The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-06-03

Total-20 States, 139 votes.
Add to these either Pennsylvania or Ohio, or
publican ticket is elected. Hence We cannot
perceive probability of its defeat.
But the belt of Central States, beginning with
Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsyl-
vopia, and Ohio, to ond with indiana, VIII be
stubbornly contested. Our adversaries must
carry them all to win; if they lose either of the
three largest, ,r Indiana with either of the two
smaller, they are beaten. Hence we must expect
them to contest each of these five States with
the fury of desperation. II they do not carry
PENNSYLVANIA, Ohio, and Indiana in October
not majority, but all ofthem- fencemen will
know that they are beaten, and will all tumble
over to the Republican side. If they should
carry those three States in the preliminary con-
test, they will expect to draw New York and the
rest after them in November. We trust-nay
weknow-that our friends in each of them will
make due effort, in view of the magnitude of the
issue and the just expectations of their compa-
triots on every side.
How is it with New-York?
The heaviest vote ever pOllcd in our State by
the respective parties is as follows:
Republican-For Gov Fenton in "a, 1863 557
Democratic-For Sec. Felson in '67, 1923
Democrats ahead by 3,4D
Last Fall, the Republican vote was not nearly
polled out There were many thousands of Re-
pnblicans out of the State-in Europe, in the
South, in the West, &c.-on the day OF our last
State election. Thousands declined or neglected
to vote. Some were dsaffected; Others indiffer-
ent; many were simply needless. There were
some six or eight Republican voters in some
households of whom no one voted in 1867. Some
were disguised with Legislative corruption
hence they virtually connived at the election of
the most corrupt Assembly ever seen on earth
one which, finding that an honest man had, by
some oversight, found his way to one of its seats,
at once turned upon and expelled him. The
equal of that Democratic assembly in shame
less raparity and selt-complacent rottenness
has not been seen since the destruction of So
dom.
We shall all be on hand next Fall, and there
will be enough more of us to make at least
400, 600. Will that number of votes give us the
State?
We say, Yes, undoubtedly, if fraudulent vot-
ting can he stopped or reduced to a minimum
not otherwise. We have, therefore, double du
ty-1. To enlightcn and animate thel legal voters !;
2. To exclude fraudulent votes from the ballot
boxes.
or the American-born voters of this State, not
less than loo, 900 majority will vote for Grant
and ColfaA. OF the Europcan-bOrn voters, at least
nine-te will vote against them, as they have
perfect right to do. We hope to convince some
of them that they ought to vote with us; but we
know that the great mass will at all events vote
against us, and especially those of the Roman
Catholic faith. We wish they could see as We
do; but they will vote as they may see fit.
But there is very large body of illegal voters
many of them already provided with fraudulent
certificates of Naturalization; while others in
good time will be. Any foreigner who is known
to sympathize with the Democratic party is or
without being put to the Inconvenience aud
hazard OF committing perjury. Here is the me-
| thod:
Dennis O'Raffcrty bartender in IVth or
XIvth Ward grog-shop, is known to be in sym
| pathy Democrat. 1t is also known in his circle
| that he only came To this counfrv last vaor U;e
| vote is wanted and it cannot be registered or
polled unless he can produce certificate of nat
| uralizatiOn. He does not choose to periure him
self: SO the thing is fixed another way. Terence
McGonegal presents himself at court as solicit
tor OF naturalization. What is your name? ''-
long he has been in this country-wlen he de-
clared his intention, &C., tSc,-and answers
promptly and correctly-his only lie being that
he gave another's name for his own. All goes
| smoothly, and the certificate Is duly made out
of course, in the name of Dennis O'Rafferty,
to whom it is forthwith made over; and he reg:
listers and votes on it, though he is not yet emit
tied even to declare his intentions. Thousands
of such naturalizations swelcd the vote here for
Hoffman Il Co. in 'G6 and for Nelson & Co. In
~. Judge Sherwood In Pennsylvania was cleo.
ted by such votes last October fri
Double and treble voting by means of fraudu
lent registration in two more election districts
Is extensively practiced here. We have Demo
cratic politicians of considerable eminence, who
get themselves chosen Aldermen, Senators, &C.
and gorged with fat contracts, on the strength O
their ability to poll more votes than anybod,
else. By their help the Democratic vote of th
City was swelled to 1877 in '66. and to IS, 76-
last Fall, which was at least 10000 more than /
would have BEEN had none but legal votes bee,
polled. =.
There is NO vice, there is no fraud, there is n,
systematic extortion, which does not contribute