New-York tribune., 1870-09-06


taken), while five districts east a vote exceed
ing one-haD of their population, and the 10th
District of the With Ward wherein Police
Commissioner Mat. Brennan is the ruling
Democrat) actually polled 94 votes out of a
total population of $40, or more than one UOte
for each man, womdn and child, liring in that
district! is any one astOnished to find those
ORA votes returned S84 Democratic to 80 Re-
publican2 Not any!
For wears, our Republicans have frutlessly
struggled against this avalanche of fraud.
yainly have they increased their total vote
from nm in '5G to 1920 in 60 3G,6Sf in ga,
and 4774s in '6S. No party has honestly in
creased its vote faster in any County of our
State than the Republican party has in this
County; and yet the majority against us has
been swelled from 29,003 in go to 37,018 in ga,
AZ. 1855 in '66 and G0,555 in 'G8. Fraud is the
one sole. sufficient reason for this enormous
increase of the Democratic vote and the Dem
ocratic majority.
We tried hard to defeat these frauds in 1868.
Gov Fenton came down from Albany and re-
mained here throughout, expressly to do what
he might to this end. Our Republican officers,
Federal and State, did their best to aid him.
For this they were traduced and insulted in a
Proclamation by John Il. Hoffman, then
Mavor. and about to be chosen Governor by
the very frauds which we were trying to de-
feat. If we, who were trying to prevent llle-
cal voting and false counting, had been pick
pockets, detected with our hands full OF plum
der. we could not have been more yilely be-
rated than we were by this head beneficiary
of the frauds we were combating. lie meant
TO be elected by fraud, as he now hopes to be
again. We shall see.
Congress, in obedience to our prayers, has
passed an act forbidding and furnishing frauds
at elections when Representatives in Congress
or Electors of President are to be chosen,
while taking measures to prevent them alto
gether The law hath this effect, no more"
Yet The World from day to day assails it, and
tries to make the repeaters and false counters
believe that they may defy it with impunity
1t boldly asserts that the final sections of the
act are invalid, because
Congress has no Jurisdiction to punish for violation
Of State law, it make act crime against the
United States which does not obstruct hinder any
power vested in Congress- in Of the departments
Of the Federal Government As the Constitution does
not vest the regulation OF the elective franchise in Con
gress Congress have Jurisdiction to punish any
fraudulent or wrongful exercise OF that franchise"
Suppose the above were true, why utter it
What possible effect can be produced but to
incite fraudulent voting and fraudulent count
ing9 Mind, it is only fraudulent or wrong
"fup voting or miscounting that Congress
attempts to punish. Who will seek to diyest
the law of its terrors but they who hope to
profit by its violationf
The assumption that Congress cannot punish
the frauds which vitiate its own authority and
rightful power as a representative body, can
deceive none but those who love lie Here
were thirty-three Electoral Votes stolen from
Grant and COlfax by conspiracy and fraud and
given to their opposing candidates, who were
beaten by not less than Twenty Thousand
majority of the legal votes. Was this a crime
against the State of Ncw-York Onlyf Why
not against the Union as well9 Suppose it
had made President of the candidate whom
the People had refused to elect, who will
seriously pretend that other States would not
have been outraged in their dearest rights as
well as our OwnY Messrs. repeaters! do not
let The World tempt you to your ruin, but be-
ware
Says The World:
at Is quite plain that II the alleged abuses exist the
remedy be sought in the laws Of the State which
effectual any laws that be made by Con-
gress."
That is to say: We must appeal to the
authors of these crimes to punish them
and prevent their repetition "Sueing the
devil and going to trial" in the very
heart Of his Internal Majesty'S dominions, has
not been thought very profitable nor hopeful
Il - AZ L
If our Democratic District Attorney, Judges,
&C., ever meant to punish these wholesale
frauds, they have had ample time. We shall
now invoke a tribunal not constituted by the
crimes and criminals we are intent on bring
ing to justice. If you doubt the efficacy of
this course, wait and see!