New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-03
ELECTIONS AND ELECTION LAWS.
The World says:

The World says:
"A prime argument against the bayonet election acts
is that they place the supervision Of general elections in
the hands Of the Federal Government, when that Gov
eminent is almost OF necessity, administered by one
party. It be said that this argument may be APP
piled TO that the State Governments ought not to
have the supervision OF elections, since those Govern
ments are administered by party too, 1t will be suf
cient to answer that the Governments many
and the Federal Government but II party super
vision works electoral wrong in State-and we
far from contending but that it dOesthe super
vision IN another State redresSes that wrong; 1t being
the excellence of the Constitution Of fathers that
makes poison OF this kind neuraze another Thus,
Massachusetts returns 10 Republican members TO Con-
gress, when according to the proportion Of parties,
there should be returned but Republican TO Demo
cratic members; and Kentucky in like manner, sends
Democrats inssead of Democrats and Republicans;
and yet though party ascendency works these noques
in either State, the general balance, when to
Congress itself, Is maintained"
Comments BY The Tribune.
The confusion of what should be ideas here
exhibited by The World goes far to explain
the perverseness of It's politics. Massachusetts,
is strongly Republican, Kentucky ditto Demo
cratic, and each is represented in Congress
accordingly. Where is the "poisOn" in all
thisl We see nothing but what is as it should
be. But the Electoral Votes of New-York and
Louisiana were in 1874 wrested from Clay and
given to Polk, whereby the latter was made
President over his far ADLER and more deserv-
ing competitor, who went to his grave with the
brand of popular rejection and condemnation,
when, but for fraud, he would have been Presi-
dent from 1916 to 1849. If The World knows
| of any States that were carried for Clay by
fraud, they may be Bet up as an offset; but
the fact that Massachusetts, has a wholly Re-
| publican, Kentucky Democratic delegation
in Congress, proves nothing to the purpose.
Again in 1868, Georgia and Louisiana were
made to vote for Seymour and Blair by ter
rOrzing half their Republicans voters into
voting Democratic or not voting at all. The
facts are notorious: The World Almanac for
1859 exhibits them. 80 that any person familiar
with Election Returns may ascertain them
from that source alone. We challenge The
World to print the vote of those States by
Counties at the last Presidential parallel with
the vote at their preceding State Elections, 80
that its readers may see for themselves that
in half the Counties the Republicans were de-
tered from voting at all. Let there be light
New-York was made to vote for Seymour
and Blair in 1868 by concerted, gigantic
frauds-by fraudulent Naturalization Certifi-
Cducs, ny WHoIcsale repeating, anu extensive
miscountng. BY these means. half the Wards
of our City were made to give an enormous
fraudulent vote for Seymour, as the new Cen
sus and the returns of the last Election abund-
antly prove. Thus Seymour obtained more
than half his Electoral Votes by terrorism and
fraud: but where was the Offsetf What ere
dresses the wrongT What State was car
ried for Grant by fraud2 Not one.
We had "bayonet election in our City
last Fall. Who was bayonetedf Who was
teTorizedf Who was deferred from voting as
he wished, if entitled to vote at ALI What
single vote was affected, one way or another
by Federal bayOnets or Federal supervision
We challenge The World to name one Demo-
crat-barely One-who was deferred from
voting, who voted other than his own free
choice, or whose vote was miscounted, by
reason of the Federal Election law.
Now we insist on an honest and fair election
| IN ereru State. such as We had in this State