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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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A Federalist letter to the editor reports election results in New-Castle County, Delaware, showing Democrats outperforming Federalists in polls for various offices, with commentary on possible reasons including Quaker influence, alien voting, and election law violations extending polls into the night.
Merged-components note: These components form a single article on the election results in New-Castle County, Delaware, including the poll list and commentary.
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MR. FENNO,
AS you have favoured the public with a
final state of the polls at Sussex and Kent
counties elections, with the Jacobin lamentation
annexed, in your Gazette, No. 1590,
you will oblige a Federalist by publishing
the following state of the poll at New-Castle,
with the friend to governments' lamentation.
Edward Roach 1030
Isaac Grantham 739
Citizen Ray. . 995
Thomas Kean 703
Representatives.
James Stroud 1151
Wm. Johnson 885
Rob. Armstrong 1079
S. Hollingworth 700
A. Rodney 1074
Joseph Israel 688
Richard C. Dale 1041
Wm. Frazer 668
Nehemiah Tilton 1031
Amos Grubb 657
Joel Lewis 1021
Jacob Broom 655
Elias Naudain 844
Nich. Vandyke 471
Wm. Stidham 125
What was the reason that the Democrats
out-polled the Federalists in New-Castle
county, where a considerable number of the
Electors, who make great professions of
their friendship to government reside? Is
the Federal interest degenerating? no. But
it is possible that the piddling genius has
some influence (he having played Quaker
some time past) over the elders of that society
that are well disposed to government,
and kept them at home on the day of election,
while he pushed forward their hickory ons,
motly Robespierrans in politics. A.
not her reason is assigned. Aliens were us-
suffered to vote and the number on a scrutiny
will be found considerable.
Again the election was held open four
hours in the night in violation of the election
law, which expresly fixes the hour for
closing to six o'clock in the evening.
Yet a while and a day of retribution is at
hand. Certainly the representatives of
Kent and Sussex will enquire how this adul-
terated, self-created, French crew, came to
out-poll the Federalists.
OLD '76.
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New Castle County, State Of Delaware
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democrats out-polled federalists; election held open four hours into the night in violation of law; aliens allowed to vote.
Event Details
Federalist reports poll results from New-Castle County election, criticizing Democratic gains due to Quaker influence keeping supporters home, alien voting, and illegal extension of polling hours past six o'clock.