DIIDlSmSY OVERTHROW OF THE BALLOT! A COMPLETE HISTORY OP THE Election in the State of Kentucky, J±TJ&-XJST 3D, 1S6S- The following address of a committee in behalf of the Democratic party of Kentucky, fully sustained as it is, by convincing evidence, will no doubt arrest the attention of the people of the Confederate States. The gentlemen composing the committee, are. reputed and known as statesmen of commanding talents and influence, and are the exponents of a large party, which, until last summer, had voted and acted with the Union or Lincoln party. The secession of this party from the Federal administration will powerfully reduce the popular force of the Lincoln supporters in that State. Independent of this seism in the Federal party, there never has been a doubt, that the Southern-rights party of that Stated with an honest and unterrified vote, would carry any general election by an overwhelming majority. The documentary proof appended to the address cannot fail to impress convic- tion on every fair mind, that the Executiye, Legislative and Judicial election.- <>t Kentucky were constrained and dictated by a military despotism, and are gro.-s violations.of the Constitution and laws of that State. If this new and powerful party will aet-with the spirit and manhood of freemen. Kentucky will break the, chains which now shackle her, and redeem her from the reproach of a tame submission to a despotism which crushes her personal and political liberties. J'** > > lad * JL ID ID IR,E S S. ^n Address to' the People and Congress of the United states: in response to numerous inqairiea addressed to us from every' quarter, we ask leave to submit to the people of the United Prates the following paper in ex- planation of the ranvass which preceded the recent election in Kentucky, and of the causes which led to its moit unexpected result— unexpected not so much by ourselves, who h;id from sad experience already teamed the extreme and desperate character of the measures that would be resorted :o by the Administration party (O Buppresa the voice of our people, as by. those of you who, living in less trou- bled regions; had not realized the extent to which a. determination to retain power would lead its possessors. In the last days of August. 1862, the lion. Beriah Magoffin resig ed his office as Governor of the State of Kentucky. From causes into which it is not neces- sary pow to enter, he had inclined the suspicion of a great majority of the Union party v and through the Legislature they had succeeded in divesting him of all'real power in the Government. The Executive control of the State had rapidly fallen into the hands of tl§e military officers of the United States, and lor months the people had been subject to martial law in all its oppressiveness, without its deela- ration in form. Under these circumstances, and for the purpose of relieving the people 9 and especially that portion of them known* as "Southern-Rights Men," who had been the peculiar objects of persecution, Mr. Majroffin, in a published letter, declared his willingness to resign whenever he 'could be assured of the election of a successor of conservative views, who, commanding the confidence at the same time of the Administration at Washington and of the people of Ken- tucky, would be able and willing to secure every peaceful citizen in the exercise of the* rights 'guaranteed to him by the Constitution and laws. The Hon. Jas. f. Robinson, then a member of the Senate, was indicated to him, and he consented to resign in his favor. Then the Speaker of the Senate resigned, and Mr. Robinson having been elected in his stead, became by virtue of bis office the acting Governor of the State upon the resignation of Mr. Magoffin* The new Governor was, from the beginning, fully informed of the character and purpose of the negotiation which paved the way to his succession, and he entered upon the discharge of his duties with the best wishes ot the great mass of our people. These events gave rise to the most pleasing anticipations, which were strength- ened by the first acts of the new regime. Early in September the State was in- vaded by Confederate troops, who held possession for >six weeks of the greater portion of its territory. The people, content with, and hopeful of the new order of things, gave them little encouragement and but few recruits, so that by ibe first ot November they were driven from our borders. But, contrary to all our hopes, w inter brought with it a renewal of military .government; orders issuing from military officers of every grade, imposed daily more stringent regulations upon our commerce with other loyal States ; wider signification was given to the term dis- loyal, by which the victims were marked out for oppression; arrests without warrant and imprisonment without trial became once more the established system of justice; the property of suspected persons was againgpeized and appropriated to the use of the army without compensation ; the civil power was of course to be not more effective in the hands of Mr. Robinson thai in those of his predecessor, and spring found the rights of person and property even more insecure than in the darkest hours of the previous year. The Legislature, composed mainly of the personal and political friends of Gov- ernor Robinson, during their session ia the winter, had passed resolutions of a strongly conservative character, in which they declared, among other things: 1, That our institutions are assailed by an armed rebellion on one,, side, which 3 can only be met by the sword, and on the other by umetmtitutumtU actt of Con- gress and startling K usurpaUons of power by the Executive, which we have seen by experience can be corrected by the. ballot-box. 2. That Kentucky is and ever has been loyal to the Government of the United States. 3. That we recognize a manifest difference between any administration of the Government and the Government itself. 4. Solemnly protests against the emancipation proclamation as unwise, uncon- stitutional and void. 5. That the power recently assumed l»y the President, whereby, under the guise of military' necessity, he has proclaimed and extended martial law over States where war does not exist, and has suspended the writ of habeas corpus', is unwar- ranted by the Constitution, and its tendency is to subordinate civil to military authority, and to subvert constitutional and free government. 8. That Kentucky will adhere to the Constitution and the Union as the best, and, it may be, the last hope of popular .freedom. 9. Hails with manifest pleasure the recent manifestation of conservative senti- ment among the people of the non-slaveholding States. 10. Recommends the call of a National Convention to propose amendments to the Constitution. 11. Declares that the laws of this State must be maintained and enforced, and that it is the duty of the constituted authorities of the State to see to it that by all constitutional means this indispensable end shall be attained. The^e resolutions were signed and approved by the Governor. In February, the Central Committee of the Democratic party, appointed some, years since under its old organization, issued a call for a Convention to meet in Frankfort to nominate candidates for the various offices to be filled at the August election. "With this call we had no connection, and we neither attended the meeting nor approved of its expected'* action. Upon its assemblage, and before any business had been transacted, the meeting was dispersed by Col. Gilbert, then commanding a regiment of United -States troops at Frankfort. The Convention of the so-called " Union Democratic" party met in Louisville on the IStli of March. One of their first acts was to refuse a hearing to a North- ern Democrat — the Hon. Mr. Cravens, of Indiana — a member of the great party whose manifestation^ of conservative sentiment had so recently be< 5 n hailed with pleasure by the Legislature. They readopted as part of their platform all the resolutions passed by