New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-05
REPUBLICANS OF OUR CITY!

There are at least Ticenty thousand names
illegally placed on the registries in this City
and Brooklyn. 1t rests with you to see that
these names are not voted on
The Legislature has done its best for your
protection. The law is just and honest. You
must make it effective
Registration is legal notice of claim to be
entitled to vote. No man can vote to-day IN
our cities who has not given this legal notice.
We have unquestioned testimony that many
have registered under fraudulent naturalization
papers. league O'DOugherty, for example, Is
an immigrant not yet year in the country.
A friend asks him if he would not like to be
naturalzed and vote. He answers, Yes, but
has no right to be naturalzed for some years
yet. "That will be managed" says his friend.
So person is found who goes into Court, and,
under the name of league O'Dougherty, is run
through the Naturalization mill, as he doubt
less has been q hundred times before. He can
safely swear that he has been here five years
or over has duly declared his intentions, &c,
&C., and there is confederate at hand who
swears to his moral character, and whatever
else is required. Neither has actually commit
ted perjury sthe whole business is finished IN
half minute; the name of league 0'Dough-
erty is written into the previously prepared
certificate, and all is ready for the next Gus
m =, -, no 1oI
over to the real league 0'Dougherty, and he
walks up to the registry, presents it, asserts
Gf questoned) that he is the person named
therein, and is registered as q legal voter.
This is but one of several ways in which
our registries have been crowded with the
names of persons but two months to two
years in the country, and nowse entitled to be
naturalized.
Thousands have registered under their true
names in one Ward, and under false or Dor
rowed names in another-sometmes in several
others-intending TO vote in each if they may
do so with impunity.
You are to sape the State to-day by defeating
these UilIainies.
To THIS END, 1T IS INDISPENSABLE THAT
THOUSANDS OF you GIVE THE DAY TO THE
cotNTRY.
We ask of you no more than we habitually
do ourselves. 1t is your imperative DUTY to
save the State from captivity by means of this
fraud.
You CAN DO 1T If YOU WILL.
Ten Thousand Republicans giving this day
wholly and heartily to their country can keep
out many thousands of these fraudulent votes
And they cannot be kept out without deter
mined effort.
Our challengers will not dare TO do their
whole duty in the dens of dissipation, the haunts
of vice and niquity, where the crowd will be
fifty to one against us, unless they are each
backed by body of firm, quiet, resolute Re-
publicans who will protect them in dong
right.
Over Tbirty-f five Hundred voters have been
registered in the WITH, over Four Thousand
in the With Ward. There are not Six Thou
sand legal voters living to-day in both of those
Wards.
Fearless challenging will drive from the
polls, baffled. full thousand of those who
mean to vote to-day in those two Wards.
Our friends in those Wards-as also in the
Ist-are but handful. You must detail
hundreds from the uptown Wards to stand by
our challengers downtown.
Brothers be faithful, be vigilant, to-day
You are clear majority of the legal voters of
our State Fraud alone can defeat you and
you must defeat fraud Give this day to
patriotism, and a rescued country will joyfully
bless you tomorrow
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