New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-01
HINTS FOR THE CANVASS.

mote and insure tho success OF the Union cavi"
and candidates in the approaching election
Most of them are legal voters, who, Win
another million less geslous, willyote, OF coure;
but they wish TO do more than this. 10 This
class we present. as the fruit Of many years
experience and effort in politics. the following
suggestionsi
I. Leave all manner Of violence. buster,
browbeatine and bowling to our adversarios. II
you see fit 70 attend any Of their meetings. OF
witness theiy professions, maintain throughout
til attentive, respectful silence. Save as o.
spectator or auditor you have no business there;
if you hear or 200 what you cannot aDide, go|
quietly away. Leave them monopoly OF the
ruiHanly blockguardism Of disturbing publicI
meetings, aud Of yelping ht the heels OF public
speakers.
III. Consider who. within your reighborhood
or the sphere Of your personal influence, are
vet undecided with regard TO tho vote they
shall cast in November, and devote your efforts
TO these. Procure the best journals, documents
SO, and supply eech of this class with all they
sill reed. Do not crowd them, nor attemp' 10
exact pledges, but supply them with oil the
reasons at your command for voting with Us
and leave badgering aud importlning them 70
those Who know no better.
III. Waste nothing Of time or energy On those
whom you know to be at heart N sympathy
with the Rebels. These would not be peTsuaded
though one rose from Tie dead. The man wko
tells you that he considers Slavery good
thing-that negroes are only Ct to DO slaves,
&c, &o.-is too far zone for recovery in season
for tho election. Sow no seed on such ground
where quick returns are wanted.
". Utterly. absolutely and forever refuse to
have anything TO do with buying votes IN any
manner whatever. All the votes that money or
rum will buy belong to our adyerssres, and VIII
20 there at any rate. We DO not need one OF
them; if we did, it were better 10 fail for lack
OF them than TO win By their help.
V. Devote your attention mainly to enight-
ering the careless, orousing the lukewarin, H.
te-esting the indifferent. and getting every vote
that honestly belongs to US. Here Is where We
habi'ually fail. When Henry Cioy was oeaicn
for President by james h. Polka daas'er
which the property of this City could hayerichiy
afforded 70 paw q Billion Of Dollars 20 ayeri--thore
were Wing votes enough unpo.ed in Obs state
10 have changed tho result. But some yoten
were on voyages; others in foreign lands;
still Other, locking for lands in Virginia or IN
the West; while many were clergymen or SICK
or stricken in years, Or had some excuse or other
for not attending tie pols-whereby We lost
the day. There arc to-day Twenty thousand
legal voters in this State and thrice that numbe:
| in the Union who will vote the Union ticket If
any, but who have not yet resolved to vote at
all. These votes We want; and you can help
secure one or moro OF them If you viii. And
this ia the chef end Of tie canvass.
vi. Write to your Union relatives and friends
in the Army and elsewhere to inspire them
with zeal in the cause. friends letter weighs
far more than tho appeal Of an unknown writer
or speaker. Send ballots to tho soldiers from
your neighborhood who love aud trust you, and
take care that you send none that aro not per-
fectly correct. Every soldier or other friend
who loves you viii welcome tho sight OF o
letter.
VII. Begin oow TO take precautions against
illegal voting. SoTrtinize the regstries Of your
ward or township and DO sure that The uaDlos Of
none who are dead or no longer residents are re-
tered thereon. Disregard all whispers or
nudges that so-snd.so ere "all rght;" for they
are no, right If they can be persuaded to vote IL
legally. We have legal votes enough If we get
them out and don't permit them TO be nulliied
by Illegal. BE as sure as can be when tho regis
try Is closed that it contains 10 names but those
Of electors entitled to vote at your poll. We cen
win on these: We shsll loss II the result Is TO-
cided By fraud.
VII. BE sure yon know at least q week
before election how each voter is to reach the
pollss and that he is to be there early in the
day II this Is left 70 the dag Of election, 1t will
almost certainly not be thoroughly done. But
ascertain And settle, at least week beforehand.
how eaes man is TO DO brought 70 the poll on.
Election morning, and you need not tear To-
face the returns OF night
TX. Establish and maintain correspondence
with fellow.workers on every side. Impel them
by your Letters to emulate your Efforts ind
thus viii your good works DO multiplied.
x. Never lose sight Of the ballotboxes md
tally lists Till the last vote shall have been
counted, and the result definitely proclaimed,
then come out and helMus rejoice over the
victory.