Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-10-13
From he LyHch5srg ITr0inidn
PANTY RASrAIITN

For many years pact popular elections in most Of the
large cities have been broad farce 10 New York and
Philadelphia, especially, the result Of an election a.
been determined not by majority Of the lawful voter-
Lut by the stUing Of ballot.boxes aud the pfofi.
ing of Illegal and fraudulent votes
To prevent f possible this d-gracrl stat. Of ,fF,r.
some Of the states have passed Registry Law. That ~
Do r required that all legal shall have themselves
registered ten days before election so that not oply
TIE legal voters may be known but ileg. votes yclI.
ded from the baliotboN. The Law is a wise and bsnef.
cent one, and one to which fair man could make OIL
lection wherever has been proposed however il h,.
met with strenuous opposition. And the objection bs
Away come from the party which ha9 heretofore rof,d
by election frauds, and expects profit by them in tie
future
New York among other States, passed Registry law
al the last session Of her Legislature so as 10 prevent
the enormous election frauds which are practced at eve
= election ia her principal city The Reci5trsrs---lv
"hch47 meant the officers Who superiEtend the
registering OF the % De appointed by lie
Board Of supervisors Of New York Civ II bqpnoreI
that the Board Of Supervisors were exactly divided I'M
poiucs-ihcre being au equal number Of Republicans
aud Democrats IN ~. According an understanding
agreed upon between the plr,ies 10 the Board OF
psTyi-Ors, the Rcgs;rirs 20 be distributed in the
same proportiou-that IT, half Of them we're 10 be De
mocrats and half Of them Republicans Bot on one oc
c's'o week or t"o ago, n meeting Of the Board OF
Huper'isor7 the Democrats found themseyes in tho ma
Jory owing 90 the accidental absence Of two OF the Re
puhlc1ns n is said that these Eapnbcarz laf the %
90 fact, upon pledge from the Democrat Supervisor
that they ~ould not act IN she appointment OF Reyi.
/ trtr7 during their absence. HONever thir may Io
the
ih' Board they proceeded. az once 10 the appointment
oi Reel>trar--ard, ont Of sir hpdrsi that were
appointed, they did not give than twenty or thir
t0 the Repubicau-l
This j. not the worst Of it, The lit Of ragi.r,,. l,.
been published n the New York papers and ,,,, -.
d,'i anil Of the six hundred are rshmcn-not Ir.
men Of education and character but the lowest sort of
ruihins, keeper Of Rrog--hOI- buIe. shouierfters
and notorious rOwdies The Evening Post stys ,,t 49,
namcs Of large number Of them cannot be- found even
/ in ihe city Directory They adventurers and peri
pniouc hborer-, picked mp from the railroads near Nov
orb or eHhumcd from tie ubteraneln rum-hpIcs with
\ which New y Drk city H. infested
Tie object Of these Democratic Supervisor in making
such appointments b. Obvious enough. PRIMARILY ID Il
| 20 render uugatory the Registry law The bsro1irs.
opposed this law bitterly, we'll they might: Tor b.
threatened 10 put top ~ The Infamous election frauI4
lel have been annually practicing 30 Nea York city,
ihtr second object was 20 10 arrange narf that hsy
might continue With mpuuify their ballot boz stuHgy
and their casting ~ Illegal yOfcs Under the arrsuga
mont Which tey have made 81 viii be- The simplest Thing
n o world 10 practice their Old game of voting upr,t
ralzed Iri-hmcu-yOuug upon dead meme t,pers-
ting ID" men 100 fifteen twenty different wards
and 'tuiiDg he baliOt-bOxct With fraudulent tickets
Honest people will say that this b. itrnff 1i and Z,
di-gnrriul busincs. Aud yct We know not which t,
rpndemu the morrtbis Outrage upOn the elective fran.
g',r o. the yiihiny u that political minoriny which
TOOK advantage Of the accidental absence Of two Of the
! 'npeT.i'1fs, ~ accomplish lle scurvy trick
ANA lci thi' dscsedifable affair j. Boaued NJ Ly some
o hc Northern democratic Journalists They affect IN
regard u as good joke that by one Of tle most n
mou political -TindIcs ever prctced they have sucreed
Cd in circmventine the Repubicaus and Lv yirtysl
notification Of the Registry law opened the door for
continued perpetrton of their frauds upon ne ballot.
I box
The appointments them.elves reflect infinite dscredi,
upon the tmusacton-r oIrths Of he Registrar he
ing low lrshmcn. 20 supcrntend on election Il, he made
Dy American ireemen. But he h1gran breach II faith
involved 90 the act-the guilty hurry with rbteb IL a.
committed, during The absence Of the two Supervisor.
and The hcndsh exultsOns the snccess Of ,e tfb
s combine 10 make o one Of the darkest and decpes,
crimes recorded iu the annals Of Autericao ,t
hEAREEsr 90 NOTORious BoasLaR -Ino W Rand
we aoiouons burglar who escaped from ~ IN Concord
~ year or more since, where he vas held In ousto
az on charge 81 breaking into and stealing sun N
money from The New Hampshire Savings Bank ha, Doe,
aTe'ted 10 Montreal, charged with store broaklig