New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-10-30
rpr CANVASS IN OUR CITY.

The CITY of Newly ork gave Abraham Lin
coin 1890 votes in 1860 and 3G,681 in 1854
We are confident that not one hundred in
either ease were illegal. OF the legal voters
in our City, but two-fifths are native-bom,
and of these there is decided Republican
majority; but the great mass of those who
come hither from Europe vote against us.
And there are always from 10000 to 10000
adult male immigrants here who are not nat
uralized, and not yet entitled to be; and, so
far as these vote, they vote solid against u.s.
By their votes, Henry Clay was beaten
for President in 1874; by their votes,
John T. Hoffman was sent ont of the
City last year with over 1900 majority. But
for the Registry, it would have been at least
10000. 1t is not now so easy as it was to start
at the Battery on election morning and vote
at every poll up to Harlem nor is it easy for
men not a month in the country to vote, as 1t
is in evidence that they didvOte in 1874 But men
are ground through the Naturalization mill at
solemnity than and quite as much celebrity as is
displayed in converting swine into pork
in Cincinnati packing-hOuse. One veteran
swearer deposes successfully to the term
of residence, good moral character, &C. &c,
of a hundred rOughS whom he never saw be-
fore-thirty seconds each being the average
=. frn
aliens into citizens And, dissatisfied with this
slow rate of progress, the Democratic mana
gers have entered largely into the fabrication
of forged certificates of naturalization, which
were last year freely distributed to such aliens
of recent importation as could be induced to
accept, register and vote upon them. BY this
bold villainy, the vote for Hoffman was
swelled heavily probably by thousands. And
the work of counterfeiting the requisite seals
and signatures has been resumed this year
with what impunity and success remains to be
seen. ..... .r
The efforts, the vigilance, the means, of the
resOlute and active Republicans of this City
arc mainly absorbed in the work of keeping
fraudulent votes out of the ballot-boxcs We
do not fully succeed but we generally pre-
serve the State from being swamped by the
wholesale frauds pcrpctrated in this focus OF
Democratic iniquity. But for fraudulent
naturalizations and fraudulent voting, the Dem
ocratc majority in this City and its suburbs
would be 10000 less than it is but for Repub-
lican energy and vigilance in counteracting
those frauds, it would be at least 10000 more
We cannot hope to carry the City so long as
our adyersaIies can swell their vote at pleasure
by means partly of genuine and partly of
forged Naturalization papers; but we might
and should show a steady increase of our own
vote. The City gains steadily in population
not heavily, because those who work or trade
in this City live largely and in ever-increasing
proportion outside of its limits but there are
nevertheless more people here than there were
in 1864, when fears that we could not
subdue the Rebels, and might be whelmed in
National bankruptcy, carried such men rs
banker Gallatin, lawyer Stoughton aud soldier
Hobart Ward over to the Sham Democracy
with its Immediate suspension of hostIities."
Now that the Rebellion is put down and the
Republican policy glorously vindicatcd, we
ought at least to swell our Republican vote TO
10000. We have the voters why should we
not have the votes? Republican reader! we
entreat you not only to be registered, but to
speak to your Republican friends and neigh
bors, that every one of them take care that he
is registered before the close of day after to-