New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-11-23

The Late Election Frauds.
The Preaentment of the Grand Jury Of our City
in regard TO the extensive and systematic release
of convicts from the City Penitentiary on o'acA-
u,eTps Island TO vote In our recent State Eec'ioh'
demands the attention Of every gooc citizen, ii''
of this Emporium alone, but OF the State anu 'n'
rJoon. True, there is nothing new III the Outrage
i.selc which is bat repetition Of what mas oeeu
dome At several recent Elections here, and often on
larger scale than this year OWING TO the ACCIDENT
which befell one of the boats loaded with crthi-
81, which in the darkness md storm Of the night
before Election, was run on rock III huf9a'e S"'
detained there till broad daylight next morning
when il was deemed too late tor safe commence
roent of their voting operations But on the o'her
hand. the thirty or forty rusty aid jealous Loco
Focos who were put in training in proper season
are understood to have made up by diligence what
,ha,, lacked in numbers, some OF them Boosting at
night that they had voted in thirty to MY different
Election Districts for Silas Wright and Company
Nv these votes and those dragged from the Aims
House in papable violation OF the law illis nan
is swindled out of the County Clerkshlp ana DaVio
8. Jackson emphaticaly marked with the reProoa-
ton of the Ward Of which he is Alderman Is re-
+prned m Congress instead OF James Monroe, who
hos manifest majority of the Legal Voters OF the
District Whether it will be possible to night THESE
fragrant wrongs by contesting the returns we kno"
not 1t viii be easy enough, we think 70 prove
Illegal Votes IL abundance but difficult TO prove
that they were cast for the men who VIGOROUSLY
u received them We trust, however, that the mat
ter will be thoroughly investigated Messrs Hall
and Monroe and probably Mr.. Phoenix. show
foul play enoush TO convince any candid mind that
their opponents are returned by Illegal Votes. For
the sake of the whole community, therefore and
of tho outraged Purity Of Elections let US have
every doubtful return contested Whatever may
F--s 1rect result the Incidental cannot fail 70 be
most salutary. '7'fv-a---.s--
The Grand Jury and District Attorney have Dc.
voted much time and patience to the duty devolved
upon them, and have discharged their official re.
sponsibities withoutfear or favor Yet every one
must feel that the most guilty offenders have not
yet been reached by Indictment. Ten of the De.
putty Keepers with the Physician we believe, are
all that have as yet been indicted. But is there
human being so simple as for one moment to think
that doctor and few deputy keepers have en-
gagged in this work Of their own motion Bear
in mind that it included releasing criminals under
sentence and in prison; bringing them away from
Blackwells Island loading them into stages which
stood ready to receive them. at place to which
stages never rum in the dead of atempestuous night
bringing them down four to six miles, and quarter
Ing them in different parts Of the City and supply
ing them literally with refreshments through the
night, so as to have them ready for the business of
the coming day Who believe that this was
the work of mere underlinss If it shall appear
midnight Of an Alderman OF the City and that he
paid for the liquors, &c. which he and they drank
together viii not the public Judgment be readily
made up as to has share in the business, at least
We feel sure that the District Attorney will not
allow the culpri,s already under indictment to es
cape him though their part IN the outrage was evil
IDENTIFY subordinate one But the matter should
not rest here. 1t should be taken up by the next
Grand Jury then by the next. until the vlllany Is
sifted to the bottom, and the real crmlnals-the
master spirits of the conspiracy-are consigned 10
the cells from which they have let loose swarms Of
convicts to overbear and stie the voice of the lie
gal Voters of our City.
Nor win this gigantic crime have made its pro.
per impress ion on the public mind unless it unites
every honest Republican in an energetic appeal 10
which shall certainly and forever put an end to H.
legal Voting, l, Is farce 10 talk OF the Purity Of
the Ballot Box, or the expression of the Public
Will through RD Election, SO long SIS band OF One
Hundred liberated felons or other unprincipled and
reckless men may cast Five Thousand Votes at an
Election, aud thus overbear majority OF Three
Thousand legal votes cast for the other side. So
long as the inspectors of Election constrained
to take every vote which may be offered. with nc
other evidence than the oterers say-so or at most
hs oath that he is Illegal and has not already
voted there Will be, must be, foods Of Illegal
Votes cast at every important Election. In any
great City like this there any time be raised
band of FIVE hundred desperadoes who will agree
TO vote each st twenty different polls for fifty dol
lars, and consider it good job at that, Here
would be Ten Thousand Illegal Votes polled for
twenty-five Thousand Dollars which votes would
almost always cleo, Governor Of New.lork and
ofsen President. Is it right TO sleep over such a
volcano SO this Would we do it if our private
property or personal ssfety instead OF the Public
Welfare were thus In jeopardy And il not why
should nor every honest man unite in saying We
viii have laws to render Illegal Voting morally
snposs;Ne no matter ii they do subject Us 10 some
Inconvenience Why should questions OF Pesce
or War Prosperity or calsrnisy, be left suspended
on the breath of a ban6iiti OF hired telons Hon
cat men of al! parties think and speak
SPEAKER OF THE AssENgLy,-We perceive the
following names suggested in several Wing jour
nails IN connection with the Speakership OF the As
scGably of this State, Vi.
VIM g. Wr;set Sullivan, wm c. Bloss Monroe
Thomas smith: Seaohs-e; w c. Ea.bropck Orange;
a =. hsaisy' hsassss.sr; John 7. Bell Csyugs.
Mr.. Bless has been Member th,oush the ls.t
two Sessions; Mess.s. Smith snd Bell through the
last only. Mr., Wright was in the Constitutional
Convention, where he spoke seldom bas with signal
direcsness and ability Mcssrs, Hssbscack and e,s.
lev are new Members, bat widely known as men |
Of talent. character and sound Wing principles
Mr. Bishop Perkins of ST, Lawrence viii psobs,
bly, be voted for by the minority.
Er THOMAS W. DoRR has been nominated, by
smeeting in crsnsron TO represent IN Congress the