the Legislature, and nominated as their candidate the Hon. J. F. Bell. After long hesitation, Mr. Bell declined the candidacy, and the Cen- tral Committee of his party substituted in his stead Mr'. Bramlette, who had been the frequent recipient of office from the Administration, and had been generally regarded as a supporter of its policy. Under these circumstances} aud early- in the month of June, a letter was writ- ten by one of us residiug in the interior of the State to another residing in Louisville, in which it was suggested that a meeting of the conservative Union men should be called for the purpose of consultation as to the proper course to be pursued by them. Befoqf our meeting was held, Mr. Bramlette had already taken the stump, and though the newspapers of his party exercised a prudent caution in refraining from publishing a report or even a notice of his speeches, we were not without infor- mation of their character. The platform of that party to which he owed his nomination denounced as startling usurpations of power the suspension of (he writ of habeas corpus and the extension of martial law over States where war did not exist. We learned that, on the contrary, Mr. Bramlette maintained in argu- ment the rightfulness of these measures. The platform denounced the emancipa- tion proclamation as uuwise, unconstitutional and void. Mr. Bjamlette contended that it was mlid as a war measure, though he regarded uas impolitic. Th<* platform hailed with pleasure the jecent manifestations of conservative sentiment at. the North, while Mr. Bramlette denounced those whom he derisively termed' , Constitutional Union men quite as violently as the Secessionists, and, finally, he threatened with the tender mercies of the provost marshal all such malignants as i 1 perversely refuse to vote for him, even though he was without a com* tor. ier these circumstances, it will surprise* no one that on meeting we fouud Ives agreed in approving/ with some exceptions, the resolutions of the 1 Union Democratic'' Convention, but equally agreed in distrusting the sincerity of the men by whom the resolutions hid been adopted, and particularly of the by whom, if at ai 1 , they were to be enforced. We,* therefore, de- vil a ticket in opposition, and agreeing without difficulty upon principles by which our candidate should be guided, we addressed to the Hon. :ir'n s A. Wi< Fe the letter which will be found in our appendix, marked No. 1. . : lains Our purpose and our policy. Whether they were " dis- that much abused term, we leave to every candid reader tQ iiine lor him Wickliffe in a published letter expressed his hearty concurrence in our •. He accepted with reluctance the position we had assigned him, and we i eded to place a full ticket in the field. • Few did more than Mr. Wickliffe to ain the fidelity of Kentucky to the Constitution and Government of the United States, and he has not changed his principles or policy. We are at once assailed by the Administration press with every species of mis- representation and abuse. Not daring to assail any position taken in our letter to Mr. Wickliffe (which they refused to publish,) they adopted the safer course of attributing to us purposes which they knew we did not entertain. Though it was perfectly well known tfo them that we, the signers of that paper, had been active and consistent members of the Union party, when such a position was accompa- nied with some danger and no prospect of advantage, we were denounced as Secessionists in disguise, at a time when Secession, partly through our own efforts, had become a dead issue in Kentucky. We had but a single newspaper in the State to advpeate our cause. We could not attempt an active canvass of the State, for we were well aware that such a canvass would expose to the Admini- stration party its perilous position, and thus precipitate that military interference in the election which wc were most anxious to avoid. In this manner and from these causes many persons in the State — many more abroad — were led into a misapprehension of our purposes, and made to believe, that secession was our real aim. Knowing our strength, however, we were content to lose a few of our friends for tbe time, in the hope' of securing a free election, which weuld give us the means of recovering them by a development of our true policy. [It is very frankly admitted that we hoped and expected to obtaiu the support of the great mass of the Southern rights men of the State. They were for the most part Democrats of long standing. Though classed by the adherents of the Administration as "disloyal, " the great majority of them were not Secessionists, and were entirely free from all complicity in the rebellion. So far from esteeming it a fault of which we should be ashamed, we regarded the effort to conciliate them, if it could be done without a sacrifice of principle on either side, as 1 highly meritorious ; and we now gratefully acknowledge the cordial support which that portion of our fellow-citizen* were ready, and anxious to yield to our platform and candidate whenever permitted to do so. Would to God that ajl the citizens of bur once happy country, could be brought to agree and be satisfied. If the^rild- ionist in South Carolina could be induced to give his support to the principles enunciated in our letter to Mr. Wickliffe, who would not regard the occurrence as one worthy of general rejoicing ?] hi a short time it became evident that misrepresentation alone was not sufficient to secure our defeat, and Messrs. Wolfe and Trimble, our candidates for Congress in the First and Fifth Districts, and Mr. Martin, candidate for the Legislature in Lyon and Livingston counties, -frere arrested by the provost marshals. The first named gentleman wasjpeedily released on parole, and the two last were carried to Henderson, a considerable distance from their homes, and there detained un- til the election was over. • Op the 10th day of July, Governor Robinson, issued the proclamation which will be found in the Appendix, marked No. 2. It had never before occurred to a Governor of Kentucky that it was necessary to remind judges of election by proclamation, of the duties enjoined upon them by the laws of the State. They had. always been presumed to know their duty, and been left free to discharge it without executive interference. The expatriation act to which he called their attention, had been printed with the other acts of the Legislature and circulated by public authority in every county of the State. If had been published in every newspaper, and the provisions of no law were more widely known to our' people. Why it should have been thought proper to depart from the established custom in this instance, and why, when such departure wa9 determined upon as now necessary for the first time, the proclamation should have failed to embody for the information and guidance of the judges those other laws -which forbid an^ in- terference with the freedom of elections, and denounce severe penalties upon any judge who should refuse to receive ^the vote of a legally qualified elector, are questions which we leave the reader at liberty to decide for himself, after leamin<* all the facts attending and following the issue of the paper. On the 31st day of July, General Burnside issued his proclamation (Appendix No. 2) placing that State under martial law, for the purpose, as he declared, "of preserving the purity of elections as defined in the late proclamation of his Excel- lency, the Governor of Kentucky." The reason assigned by General Burnside for the issuance of his proclamation that " the State of Kentuckv is invaded by a rebel force with the avowed purpose of controlling the elections," was a mere pre- text, without real foundation, though we have reason to believe that such in- formation was conveyed to the General by citizens of this State, acting on behalf of the Administration party. The " iavaders " to whom he referred were a flying body of cavalry less than one