New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-22
OH CITY's VOTE.


ferent aud distant sources as to the probable
vote of our City on the 9Th Of November that
we propose to give them all this public and CIR
cumstantial answer
The vote of our City for President In 1850 was
cast as follows;
Lincoln. 20 900 Fusion. ......... 62,; '9S
Anti-LiDcoln majority. .......-.",oUS'
There have since been few changes from
Lincoln. but not less than ten times az many 10
him. The names of John A. Dix, George Ban
croft. Francis Il. Cutting. Moses Taylor, Ed
wards Pierrepont, James Il. Whiting David s.
Coddngton. are but samples of host who IN
1860 we're ardent opposers of Mr.. Lincoln's cleo
ton. but who now support his reelection. From
what We know Of positive, open changes to our
side, we are confident that Mr.. Lincoln's poll
next month in this City cannot fail below -, 900
How much can that be oyermatched' We
say: BY honest voting, possibly q, 600; by the
aid of Wholesale fraud, perhaps $4,000.
Ofcourse, we shall be largely cheated; but
We were largely cheated IN 1850 and again IN
1852. The With Ward, for instance, gave IN 90
no less than ., 81 anti-Lincon TO 81 Lincoln
votes when wo are confident that 30 many as
:, 800 legal votes in al cannot be polled in that
Ward. so the Xlyth gave $3.50 anti-Lincoln 10
As Lincoln votes, when no such number Of
voters reside in the Ward, nor ever did. Nor
can any such vote be legally polled against us
as was cast in the Ist, the IVth, tie With, lXth
Il ,,.,tb ntbar- Ruf tho
sources Of rascality have been SO strained in the
past that we DO not believe they can be rem
dcrcd more productive in the present. Every
vote By which the Copperhead majority in our
City exceeds 10000, will be o false vote; and
we do not believe Tie aggregate can be screwed
above 10000.
Our City Unionist politicians are habitually
unjust to their rural brethren in that they do not
devise and enforce some correcton-or, at least,
mitigation Of these f-iehtfulfrauds The most
casual saunter by the polls of our lower Wards
on the afternoon OF any holly contested election
viii show that they are most carelessly guarded.
Very often, you will ind one entirely aban-
doned on our side--our ticket-hoXes smashed or
1 hid away; our electionccrers driven of, and our
challongers either frightened away or SO over
awed that they dare not do their duty. Such
IS often TIE state Of affairs by j. NJ Of election
dav At the Five Points, the Hook. Mackerel-
VILE, Water-street, and in other natural strong
holds of ignorance, dcprayity and groyeling
degradation.
Now il Is 10 excuse for this that Nc have few
or no voters living in those localities, and that
these few are too glad to be permitted meekly
10 vote and 90 quickly away. We have Ten
Thou and Young Men in our"Ciiy Who would
each give days work 70 the Union cause
if they were properly invited to DO it. OF these
at least One Hundred should be stationed by
daylight Of the eyentiul 9Th at each Of the forty
or fifty polls where our side has little or no local
, strength. there 20 remain until relieved at noon
or thereabout by like detail, pledged TO remain
= till the polls are closed and leave n guard 10
= watch against tampering with heboEc'or fraud
in the counting. All this might easily be done
-urouN be done if our Central Committees were
Of the least possible account. Tie mca 20 DO
the work are abundant il IS only impulse-di-
extraordinarily is lacking. By proper
, and seasonahle scrutiny Of the Registry Lists,
and by = it and careful disposition Of our ae-
tive, jealous Young Men who are not absolutely
) needed in their own WARDS, We might diminish
the fraudulent vote that would otherwise Dee
thrown against Us b. at least Five lhonsond.
But will anything like this be done3 We fear
not. Still, We mean to keep the matter in
view, and are not hopeless of efficient action
upon it.
If hundred well-knovn ship-oVuem and
ship.mastcrs, headed by such men a. Charles II.
Marshall Moses II. Grinnell, Moses Taylor
il &c, would resolve TO spend all the day, alter
voting. At the polls where most sailors vote
kindly entrestiug them not to vote against the
salvation of their country nor give tho Rebels
aid and comfort, they might make a difference
on the right side Of many hundreds And 80
with regard to other influential classes.
We VT 10 single vote polled on our side
that is not that Of q legal voter who has not
voted before at this election; and we want every
single vote that fairly belongs to our adycrsarios
brought ont and polled. Ifthey can beat rs by
fair voting, they shan have the Government
peacoably put into their hands, and viii never
be called on to fight for it. Bat an election
carried by fraud or yiolence--no matter BY
which party--would be the last fatal aegIaya-
ton " our National caiamities Lei all good
men strive to avert it.
We have little hope Of being needed; but we