, 1864-11-17

Eastern States, especially in New England,
where Illegal voting Is IN impossibility. It is
only necessary that care should be exercised
that none but properly qualified voters are
registered, aud that no one votes who Is not
thus entered. The aggregate wisdom and 4
experience of our legislators Will easily sup
ply the details Of such law An additional
Test is also needed. II the voter be natural
lied citizen, lie should be compelled to pro-
dncc his naturalization papers in attestation
OF this fact His papers are better proofs than
his own statements. IF he has not rot his
papers with him, he should be compelled to
make oath where, when, and Of whom he OBJ
tanned them, and when and how he lost
them Thousands Of pretended natnra1-,
iEed citizens have voted without papers in
Chicago, Pooria, Quincy, and Joliet, aud other
places where the CoppcFhcad element abounds.
Tho production Of these papers is the best
safeguard against such frauds. To make it
doubly cflcacIeus, let the Judges Of election
be required to endorse upon the back Of the
voters paper The date OF the election, 80 that
it cannot be used but once, OF by one person,
on the same day.
VIC have indicated but the general outlines
and the necessity Of such law. 1t should I've
the first subject to occupy the attention Of
the Legislature. Let us have m end Of the
disgracefM scenes which hare hitherto mark
ed elections in Illinois, and hereafter let the
elective franchise express In reality the will
of the people, and not the will Of rnscrupu-.
1ous politicians attained by bogus votes
bought at a price.
mccoRm1cK,s PATENT VIRGINIA
Mr.. C. a. Mccormick appears to have given
up all hope Of being elected to Congress this
year, and has turned his attention to saving
slavery in his private capacity. The people
having voted down the Chicago Platform, he
desires to put it IN force at once by calling
the National Democratic Convention together
to make proposals Of peace to the. rebels.
Mr. Lincoln to give his assent to the move
mcnt. The object Of such q proceeding is no
less singular than the scheme ITSELF It is to
prevent rebels from cmnncipating their slaves,
and to vindIcatc the Republicans from the
charge Of being IN abolition party. Nj.
Mccormick enforces his argument like
the Indian doctor by saying that if
his remedy does the patient no good,
it win do him no harm. The Chicago Times,
in publlshing the wonderful pauacea, init
mates TINT M1. Mccormick is In fair way to
render lis name immortal! We think so toe,
If he could only get 1t patented.
The reader may snnile, but there Is, never
theless, a serious eide Of the proposition here
presented to us. Buried in column Of con-
fused English is m idea, and that ide1 is that
The rebels could better afford to come back
to The Union than have slavery destroyed,
and that We conld better afford to take them
back with slavery, than TO fight any longer.
It is to be observed in the first place that We
have-no evidence, beyond the statement, or
belief, of Mr.. Mccormick, that the rebels
would CONC back if slavery were
guaranteed to them. Their President,
in his. late message, holds to the
. opinion that they can do both-achicve their
dndc pcndcncc md eaye the institution for
which they first drew the sword, II they
must sacrifice one, he clearly intimates that
they should consent to lose slavery rather
than their separate existence. But however
this may he, 1t is perfectly apparent that the
people Of the United States (by which We
mean those who acknowledge the authority
of the Constitution, cannot a1ord 10 make
any tc1ms with the rebellion which do not in-
cludu the determination OF that which every
body admits Was the cause Of the rebellion.
This is as clear as the fact That the people
voted for the Baltimore platform and asainst
The Chicago platform for President Lincoln's
proclamation Of emancipation and against
General McClellnn's proposed guarantees to
slavery. What will NIL our bloodshed and
taxation have come to # We stop short Of CIV
Ing the death blow to the great rebel whose
name is slavery, and whose womb contains
future rebellions and Tars without number:
We must put out the tlre-not cover 1t up
"lto eoe'on' ,.'.
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that mfr afse. .1arcTv shall have i1isapncared the
,,rcesa ri ,cnn,on viii l,ef+in at that moment.
and that it viii erowta a more perfect aahe-
.;o,, ,1,an ,vna c1ser r,,ou,,, fctwecr thc Moth
and 4hc South from the dav the Constitution
T.a odontcd IN th's honr.
W. h.yc M des1re to add ANYTHING to MIR.
Mcf.o,1n;c}.,s i1iscomforts. hut We can not for.
hcar tn notice the frcnzied tenacity with which
he c1ines 10 slavery. 'fUnion or no Union,
rive ,n1: slavery or give me DEATH" would be
5fe 7,ro,er Translation of his appeal, If We