thousand in number, known to be in rapid retreat at the time the proclamation was issued, and were all actually out of the State be- fore the election began. Upon the most careful inquiry we have been unable to ascertain that they avowed any such purpose as was attributed to them, nor do we believe that they did so. But the avowal of such an intention by such a body of men, even had it been made, would have been an idle and ridiculous boast,- to which it is impossible General Burnside could have attached any importance. That one thousand ma- rauders should seriously contemplate a control of the election in a State contain- ing one hundred and ten counties, inhabited by one hundred and eighty thousand voters, and protected by more than fifty thousand soldiers of the United States is an absurdity so glaring that General Burnside must pardon us-for believing that it could not have gulled even him ! In quick succession preceding or following the declaration of martial law, came the different orders in the appendix numbered from four to twelve. Many others of similar character were issued, but these are a fair sample of the whole. These orders differing in their details, may be briefly summed up as presenting the fol- lowing points. 1. By way of precaution the people are informed that whenever' any property is needed for the use of the United States army, it will be taken from rebel sympathizers, and receipts given for, the same marked "dislovai," and to be paid at the end of the war, on proof that the holder is a loyal man. 2. Rebel sympathizers are defined to be not oulv those who are in favor of se- cession, but also those who are not in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war and of furnishing men and money unconditionally for that purpose. " Loyaltv." is to be proved by the vote given at the election. 3. -County Judges are required to appoint none but « loyal" men as judges of election, notwithstanding the provisions of our laws, which require the officers of election fo betaken equally from each political party. (Persons offering to vote, whose votes may be rejected by the judges are notified that they will be immediately arrested by the military. 5. The judges of election are notified, that they will be arrested and held re- sponsible by the military, should they permit any disloyal men to vote. 6: The Democratic ticket is struck from the poll-books at many points' M hpino composed of disloyal men. ' aucill fe 7. .Oaths u n k n own to the Constitution and laws are required to be taken b? the voters and judges. J 6 A careful perusal of the orders themselves will show that they hare not been misrepresented in this summary. Examine carefully, fellow-citizens, we beseech you, the picture which they present. The Governor of Kentucky calls the at- tention of the judges to a single one of many laws which define their duty, and that one a law whose rierid enforcement was supposed to be beneficial to his own political party and injurious only to his opponents. General Burnside enforces the proclamation for the purpose of preserving the purity of elections, and (while himself threatening the judges of election, should they permit a disloyal vote to be east) directs that the soldier shall interfere no further than may be necessary to enable the judges to discbarge their duties under the laws of Kentucky. His subordinate threaten the judges and voters with confiscation, arrest and imprison- ment ami actually publish their orders and carry out their threats without punish- ment from the General or remonstrance from the Governor. In addition to all this there was at work beneath the surface a potent machinery, whose labors could be traced only by results, for the work was done in darkness and in secret. • In every city, town and considerable village in the Commonwealth, there had long been organized, under the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, a body of men known as a '' Bond of Trade," an innocent title, little expressive of their true functions. Under the same regulations of the Secretary no shipments of goods to the interior of the State could be made without the permit of the United om House .officers at Cincinnati or Louisville. In order to obtain such a permit the individual applying must have procured the recommendation of the " Board of Trade" located ueavest to his plaee*bf business, and the recommenda- tion was given to none but "loyal" men, each Board establishing its own test of "loyalty/' Without such recommendation no merchant could hope to add to his stock by importation — no mechanic to replenish the materials necessary in his calling. These inquisitorial bodies, therefore, held in their hands the absolute fate of every'tradesman and mechanic in the State. The prosperous merchant and needy shopkeeper were alike at their mercy. The tradesman and mechanic were thus left to choose between a vote for Mr. Bramlette and the utter ruin of their busini Such, fdlow.-citizens, were the circumstances under which the. election of Aug. 8d wa> begum Its result, was no longer doubtful: Had Gen. Burnside designated by name the individuals who should fill the various offices of the State, he would have saved us the expense and trouble of an ''election"— the rights of the people would not have been more flagrantly violated, nor would the oiTicials thus ap- pointed have been any more the creatures of his will than are those whom he has more indirectly imposed upon us. The limits to which we arc confined, forbid any attempt at a detailed account of the inauuerlu winch the ^election" was conducted. The military orders before referred to were carried out with rare fidelity, by those to whom their execution was entrusted. A few officers (to their lasting praise be it spoken,) openly ex- pre8Sed the shame they felt at their connection with such a task. Armed soldiers were stationed at every considerable poll. The judges of election were, contrary to law, taken exclusively from the ranks of our opponents. Many weak men, ap-. prehensive of injury to person and property, cast their votes for Mr. Bramlette, in violation of their convictions. The votes of many more, when offered for our pandidates, were Illegally rejected. Thousands of others were deterred from an attempt to vote by the knowledge that illegal tests would be applied to them, their votes refused yfcnd [themselves probably arrested. The names of our candidates were illegally stricken from the poll books at many precincts, and never placed ipon them at others, Judge* were arrested for refusing to conduct the election in a manner forbidden by the laws of Kentucky and their own oath, a.nd voters were imprisoned for the high crime of confessing themselves Democrats. These are sweeping charges, but they can readily be substantiated. That" we may not, be supposed to avoid specification, we publish in the appendix (marked NO. 16) a Statement showing the outrages perpetrated at different points in more than twenty counties. Our materials are ample to swell the list almost indefinitely, but these will be sufficient to indicate the general character of the whole. Th£ facts stated are, some of them, within our personal knowledge— the remainder have been communicated to us by gentlemen in whose veracity we have entire confidence, and whose names are in our possession. We particularly invite your attention to the report of Major Gibson, the Certificates of Capt. Leeson and Ser- geant Brown, and the protest of the Hon. Charles A. Wicklift'e, official documents whose correctness even our opponents will not question. They are numbered S, 13, 14 and 15 in the appendix. In connection with -these statements, and as fully supporting them, we publish in the appendix (marked No. 17) a table showing the official vote cast for each candidate for Governor, and, in parallel columns, the total vote cast, and the number of white males over twenty-one years of age, in each county. It will be perceived that the whole number of vote's cast was 84,930, of