The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-10-09
THREArEEED FRAUDS IN PENSsYLvANlA.

Under this caption we find the following in the Albany
Evening Journal
Painful rumors I'LL the political air Of demo-
cratic frauds in preparation in Penny for the October
election and for the subsequent in November The New
York papers state that between and fifteen thousand
have been added TO the Philadelphia assessment
lists mainly by the Buohanantes There 1000 Of these
in Milward's district alone"
When the statement appeared lew days ago. aocompa-
MED by evidence sufficiently respectable TO provoke in
qur that arrangements had been made import several
thousand black republicans from New York into the north
tier of counties of Pennsylvania there "panuI
rumors' filling the Journals atmosphere in regard to
threatened frauds in Pennsylvania But now the tables
turned and under the imsy cry Of fraud" the black
republican papers preparing the public mind at the
North for the certain and overwhelming defeat which
awaits their candidate for the presidency II the Journal
means by aud that the people of Pennsylvania intend
giving old-ashioned Jackson majority for Buchanan
the charge we think will be flly substantiaed the
4h of November Tic fifteen southern States have
manifested in a that cannot be misunderstood,
that they intend fully participate in the fraud
So has Ohio Illinois, Indiana Michigan, New Jersey, and
California; and, if not greatly mistaken in the
signs of the times New York, New Hampshire Connect-
cut and Rhode Island will be found guilty Of the very
fraud" which Pennsylvania is about to commit
The election laws of Pennsylvania framed in such
just and impartial spirit and such ample provisions have
been made TO detect and prevent illegal voting, that it
would be impossible to carry out any extensive scheme OF
fraudulent voting in the city of Philadelphia the ne
rior of the State by the importation of from other
States That many illegal have been received by
false oaths and false in the noise and
nrnan from of a
general election and will be received again. admits of
dispute No general law could be passed of perfect and
searching character guard against all frauds
mistakes. Under the existing election laws OF Pennsyva-
na administered by honest judges and inspectors would
be impossible for minority party to obtain nominal
majority, either by importation or by the dishonest dis
reputable trick of colonization" 1T is possblenay, very
probablehat there many thousand black republicans
in New York who ardeny wish to cross the line for the
purpose of assisting their brother fanatics in Pennsylvania
with votes as well voice. and it is equally probable
that the act will follow the wish in many instances,
but the instances at most will amount to few
hundreds and of these lew hundreds, not one-half
will be able to effect their corrupt and yanous pur-
poses AS to the story in the New York papers, raher
indefinite authority about ten fifteen thousand names
having been frauduenty added to the extra Philadelphia
assessment lists it is sheer humbug and The
natural increase of population, coupled with the fact that
the pending election will call out unpecedenedy large
vote has undoubtedly added thousands of names to
the lists These lists not kept made out
in the dark but open to the inspection of the public
and would have been quite easy for the New York
papers to have pointed where the frauds occurred
by whom they perpetrated, to. have manufac-
tured silly and ertravagant alsehood although it might
have curailed in very slight degree the slanderous
labors of the Albany Evening Journal.