The Morning herald., 1876-09-30
A CONSPIRACY AGAINST RIGHT

The Philadelphia "Ilmes,' thus dis
courses of the proposed mode Of carrying
! the great city of Philadelphia. The Mecca
| of 1876. 1t is strangely, and sadly sug-
gestive of the infamy Of this conspiracy
against the brightest jewel in the coronet Of
American liberty, should have its seat in
the very cradle of liberty.
Taking our population, says'the "Times,"
at Sl7 900, as reported, one in five would
give us only 1853 900, and one in six would
make our voting list 34,000; and yet the
political managers of Philadelphia have the
etfronterv to return an assessed list of voters
| of 1856 ,S53, with several divisions to hear
from. This cannot be other than delib-
crate and monstrous fraud, and it is notice
| to every honest taxpayer to take prompt
measures to defeat its cOnsummatiOn. To
return more than 40, 900 excess of voters in
Philadelphia over the registered vote OF
New York, where the population is one
fourth more, is TOD fragrant an assault upon
| the integrity of the ballot, that every cit
izen should be aroused to action.
A careful study of the list given In to-
days paper measurably explains the source
of some of the most patent OF these frauds.
In Mr.. Rowan's section of the city, the in
crease is scored by the thousand in every
ward. In the Twenty-seyenth ward, his
own ward, he scored about 1000 increase.
In the Twenty-fourth ward he piles up
another thousand, and in the Twenty
eighth he was not content with less than
| 800. The assumption that these three
wards have increased their legal vote over
5000 in one year, and their population
| from $1,000 to 5000, is falsehood so bold
and indcfensible that even Rowan will
blush when he is confronted by honest citi-
| zens with his own recklessness.
In point of fact there are not less than
| sc, 900 false assessments in this city to-day,
| for there are not within the limits OF Ph1la-
delphia 135, 900 honestly qualified electors,
and thus does fraud lead the way In one OF
the most important elections, both local
aud general, ever held by our people. Such
brazen, shameless trifling with elections
cannot, will not be tolerated, anu Mr..
Rowan will but consult discretion bY11Ren-
ing the door for thorough pure OF
the list. 1t must be doIe, and the nest
voters of every precinct, OF both parties,
should at once form committee to revise
| the list and smite fraud and the heroes OF
fraud with merclles6 manu-. 1Hls aosooo-
ment is a mockery of every honest purpose
of the citizens of Philadelphia, and the peo-
ple should act with such promptness and
earpestness Is will make ballot-stutters
hide from the scorn and retribution of an
outraged community.
The Little Election is at hand, and as
fraud is epidemic, we suggest to our peo-
pie, to put no man in nomination for al
officer of election, but one Of intelligence
and tried courage. Marshal Dunn ane
his deputies will be about the polls, un-
der the recent decision Of the Supreme
Court, they are liable to be treated as tres
passers, or rioters and punished accord
ingly. The game Of false personatlon, an'
repeating is to be tried here, and "lread!
, two notorious Philadelphia repeater
, named Walker and Petit, Federal EN-
ployees, have been engaged to help carr!
wilmington. Every ,vagrant negro OF dc
graded white, not able 70 give clear -