which Mr. Bram- lette received 67,580, while the Lumber of persons entitled to vote was 182,246. The votes of over 97 thousand citizens were, therefore, unpolled. How these votes would have. been cast had the election been untrammeled, is a question which we think every candid reader of this paper has already determined in his mind. — We have shown that every species of inducement was offered to allure the voter to the one party — every means of intimidation and violence had been used to pre- vent his support of the other. We now leave our readers to draw their own conclusions as to the direction in which the unpolled vote would have been ca?t had all external influence been removed. Returning to the table of the vote cast, it will be perceived that in twelve coun- ties not a single vote was permitted to be cast for Wickliffe. In eight others he received less than ten votes to the county. In fifteen others.be received less than fifty votes to the county. In sixteen others he received less than one hundred votes to the county. These fifty-one counties embrace many of the strongest Democratic counties in the State. In only twenty-eight counties of the State did .Mr. Bramlette receive a majority of the population entitled to vote. Less than two-fifths of the population entitled to vote have made him Governor of Kentucky. It is contended by the Administration press that the deficiency in -the vote cast is attributable to the absence of many Kentucky soldiers in the army of the United States, all of whom would have voted for Mr. Bramlctte, and the enlist- ment of others in the Southern ar»fies, who have thereby lost the right to vote. — On this point we have to say — First. That the number of white males over twenty-one years of age, as pub- lished in our appendix, is taken from the Auditor's report for 18tV2, aid notwith- standing the accession of thousands of young men to the age of maturity in the meantime, it is nine thousand less in number than was reported by the Auditor h\ 1861. The falling off can be accounted for in no other way than by the fact that the soldiers who bad left their home? to join either army, in the fall of 1861, were dropped from the returns, and are not included in the Auditor's report for 1862. Secondly. That hundreds of those who were known to be friendly to the Ad- ministration were furloughed and sent home to vote. Thirdly. That, a large dumber of Kentuckians in the United States army are under 21 years of age, and therefore not entitled to vote ; and lastly, that they are very far from being unanimous in support of Mr. Bramlette or the Adminis- tration. We have said, however, that our object is to state what has happened, not to speculate upon what might orlvould have happened in contingencies which did not occur. To »llsueh speculation on the part,ofour opponents wc answer by a single question: If the majority of the people were in favor <•/ your candidates, why ■ resort t<> illegal and unconstitutional means to disfranchise us ? Tt will already have occurred to the intelligent reader that an election thus carried should have been contested. The Constitution of Kentucky provides that 4 all elections shall be free and equal," that the privilege of free suffrage shall be 'upported by laws regulating elections and «' prohibiting ', under adequate penalties, all undue influences thereon from bribery, tumult or other improper practices," and 'hat "contested elections for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor shall be determined by tlie General Assembly, according to such regulations as may bo established by law. 1 ' Sorely the spirit of these provisions wo,uld avoid any election 'such as wo hare described. Unfortunately, however, the laws enacted in conformity with them Impose penalties upon the guilty of the off against the right of free suffrage', enumerated in the Constitution, without pro- viding; that, the validity of the election itself shall be in anywise affected by the commission of such offenses. Our law-givers did not contemplate the possibility of a forcible interference so extensive as to taint the whole election; and so, in establishing a Board for the trial of contested elections, they made no provision for such a contingency) but simply directed that "the candidate receiving the higltett number of legal votes given" should be adjudged to be the person elected. As the investigation is thus limited to'the number ofi given, it matters not how many men were driven into the support of Mr. Bramlette by threats of military violence, nor how many others were deterred from voting for Mr. Wick- liffe by the knowledge that their votes, if offered, would not be received. The ar- rest of Judges and voters, the erasure of the names of candidates from the poll books, the administration of illegal oaths — all these, too, are wroogs which do not so affect the validity of an election as to be available in a contest before the tribu- nal established by law — a tribunal, be it remembered, whose own seats had been obtained by the same practices upon which their judgment was to be asked. — Considerations like these constrained us reluctantly to abandon all idea of contest- ing the election, and haye left us without other remedy than this appeal to the sober judgment of the people. On the 1st .day of September Mr. Bramlette took the oaths and entered upon the discharge of tlm duties of the office to which he had thus been elected. His inaugural address lies before us, and while to many of his positions we can make no objection, there are passages to be found in it which strikingly illustrate the correctness of the suspicions which led us to nominate a candidate in opposition to him. He continues to defend the rightfulness of military arrests without limiting his argument' to the theatre of hostilities. He maintains the right to re- strain the publication of new-papers, when "reasonable grounds" exist to be- lieve that they. have been auilty ofj or are about to commit acts to tlio danger of the public security, without intimating who is to decide upon the reasonable character of the suspicions. lie objects to the policy of negro enlistments, but admits the existence of a rightful power in* the Administration for that purpose. — He denies the right of the people to limit or control the public expenditure in time of waj. Iu these most important particulars, he contradicts the platform of his party. He does far more : lie denies to the citizen those invaluable rights of freedom from arrest without warrant, of free speech, of control over public supplies, for which the English people fought for five hundred years, and which our forefathers inheriting from them, believed they had bequeathed to us inviolate forever. * For the present, fellow-citizens, the late of Kentucky is sealed. Her very de- votion to the Constitution has been made the means whereby to deprive her peo- ple of every constitutional right. Deceived and betrayed, she lies prostrate and helpless — wept by her friends — derided by the oppressors. But there is that in , the spirit of her people which tells us it will not be for long- Like fabled Anta- eus, who, each time he touched his mother earth, started up with redoubled strength, her fall will but invigorate her for a struggle yet to come. That her .independence may be restored to' her by the peaceful remedies ol the Constitution, rather thau by violent convulsion, must be the earnest prayer of every lover of his, country. * We, therefore, present this address to the people of the United States, and especially to the Congress of the United States, soon to assemble ; praying that body to adopt such measures as, in their judgment, will secure to the States .aiS- hering to the Union, the freodom of election, without which, the very basis* of our liberties is destroyed. W.A.DUDLEY, NAT. WOLFE, J. H. HARNEY, K. K. WHITE, W. F. BULLOCK, JOSH. F. BULLITT, R. C. PALMER, # Committee on bcJfalf of the Democratic party. APPENDIX. No, 1. Louwvilli, Jnn« 