New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-18

sl0ns OF The HtTaid, ttal q heelSfy OF 'orIs ~
intrirsic.ly proper and necessy-thas in this
City it al particularly requires" "frsudu-
"lent voting is here carried to excess" Suehh the
notorious evil, and Registry Law 10 the obvious
admitted remedy. And it is not pretended that
the act just pas sed s defective or lax in any re-
spect, except in the single provision for admit
ting the votes of unregistered persons. Let US
look at that provision;
src G. No vote shall b. received a. snJ ,npus
~ an N. .sid fsri.,ry on the Ta..d,y "wednesday PIE
nf ion. unl.ss the person oHerns % N0
70, t ,pps sr,n, on ID. cay making Ps,bstosl hist
move >, oath Of h'useholde OF the district IN rnn
g.,, ~ voe n .. be such persoa to De an nb,b 81
Of the ce; sud II n any city giving the residence 'l'o
I.on Al ..eh poll in addition to The duties now
s.ct,d b. law the p hsi Kept bJ tisn "
column. pep..d for th., purpose oPP2s zoe nsms o.
r.ouifsd fnsp.cor, making the registry but such eIJ
not to be m,S By h% TIE rts 81 s.. Ss aid e.ri
shall in sounn opposite the name sn IT,
9s III. vote truly state the street 10 which he
Iedes add the hou,e loo tng or N q IN
& - sosI IN the appropriate column pos
pposi.e Of the eleotor the street 10 Ine
is pumbtrsd and II bot numbered then the eefn
abs. not humbsea IN the Tn ., .ns
oes,d The Of such eector sbs NOT be received Any
PeI,on he deemed Iniy Of AID .h. upon
cor ycton punished with fine OF So or By Imprisonment
TIE 99b yo 20, oes 10 yo for period q ten dy By
both such fine and impri'ornent-
We ask every intelligent person to judge
whether it will be easy to poll illegal votes under
these provisons-every such vote involving the Ne
cessity of willful perjury by householder OF the
strict beside that of the voter hinsslf-al which
is to be matter of public and permanent record,
with penalties duly prescribed. True, it might be
possible to "run in" illegal votes at such places
as the Five Points, Corlaer's Hook and the Thomas
street district of the Fifth Ward where the voters
are nearly all Pro Slavery Democrats, and the In
spe oters often all of that faith, and some OF them
unable to write even their names Bat this act
prescrbes for the appointment OF three Inspectors
for each district by the Board of Superintendent
able, intelligent body, composed OF Republicans
and Democrats in equal numbers-wto are morally
certain to appoint more cspsble and reliable men
than have hitherto ofliciated in those localities.
We wish they would give US two Republican In
spectOn in the thirty strongest Democratic dis
tricts, balanced by two Democratic in the thirty
strongest Republican districts, so as to render it
morally certain that frauds could not be perpetra
ted but, even without this, it will never be prac.
tcable under the operation Of this act, to poll one
tenth 90 many illegal votes in this City as were
polled in the last Presidential or the last hayoraly
Election.
Now let US turn TO the structures Of TIE Sun,
which claims to shine for all to be strictly in
dependent and on-partifan. Yet, who ever en-
countered a meaner and more cOwardly exhibition
of grovelipg p,rtisanship than the following
From The Sun, Ap,l leh
TIE REGISTRY LAw-Ne publish, first page, the law
passed by he Legislature resrson Of voters la this
tte is crude piece Of legislation and We en lal
friends Of the purity Of the bsobos earnestly desire Tue
law contain. some most 9olscaonaot iuSe
improbable that its consutionsty leJ win be con
election dem the public INTEREST," and rejecting dis
credit upon Institutions n,...,
10 DO, compulsory upon the vo be cau on seson cay
prove vote and have his vote recorded Wat dssy
confusion may be produced by voters coming mp a. WINE
election proceeding establish their rights q, ch ens IN
the manner prescribed by this act ..
While toe applies to the whole State, and not likely 70
be psatsb 70 the old farmers who vii udse Gay Q!
two O from their farm. to asena the ,es'son an % "
supervisors with the Of choosing the Inspector.
and il /, providtd members Of the Board Of sa
prvos thai be quorum to make the selection Of these In
Considering how the members Of the Board Of Supervisors are
chosen 'a IePIeenns ias nraog main. ak member.
quorum of the Board for the choce OF Inspectors w feaoy Dc
Understood 1t certainly 70 pT"gT ,n' men
tt active politicians and partistns But why inc ooo
oD regards New York City, If the motive be not paieya
Good cannot come from nydiou, legislation tends TO
embttI patty eers 70 csae oooo.on to sod dsrep o.
city suffered seriously from TINS zinc OF
union Of feeling and cooperation OF effort wsdis
Dc sed citizens local elections, shich necessary 70
and practical reform In City Government Party
passions and interests and intgges will Ptsdomnae
every ether feeling and the public Interests Will be sac
feed In the heated strife for place and powell
a. You :" fear" this, do you7 No, Sir You
" fear" nothing of the sort. What you really
fear " is that the party which gives you Office and
which you dishonesty serve will not make much
capital out of it. The act is so msnifestly honest
and fair that you can only declam loosely and
vaguely Of Objectionable features" and say sit
" will be denounced as miserable political Jug
ele." OF course il will-how could your party
live if it did not lie but the whole of you know
that such denunciation is eroundes, and unjust.
(b) Why don't you undertake to indicate some
clause or feature of il that you can pretend to be
unconstitutional You know better.
(c.) TIE law will make no confusion" 1t is
manifesty calculated to prerent confusion. And if
your fellow. partsans shall undertake to resist or
evade it, as you clearly incte them to do, they will
find such conduct detrimental TO +" their L" inter.
L" ests " and "refectiDg dscredit" only on their
factous course.
(d.) Yes, Sir and you are the very m,n who