; too. while : \inOir thß;uta(rfte twok the officer may be. in dictedV ana *if convict ed; insy be 1 imprisoned* duct. - Ve l can- 1 fell uDderitShfli'fhowvan elector may lose his righttddspoeitrshaUht by his own a?t,nnd I agree with tone sfjbe learned oopnsel -fqr *b& u he .jwWagpf • nW ; position can bp‘sustained passes nfiylom* i prehension:*, What : iS tho'^»rterstbW> T hfi thls'HGoVeinmeht'tof thp people,'«iidJor theipeople/'i bat tin abs6> late: and iddefeasiUe tfallyy freely fthd » effectively to etriqy the -eieotive T/r^ach^ ; . What t*lt4e : .ill, 4i>? .right i.;too;«W«r^,. ff Coweta the,euperlgUva ii preroßaU\ft, w, au.AWer-1 Joan. 'oitlaeiL .Virtue of 'tble,. s'rdenls and Congrifeamcn'taid Qpjornohi, I v^p I ,' and' Judges; also .five ‘and moVe' and: bU-vo' their, - the most destitute void in thlsOrabytother: olfyln this broad liura! Juts a tightpthaeA' i joymenVot: which i»-gnAraiited4:hy oonsUr' radons abdlawsinajimwablej Hisih%behr i •abiffl-amkoaßitt bedest»oyed ! and of implication without px- - awrßeHduttV flexed td'Sfcrtlto doWDrWipe butsha deeitoyany •am^iCh'oKthe-'wiii theses tlsem£ olJknowi. ; irot(#iobTothacß| maylregard! bnk whfltr hn)pgbt fac# to fach with snphiA9t|oa >y m7 1 6fra»"Mr.«m'< OC jlWylnp Ow !de«tett, smpttHteanlißiiilß; rlglii^of .-.1 c-tiw ’ flat it u cantsndsd-SS'lmi-'pfcople i i, i-i,';(!,. *:!; ?£+•>»* v.'-'-lifWl>3 fRT! grmeniaa,T.«glalatora mi arinjadgMOn their legale, well u their llleeal acta ere rtatdatelCTqldt tluit thelr ainenjnat be iWMßaponthtfpeople who h»yebeende- t oelted lmoelecUng them tnotaaan lacon venleao* merely). botln the nature of a penalty which destroy* rested right*. Ia It hidaedUCMrthat .Judge) whofrtmoorrhpt motlree lneoaae reader*.’ judgment;' thereby deatroya legal and perfeot aot* Jo di olally performed Dy him In the same caw-? jsolqtely, la. this exerdSofpower Yitlsted, [because in some othsrjray,*nd In dealing anJncorporated OOifi* theybyi frand •ulent overissue of al<xdr t dot merely put me to an inconvenience;and to albla loss, but (end this lathe point of the case) destroy mylhdividqalatock a&evidenceoi my pro perty, ibaflstakeftWay a vested right. In dividual rlghtswlll in every instance b« protected, that which baa been legally dono wiltlive, add that Vtofoh Is Illegal will die. The vote of an elector as much bta property, aa thebdosehe owns* In It bo bas!avssted'dgbt > iaad tr he deposits It, be* l©g otherwise constitutionally qualified and Court should pro* and defend the legal vote tbus'ciai tothb'iitDadat llmUorUa power. ft' WiigSln urged tbat'Ccrurta bavo lerctadedregaf votes, and ibis is true, bat (eieSpfc Iti one/ Jnatance dn this State, a n<l baa in two other coses in ttU*Gtmrt>not affected tbe return) never anl«aih«poUbSJreither closed daring tbe th® ,d*y, or before the time and-.thareaaon lor this excep . tfon, ,‘The electors might as well ,havo r ,v6ted ! /up6n a day not. designated by as In the Penn District 2^Psfr, : Ser.; s Eq:'S2s l 'conld not be cast, and urrtll'itcah be : prored thftt the legally qual ifiMrelSbtofs’ft) any Division fn this oomi trydldmot cast their votes according to law even these cases, few and exceptional ns ’ tbeyibove:boen, dQ not apply, . . •Does aoyman oontend diatoxcept in the sVision5 Vision pf First Ward and Tenth of mteeutbydny qualified legal voter did not, wnsq j!he-,vbte was’ received, cast bis voto [law directed? Certainly not; and, therefore,#!©: conclusion to which l h»vv arrived lias not been shaken. -I lntend to palliate, excuse nor ddfsndesenirrSgUlarUtev, muchlesafruud* ulsotoghdaoiftpon the part of any election offloer or pffloerg. Qu the contrary, L u.m. ready to go as far as any member of this. Court fn denouncing and' punishing- both.. What I contend for ia.thai no Court ought to put it In the power of a minority to de stroy am* exposition of opinion by legal electors, and worse than all, In any case ipfiiot npotf innocent sluotors a worse pun-, iabinent' In some respects than Imprison*. Dpeul'itaSlf, without express, authority.vf .If areform Is to be Inaugurated, it ought to.begin at thV right and not at the wrong end: TbS.penal laws must, be faithfully, and persistently executed, and If they are nbtiisufficlently Severe, make them.so.