New-York daily tribune., 1843-04-27

But Is II so with the dishonest / ne galiptI;
the brothel keeper, who know that an energetic,
pure-rninded Mayor and Council viii break up
their dens of debauchery and plunder-tae thei
or burglar who fears that an energetic Pohce
would soon have him in the State Prison-does
any man suppose that these VIII be content win
voting once Never, They go to one Poll
they see no man there who knows and VIII eA-
pose them they offer to vote: are asked "lefe
they live, how long they have. lived thefe' &C.
and answer promptly, for Their answers nave ocen
thought of beforehand and they knew wen some
bannt of dissipation in that District which they
can safely hail from, even without preconccrt.
They vote. nine times out OF ten, without cilal-
lenge. Buteven If challenged what then VIII
such men be bsfi1ed of their purpose by the fear
OF an oath In this City, where you might hlrc
any thing 10 for five dollars, should ieEons
breath be the sole protection to the nights OF The
Legal Voter One swears III his vote at twenty
polls, giving as many different names and resi-
dences how is he to be detected How can II
be prored, the next day, that this man voted at
all those places No way under Heaven II
he has only taken care, passed from poll TO poll
SO quickly that no one has seen hlm vote at TWO
places he is absolutely safe from all future prose
cution, and the next day may boast OF his exploit
among his conlederates. And thus few nun
dred determined villains may easily cast Ten thou
sand votes at an Election, carrying not merely
the City but the State at their Will.
" Blu, why not challenge every body = we arc
asked.-it is sufficient answer TO this question
that chollenoing ,ciN not remedy the erit. The
characters we are contemplating care nothing ioF
an oath so that the legal consequences OF perjury
arc cvuded and these they can escape, as VIC have
seen 1t is poor consolation when an Election
has thus been vtia,cd to think that perjury must
have been superadded to the fraud. The mis-
chief is done: and even if all the villains could
be detected thing utterly impossbe--lt could
not be undone. Furnishing the cuprits IS not even
locking the stable door after the horse IS stolen
But no one will or dare challenge every man
he does not know to be legal voter-ln many
Districts ii would be all liIs life Is worth Tor a
Wing challenger to attempt 1t. tie would DC
knocked down, dragged out, and mauled after he
was out the first half hour. This is not merely
no remedy at all-lt is utterly lmpractcable. we
have known men not six months III the country
who voted without challenge and boasted OF 1t
alerward for they had incurred no penalty
Suppose Wing challenger, for instance, slouio
undertake to challenge all he did not know to be
voters who offered the ballot of the other party,
(and challenger is secuted who challenges hls
own votes > IN half hour votes would be Of
fered with the Wing endorsement nicely initiated
that is, Wing on the outside, and Loco-Foco
within Every Loco-Foco who dreaded the oath,
and none others, would come up with these bal
lots He could not tell them from those of his
own party; while a PIN IN the coatcutt a care
less fold in one end Of the ballot, or any one of
fifty other signals, utterly impcrceptblc except 20
him who knew where 10 look for it, would tell the
Loco-Foco challenger TO let the vote slip in easy
perhaps making show OF challenging TO keep
up the deception, and withdrawing as soon as the
Book was rendered. Hundreds of adverse and
utterly illegal votes may thus be slipped by the
most vigilant challenger, even without swearing.
- But why can't one side do as much at this
tho other = is The last cav;l. We answer that
VIC speak here for those who do not wisi. our
Elections ..,,,o of frat,,i, which the
greatest rogues must WIN ASIDE from the de-
moralizing effects of such state of things, and
It's utter repugnance to all Rcpublicanlsm well
as Honesty, it must be evident that whichever
partY might lose by it, the gamblers and thieves
must win 1t is fish to thcrnct, any how. They
have secured such II Government as they choose,
and that Government must favor them in turn
we put YOU in, and can turn YOU out the
gamblers will whisper in the ear of the crest fallen
Alderman. 1t is from their hands that VIC wish
the Government reclaimed.
But if there can be any Wing who asks why
one party cannot cheat as well as another, we
will inform HIM that the mass of either party do
not cheat at all the illegal votes arc thrown by
the classes of whom we have spoken; and these
are almost universally animated bv All instructive
and deadly hostility to the Wing party. The
Districts embracing the Five Points, Coriaer's
Hook, and every oathsomc sink of depravlty IN
the City-cvcry hiding-placc of fcons and out
laws-pour out All overwhelming Loco toco ma
jorty. Right wrong, the abandoned caStes
all consider Loco Focoism more accordant with
their tastes, their principles, their safety, than
Wing asccndancy The Aliens too, are almost
UNANIMOUSLY against us. IT, thcn the Wings
wished to cheat they could not, for the materials
arc ali in the hands of their opponents.
People of the State OF New York the Legal
Voters of this City are over borne by fraud, and
their Elections rendered worse than a mockery-
they are means Of giving a control over the
City Government to infamy and crime. Redress
is IN your hands, and YOU ought to give it. AS
Republicans, lovers of Order friends of Moral
ity, Christians, we implore you TO aud us in pro