18, 1861. Hojt. 0. A. WicklifFe— Bear Sir : — The undersigned, in behalf of many iu all parts of this Commonwealth, believe it a political necessity to reorganize the Democratic party in the State, in association with those of the North who have stood bv the Government and the Constitution throughout this deplorable civil war. They constitute the only political party of the North with whom any party South will have any affiliation, whilst a political association between the two sta- tions of the country is indispcns ble to a restoration of the Union. We cannot consent to the doctrine that the Constitution and laws are inadequats to the present emergency ; that the constitutional guarantees of liberty and property can be suspended by war. Our fathers certainly did not intend that our Constitution should be a fair- weather document, to be laid away in a storm, or a fancy garment to be worn only in dry weather. On the contrary, it is in times like the present that constitutional restraints on the power of those in authority are needed. We hold the Federal Government to be one of limited powers^that cannot bo en- larged by the existence of civil commotion. We hold the rights reserved to the States equally sacred with those granted to the United States. The Government has no more right to disregard the Constitu- tion and laws of the States than the States have to disregard the Constitution and. laws of the United States. We hold that the Administration has committed grave errors in confiscation bills, lawless proclamations, arid military orders setting aside Constitutions and laws, and making arrests outside of military lines where there is no public danger to excuse it. ♦• It is now obvious that the fixed purpose of the Administration is to arm tha negroes of the South to make war upon the whites, and we hold it to be the duty Of the people of Kentucky to enter against such a policy a solemn and most em- phatic protest. We hold as sacred and inalienable the right of free speech and a free press- that the Government belongs f o the people and not the people to the Government. We hold this rebellion utterly unjustifiable in its inception, and a dissolution of the Union the greatest of calamities. We would use all just and constitutional means adapted to the suppression of the one and ttle restoration of the other. Having observed youx uniform and consistent course since the origin of our troubles, we believe you a faithful representative of our views, and urgently re- quest that you permit yoiu; name to be used as a Democratic candidate for Gov- ernor at the ensuing election. , "Yours respectfully, •W. F. Bullock, Josh. F. Bullit, Robert "Cochran, Geo. W. Johnston, L. S. Trimble, Robt. M. Smith, Thos. P. Hughes, T. J. Conn, R. C. Talnier, ■ W. A. Dudley, Alfred Herr, W. P. Simmons, J. P. Chamber?, John T. Bridges,. Wm. K. Thomas, T. J. Hall, Wm. J. Reasor, Samuel N. Hall, Robt. K. White, Phil. Tomppert, Jr.,' J. H. Harney, Jesse F. Hammon, Wm. Kay, P. M. Campion, N. Wolfe, W. H. Bailey, S. M. Hall, Jacob Abny, John Herr, J. H. Price. Cbas. h. Harrison, 10 No. -i. PROCLAMATION UY Til K OOVKRNOR. Commonwkautu OV Kenti ^ Executive Department \ For the information and guidance of all officers at the approach >n, I have caused to be herewith published an act of the Leeislature of Kentucky, en- titled " An act to amend chapter 15 of the Revised: Statutes, entitled 'Citizens, Expatriation and Aliens." 1 The strict observance and enforcement ol this, and all other laws of this State regulating re earnestly enjoineditfnd Required, a< being alike due to a faithful disc duty, to the purity ol the elective franchise, and to the bov« ereign will of the people of Kentucky, expr< -h their Legislature. Given under my hand as Governor ol Kentucky, a I Frankfort, thfs loth day- of July, 1863, and in the 2i<\ year of the Commonwealth. J. P. Robivsox. By the Governor: 1>. 0. Wiokliffk, Secretary of • State- Chapter 509! AN ACT to amend chapter IS of the Revised Statute.-', entitled "Citizen;?, Ex- patriation and Aliens." Sko 1. H< it encXeUd by the General Assembly of the Commoitwealth of Kentucky, That any citizen of this State who shall enter into the service" of the so-called Confederate States, in either a civil or military capacity, or enter into the service of the so-called Provisional Government ot Kentucky, either in a civil or military capacity, or having heretofore entered such service of either the Confederate States or Provisional Government,, shall continue iu such ser- vice after this act takes effect, or shall take up ©r continue in arms against the military forces of the United States or the Suite of Ken.tueky,.-or shall give vol- untary aid and assistance to those in arms against said forces, shall be deemed to have expatriated himself, and shall no longer be a citizen *0f Kentucky} nor shall he again be a citizen, except by permission of the Legislature by a general or :1 statute. , Sbo. 2. That whenever a person attempts'or is called on to exercise any of the constitutional or legal rights and privileges belonging only to citizens of Kentucky, he may be required to negative on oath the expatriation provided in the first section of this act ; and upon his failure or refusal to do so, shall not be permitted to exercise any such right or privilege. Sec. 3. This act to be oMbrce in thirty days from and after its passage. Passed and became a law, the objections of the Governor to the contrary not withstanding, March 11, 18<>2. \Y' append hereto the order of Major-General Burnnide : MARTIAL LAW IN KEM'VcKY. General Orders tfo. 120. Headquarters Dki-'t or the Ohio, ) Cincinnati, O., July 31, L868. ) Whereat, The State of Kentucky is invaded by a rebel force with the avowed intention oi overawing the judges of elections, of intimidating the loyal voters, keeping them from the polls i ml forcing the election of disloyal candidates fit, ("lie elect! >n the 3d of August; and, whereas, the military power <>f the Govern- ment is the 1 only force that can defeat this attempt, the Stale of Kentucky is hereby declared under martial law, ami all military officers are commanded to aid the constituted authorities of the State in support of the laws and of the purity iffrage, as defined in the late proclamation of His Excellency, Governor Rob- inson. As it is not the intention of the Commanding Geneva! to interfere with the proper expression of public opinion, all discretion in the conduct of the election will be as usual in the hands of the legally appointed judges at the polls, who will be held strictly responsible that no disloyal person be allowed to vote, and to this end th,e military power is ordered to give them its utmost support. 11 The civil authority, 'civil courts and business will not be suspended by this order. It is for the purpose only of protecting, if necessary, the rights of loyal citizens, and the freedom of election. By command of Major-Geueral Burnsidc. - Lewis Richmond, A. A. G. « Official : R. H. I. Goddard, A. A. A. G. • ' No. 3. tl To Col. Butler: Persons of open and avowed disloyalty will not be permit- ted to stand for office. The provisions of Ge*h. Burnside't order 120 must be strictlv enforced. »' • " By command. A. C. Sbmplh, A. *Y.. G." C. A. Wickliffe protests against tho act by which his name was stricken from the poll-books, and the people denied the privilege of voting for him as a candi- date for the office of Governor. He states that he has ever been opposed to secession or a dissolution of the Union. He is in favor of a restoration of the Union as h was under the present Con- stitution. He has opposed the abolition of slavery as a war measure and the arming of ne- groes as soldiers of the armv of the United' States, and voted against the appro- priation bill at the last session after the House refused to adopt the proviso offered by Mr. Mallory, providing, in substance, Jhat no part of the money should be . expended, iu freeing negroes, in arming and paying negroes as soldiers