New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-05-04

"Itis the growth Of the constant, open unblushing
corrupt partisan abuse Of the Naturalization Laws; and
so long these Laws remain they and the purity
of the Ballot Box weakly guarded just so long will
these abuses exist just long will men ignorant OF our
Institutions Politics. Interests and Principles bndy
WELD pslilca desnies IA people; just 80 long VIII
densroe.es control the Political Balance and defeat all
good and wise by popular cry as SENSE
less aud un just Niger Suffrage. or the Dsirar
chisement Adopted Citizens and just so long will the
true and honest voice of the electors be siifed.
This election and the comments OF The Tribune upon
the result prove that the Naturalization process az III
presen, conducted, s loose and dangerous &c. &c.
Now we saw no particle of evidence at our Elec-
ton of the abuse of Naturalization. On the contra
nv, we believe that ninety nine of every hundred
votes cast were strictly legal The mischief was not
so much that votes cast Illegally as that Native
citizens proved recrean, TO their birhright and
fused to vote at all the important election in
many years If the Citizen will tell US how new
impediments to Naturalization are 10 bring these
Native laggards up to the discharge of their duty,
We will consider its propositions
All the Citizens and other excuses for the re
creant are upset by the notorious facts OF the case
The well.understood feuds in the Loco -Foco party
placed the Convention completely in the hands OF
the Wings. They had but TO put forth halt an ei
fort and they would have secured the power OF
preventing all future abuses in Elections, whether
by Alien voting, Double voting. or Otherwise
One third OF them meanly, basely shrunk from The
performance of their duty, How the Citizen ask
Us 10 unite in casting the responsibility OF their de-
reelection upon others And was il not just as con-
spicous in Chenango, Niagara, Broome, ETC where
there few beside Americans born in this city,
That the Adopted Citizens generally manifested
a most discredable, unjust disposition 10 deprive
the Colored Race of Equal Rights is most true.
They ought 10 be ashamed of it, and will doubtless
ye, have cause 10 regret it, as there Is God that
judge,h in the earth We are charged with court
ing the favor of the Irish; but if they find their
faults more plainly -ebuked by any one else then
consider that one their truer friend YET Truth com
pels US TO add that this base, arisiocratic clamor
against Nigsers' originated no, with Adopted bu,
with Native Citizens, and was potent in influencing
the votes OF one class as well as the other
The adverse results in Cayugs. Niagara Anegany
Tompkins &c are attributable TO it, Us well as those
in this City and Kings. The Citizens premises
clearly imply thar all voters who are impe!led by
Prejudice rather than Reason, all who can be
swayed by demagogues, all who are ignorant OF
our Institutions Politics, Interests and Priacpes,
ought 10 be disfranchised. There is no portion Of
our People more s,eadias, in voting against them
selves and every body else thsn those OF North
Eastern Pennsylvania. who ere almos, entirely men
bonn on the soil We insist, therefore thatihe
plan Of securing more bene6cent results OF our
Elections by cutting of certain classes OF voters IS
plainly imprscucabe. and would be % work IN
justice. What is needed is the combination OF In
tel!igence and Virtue with Power. We cannot take
away Power if we would it would be madness 10
suppose that those who vote occasionally can ever
divesi OF the Franchise those who never fail 10 vote
And besides, those who have the intelligence 10
vote right have not Public Spirit enough to vote a,
al, wherein are they safer repositories OF Power
than those who are liable through Ignorance TO be
nisled and vote wropsl But, while We cannO; and
should cot deprive men OF voice in public STAIRS
because they may employ i. prejudicialiy, we can
do what Is better-We gradually enlsh.en, IN
struc, and elevate them: We can faithfully rebuke
their wifu errors labor TO remove from their paths
the stumbling. blocks Of Intenperance and Dissipa-
ZION, and by patient kindness wiz many in time
the ways OF Right and Truth Is rot this clearly
The more excellent way
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