New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-20
close the Elechoos Of 50 Eit5 trlumphs that will
thrill the hearts Of our brethren throughout the
l,nd, and fifty herald the grand sweep of 1860

Tur Rrc,sTR ALTON or LEGAL VOTERS, re-
quired BY most righteous and necessary lag OF
our State, has been practically quilted IN this City
Wa ,b.ll ultimately obtain sort Of Registration;
Int that Registrstion which the l.w cOn.empstes
and enact,. has been defeated by the Vaccinations
Of T,mm.nJ Hall The essence of that Regstr+
ton was publiciiy-the subsection OF every mans
claim 70 be legal 7Otsr in certain district to the
scrutipy and challenge Of every bona fde resident
and voter in said district Such scrutiny is i'm
possible under our laws 81 they stood one year
ago; because all the legal voters In district can
not be constantly stsrdiDg beside the Inspectors
Throughout. each election; s1d, even If they
could. tbey cannot then aud there traverse
the c.iu set up BY any stranger
TO be resident 10 specified house
and legal voter ia said district The new law,
therefore. with obvious Justice, requires that every
mans claim to b. legal voter in any district Sd Al
be preferred so sessObsby that every one may
have full opportunity for scrutiny for inquiry, and
if reason be found, for challenge. Such is the plain
intent and reason of the law, which manifestly re-
quires ss full Registration st the first meeting Of
the Registering Boards as they can possibly make
At meeting the law contemplateS no challenging
10 swearing. but simple submission of the claims
Of oil who Assume 10 be legal voters in certain
district 10 deliberate public scrutiny. The meeting
two weeks later for revision has more Of Judicial
character. Thin, names are 10 be subtracted from
or added to the Registry only upon inquiry and due
evidence, aimee the opportunity for public scrutiny
outside Of the Registry room will have psssd
But the managers Of that notorious den Of cor
ruption, Tammnny Hal, have subyerted all this.
Knowing well that Illegal Voting enures vastly 70
their advantage only because nine hundred OF
every thousand Illegal votes ara cast for their
candidates, but because many legal voters who
would oppo,c them il they voted are repealed from
20 doing by the notorious prevalence Of fraud at
the pollsthey desire 10 perpetuate that corruption
Of the ballOtbox which is n chief source OF their
power. Hence their seizure, through peridy and.
trescbcry, Of the appointment OF all the Regis
trars: hence the caricature Of Registration which
our City has witnessed during the last two days
1t is the old story of the wolf turned shepherd.
II is the guild of burglars in city entrusted with
the manufacture and regulation Of the locks and
Keys used therein. The deadly enemies of any
Registration or other effective means Of detecting
illegal voters have most iDiqultousy obtained con-
troll of the whole machinery Of registration IN our
City. That machinery they Well to these ends;
Fret, to make it as expensive and annoying as pos
sble; the expense going into the pockets of their
own tools, while it i, charged upon the entire com.
muDity, ard so made ground Of clamor against
the Registry and its authors. Secondly, to render
it to the last degree inefficient, by registering the
names of those who are not voters and leaving un-
re ei.tered the names of those who are. Thirdly,
to afford the least possible opportunity for scruti-
nizpg the claims of those who mean to vote where
they have no right to do SO. Such is the game Of
the Tammany wireworkers, and they play
it with unscrupulOus resolution. But that
resolution arouses an answering spirit on the
part of their opponents; and it yet remains to be
seen whether the coup dttat Of Purdy, Bell 4 Co.
will psy 1t will inevitably put the legal voters to
much trouble, for which there was originally no
need, but We trust that the labor will be gener
ally snd cheerfuy performed. Let the sham Reg
istry lists copied from old pobooks, be duly serll'
tinted and all who are not now legal voters in the
respective districts be challenged off; let every
legal voter attend on revision day with friend to
prove bis right; and let the Republicans and friends
of honest voting keep strict watch Of that revision
in every district, and al will yet be well.