New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-01-31
WHO UPHOLDS FRAUDS

The Albany Argus quotes our recent de-
monstratiOn that tho vote for Hoffman g. Co.
in this City in 1853 was largely swelled by
fraud, and, with it's usual courtesy, remarks
"THE TRIBUNE is playing into the hands OF Grant, and
aiding his scheme to pcrpeuato his power by the bayo
against the ballot But its figures fasify It's logic
The frauds Of sGs perpetrated on tho side OF the
Radicals They had the money the power the bank In
uencc, the whisky ring. all their sdo and band OF
practiced scoundrels TO manipulate the votes. When
the Congressional law passed, and strict sys-
tenn Of challenge adopted In 1870 the Republican
veto OF 1868 fell of SO per cent. while the
Democratic vote was reduced only 20 per cent
Yet the law was evelcd ut tho Democracy md there
doubt that tens OF thousands OF honest and rghtfu
Democratic voters driven from the polls last Fall
by the armed demonstration there by the Infamous course
Judge Woodruff and the ns0lent ruianlsn OF the Al
ministratiOn hireliDgs.
"THE NRw-YoRK TRIBUNE has been the instrument or
defender Of election frauds that hsveidisgraced our po
tca history. The fraud Of last FAN. BY which honest
electors deprived Of their suffrage under menace
was the precursor OF series OF nfamies OF which
again proposes to be tho instigator and champion
Comments by The Tribune
The Editor of The Albany Argus, and of this
journal respectively were both members of the
last Constitutional Convention of our State
and of its Committee on the Right of Suffrage
Their acts and votes in that Convention are
matters of record. If the Editor of THE TRIB-
UNE did not vote for every proposition in
tended and calculated to guard the rights of
legal voters by detecting and furnishing at
tempts to vote illegally, he will thank any one
to point out the exception. The Editor of The
Argus generally, if not uniformly, voted on
the other side. We challenge a scrutiny OF the
record, and fearlessly abide the result.
THE TRIBUNE is now nearly thirty years
old; but its Editor previously worked hard, and
not wholly in vain, to interpose legal obstacles
to the fatal facility and impunity wherewith
illegal votes are poled in our City. He did
not rail at and falsely accuse his political adj
versaries; he went before a Wing Legislature
at Albany, and urged il to pass Registry
law in defiance of the hostility of Gov. Seward
and Editor Weed. The act was passed, and
continued in force until the Democratic party,
aided by John Tyler regained power. Then
it was repealed, and nothing of like tenor
enacted in its stead.
From first to last, this journal has earnestly
labored to the same end as its Editor did be-
fore he started it. To prevent and punish all
illegal voting-such has been our constant
aim. We have favored every bill, every regu-
lation, every constitutional provision, that
contemplated this end. In this course, we
have had no cooperation, but have encountered
constant, fierce, malignant hate, melting to foul
and villainous calumny, from The Albany Argus.
Happily, the files of both journals are pre-
served, and we appeal to them as our only
defense against our slanderer and his false
hoods.