of the army. Mr. Crittenden, Mr. Mallory, Mr. Menzies, Mr. Harding, Mr. Yeama'n and Mr.'Grider opposed the bill, and refused to'yote for it for the same reasons. I deny that I am disloyal to the Government or to the Constitution. I request the judges to file this paper with the poll-books and returns. C. A. Wickliffe. The foregoing is a copy of a protest attached to poll-book No. 9, in Nelson county, now in our possession, as a board for examining the poll-books for Nelson • Attest : T. P. Linthiccm, J. N. C. C. Jas. Wood, S. N. C. We, the judges of election held at the court-house in Bardstown, Nelson co., Ky., in Precinct No. 9. on this Rd day of August, 1S63, do certify that the names of C. A. Wickliffe, a candidate for Governor of Kentucky, W. B. Read, candi- date for the office of Lieut. Governor of Kentucky, were erased from the poll- books by Lieut. CoUButlcr, commanding, the Fifth Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, tJ. S. Army, .now with headquarters at this place, who would permit no voter to • vote for said persons for said offices. The names of William Johnson, candidate for County Attornev, and Austin Mattingly, candidate for County Court Clerk, were stricken from the poll-book in' the manner aforesaid, and no person allowed ^ to vote for them. E. E. McKay having notified us in writing, at the hour of ten o'clock in the morning, that he was no longer a candidate for County Attorney, and that his name must be stricken from the poll-book, which was accordingly done. • „ , . . We dp further certify that the foregoing p#ges contain the vote polled at said precinct for the candidates whose names were not stricken off, to wit : For Gov- ' ernor— Thomas E. Bramlette, 60 votes. For Lieut. Governor— Richard T. Jacob, 60 votes. For Attorney General— John M. Harlen, 60. For Attorney General- Thomas Turner, 1 vote. For State Treasurer— Jam'ea H. Gerrard, 59 votes, ar.c, II. F. Kalfus, 1 vote. For Auditor— William T. Samuels, 60 votes, and Gvaui. Green, 1 vote. For Register 'of Land Office— James A. Dawson, 59 votes, and Tho^ J. Frazier, 1 vote. For Superintendent of Public Instruction-*-Dan 5 el Stevenson, 59 votes, and T. C. McKee, 1 vote. For the Legislature— W. Hi. El- liott 66 votes. For Concie?s— Aaron Harding, 6l votes and Win. Ila.ly, ,. vole*. For'Couqty Attorney— G. W. Hite, 56 votes and E. E. McKay, 19 votes. For 12 County Court CUrk— W. J. Spalding, 84 rotes, John S. Bean, 41 rotes and W. M. Powell, ft rote*. Matiik.w Jrrrx, ( Judge8 . Jonathan Rodgers, \ b T. W. Samuils, Sherut. J. B. IIackley, Clerk. The foregoing is a trua copy of the certificate on the poll-book *bf preeinot No- y, in Nelson county, now in our possesion as a board for examining the poll- books. Attest: T. P. Linthicvm, ^. N. C. G. Jas. Wood, S^ N. C. « No. 4. QBNIWAI. HARTSUPF AND REBEL SYMPATHIZERS, HEADQUARTERS 23D ARMY CORPS, t Lexington, Ky., July 29, 1868. f General Orders JVb. 14. For the information and guidamce of officers in impressing property, it is hereby directed that, whenever its impressment may become necessary for the troops of the Twenty-third army corps, it will be taken exclusively from rebels and rebel sympathisers ; and so long as the property needed is to be found belonging or pertaining to either of the above named classes, no man of undoubted loyalty will be molested. Among rebel sympathisers. will be classed those persons in Kentucky, nomi- nally Union men, but opposed to the Government and to the prosecution of the tear, whose acts and words alike hinder the speedy and proper termination of the re- bellion. Property will only be taken by the proper Staff officers, who will in every cast give receipts for it. Appropriate blank roeeipts will be furnished by the Chief Commissary and Chief Quartermaster at the^e headquarters. » By command of Major-General Hartstj? 9. Geo. B. Drake, A. A. G. No. s. Headquarters" United States Forces, I Bmithland, Ky., July 16, 1808. f General Order. The County Court Judges ©f the counties of Trigg, Caldwell, Lyon, Crittca* den and Livingston, are hereby directed, in appointing Judges and Clerks for conducting the State election in August next, to observe* strictly the laws ot Kentucky, which require that such Judges and Clerks shall be unconditional Union men. Judges and Clerks so appointed are hereby directed not to pkvo tho name of any person on the poll-books to be voted for at said election who is not a Union • man, or who may be opposed to fumi shiny men and money for 0. , ,' 'i. In so much of the State of Kentucky as is within the District of Colum- bus, it is ordered — 15 1. That no person be permitted to be a candidate for office, who is not avow- edly and unconditionally for the Union and the suppression of the rebellion. 2. That no person shall exercise Ae privilege of an elector and vote at said elections, who is not avowedly and unconditionally for the Union and the sup- pression of the rebellion. 3. The military authorities in said district of Columbus, will ceo to it that this order be carried out. Judges of elections will be governed by the principles herein set forth and will demand evidence upon oath in such cases as may be in doubt, and allow no person to exercise the franchise of voting who does not . take the oath required. By order of Major-General S. A. ITurlbiit. Henry Binmore, A. A. G. Headquarters District Columbus, \ 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, Columbus, Ky., July ]5, 1863. \ Orders. The above orders of the General commanding Corps are communicated to the civil and military authorities for their information. Military officers making arrests for violation of these orders will be governed by the Circular from office of Commissary General of Prison^, dated Washington, May li, ;863. By order of Brigadier-General A«both. T. IT. Harris, A. A. G. No. 11. ni Columbus, Ky., July 29, 1863. Headquarters 6th Division, ICtn Army Corps, i General Orders, No. 47. • • That no further doubt may exist as to the intent and meaning of Special Or- ders No. 159, dated Headquarters, l6th*Army Corps, July li, 1863, it is ordered that no person shall be permitted to be voted for, or be a candidate' for office, who has b* en, or is now under arrest or bonds, by proper authority, for uttering . disloyal language or sentiments. County Judges wiihin this district are hereby ordered to eppoint, as Judges * and Clerks of the ensuing August election, only such persons as are avowedly and unconditionally for the Union and the suppression of the rebellion, and are further ordered to revoke and recall any appointment of Judges and Clerks already made, who are not such loyal persons. Judges and Clerks of elections are hereby ordered not to place the name o* any person upon the poll-books, to be voted for at snid election, who is not avowedly and unconditionally for the Union and the suppression of the rebel- lion, or who may be opposed to furnishing men and money foi the suppression of the rebellion. The following oath is prescribed and will be administered by Judges of elec- jionMo voters and to such candidates as reside within this district: "I do solemnly ywear that I have never entered the service of the so-called Con- federate States; that I have not been engaged in the service of the so-called 'Pro- visional Goven nientof Kentucky,' e ther in a civil or militaiy c pacify ; that I have never, either directly, or indirectly, a^ed the rebellion against the Govern- ment of the United States or the State of Kentucky; that I »m unconditionally for the UuiOii and the suppression of the rebellion, and am willing to furnish men and money for tin- vigorous prosecution of the war dgainet tJte rebellious league known as the 'Confederate States ;' .so help we God." Any vnter, Judi:e or Clerk of elections, or other person, who may evade, neg- lect or refuse compliance with the provisions of this order, will he arrested and sent before a Military Commission as soon as the facts are substantiated. By order of Brigadier-General