New-York tribune., 1868-11-02

- ,us n, indictment against divers persons TOT tne
nurnose openly avowed, OF intimfdof'ng hen ~ .e %
cbo,,o, Of their public duties The United s'"'os %
violent potical partisan has assumed TO hison 'no
~ , d,tv of appointing swarms OF special deputies
90 to tlelr places the polls and TO Mreoe" ana ue
~ ,c,ors nj me STATE Of NeU. York IN he ererc~ o me"
bb jrflcge Of casting their roes for me eh'g oV'oS I"
s oii and state. II Ia tho first time In the history vi
be conntry that United states Goyernment ochS nave
atupted TO Interfere with free elections III tue Umpire
STATE and the act Ia attended with danger.
t,donce "a accommodating that tho combination OF dan
oo,. men who have set foot and thus far carried
into execution these unusual and unusthabe movements
boyo done for two purposes;
rrst-To eonceal and cocer their schemes Of rad
,rbich Gey hope eonSamate Gv NE aid or potred or
pqrdOned criminals.
second-So 10 erce N. Of he people ia mis- eiy,
,,lo are opposed 10 eo tead them into acts Of dis
order and pioent resistance.
In the exercise Of my duty Chief Magistrate OF this
city, call upon all good people to unite In preventing the
consummaOn OF this scheme. Let them watch carefully
the movements Of those who seek 10 perperae great
frauds while they charge frauds upon Others and above
all things let them to t that there shall be no scenes
Of violence or disorder the day Of election Perfect
peace and order essential to the welfare OF the city
the prosperity Of the state aud the maintenance Ot the
rights OF all the people.
Nothing but evil and calamity can como from any dis
turbance OF the public peace Those in authority and
those out Of it alike find their protection In the nainen-
ance OF law and tho preservation OF order Let no
otzcn however be deferred by any threats or fears
from the discharge OF his duty at the polls elsewhere
but let him assert his rights boldly rosoutey and at the
Same time with camness and dignity, and he will find his
perfect protection under the laws aud the lawfully eonst
tuted authorities Of the state OF Now-York.
By virtue OF authority vested In me by law, hereby
offer reward Of hundred dollars to be paid on the
arrest and conviction OF any person charged with yo'
40 1lra,a IN
be paid on the arrest and conviction OF any person
charged with intimdating, obstruotng or defrauding
any the exercise OF his right an elector,
witness .heeof have brsugo ;e my h3nd 40 of,a 's' At ts
=" "'' ' ''' ~" u Jons 7. ToTsAs Mayor
Fellow Citizens! Republicans! the man who
signs that Infamous Proclamation asplres to be
your Governor by virtue of those very frauds
which his partsans have been caught in per-
petrating and by means of which they have
placed not less than Thirty Thousand names
of non-yotcrs on tho rcgistries of this city.
lie means, by this Proclamation, TO bully you
into acquioscence in the polling of these Thirty
Thousand illegal votes thereby securing his
own election and putting the vote of our State
against Gen. Grant.
VIII you submit to be thus defrauded7 IT
not, give this day wholly TO scrutinizng the reg
istlies, and tomorrow to the polls. Let every
one he challenged and questioned whose right
to vote is doubted; and do you stand steadily
by tho polls 10 see that there be no Sinking
Of this vital duty. 1t is not your fault II llol-
mans repeatcrs and suffers exclude legal
voters from tho polls; for his partisans had
power to make the districts small enough, and
it was their duty TO do it. You stand in the
ThcrmopylD Of this momentous struggle, and
must not finch till to-morrow's votes shall have
been fairly counted. Bo entreated 70 close
your shops, Offices, and stores, and give to-
morrow wholly to your country