Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-11-09

red Registrars OF election, four-hiths OF whon
were dirty Irishmep. We stated at the time tina
the object was .frosd Of the worst sort,snd
on most gigantic scale The Registry law had
been passed for the purpose Of breaking up the
orsaaised sys.em Of Illegal voting which hes been
practis61 = elections in New York city for many
years pass-but, just - tho honest men supposed
they had accomplished their purpose this trick Of
the Democrats Of tho Board Of Supervisors was
practissd. and the whole object Of the Registry
law nulliRed and defeated
These Registrsrs-fourfiiths of whom, as VIC
have said, are low Irishmen and keepers of grog-
shops and eaaaiRe generally, have pretended to
mako registry Of the sotes--aud they have re-
turned a list Of one hundred and three thousand
voters in the city Of New York. Heretofore, in
the city, eighty thousand has been the highest
number Of votes pollsd-aud at least ten per cent
of that number was fraudulent How II is that
they now register over ore hundred thousand vo-
ters in the city mas appear mysterious to an ont
slider. butt sofhcienly planned by the New York
Opposition journals
It seems that the Registrars have not waited
for individuals 10 came forward and have their
names enrolled as voters. By woudorful econo-
my OF Tabor and time and ont Of tender eonsdera-
ton for the convenience Of their fellow citizens,
they have merely taken the old po-books, the City
Directory, and other lists Of names, and copied
them OF in the books Of Registry. Some OF the
pretended voters, whoscnamc they have put down,
have been dead and in fheir graves for FIVE or ten
years. Thousands Of others have removed from
the city Other. never had any existence nj all
like Junius. stdaf nos,ia's smbrae--imaginnry
personages uarrises," after the fashion
of Sairey Camps invisible friend and authority
In short the Registry 10 about as much Of II farce
as certain election helda year or two ago in
Kansas. where the Commissioners. wishing for
given majority. took the Cincinnati Directory,an
copied Oh bogus voters names. until they got
about half way through the letter A. When, End
ing they had enough, thoy closed The polls, and
proclaimed the result
The object Of these Registrars in listing so large
q number of pretended voters is manifest enough.
They want merely the widest possible margin for
fraud II they can poll thirty thousand fraudn-
lent votes and still fall short Of the number listed,
they will have apology, such it III. for repcl-
ling an accusation of illogali,y. Our emily sus-
prise is, tina, they did not put down bogus names
enough to run up seven,y-hvc hundred thou
sand majority. In city where tho metto is, no,
"vote early" but vote o(ien," they might we'll
have fraudulent majority of fifty thousand AS
ten. IL they intended rascaity, as it plain they
did they should have done the thing on
scale Of magnifcencc at once. Everybody has n
contempt for petty meannesses, while bold and
stunning" vilainics somehow or other. almost
disarm and oensure from the very magnitude Of tho
transaction.
They should have taken hint from John Sill
dell, who. having bet thirty thousand dollars in
1914 that Louisiana would 60 for Polk, scpt steam
boat loads of men down from New Orleans to
Plaquemnes. " secure tho result and win his
money. John did no piddling business, but went
the whole figure. In like manner, when, under
the same auspices, New Orleans, in 1853. after
being devastated by the yellow fever, aud when
half the population out of the city, voted three
or four thousand more votes than she had ever
done before, or has ever done since, We cannot
help wondering at the magnifcence of the opera
ton Whereby Slidell secured hs election to
the United States Senate. So that, gigantic MS
are the frauds that these Now York Registrars
have paved the way for, we are astonished
that they stopped at Registry list of one
hundred and three thousand only They Ind Just
as well made il ono hundred and three millions Mt
once. With the aid of the city Directories of
London. Paris, St. Petersburg aud the other large
European and Asiatio cities they might have
swelled the list almost indefinitely. 1t makes no
difference whether one is hung Tor sheep or n
lamb. IL fraud is to be practised, no use in
halfway measures. but let tho play be played
with ''the entire strength of the Company"
The election in New York took place yesterday,
We know nothing Of the result at tho present wri-
ting, and are unable to say how much Democratic
majority in the city they have arranged before
hand to give. In al candor, we will say that We
wish the Democrats to triumph in the State cleo
ton in New York; but when wo como to think
about these infamous election frauds, i, almost
neutralizes our wishes A victory secured by vii.
lainy is not the kind Of victory we want. We
want to see the Black Republicans beaten in New
York, hut can we rejoice over a victory that we
know to have been won By Q systematizei plan OF
cheafngi
The trafh ID, elections in oil our large cities
have come to be mixture Of farce and tragedy
The result is far moro apt to DO the of the
popular will, than to beexpressive of it. A dem.
ocrs.;c FORM Of Government, and popular" iasti-
buttons, may salt sparsdyssttled agricultural dis
tricts but they are the engines Of oppression on
ly. in cities and towns The evil is susceptible Of
correction in only one way. Inasmuch as we can.
not reform human nature, nor subdue the fierce
passions Of men. our only remedy Is 10 restrict the
right Of suffrage, and exclude from the polls all
these instigasors ana perpetrators of fraud. Tako
away their right to%ose, aud you destroy at once