New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-05
THE PARTY OF FRAUD.

Tn Tie lace Vi our PoiAtACoI WV
truth stands forth patent aud undeni,ble-thls,
namely, that there is ole of our great N,tion, par
ties which systematically seeks success through
the prostitution Ct the ballotboI the corruption Of
the Popular Suffrage; and that this party is that
which vaunts itself the National Democracy This
is no local, no casual alteration, but fixed and
universal characteristic. In States like South Car
DINA and Arkansas, where it has practically no OPP
ponent il does not stoop to wholesale cheating at
the polls, because there is none but itself to be
cheated; but wherever il en- counters formidable
resistance, ii seeks to overcome that resistance by
fraud In Maine, it last year plotted aud bNgainsd
TO carry the Eastern Congress Districtby importing
hundreds of French Canadians from the adjacent
British settlements to vote at the pant.sion polls
in the wilds of Aroostook; aud il only failed of its
object by undertaking the legal Republican maj ority
which it thus conspired to subvert By ft,ud. Ma-
1esota is now governed and was recently repre-
scented in Congress by Democrats elected BY whole
sale, systematic, unbushing frsud-by polling hun
dreds of Indian and other Illegal votes on the Penn
bina border and in other dark corners. and by re.
turning 81 countir 9 hurdreds more Of pretended
votes which were VIGOROUSLY never cast at all
The official csnvassers of these pretended votes
knew that they were fraudulent; but they kew
slso tia. their rejection would compel them to de-
clare tie Republican candidates elected; so they
shut their eyes and ssibdlsd themselves into
power; and they are nov yisbly preparing
to repeat the gigantic vill,iny. Ia Pennsyl-
ysnis, they carried the State Election Of 1856
4 -
gal yotes, mainly in Philsdelpbia--the heavy ex-
pence Of this operation being chiefly borne b. lead
ing bakers merchants and Government contrac
tors of this City who expected to have it made up
TO them BY fat jobs from the prospective Admins
tIation-as we presume most Of them have done
and this gigantic fraud stopped the rolling OF the
Fremont ball and secured Mr.. Bucharan's election.
1t was repeated at the Presidential Election, when
Mr. Buchanan poled Ten Thousand more votes in
Philadelphia alone than his party ever had legal
voters there In Louisiana, that party, after max
ing all the capital it can out of ostensatious de-
NAL of the Right of Suffrage to all persons who
have African blood in their veins, habitusIy polls,
| in the strong Democratic upcOuntry parishes.
| hurdreds Of semi-Afican votes, only taking
care that they shall certainly be cast
for tte Democratic ticket In Missouri, they
sginiled Frank Blair out of bis election to the next
| Congress, though he had fully One Thousand ms
iorty of the legal votes cast; bat they poled Eff
teen Hundred illegal vote, BY means of heavy
expenditure Of money just drawn from the Federal
Tfeasuy BY psmpered contractors, who were al
lowed 10 make hundreds Of thousands st the public
cost in order that they might do this and other
Jobs for their patrons at the Federal city. by pre-
cisely the same instrumentatles, LsayenwOrth
City and County were carried overwhelmingly for
Sham Democracy last Spripg, when nearly sl the
rest of Kansas went Republican. In short, fraud
on the rights of Legal Voters, the subversion of
constituencies the corruption and reversal Of
popular yerdcts, by fraudulent votes aud bogus re-
turns, are the principal means whereby Sham De
mocrscy retains ard hopes to perpetaste its i'll
gotten power.
Hence we are not surprised to see Mr. Buchsn-
ans acting Governor of Kansas endeavoring to de-
feat the adoption Of the new State Constitution by
means which ,uccinc'ly proclaim their motive and
purpose. In view of the enormous aud birefaced
frauds by which Kansas was subjugated IN 1855,
through wholesale inv aston and ballot box stufing
by armed bands from Missouri, and the repetition
of those oursges at subsequent Elections, the last
Legislature provided for Registration OF the Lee
gal Voters Of Kansas, so as 10 preclude further
repetition of those frauds This act, though
officially approved by Gov Medary, has been set
aside by acting Gov. Walsh, who poclaims th.s
1t does not apply to the ensuing Election; aud he
directs that the returns Of the Constitutional Elec
tCn be made to himself instead Of the President Of
the Convention. The purpose of this deinonstra-
ton is not to be mistaken. There is TO be whole
sale cheating; and the fraud is to be backed by a
falie canvass. The acting Governor further pro-
claims that Indians are legal voters for this Elec
ton, though the Convention restricted the Right
Of Suffrage to Whites. Of course, large Indian
vote will be cast for the party which controls the
most grcggeries. Is any one in doub! q, to which
party that isl
Is not this Federal proclaim atiOn pungent CON-
nentsly or the claims Of the Sham Democracy to
be the White Mans Party and the peculiar cham
pion Of Popular Sovereignty ~
In our own City, the Sham Democracy do not
belle their National reputation. i! is jus. as noto
ricus that the immense majorities obtained here for
Buchanan in 1856, and the corresponding msjori.es
obtained at several previous and subsequent cleo
tons, were enormously sxeled By fraudulent votes,
as that twice two are four. The Republicans are
minority here, but no such minority a. our Official
Returns proclaim them. Give Us legal poll and
an honest canvass, and We will reduce the Sham