— iTever, udder any olrcumstanbes, sanotlon a principle whloh consign* the innocent and tpe giillty to tile same fate—a principle, which wul not stand tinder our form of GtoyernmpQt, theteab in my opinion, of Uq llborate oritloism, ana which, ( whlle it may be applied by some with the bee t inten lions, to’the concentration of povOriathetmndaofa few men and to a vlrtuhlbut qhiet revolution. -Upon thW branch of ths case, I am of the opinion that/id theoertaibprecinctß attack ed by eflherrme or*the otberof the parties before 09/ the polls ought to.bo purged of oysry. illegal ;VOte, and in others tbe returns should be rejected as unreliable, and the. cases should be referred back to the exam - ipers.wUh Instructions to take the proof of every legal vote cast by a qualified elector and report the eamo to tho Court, In no'election' division of this comity should iho entiro legal vote ba absolutely rejected. "••••• 0 ibci Naturalization Certificates. put Buppoae that In nil I havo said X uiu iq erior, aud that it Is lawful and'right lo reject;‘whole precincts and thus diafhm chrtd dtleast IfiOO legal voters; for the sake oL the argniftent, admit that all tbut has been Baldagatbat the divisions In which the. respondents had a majority has been estab* llabeA. What, I-ask, la to be done with the rqf«ote<i (naturalization vote?; Can these caaeabe decided JUBtly and equitably upon theic’merltauutUthlsqueation Is an swered ? ■ It Wlllnrit db ingeniously to say (hut the raifiopdßntA' hffye proved but thirty-six votes dcttially offered by naturalised d11z406 z406 for certain candidates. If rigid’ rules of law bad been applled to the whole caso I nnderßtandhow technical rales ©f evi dence ntigbtbe Justly enforced against tliu But are wo to bo told.that In <jsaes wbjpb’are to be decided upon thulr •JmerifeV' whole divisions on tho one band, shairb©, trtim motives,of public policy nnd ttFinalhtaiirtbe purity or tbo rq mtorteWsily-injected; 'white npon the other a ’striot raTe of evidence shall be applied, and whole hundreds of legal voters bo hope' lessiy disfranchised 7 Is this just, and havo these cases been decided upon their merits ? iUndpubtedly, irregularities existed in lor which citizens were natural' iaed in.(he Qupreme Court; but Irregulari ties have SlaO existed In every Court in this county. . The learned Judge who presided ld J tbe Supreme Court, declares that bo found a practice la force there, which bad been id use before he came upon that Bonob, and' had Wen endorsed by every one of bis predecessors. He also says that he was more.stringent, and did, in many casep, rejeot persons not duly qualified. It is u well known fact, that Immediately before a Presidential, election, thousands rush to CU©'"Courts, to obtain their naturalization papers, ana with tho loose practice which has heretofore prevailed, I do not wonder that frauds have been committed, notooly intheSapreme Oourt, but In onr town,. as thefevidennein this case, In soveral Instan ces, proves, t. Inorder, however, to drive home tho prop osition which I desire to establish, and not tojbe led.away by a false Issue, admit that a muUitudo of fraudulent naturalization certificates’did Issue. What, I ask, iq to be done vtith the polls In which, without a hearing and, amid contumely and reproaob, more than two hundred and fifty-nine, by contestants'-paper-books, and over three hundred .by respondents' statement, naiu raUzed were either driven from tho pfdls r and imprisoned without u fyariffg ,130(11 the polls closed, or were un ceieihonlously; rejected and deprived of every legal right. It la a remarkable filet tbatf oat of-6800 citizens naturalized be fope'Oclbber (except in three or four oases, And-these fori special reasons), only, tbo twelve forged. certificates, which had been toopCnnttea by .order o! Court, were