Asbotb. T. H. Harris, A. A. G. 16 No. 12. Gt»wul Ordrr, Xo. 29. ■ HkaDQUAR PlflRS l&T Brioadb, 1 2d Division, >i?A Aruiy Corps, Russollvdle, Ky., July SO, 186&. \ In order that the proclamation of the Governor and the laws of the, State of Kentucky may be observed and enforced, post commandants and officers of this command will pee that the following regulations are strictly complied with at the approaching State election: None but loyal citizens will act as officers of the election. No one will be allowed to offer himself as a candidate, for office, or be voted for at said election, who is not. in all things, loyal to the State and Federal Governments, and in favor of a vigorous prosecution* of the war for the sup- pression of the rebellion. The judges of the election will allow no one to vote at said election unless he is known to tbem to bo an undoubtedly loyal citixen, or unless he shall first take the oath required by the laws of the State of Kentucky. No djsloyal man will offer himself as a candidate or attempt to vote, except for treasonable purposes ; and all such efforts will bo summarijy suppressed by the military authorities. All necessary protection will be supplied and guaranteed at the polls to Union men by all the military f'oroo within this command. By order of Brigadier-General J. M. Shackloford. commanding. J. E. Huffmajt, A. A. 0. OATH TO BB TAKEN AT TUB ELECTION. I do solemnly swear that I have not been in the service of the so-called Confederate States, in either a civil or military capacity, or in the service of the so-called Provisional Government of Kentucky ; and that I have not given any aid, assistance or comfort to any person in arms against the United States; and that I have, in all things, demeaned myself as 9 loyal citizen since the beginning of the present rebellion ; so help me God. No. 13. bep0rt ot major gibson as to the wat the election was m$ld in moscow, kentucky. Headquarters 3 1st Reg. Wisconsin Vols., ) Fort Halleck, Ky.,. Aug. 4, 1863. j Brigadier-G encral Asboth, Commanding District of Columbus, Sixth Di- vision, Sixteenth Army Corps: General :— In compliance with Special Order No. 17, ("V.,") from Post Headquarters, I proceeded in command of eighty men to Moscow, Ky., on the 3d day of August, 1863. > A general election was to be held. The polls were opened at 9 A. M., each of the judges of election, the Sheriff and Clerk having taken the oath pre- scribed by the laws of Kentucky. The judges names were W. P. Griffey and J. R. Morris, the Sheriff's name Joseph Kennedy, and "the Clerk 's name Win. C. Blair. Major Gibson having read to the Board of Inspectors of election General Hurlbut's Order, No.. 47, explaining the same, and prescribing the oath to be administered to the voters and candidates, and having read to them General Burnside's order, placing the State of Kentucky under martial law, and having stated publicly before the board, in the presence of the voters, that he was there under proper military orders to enforce a strict compliance with General Asboth's Order No. 47, demanded of the Clerk, Sheriff and Judges, that each of them should, before recording a vote, take the oath. They refused to do so on the ground that Gen. Asboth's order, in their opinion, wee inconsistent with President Lincoln's procUv 17 mation in regard . .hose who would, within a certain time, lay down their arms and return to iheir duty as loyal citizens ; that the oath required of them by Gen. Asboth conflicted with their oaths to the Constitution and laws of Kentucky, in this: that th ^tion cf Kentucky guaranteed to the people a free elect. vs of the State subjected them, as inspectors, to fines, foi il ^, &c., unless they placed upon the poll-lists all candidates yoted , that they could not, as honorable and conscientious men', take an i required them to act a*s Judges pf the election in accordance with i , i of Kentucky, and take an oath prescribed by Gen. Asboth, whi in iheir opinion, coincide with the enactments of the State of E They, as well as the citizens, claimed that i nation of Governor Robinson, of Kentucky, was the best authority and exposition in regard to the laws of expatriation and the return of citizens to theii duty, and their rights and privil. . t under his proclamation every citizen who returned to the State and remained peaceable and law- abiding and took the oath of allegianos al Government, was entitled to protection and the right of the Vine/use. To this Major Gibson replied that tl Id subject themselves to similar fines and irn^n 'onment incase th I not comply with Gen. Asboth's order s longlts the Sir ler martial law, and that • law could bo :. ' • the civil law was subservient to the military power, find that unless implied with the order he should have to place them undo arjes ke tl In order, act in strict accordance with the order, (the order not saying in » : r cs or inspectors should take the oath,) one person, Mr. R. A ipStto, was allowed to offer to vote. — Jtfajor Gibson demanied of dges that they administer the oath pre- scribed by U en . Asboth. J refused to do for the reasons above stated. Major Gibson then placed rn under arrest and requested them to ac- company iiini tq Columbus, which they a implied with promptly and cheer- fully.- Major Rowley was not in town, and -hey were conducted to General Asboth. I would state, in. cor ■" >ion, tl . >>rmed me that they were appointed by the cow ► a' previous to the issue of General Asboth ie application to the county judge to be released from -ligations imposed on them by such appointment, as soon as tl of such order, and had been refused by the judge. I most cheerfully acknowledge the prom pi sient service of Capt. John R. Jones, of the 22d Iowa volunteers. No. 14. Dea^ville, Nelson county, Ky. I, Moses D. Leeson, Captain commanding Company l>, Fifth Indiana Cavalry, hereby certify that'under th s and instructions of Lieuten- ant-Colonel Thoma^ll. Butler, on. . Fifth Indiana Cavalry, I or- dered the polls to The opened by i irly appointed Judges, Sheriff and Clerk, viz: W. B. Livers, T. C. Warren, Thos. Cown and R. E- Ilar- rell, and perm 1 no other ^indidatss' names to appear" on the poll-books but the 'folio : For Governor., Thos. E. Uramleue^ for Lieutenant- Governor, R. "' : b; ttOrney-(jjeneral, John M. Harlan; for State Treasurer, J rar '. iditor, W. T. Samuels; for Register of Land OiSce, J ■ a. i; /or Superintendent of Public Instruction, Stevenson; for ~ Ongre Q Harding;' for the Legislature, Dr. W. El* L8 liott ; ( W. Hue : for Oounty Clerk, W. T. Spald- ing ai I •"< 11. Aug • Moses D. Lki id'g Co. B, T>ih ind. Cav. • No. We, the undersigned, do hereby certify rs of Precinct No. 2, at cloverport, Ivy., that after opening the ernbrook,. by. au- thority from General Shaekleford, order* rike off the entire VVick- liffe ticket, and also Milton Board's name, from the poll-book, which was accordingly done in obedience to said order. Wm. t». Jones, ) T , Amb . S. Allen.! J,jd S cs ' Attest: J. C. Hest, Clerk . J. R. Allen, Sheriff. Forks of Rough, August 8, 1865. I do certify that at Rough Greek Spring Precinct, District No. 4, there was a poll opened for G. A. Wicklifle and others forming a Democratic ticket, and for State officers : that I suppressed the same by order of Gen. ford, between 7 and S o'clock, A. M. , Wm. Brown, Sergeant in Command. No. 16. # ounty the election was held under strict rnfritary rule. Soldiers were stationed at each precinct. No one was al* 1 to vote without taking the 1 oath prescribed by Gen* Asbotb. The ,:rnt ; c ticket was struck from the poll-books and not allowed to iy— At Mount Washington the voting commenced about 8 o'clock. At 9 in the morning Wicklifle had received twenty-one votes and i tenant of cavalry, with a squad of fifty men under his command, then ordered the names of the Democratic candidates to be erased from the poll- books, and this was done. Hancock County— -AX Hawesville, a lieutenant in command of a mili- tary force to place the' names