The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-26

OF with any other purpose than 10 secure TO our
people what Is justly and manifestly their due.
They have suffered severe losses under circum-
stances which give them prin1d fdcie strong
CLAIM upon the bnghh Government. They are
entitled to have that clam fairly considered, in
q friendly spirit and with n purpose o eeuitab BILE
dealing, and to have it settled ON the basis OF
Justice and oi right More than that our Gov
ernment cannot require, and 10 less than that
We ore very sure they will not submit.
The Vote of New York city.
From the World.
The Tribune and the radical press generally
are constantly charging that there is q large
Illegal vote polled at every election in this city.
They would have the public believe that there
Is no such legal vote in this metropolis as re-
corded. Never was there more unjust,dable
accusation made against the voters OF thus city.
+ we have never yet polIed the luI legal vote Of
tMdnnattan Island, or anywhere near it. We
have at no time given as large vote in ac-
cordance with our population, as the other
cities of the Union. The vote in Boston, as we'll
as IN philadelphia, Is much larger, in prop orion
TO the population, than that OF New YORK. II
the charge OF illegal voting applies anywhere
it is against puIitanical Boston and radical
Boston, with population of two hundred
thousand. polls Voie oil over thirty thousand,
OF one vote Tor every Fix and traction OF IN
habitants. Philadelphia, with q population of
a little over six hundred thousand, polls vote
of over ono hunuTeo and three thousand or one
In six on her population. Now New York. win
her million of habtants, has never yet given
a vote of ore hundred ana ten Thousand, or one
in nine OF her population. These tgures speak
for themselves, and show the utter ialsity OF the
If the vote in the city of New York were in
the same ratio TO the inhabitants as that OF Phi
lauelpbia, we would poll vote of one hundred
and siXty-6ve thousand. it we're in the same
ratio as that of Boston, then 1t would reach one
hundred and iorty-Gve thousand. We ask every
candid man whether these facts do not prove
that It is the radical strongholds that poll the
illegal vote and not New York The above cal
culation Is made on the oasis that New York
city contains one million souls. But even ad-
mittlng that there are only eight hundred thou
sand Inhabitants here as claimed by the radi-
GALS then our vote, to be in the same ratio as
Phuadeipbia, should reach one hundred and
thirty-6ve thousand 1t Therefore follows that
this metropolis, aTter making due alu vance Tor
the alien population, should pol at least one
hundred and twenty-five Thousand, and not
record one Illegal vote at that.
The fact Is, that the full vote of this city has
never been recorded. In 1864, when our vote
reached its highest figure, hundreds were unable
to get their votes in, owing TO the want of poll
ing-places. In nearly every precinct in the
upper wards of the city. a long hne of voters
stood waiting their turn when the polls were
closed. The Registry law was concocted by the
radicals, not to prevent Illegal voting, bat to
throw such obstacles in the way of the people
that the legal votes cannot be pOlled. They
never propose a registry law for those cities
where they have majority, notwithstand
they poll a larger vote in proportion to the
population than here. If the radicals succeed
In this State, it viii be by deprlyine our citizens
of their constitutional pr viege, by excluding
legal voters from the ballot-box. That they
intend TO do this, is manifest by their constant
chatter about Illegal voting.