attack ed by the evidence In the cose, and proved to.be forged. ■ Suppose, however, that out of the whole nqmberof.cef Uflcates Issued,’’ono - third ,w4re fraudulent. It is not absol ut«dy certplh tbht'bf the remaining two-third*, more than on© thousand baye either beeu rejected, or the parties boldiog them denied even the right to produce proof 7 lt la as useless as it la wicked to orgao to me that any election officer or oourt in thin land has a right to declare tbe Impression of thecal of our highest.tribuuaVund tho signature, of lift DfQthOnolary to bo farced t Without heating a word ©f evidence. to ©a tabltßp the proposition,, and without, in rirany, many instances as this evidence proves, looking'at tbe papers. I will not condescend to sustain. by au thority a proposition not denied by.counsel, universally conceded by the profession, adjudged oyer audpyer again hy the courts, and Absolutely ttqe—that tbe seal ofaoourt of racprtVproves itfcelf, and mustbe attacked by evidence df some kind, li said to be forged. It will be a' sad day when ip Penn sylvania any other doctrine is. established aa law. Many of these election judges Would bo startled if, being possessed of real estate, and holding searches Issued by tbo Prothonotary of the' Supreme Court, they should discover: q heavy incambreoce in the shape of a judgment ppoq ( <ri c erty, and, upon qn eaamlnapOu t f tb? ©*r- Uficate. the clerk of the oourt ntm certified that nti Incumbrance axisfedr They would be Bturtled| l say. ir, upon a suit be' ibg'bro bgb fc' against th 6 protpqnotary anil bH-TOCurTtlee, the judge wbq tried tbp oadse, without- heArlhg VvkUnoe. should 'decide that the‘signature and seal attached tb the certificate was forged, and that the holdtft must prove them to be genuine, ...X make bold to say that no law Judge woold jßqkp, or dare to make, auoh ado* cM<w t and, If he did, would exhibit file total incapacity-fq administer Jasticp wlili Impartiality,. • ‘ - ’ * • ... The fact /teethe tqistak© (to cal* ft by n mild term) Committed by these fodgwdf the eleotiqp,' “ under instructions,” as One testified, u .toh Important not to be distinct ly pointed"put! abet.noted. -It may.to*Uay affect tbe validity of an eleotion i but to morrow. titles to real estate may be in dan • gsTt . afcd pother- Interests of incalculable value—even life Itself—upon writs of error issued to Coaria x»r Oyer, and Terminer i and I patwe speclplXy lust hpwr.not only to correct it, but, in or Tar as I am ahleina Judicial opinion, to Wipe gqt.of existence a pestilent berbsy. Tbe, Iren Bnie of the Bsjorlfy, The great qaeatlon of this chuso jot re mains unanswered. What la to bo clone with the rejected naturaUaatlon Tnta> - f It .may be anmmarUy answered. If f adbpted the iron rule'dr my collesgues; and with'a stroke of the pen, obliterate Whdle 'prebinbta,- and thus easily the 're abenuen'te by thousands. To Sustain such a decfslon; I oould. magnify eyery sol of the eleoUon dfHoers, and prove by thls'fevV dthoa-thal jUlr'qdliaqec ifaa ghldb'l bb ** luslruptiona” from spme unknown per sons, and resulted In ooncerted action which amountpd to a. fraud in law If not ln : fact Or X might la Individual oases prove that certain' • officers acted maliciously,’while others were Ignorant of their dufy. Or, if authority- la desired, I might quote (Pern. Dls, EL 2 Pars. SeL Eq. S2o,j to .show that whets the. Integrity of tfae wholp f»ll ls'iU epedaLcases, affected,: as whan the -legal trots cannot be cast, the whole vote mayie rejected. Bat, however strong may bathe temptation, I will adopt neither, of Iho metnoda'abdvo.'apeclfled, and the law ought ouch acas^al; ■' great central Idea that the|<hiflti»(Crj ate fcba protedtedthrtiugh dut»tß«i«ntire.Connly.'; I wouht raier the twiy tn thia Ww ioittWi lions, In eaoh division iu which thq vqtee of naturalized are in qnestlpm (q Miat by raason of threaoiiior, either .' •s-li nt-n-nn-.i.,., ns s!::cs IIJIW I'MinfKiaj.. : jr.i'i .1-.?)!£ .iislJlaq
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