New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-10-15
A" PUSH THINGS"

No intelligent citizen can have doubted, what
no intelligent European Liberal has dreamed oil
doubling, that ULYSSES 5. GRANT is the decided
choice of q large majority of the American People
for next President If there had never been any
political parties in this country, such would
have been their choice willie, rs between his
politics and Seymour's, the People decidedly
prefer the former. Ills election has BEEN from
the hour of Scymour's nomination. all but in
evitable.
lie could only be beaten by lullng the ma
iority into an apathy born of overweeninG
confidence and then polling an enormous fraud
ulent vote against him. Apathy there il not,
and will not be- so that his election is prac-
tically assured. But, if Quarter of Million
illegal votes can he polled against him, his
majority may DC so reduced that he VIII go
into the White House embarrassed, enfeebed,
paralyzed by the magnitude of the opposition.
Nay: he may even be beaten in spite OF his
popular majority; since a change OF 10000
votes in 1864 would have beaten Lincoln,
though it would have left him a popular ma
iorty of over 100000
We must "take bond of Fate,n by in
creased vigilance and activity hcnceforth to
stands that of guarding against fraudulent nat
publications and fraudulent votes.
The great majority Of our recent immigrants
from Europe see fit to ally themselves with
the enemies of Impartial FFeedom-wth the
champions of Privilege and Caste-of Caste
based upon Color. Why they do so is their
own concern; the fact Is to be respected and that
is our affair; they voted idown Impartial Suf-
frage in Connecticut they have twice defeated
it in Minnesota; they will generally vote
against it in Iowa, as they recently did In
Wisconsin. They form the only effective OBJ
stacle to its triumph in this State.
If Three Hundred Thousand persons shall
vote next month as Naturalized when they
legally have not been, Grants popular majority
will thereby he reduced fully 100000. We can
not afford to have it thus reduced, and must
meet and battle the arts.whercby the Wholesale
fabrication of illegal voters has been reduced
to a science. And this is the remaining work
Of the canvass, or the most it. The People
have made up their minds to vote, and enough
Of them will vote for Grant; what we have
mainly TO do is to see that the legal are not
ovcrborne by Illegal votes
We have just been badly cheated by fraudu-
lent naturalizations and colonizatons IN Penn
syvania, Ohio, and Indiana, but not half so
badly as we should have been but for our
enthusiasm, organization, and vigilance. We
have been cheated out of few Congressman
and members of the Legislature had there
been no Grant Clubs. we should have been
cheated out of States and a general triumph.
We are able to stand limited amount of fraud,
but not fraud without limits.
Republicans hold meeting at once, and call
over the roll of all persons claiming right to
vote in your respective townships and election
districts. If you have not such list, devote
your first meeting to making and your next to
scrutinizing it. Let no man vote illegally till
you shall have exhausted all legal methods of
resistance thereto. Secure pure election, and
your triumph is certain