New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-26


where the vesers are few add most Of them widely
known.
On the dsy or days Of revision sit shall be the
duty Of sad Inspecter', .. their meeting for 70
"visius and correcting said lst to erase thsreffon
"tbe name Of any person inserted therein Who
shall be proved By the oath of two legal voters OF
said district to the satisfaction Of said Insp-c ors
$50 be on-res,dett Of said district, or
"oth.ruite not entitled 10 vote in said
.. district. at the election then next 10 BE-
"hed Any elector residing in sad di'sri:. aud
"eLii,sd to vote therein, may appear before said
Board Of Inspectors And require his name 70 be
"recorded on said JphsbeticalIit p" lfchallenged,
be npst swear that be is legal voter, ~ noE if
not challenged, bis name is registered az matter
of course And the Registry, thus perfected, is to
be the guide Of the Inspectors on tue day Of Eiec-
top the names TO BE- checked of a. they are
voted upon.
Any peuon not registered, being legs. voter,
can nevertheless vote; bur be cannot do 90 "unIees
" the person Offering to vote shall furnish to the
Board Of Inspectors bis affidavit, giving his res
sons for not appearing on the day for correcting
The Alphabetical LET, and prove BY toe oath of 9
householder OF tie district in which be Offers bis
vote that be kLows such person 10 be 40 ihhsbit-
snt Of the district and, if 10 any city, giving the
" residence Of such person within said district"
We have made these extracts from the Reg+
try Act 10 order to show that
l. II there be any names now on the Registry
Lists made up ast week that are not those OF Legal
voters in the districts for which they thu. reg
certain those names and be ready to swear them
off q. the Revision On Tuesday Of next week.
2 If there be any legal voters whose names are
he Registry Of their respective di'tric's
it is the duty Of all good citizens TO ascertain who
they are, ard warn them to appear at their places
OF Registry respectively Dext Tuesday, and estab-
lsh their right 70 vote. This they can do BY simply
stating the facts that they legal voters, resld
ing at such or such place. and requiring that their
names be duly registered; and this must be done.
If challenged. they mus. severslly swear they are
legal voters as hitherto at the polls If not cha
lepeed, their names are registered of course. But
il seems clear that the personal attendance on the
Revision Of each penon now to be registered will
be necessary No other testimony than bis Own is
requisite.
>. The legal voter who is not registered, and
peclects to be at the revision, still vote at the
Election; but, in order to do 90, be must submit to
the inspectors bis own affidavit, stating why he
omitted 10 appear at the revi.ion; and he must
bring with him householder of that district to
testify that he knows the said person to be, as he
claims to be, legal voter, though unregistered
The poll-clerks are to enter as "nOt registered
every voter whose name is not on the revised
registry.
We believe no law 80 well calculated u pre-
vent fraud, yet guard against the possibility ola
legal voter being deprived of his right Of suffrage
was ever before devised; and We entrea. every
reader in our State t. examine forthwith the Re-
gister Of his district and ascertain WHO, if any, Of
those he knows to be legal voters, are not regis
tered and, if there be one such, warn hun to sp
pear before the Board on Revision.day-that IT,
Tuesday next. Ask no questions Is t. any mans
politics but let us each do his best to make the
Registry perfect as possible. Thus it viii be
generally realized and admitted that Registration
depriyes no man Of any right, but, on the con-
tIary is the safeguard and shield of the rights of
all legal voters.