Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-21
HONEST VOTING IN NEW YORK.
The Democratic rings which rule

The Democratic rings which rule
New York City, are just now in an
unusual ferment over the anticipated
action of the government in relation
to the coming election, which action
is designed to secure what has
been hitherto impossible in that
city, an honest election; at which
every man who has the right, shall
vote without molestation, and those
who have not the right, shall be
surely, rigidly debarred such privil-
cge.
It has been notorious for years
that elections as carried on in New
York, have been shame and a re-
proach to representative govern
mcnt, and crime against free
institutions. The honest people Of
that city and practically of the great
state of New York, are by the prac-
tice Of systematic and monstrous
frauds ufon the ballot-box, deprived
Of the control of public affairs and
subjected to the rule ola dcspotism,
the more outrageous, because it is
thcS despotism Of villains and MUIR
derers. The authority of the courts
Of jnstioe nsurpcd by mprincipled
partisans, without honor, character,
or conscience, and the creatures of
the fclon mob, the better portion of
the community are without the hope
OF possibility Of redress from this
source. or indeed, from any other
internal source. The evil is increas-
ing continually, and has now arrived
at such pitch that the elections in
the state of New York are decided
BY the votes Of unhung scoundrels
who with no right to vote at all,
vote two, three, six, or dozen
times at the same election, and with
bludgeon and revolver drive honest
voters from the polls.
In pursuance Of its undoubted
right under the constitution to pro-
vide for the manner Of holding
elections for Senators and Repre-
sentatives, Congress at the last
session passed an act giving increas-
ed powers to U. S. Marshals and
deputies to prevent fraud, and main
tain order at elections. This law is !
to be enforced at the election in New |
York next month. Certainly no
honest man or party should object
to, or have reason to fear any effort
to obtain fair and untraneled
expression of popular opinion at the
polls. But this is precisely what
the Democratic managers in the
city Of New York do not want, for
the reason that a fair election is
fatal to their further supremacy.
We accordingly find the leaders Of
that party preparing all the machin-
cry Of obstruction and evasion to
Go eat the purpose ofthis wholesome
law. Nor is this all. Gov. Hoff-
man whose political future is sup
posed to require an extension of the
reign of rascality which made him
Governor, is credited with the de-
sign of calling out the state militia,
and Mayor Hall is endeavoring to
incite riot, by incendiary proclama-
tons, and 1for what purpose? Why
simply to resist the design Of the
government to have an honest and
fair election, and to perpetuate the
most stupendous and shameless
frauds which ever disgraced the
country. But it would be well for
those gentlemen to count the cost
of for&ible resistance. We have q
President who has sworn to enforce !
the law, and whose fame gives
assurance that he will not be easily |
inundated. The probabilities are
that he will do his duty, and if Gov.
Hoffman or Mayor Hall should get
in the way, We may assume without |
hest tation that it will be so much
the worse for Hoffman and Hall.
II the meantime this country is
looking with much interest for the
result Of the experiment.