, 1864-11-04

tUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
The New York Election Fruudz-Tho
Prospect OF their Succest-The Mill
raly Jurtsdict1on over the OdenueFA-

Especial Correspondence OF the Chicago THbune.1
WASHINGTON. D. G., Oct. 50, 1884.
The great sensation OF the week In Wash
ireton has been the disc 3FerF Of the gigau
tic fraud imposed upon the soldiers Of the
Union from the State Of New York, By the
Governor Of that State and his paid agents.
Yet it is not proper to call it q sensation, for
that word ref6rs almost exclusively to those
ephemeral excitements which are often pro.
duced by the most trivial causes. The de-
velopnents In this case, which have been so
sudden and yet SO complete, hare discovered
to us something ter1ib1a-arpalling;
scheme 60 wide spread and Infamous, go
utterly iaeonceivable, exctpt' to natures
thoroughly proaigate, depraved and aban
doned, 80 terrible In Its possible results, that
tic simple fact Of its having been Initiated
and carried out almost to successful compile
tion, by great party, md sanctioned and
defended by the Executive Of the most pow
e1ful State Of the Union, is enough to make
tho most thoughtless tremb1e for the safety
Of the country and the. most san
eqipe douot the & sSsellenSs l Of o,Io ,polti,
morstro6ity go fIghtfn1 and 60 dangerous.
| The nen who hare been forging these votes
| 6nd exchanging these ballots hare been gull
ty, not only Of forgery, but Of crime 30
hsisous that all the foresight 81 Legislators
ell the unbellef Of the age to give it name.
That sacred right which twenty-five centu-
ries OF intellectual progress have scarcely
tstablished; which eighteen centuries Of
tortieth part Of the people OF the globe-and
not securely to them-the right OF every
man to have his ehare In the cholce.of hls'ru-
le1f, has been deliberately stolen from every
soldier Of New York, whose icarelessness
and c1ednlity exposed him to The robbery !;
already deprived them Of the poTer to speak
for the canBe they died to save, have had
their precious and glorious names subor ned
| to the o1abo1ical purposes Of these heartiess
and soulless wretches.. This last crime is
fitting end to the moral desolatton and;poltt.
the Democracy for the last ten years. This
Is q Elm which humanity can never forgive,
and which it requires much faith TO believe
that the broad mantle Of Divine Mercy VIII
cover. The crime OF secession sinks to
nothing In comparison, for the secedefs noE
only believed In their right, but were conn:
dent of that future success which, In tae
| opinion of the world, alWays 1ustif}es 1evo
lnticn. Seymour and his Vil1ainous accom- @
1lices had neither OF these excuses. They
| knew they we're wrong. They coula mol
have had reasonable hope OF success, Whlcn,
| had theY achieved 1t, would only AaFs Aep,
a deeper dye to their crime, and exposed
them more surely to the abhor1ence OF cnfie'
tendon. ,,..x,
has been made, and that the disclosures nave
been 60 full and complete. There is no a.
ryiug them. The telegraph VIII already navt
| Informed you what they are, and On Wna!
evidence they rest- Full, free aud minute
confeeejons Of the perpetrators Of the crime
have brought It ont In all It's hideous de1or'
mity, Complete and unansWerable test.-
mo1y from Intelligent and credible witnesses
has soneEmed every repu1sive particular ol
the confessions. The case is perfect Insre
ig no 1oophole Of escape from the sad con
| yiction that crime has been committed, fa1
| surnasaing in enormity and maguttade an3
before conceiyed by the mind Of man. While
We fail ut first to comprehend the Vaslnest
Ct Tie he Scheme &c which has thus far been de-
| veioped, speak from the highest authority
When isa7. hat the public DO not knoN ont
1.-THE Of lie facts on which history VIII oase
| lts Indictment against the chief authors 9;
Ibis conspiracy. The revelations at the trIs
ofDodd. fhe open conferences Of Democratit
oli,Iciaus with rebels from the South, ths
/ rohberies committed on our Northern iron
tier, the hilarious glee Of dlsloyal msn in ID
vance OF prominent m o7ements Of IN @ rebels
! the mysterious character OF the chicago Con
| Yention, the mastery report Of Jaose Ao