Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1869-02-27

them, and whose duty IT was TO expose, ue-
feat and punish them. They were aided by
corrupt aud corrupting official patronage
and power, which not only encouraged, but
shielded and protected the guilty principals
and their aiders and abettors. These frauds
are so varied in character that they compre.
hend every known crime against the cleo
tive franchise. They corrupted the admin
istration of justice, degraded the judiciary,
defeated the execution of the laws, subver-
ted for the time being, in New York State,
the essential principles OF popular govern
ment, robbed the people of that great State
of their rightful choice of electors for Presi
dent and Vice President, of a Governor and
other officers; disgraced the most populace
city of our Union; encouraged the enemies
of Republican government here and every
where to deride our institutions as failure,
and endangered the peace OF the Republic
by an attempt to defeat the will of the peo-
pie in the choice of their rulers.
"The events of the past year in New
York, and the evidence taken by the com.
mittee, furnish proof of all these allegations.
Among the most glaring of the frauds com.
mitted in the interest Of the Democratic
party, in the city and State of New York,
ia connection with the election in Novem.
Der, 1868, are these MANY thousand of
aliens fraudulently procured or were
furnished with certificates of naturalization,
illegally or frauduently issued, by means of
which they were enabled to register as vo-
tiers, and voted in violation of law. Many
hundreds of certificate of naturalization
were granted in the names of fictitious per
sons to be used by native born and natural
lied citizens and aliens in falsely register
ing as voters, and to enable them to vote
many times at the same election.
REPEATERs.
"Many hundreds of persons voted in New
York city from two to forty times or more,
each under assumed or fictitious names,
fraudulently registered for the purpose
Extensive frauds were committed in can.
vassing tickets and names of voters were
entered on poll lists, and Democratic tick
cts counted, as If voters representing them
voted, when no such persons voted at all.
NATURALIZATION PAPERS.
1.-THE largest number of naturalization
papers ever granted in one year, in New
York city. before 1868, was in 1856, when
only l6 ,49S were issued, while in 1868 there
were Al liz issued. In October about TO-
90 were naturalzed by our courts. Tho
Superior Court, on October IA, issued 2l09
papers, aud one Judge issued 955 on Octo.
Der l9, and averaged 7lS per day during
October. The Republican Naturalization
Committee procured papers for only 2085.
The New York Printing Committee ordered,
between September 16 and October go,
blank applications amounting to 100000,
and of certificates of naturalization, 69, 600 ;
in addition to this, other presses were run.
ming on blanks for other Democratic com.
mittees."
Among the frauds practiced under the
Naturalization Laws were false personation
of applicants for naturalization perjury of
witnesses under assumed names, fabrication
of applications for naturalization, and Others
in support of them, with the names of appi.
cants and witnesses forged; granting of
certificates of naturalization in fictitious
names, and on applications, regular in form,
but without the presence of any applicants,
and to persons not entitled to them; appi.
Cants for naturalization or those protesting
to represent them with their witnesses were
sworn in groups, sometimes smaller, and
without any separate examination of each
witness in the Supreme Court, not merely
occasionally, but ha5itually, is proved be-
yond controversy.
JUDGE McCUNN's METHOD.
+ "In naturalization, before Judge John II
| McCunn he did not swear any witness OF
| applicant to testify the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the TRUTH nor even
to make true answer to such questions as
should he put, but he prolessed to swcai
| applicants and witnesses in these words
That these atlidavits you have subscribed
are true. Before this, sometimes, though
rarely, questions were asked as to age, resi-
dence and moral character, but never under
| natb unlpSs indeed ew,.arnu m tho trn,I
of their aifidavits could be SO considered.
EXTENT OF THE FRAUDS.
"If the committee had devoted the whole
time from their appointment to the close o
this Congress, it would not have been pos
sible to ascertain or TO take testimony t,
prove the number of persons who voted
more than once in each of the $40 districts
in all of which there were cast at the elec
tion in November, 10000 votes, numbe
nearly as great as all the votes cast in six o
the States of the Union at the same election
"All that could be done was to prove, a
the evidence does, that an organized system
was perfected and carried into effect by tn,
members of the Democratic party, to regis
ter many thousands of names, fictitious o.
assumed, and then to vote on them by hun
dreds of persons voting from two to fort,
|
There is evidence TO show that it was par
of the gigantic scheme of carrying the Dem
ocrstic ticket in the State of New York b,
fraud TO delay the canvassing of the vot
in the city until the result in the countie
shoald be known; then to make up the de
ficiencies not supplied by repeating ant
other fraudulent voting; by stuffing tn
ballet boxes, and by fraudulent canvas
on the count of the vote
REMEDIES PROPOSED.
"The committee recommended the with
drawal of naturalization from the New Yorl
City Courts, and offer n bill for that pur
pose also, bill amending the Naturaizs
tion laws, and recommend one day through
out the United States for the election c
representatives in Congress, and providin
for the con.esting elections of the Presiden
and Vice President, and Constitutions
amendment authorizing Congress to regr
late the appointment of President and Vic
President directly by the people, or by eleC
tors chosen by single districts"
At the Capital.
HARRISBURG, Feb. 10, 1869.
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