New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-16

itCs IL yOu have ordinary ih'O'"s
comprehend the four simple rules Oh hriUnule
tic. Vou know that tho vote cast III tla1 WIN
Word in 1863 and again in 1859 was enor-
mousy swcllod by fraud Ana 30" 6"o'9 'hat
Tho ortcr, ne the scoundrels who misrule our
CITY and State against " Federal interference
"in State Elections y" BayonctS at the Ballot
" Box.p &c, &c, has its impulse in the fact
above shown, thai they were not enabled to
cboot rs so much in 1870 as they did in 1868
and 1862;
We have called attention to the returns from
4 SINGLE Ward-a Ward which was made in
1869 to return more than one vote for every
four inhabitants--almOst ono for every three
though it is largely peopled by aliens, with
liberal sprinklng of disiranchiscd fel0ns, as
VIC have already stated. No man can find
-Four Thousand legal voters in the With Ward;
yet it was made to give, at an election when
neither President, Governor, nor Congress,
was 10 be chosen, G,374 votes. AT the next
election, when Governor and Congress Ucre
chosen, and the most desperate Efforts, the
most lavish expenditure, were employed to
swell the Democratic vote, barely 1888 votes
were pollcd, though Mayor Hall had meantime
increased the Election Districts TO tlCeaty-three
Zone for each 1G7 voters), making three districts
with a population (nOt vote OF 222 III, and SO
respectively.
Fellow Citizens of every STATED these men
deliberately conspiro to rule us and rulc
you by fraud. They sag they are opposed to
Illegal Voting; but their every act gives that
profession the lie. They own and run the State
Judges and prosecuting officers; they have
thousands of fclons whom they could send to
| State Prison If they chose; and they utilize
them in the polling of illegal votes. We do
what we honestly can to cOunteract them; but
the odds are too great, the enginery of fraud
too powerful. BY its use, they stole the vote
of this State from Cen. Grant in 6S; by It's
use, they mean 10 steal tho control Of the
Union in 1872. 1t rests with yOu to battle or
succumb to them. They cannot carry the State
! of New-York on q full and strictly legal vote !;
| they ,oW carry it by fraud if you do not devise
and enact the necessary preventiyes. What
ever they may profess, they desire and seek
the fullest impunity for fraudulent voting,
well knowing that nineteen of every twenty
Illegal votes polled will serve to swell their
party poll.
VIII you encourage your Representatives in
Congress to do all that may be found necessary
to secure pure and legal vote in every State
of the Union
The Democrats fought rs for dear life yes
terday ia an effort to defeat the House bill for
the better protection of the rights of citizens
at the polls. II supplements that Of last sum
mer, which, at the last election in this city,
did Mt least something toward preventing re-
petition of tho wholesale frauds by which
Tammany stole into power in the State The
argument was made that the bill was special
" aimed Mt Newly York. This is possibly truci
the frauds in New York have certainly
been fragrant enough; but Democrats have
made it desirable and, indeed, necessary, III
many other localities. The arguments in OPP
position, yesterday, amounted to nothing more
than assertions of the uncOnstitutiOnality Of
the bill and the absence Of all precedent.
There has, fortunately, been in the past
history of the Government no particular and
pressing need for such BILL and hence
no precedent has been established. The
Democrats who, by their excuses, have
created the demand for the bill may be
Justly held responsible for its existence. 1t
has now passed the House, and its fate in the
Senate, if it can be reached during the ses-
sion, is not doubtful. IL may he expected to
prove in operation more effective than that
which il supplements, being at once stronger
and less obnoxious in several particulars.
For instance, the authority to call out the
military is rescinded-wisely, as we believe,
for it is generally both an unpopular and an
unnece ssary resort.