, 1861-02-01
REGISTRY Law AGAIN

~REGIsTRE Law AGAIN. -
: IN Calling attention yesterday 70 tne
Registry Law, now before tie Legislature,
1t wss pw purpose t., place the bill ltseN
belore .our readers, md thus: to ac4ualn1
the public with the advantages to be resp
ed from its enactment. We propose to re-
fer now briefly 10 the reasons which should
induce the Legislature either 70 adop, It at
once, or to sivc the people some other laT
equally stringent to preserve the PURIFY o.
the ballot box. ;Ihe bill IN question seems
to bo entirely just, and with single
amendment, providing suitable penalties
for neglect or refusal on inc part ol onlcers
to perform the out1cs deVols1ne upon men,
it would, in our view, accomplish ING ENDS
sought to be attained, and gre general sal
tstaction TO tho people hn1 we are not
strenuous as REGARDS LIS paloculaI.' .'ncs1s-
ure. we do not know whether II vas
drawn BY Republicans or democrats: we
trust 1t naay not become, IN any sense q.
party measure If any better plan can be
devised for confining the elective francnlse
in the hands Of those only who are Legally
entitled to it, for compelling people 70 vo@e
only IN the places where they reside ana
Tor restricting oil to the privilege Oh Young
only once at the same clectlon' let US nave
it. But Il no better plan can DC ae71sea 10
accomplish these need d resnlts' 4e' Us
: have this one put upon the statute oook
without unnecessary delay:
we shall not seek to erlmlnate any poAs-
ical party IN urging the necessary oi:some
such measure as the proposed heg1stry ac1.
That gross frauds and lmmoratitles, mare
:: been, committed at our various elecuons
no one Will attempt to deny: Ihas 1ne
prime fault has been IN the Law 1sself,
which permits such outrages, TIC thlnk no
one viii gainsay- II thero IS 10 legal
method for preventing tho colonization o.
voters from one county OF legislative DIS
trict to another, on the eve OF an important
election, where does the blame principally
rest? It there is no way to arrest the prac-
tice Of double voting in our large cities,
where the facilities are 50 great and where
it is SO extensively followed, upon whom
should the condemnation fall in the first
!. .instance2 Clearly, upon the law making
power. It is charged that the present Leg
islature was carried by the Republican
party through the importing process. We
deny it roundly and in the most distinct
terms, hut Wa do not require the public TO
:accepto our denial unless We can show by the
acts OF the Republican members Of The
:: General Assembly, that they are willing to
make al frauds impossible or next to i'm
possible in the future. We have charged
upon the best Of our knowledge and belief
that the Democracy carried the election 81
: 1858 by means of extensive importations
: into the doubtful districts. It has been
proved by lawsuits in this city, brought to
;. recover the price Of board for imported vo-
ters, that the Democratic party have used
this nefarious means Of elccting their can
didates- II they deny either Of these ale
cations let them show their sincerity by
voting for. measures to quash all these
). swindling appliances in tho future. An
election IS to be held next November fol
. delegates to n Constitutional Convention
:. one Of the most important elections ever
: ordered to be held in Illinois The dele
gates are to be chosen under an apportion'
ment most unfair to the Republican party.
In such counties as McDonough, Tazewell
Mason, Logan, Edgar, sangamon and Madi'
,aon the inducements on either side TO i'm
port voters must be enormous VIC desire
the thing to be stopped before it is begun