The Placer herald., 1870-10-08
THE NEW TORK CENSUS.

There are no words in the English lam
guage that could adequately describe the
disgusting meanness Of Government officials
who would attempt through political hate or
for partisan advantages to disfranchise the
people Of any section Of our country through
the criminality and perjury of Census Mar
shals, nor is there any punishment invented
by man that would justly gibbet such cold
blooded criminals against the public, and yet,
the evidence is accumulating that this very
crime has been committed by our Govern
ment against the people of New York city.
While this crime has only been perpetrated
directly on the citizens Of the great Com
mercial city of America, it ia nevertheless
one that the whole civilized world must look
upon with sickening disgust, and denounce
with blighting condemnation. In 1860,
New York city contained population of
sos, ,651-the increase from 1850, to 1860
having been 900, ,104: AT this rate of in
crease from 1860 to 1870 the city should
now contain about / ,150, 900 inhabitants or
an increase Of about $50, 900 in the ten
years; and yet the late census shows only an
increase Of fraction over 10000, while
Boston, with less than one-fourth the popu-
lation of New York shows an increase of
some Is 900. Does any sane man believe
these returns are correct =? And how are we
to account for the fraud perpetrated on the
people of New York city? Simply by re-
membering that New York city i, Demo
cratic, and that this enumeration of popula-
ton and these returns were made by mon
grel marshals under the direction of the Re-
publican authorities at Washington And
this great crime has been committed for the
purpose of cheating the people of New York
city out of their just representation in Con-
gress and the State Legislature. Here we
have one of the most detestabe crimes that
it is possible to commit in free country per-
petrated that the people of that city may be
defraudcd out of two or three members of
Congress and their power weakened in the
Legislature. New York, the proudest,
wealthest and most popalous city in Amer-
ca must be BUNDLED, disgraced in the eyes
shome of her just rights of representation,
because her people vote the Democratic tick
ct and prefer Democrats as representatives
and officers of the city Government. We
believe theie cannot be found on this coast
or in the whole United States, one single de-
cent Republican paper that will attempt to
defend the Census returns as correct, or the
netarious scoundrels who were the vile instru-
mcnts in getting them up, or the higher Off
cials at Washington who wink at and en-
courage the crime. These Republican Grim
inals have overreached the mark in placing
upon the records of the Nation that which
the whole world will pronounce le cheat
and fraud, and the act will but hasten the
day when they will be driven from place and
power forever in this country. What are
our boasted institutions worth if an accidental
governing party descends to the mere Grim
inal trick of using its temporary power to
disfranchise, through perjury and fraud, its
opponents? Such acts destroy the very
foundations of a free representative Govern
ment, and all honest men calling themselves
Republicans can but contemn and condemn
their authors. This crime against the peo-
pie of New York city will not go unexposed
in an official form. Already Major Hall, of
that city has taken steIs to have a correct
Census taken, the details and accuracy of
which will uncover and expose the foul crimes
of Grants perjured mnons, and leave them
objects Of scon and contempt in the open
gaze of the pnblic. Republicans, can YOU
longer support such men or such administra-
tions Why, the Greaser officials of Mexi-
co are their superors for decency, honor and
sagacity.
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