Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1858 — Frauds Intended! [ARTICLE]

Frauds Intended!

GUARD THE BALLOT-BOX! We last week said that frauds were intended to”be resorted to in ill's district to : defeat Colfax, it possible, and at the gam. time urged the people, it these frauds were attempted, to “protect the ballot-box at all hazards,’ and “use the same argument used at Bunker Hill, if necessary. ” Some of bur Old-Line neighbors have howled at a tremendous rate at this. They raved and | cursed—cursed and raved, and called the j editor of this paper a “liar,” whenever two j of them met on the street. Tire shoe I ! pitched awful tight, or they would not have | carried on so. It there were no intended! frauds, there was to be no “Bunker Hill ur- ! | gument” used; if the Old-Liners were inno- ! | cent, why.go about the street trying to inanj Utfacture public opinion! j The letter we Spoke of last Week also ! I gave them great-uneasiness, especially thQ . ■ an tiler of it, who has been busying himsel! entirely too. much with public affairs, when tie out to have hid his head with shame The letter is now in the hands of a Republican, but as he is in the power, pecuniarily, ol the swamp-land sharks of this county, lie will not give it up unless frauds are committed: in that case, he will give it up. That such letter exists, there can be no doubt. A citizen ol this place conversed with the possessor ol it. We have two letters in our possession- on the subject, from a gentleman who saw the letter, which can be seen l>v any one calling at tiiis office. We here warn the author of the letter, if l-e undertakes to carry out his plan, that he will lie held 'personally responsible by, an outraged community. W e make two extracts from the two letters in our possession, (ruin a gentleman of high -standing in Indianapolis. Oneisdated October 1, 1858. addressed to a citizen of Bits place, and not intended (or publication: It says: “Von must not say anything about that letter. from the Old Bine ifficiul in your place to a citizen of.our city, as it would perhaps damage him pecuniarily, and to a 1 nge amount. * * * * Don't (litter yoursell that the Old- Louts will nlit impel t into your comity, tor they certainly w'ill. Watch them close.” The other letter reads as follows, and is : addressed to us by the same gentlemenj dated October 1: • “It is possible, it might he got if these frauds are carried on extensively to contest election with; or, perhaps, if a strong body of Colfax's friends, hacked up bv Colfax : liinisc.lt, were here, it might he procured. jThe'man who received it is a warm friend of Colfax, and I have no doubt, really is; i-but he says it would damage him, p'cuniaridy„ at least one thousand dollars, and that iiie cannot a fiord to lose.” Come and see the letters. David Snyder and Jacob Markle have issued a handbill offering SIOO reward for the letter. We dare them to place the money in the hands of jHONEST MEN ! Democrats and Republicans! we call on \ou,- in tire name of our common country-, and (or the sake of all you hold dear, to unite with one another and guard the polls ! from pollution, let it come Irom whatever quarter it will. Every lover of his countrv, whatever party lie belongs to, is interested in maintaining the purity of the. ballot-box. Let every one vote who has a right, and none other. Let individuals howl as they will, and cry “liar,” hut we conjure all honest mem, of all parties, to unite in defending the \ ballot-box . Perhaps our fears exaggerate i the ejanger, hut it behooves all to he watchful. It any complains of this advice, mark him! lie means no good. \\ e ask von to do nothing, except to guard your own rights. We repeat, Democrats and Re-publicans, unite and defend, the ballot-box at all hazards! Citizens! stand guard at the [lolls from the time they open until they close. It is your duty, and if you do it not, you deserve not ! your liberties.