New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-16
TEE soLDIEns' vOTE FHAVDs.

u oil that which is palpabe to every human being,
witch requires 10 prol 3 TO fact that ne ltaera,
Administrator ran IN election. Tnko Tie alleged
Soldiers Voting frauds. IEat IL q subject with when
the General Government has no morn 10 do thnn Win
h. crimes FOR when Grimm 10 ere tT;ed ntlo oul 10
&c RIDER ~ has more % 60 win TIE cflMeS ugMN
The law Of New. York than with tue charities OF Now
YORK. II has just exactly 20 much rigbt 10 arrest CoL
North LOUIS Napoleon he's ~ ericSt ADinnsm Ian
coin, THI 1EBrhE nevCr seems o understand TINT ID
tn, conptT, Law WIS pOpnaTy supposed To RUE unli
IL and It's friends deliberately dobarhcd TIE pubc con
science By setting up abtTeconS rs above tue OoA1s'
tlfiOn.
AS for innocent men MOI fearing. oyety man fears
asble power. cogrtmHr I'll ~ about as ire
sponsibie t,lbuDal the Secret Chamber Of the In
qaidtiOn more particularly when "tliiit LaA always
followed fswa,rg."
The worry essence OF al military power Is arbltrGi.
nt.s and wien, in addition to that risk, person
aocused is subject Col North wac under the shadow
OF tao CapiO. "a n fltll1oss cf Imprisonment wos
than that NJ AndcIsonyilie. We can wei understand
That with State aud fcllCWCtYcDs scrraut 10 thcif
ANYTHING required Of them. II The iEIBUSg wants
frauds discussed and discovered let Gov. fenton. on
assuming his sice instruct the AuoTney-Gentra IN
prosecute tho alleged criminals under urT law Let u
seo the evidence aud hear the judge. We do not want
any Democratic Official o. inlerferc. Let Cvchrane
spread himself upon the purity Oi tic bnLotb"x' ahd
prove by testimony VII oh III men car icd The crime IL
COL North be guilty. BET him 80 where criminals ought
- -, 80, TO- - - -, - ~ .le An',ia
police system which Is 80 conernia to hnnsntIianA
Is thu wry. would TIE ImBUEE Ike The Indiana
fNLLAuleNt IAity h<' P'hh' "
Comments By The Tribune.
The Worlds plea TO the jurisdiction remind
MS OF little 81 ~, which We will relate. leaving
the reader to judge that It is or Is not porti-
ncnt.
Nearly hall q century aso. in tho infancy Of
steamboats,, one o. these craft held up. just al
night, before raw young village on the Ohio
River and put off forty berrels OF -four for 6
merchant Of said village. The -four wa le1i
unmatched on the dock--no one dreaming that
il would not be salo therc-ani next morning
when the merchant sent 10 rcT oyo II, there were
but thirty mine lar j.. Word few from mouth
to eur, and in twenty minutes al tho villagers
were on the wharf. "Let us APP ONT ourselves
q Committee Of Vigilance. and search house
after house till we Ind that four" proposed
one. agreed! agreed" 'hout d nearly all
"No, gentlemen" interosed en- ab6tractionis'
Of Tie HoTid's school, "that would be "a viola
ton Of law and right. Let eny ore who eua-
poets that the -four Is hidden anywhere, make
affidavit in due form, lct ssoarch warrant issue
and have the suspected promises overhauled
according TO law. We INST not override eli
tie safeguards Of our liberties n bot pursuit Of
an unknown culprit." The villagers dcliber
ated q momont, then rushed pell.mcll TO the
domicil of the strict construct mist, and rolled
out of his cellar the missing barrel of -four
We urge quite AZ earnestly as The H'oHd that
Gov. Fcnton and Attorney General Cochrane
shall each DO his utmost 10 ferret out the fabri
Gators Of bogus Soldiors' Votes and bring their
to punishment. AS prel minory thereto, we
will thank Tie Void 10 loint out the New
York low under which the fabrication Of such
votes in Virginia, Maryland end tho District Of
Columbia, Gun be punished by the authoritles
of orr State. We apprehend that "abstractions
above the Constitution would be found quite
as essential in the premises by the State a. by
The Federal authorities. But we suspend Iudq
ment on that point till We eco what Tho Worid
has 20 say.
Col. North, il is sai !, hHs been subjected 10 a
considerable ind unpl asant detontion. We
understand that 10 be lecause ho Tor his coun-
sell was unwilling tohaye tie investigation pro-
cced and asked for delay. The Federal
authorities hare been ready and eager TO pro-
coed with the investigation; bat the accused was
not. II such be the fact, we insist that NOrth's
hackers have no right TO comploin Of his deton-
ton.
Tie World thinks the alleged wholesale man
ufacture OF bogus Soldiers Votes was an oGense
against our State which should have been left 10
the exclusive discipline Of Horatio Seymour and
his subordinstes, who--lf these frauds had only
been successful in giving 20 these furctlonaries
another lease OF powcr-would Of course have
"come down" with terrific wrath upon the perpe
traitors Natural as Il IL for The WoHd 10 take this
view Of the case, we are sure itmust realize that
it is quite as natural for orr folks TO sec the matter
in very different light. We deem the fsbrco.
ton Of those votes crime against the life Of the
Nation. which The Nation has right to resist,
and against the rights Of the soldiers, which the
Federal Government IA bound TO uphold. So
*e trust the investigation will be thorough and
the Issue conclusive.
Finally, The WoriH wants 10 know Ii we would
Ike TO have "the Indiana election ventilated"
Most certainly, VIC should Wo trust that those
who have suffered by Illegal votes, whether IN
Indiana or elsewhere, will contest every return
based on fraud, first In Congress or the Legsla-
ture, next, in tho Courts. Let us havc ell who
have conspired to poll Illegal votes exposed 20
reprobation ond to punishment. Let US know
whether there were Illegal votes polled at Indian
apolis, at Tene Haute, or at Fort Wayuo