The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-25
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From the ". Y. tribune.

We are often anxiously asked how New
York will go in the pending election, and have
no time to answer our querists severally.
Where their letters imply that we have
private opinion different from that which we
express in these columns, we have no wish to
answer them. We pretend to no exclusive,
no occult sources of information. Here fol-
low some of the considerations which underpin
our conviction that New York, ike most OF
her sister States, will vote for Grant and
ColfaX:- ,,
II has never failed to carry this State on
vigorous canvass and a full poll, though it
has often failed at other times. 1t was badly
beaten In 1855 yet it gave Fremont $4,000
plurality in 1856. The State went against us
The next year QS5O by heavy plurality on
a light vote: vet we elected Governor Morgan
IN iS5S by nearly 10000 plurality. In 1859,
the combined Democratic and Know Nothing
vote beat several of our State candidates; yet
in 1860 we met the supporters of Douglas
Breckenridge, and Bell, compactly arrayed
against us, and beat them by nearly 50,000 ma
sority. Up to this time, it has been said,
I'You Republicans are but plurality: If your
adversares were united, they would over
whelm you" but, when they did unite, they
were beaten most sgnally.
In 1861 a Union ticket prevailed by very
large majority, though Seymour, Hoffman,
Church e. Co. did their best to defeat it; yet
mour for Governor, and, in the absence of
fifty thousand of our voters at the front, they
squarely beat us by 10000 majority. The
very next year, we reversed the judgment by
O,0OO and in ga we turned Seymour out and
gave the vote Of our State to Lincoln by seven
TO eight thousand majority. We held the State
firmly in '65 and Sc, but lost it in the general
collapse of 1867.
Thus, fom the day in which the Republi-
can party was formed, we have never lost this
State on a full vote, never lost it twice in sue
cession, and never lost it twice in the same
Presidential term. We are confident that
this year will establish no exception to these
rules.
An enormous, unprecedented proportion of
our voters were absent in Europe and travel
ding on business in every direction when our
3ast years State election was held Out net
loss from this cause was not less than 20, 900
votes. Then the results of the elections in
California Pennsy lvania, Ohio, ETC., had dis
appointed and disheartened US. Of the four
Republican dailies published in this city, three
were doing nothing to call out our vote but
very much we thought, to keep it away from
the polls. Our local legislation and canal man
agement had temporarily disaffected many
thousands of earnest Republicans. So the dis
asters OF the year eliminated in our defeat by
10000 majority; swelled from 10, 900 to 20, 900
by fraudulent naturalizations, and by
double and treble voting in this city and
Brooklyn.
"But can't they cheat you just so Cor worse)
this year ?"
No, they cannot We shall be wide awake
and ON the alert this year. We shall be watch
ing the villains who make trade of voting
Illegally at the naturalization mills, at the
Registries, and at the polls. They do not fear
the officers whose duty it is to prosecute them
10 punishment; but We shall make the State
zoo hot for them if they attempt to repeat the
yhn1a al nj Uaa al Iry
last year.
We are awake and at work. Our watch
fires never yet burned brighter so early in
the canvass than they do to-day. Oar rank
and file were never more Jealous, more conf
dent nor more active. They are more conf
dent of Grants election than we wish they
Were, for they work best when somewhat ap-
prehensive of defeat But there is hardly a
Republican in the State who does not per-
sOnally know of some chang.s in our favor,
and there is danger that too many will regard
our triumph as already secured.
We do not want one illegal vote polled for
Grant and Colfax, and shall not have a hun
dred in the entire State. We have at least
four hundred thousand legal voters who desire
that our candidates should be and believe
that they will be elected; and there are not
1hree hundred and eighty thousand legal
voters in the State who desire Seymour S
election. Every vote he gets above 375, ,OOO
Still, we have a very difficult arduous,
energetic canvass before us. Thousands OF
our voters are absent in Europe and on
voyages in every sea. Many are travelling on
business, Or looking through the West and
Southwest for future homes. If the election
were tomorrow, we should not poll our full
vote by at least fifty thousand. To call oul
voters home from every quarter is a work re-
quirng systematic effort. 1t can only be
effected by an efficient organization in every
election district and most effective canvass
Then we have to fight coffee-colored Naturali
cation papers and legions of alien swindler;
who mean to vota If they can and as often al
they dare. The work required is immense
yet it must and will be done.
Friends, North and South, East and West
do not distrust New York She never failed
you yet at critical moment except in '62
when at least fifty thousand of her mobiles
voters were carrying muskets in Dixie ol
sleeping beneath its turf. The casualties o
war have seriously cut down our majority, bu
have not destroyed it. You will have to worl
very hard and to very good purpose to d.
better in your several States than the Empir
State will do for Grant and COlfax and loya
peace.
MeXicO - Washington RumOrs - Genera
ROSecranS.