Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-11-03

could he suspect, his friend would do such a
thing
Glen,woi,h now feels piqued a, the slow
belle Of his friend, and only anxious 10 esiab-
lish his veraciiy, gives him letter TO the
Mayor Of Philadelphia for the purpose OF pro-
ducing conviction In the mind Of the incfedu-
lous Stevenson. Armed with this document,
he hasieus 10 Philadelphia, and obtained an
interview with the Mayor. Hitherto Steven
son swesrs only 10 what Glentworih told him,
and ,would be hard 10 say how much Of au-
ihority is added to Gleniwor,h's statement
when conveyed TO us through the medium OF
| Steyenson's oath.
| A new character Is now brough, on the
scene The Mayor of Philadelphia is now IN
confidential communication with Jonathan
ID. Stevenson, for the purpose OF best coniriv-
ing how they shall oes, introduce illegal votes
into New York. The Countess of Derby is
showing TO Titus Oates the butcher knife
with which she means TO kill the king.
How admirably all this suits with the nat
ural course of events How beautifully II
reconciles itself with probability II is to be
wondered, that Stevenson did not bring IN the
Common Council into the conclave, and have
the corrupt arrangement ratified under the
broad seal of the CITY OF broiheIlv love. Was
II that Democracy spurned the broad seal or
that in that body there were some adherents
Of Tammany Hall, whose sensibli,ies would
have been shocked at any corruption Of the
right Of suffrage Those immaculate men
would probably have exploded with indigna-
ton at the bare suggestion OF illega NJ
! Their indefatigable industry in maj
ing foreign votes, affords ire fragabe
their desire W purify the elective bod
records OF naturalization, with the
(ds to length Of residence) of their .ian. ISL
witnesses, some Of them from Sing Stag fr,s-
' on, all show how sincere is their wish 10
prevent the elective franchise from becoming
common and unclean" Their boiling in
dignaton at the passage OF the Registry Act
, which even threatened to qualify the law, is
also striking evidence Of their sincerity in
guarding the ballot-boxes from unlawful inva-
sion Really, the contrvers Of this plot must
trust largely to the credulity of the public, and
imagine, that, like the ostrich, it will swallow
,, anything-glass, bottles, and all, provided ii
come from the hand ofits keeper The char
acters OF the witnesses are too well known
s, here to produce the least impression upon the
public mind; and it will require something
stronger than the testimony OF Stevenson and
Glentworth, before it can be induced to believe
either that the Wings Of this city have sough,
TO introduce foreign votes, or that the support
ers of Mr. Van Buren, are sincere in their de-
sire to prevent the admission of illegal votes
II is very possible that Glentworth may have
: entertained snch an idea. The school of pol
itics in which he was brought up-that Of
Jackson and Van Buren-may have initiated
Kim in these acts; ana it is probable that he
; may have suggested plan of introducing ille-
gal votes in the manner that he describes, bu,
my knowledge of the men with whom have
acted for l6 years in this city in resisting the
, violence and corruption of Tammany Hall en-.
ables me to aver with undoubtng confidence
(, that no such plan would be listened TO for a
moment by them. In order to connect them
with such conspiracy something stronger
must be produced than the confidential com.
munications of Glentworth to Stevenson OF
the midnight prowlings of Stevenson through
the streets of Philadelphia, although verified
: by affiidavits got ap under the supervision OF
the disinterested stipendiares of the Federal
Government, and ushered forth to the world
under the imposing sanction of secret con-
clave of party judges, prompted by an unscru-
pulous District Attorney.