of the Democratic 'candi- dates on the poll-books,. and they obeyed, refusing to receive zv.y votes for lidates. At Lewisport the same course was pursued. At Indian Creek no poll was opened for the Democratic ticket. At Lane precinct twenty-two votes were allowed to be cast for Wick' Ballard Co\ Precinct No. 1 there was no interference with vo- ters and Wifckliffe received all but two or three of the votes cast. At the remaining precinct the election was conducted by armed soldiers under the orders of v'ieneral Asboth, and all the \ . the oath prescribed in his order. At precinct N 4 no election was held as the judges refused to hold it unless permitted to conduct it agreea- bly to the laws of the State. McLean County — The Democratic ticket was erased from the poll-books at all but one or two precincts. Caldwell County — WicklifTe's name was not allowed to go on the poll- bi^pks at any of the .precincts, although many of the best citizen's offered to take the oaths required if permitted to vote for him. Breckinridge County-^he Democratic ticket was stricken from thfc poll- books at seven out of twelve precincts. At several precincts the Demo- cratic ticket was permitted .to be voted for until ten o'clock, A. M., and at each of them at the time of suppression there* wer.c at least two votes for Wicklifle to one for J3ramlette. Graves Comity — The election was conducted under the military orders 19 of Harlbut and Asboth. The Democratic ticket was not permitted to be placed upon the poll-books at either cf nine places of voting. Men wc;e arrested at Mayfield by the milifarj for offering to vote the Democratic ticket. Calloway Count:/— TUe Bramlette ticket alone* was permitted to go upon the poll- books. ^Hickman County — It Columbifs, McAllister and Hays' precincts no polls were opened, as the officers refused to act unless permitted to hold the elec- tion according to law. At Moscow precinct the judges were arrested and carried to Columbus. |See Major Gibson's report, No. 10, supra,] At Springhill and Peto precincts the Democratic ticket was not allowed to be voted for. At Clinton an officer attended with Asboth's order, but, on be- ing shown the law of the State, he refused to interfere, and the election was held according to law ; but the votere having understood that Asboth V order would bo enforced, they remained at home, and not half the Demo- cratic vote of the precinct was*cast. Fulton Coun'y— At Hickman an officer commanding the troops ordered the judges to suiter no one to be voted for unless they were satisfied he • had taken the oath prescribed by Ticncral Asboth. The Democratic ti was therefore not allowed to be voted for at that pc : h many offered to vote for it. Meade County— At Big Spring Captain Johnson forb ticket to be placed on the poll-books, stating that he was acting under the orders of General Shackleford. Shelby < for Bramlette, though voters offered to take any oath re | I hey were told that no disloyal man could votq ticket was an evidence of < ; Lyon County-*- Sol The Demo- cratic ticket wa Daviess County — At Owensboro the 'Democratic ticket was not permit- ted to be entered on the poll book. At 5 the oath required by the .State laws only was administered a ifFe got two* votes to one for Bramlette. At Knottsville the Democratic ticket was erased from the poli- book by the military, as was also done at Curdville, Oakford and Murday's. Henderson C were required to take General Shackleford's oath. At Henderson scvej I were arrested for voting the Demo- cratic ticket, A , He, Sponsville and Tilloton's precincts the Democratic ticket was not allowed on the poll-books. At the Walnut Bottom £reci At sixteen -votes v. for Wickliffe and none for Bram- lette before the arrival of the military, when th^officer in command seized the poll-books and carried them to headquarU , • Oucn County — In eight precincts no votes, Vere akowed to be cast for Wickliffe. For some reason ninety-seven. votes were permiUed to be re- corded for him in one precinct and thirty-six in another. Nelson County— At Bardstown, Colonel Butler in person erased the Democratic ticket from the poll-books. Atr Boston, Bloomfield,- High Grove, Deatsville and Ballard's the soldiery prohibited ai >m voting for Wickliffe. At Chaplin the military "were not permitted to control election, and Wickliffe got ninety- three votes to six for Bramlette. Woodford County— At Versailles the Provost Marshal gave notice at polls that those who voted the Democratic ticket would leave a record their disloyalty, so that he would know 'ijhoi sympathizers in rebellion. Finally none were allowed to vote wb proved the negro policy of tht.' Administration. Congressional Districts JS'us. G and 7.. — Voters in addition required by law, wer§ required to answer questions as to then spmpathies and wishes. If they failed to answer • refused to answer at all a rejected. Those who had voted *arlyintheday were afterwards called back and these questions put to them and their vols erased. All this was done under the 2o£S£ oftlt graphic dispatcher sent oyer the J ts, stating that M ijor M C. John- ston had -issued an ord< ,ese questions were to be put to voters - I '; Jo ft nston V * ">' er from l and he- haa ftnce n a public card ,, n such an Q . . ^ ce he contrary, when ci . . . . of election ha P d ady ged u ™ that such questions we:- uc m 21 No. 17. .... No. 17. Q*ftfei ror * f or Governor, ^August 3, 1883. || Official vote /or Govtrnor, August 3, 1S63. COUNTIES. H Q H l — W 2. i e B 31 g ► < ft !-•- 3 o tt O sw B 1 ^ 1 a> 1 g 5*1 - * Adah.—-. Allen Anderson Boyle Bracken Bullitt Bourbon Barren ..'..• Breckinridge Boone ...... Breathitt » Ballard Bath... Butler. Boyd Zi^'.ZZt 913 429 579 931 4V,n 695 879 912 149 95 174 557 882 r."0 Campbell 14"! Caldwell Christian Clarke Carroll 193 Casey | 983 Clinton Cumberland Crittenden. Carter Calloway ..!!...[ 297 Clay 511 Daviesa '. . . w . ' 733 •Kdmonson ,, ! 519 -Estill 596 674 18 1004 1553 51 918 1613 11 1212 124' 703 2«2 1V< 118) 713 1003 158 107 • >. 2082 471 142 [44 1026 686 2157 ..! 5oi 9fll 31 44 4456 i 1294 1222 2340 18 nm ■ 787 607, : ! 2971 1624 i22 1064 5 2644 10S f>27 781 ! 2655 60 51 i 111 877 J 119! 89- - • 40 143J IS' 236 19.', 431 7i0 .. 720 2137 14 15 ' 76-1 1523. Franklin Fayette . Floyd... Fleming Fulton.. Gallatin Graves . Greenup 614 1 Grant .'".'." 572 2061 77S 1709 Grayson • 91 1 305 12 Garrard.... 763 413 S"9 1318 Green •...'.' '" 80? C<5. 841 1252 Hopkins.... """ 564 729 693 1974 Henderson.. • 260 US 404 1601 Hardin * ' 1047 7_ Hancock «22 22 344 1097 Henry .' 826 3*4,1210 1958 Harlin Hart 1051 249 13 Harrison 763 697 |ll< Hickman 61 f 95 I" Jessamine 492 53 U •lelFerson f 4629 2052 6o i Johnson . . j .. Jackson 313 . ' 313 Kenton 1906. 3S3 2289 5U8- -i o ' H cr er H> B 3J an ► COUNTIES. 5 o N" O a Oa to B 1 00 f\ Knox. Lyon ... Lame.. . Leecher. LaureJ. . Lincoln Lawrence . . . Logan , Livingston. .. Muhlenburg. Madison .... Montgomery , Mercer Marion .... ,\ Mason Marshall ..,. McCrackem .. Men.de Monroo McLean Morgan Magofhn Metcalfe Nicholas! Nelson. Oldham Owen . Ohio.. Owsley Perry Pulaski Pike _ Pendleton . . . Powell Rowan Rockcastle... Russell .... Simpson Shelby Scott Spencer Todd Taylor Trigg Trimble Union Woodford Wayne Warren Whitley Washington . . Webster Woife. ....... Total 670 133 840 509 790 695 694 189 *107 959 43* 10&3 946 224 '213 313 882 539 46 230 889 716 443 309 1211 537 loio . .» S4o 169 114 497 3'JO 810 493 577 752 475 114 272 351 1259 06 1085 414 50 07.: 4 175 26 535 11 •801 107 803, 92 411 226 414 60 1176 226 1185 113 545 142* 1097 192 1245 113 1059 263 213 540 24 900 56 586 312 94 324 8 897 3 719 442 ' 1659 : 1590 861 251 121 606 535 514 1337 960 j 613 583 803 l 476* 519 i 420 313 1572 706 17344 1216 467 1J6 54930 1 Additional unofficial returns have been received as follows : Harlem county— Bramlette, 271; Wickline, 00. Johnson count v— Bramlette, 44o ; Wickliffe, 00. Perry county— Bramlette, 103; Wiekliffe, 00. * 28 r Hollinger Corp. pH8.5