New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-24
In this he explains the origin and motive

In this be explains the origin and motive
Of the law.
1t seems that the Democracy OF New
York had determined to carry that State
for Seymour when a presidential candi-
date in 1868. Tammany Hall, then Sc
preme in the audacity of its corruption,
had control of the city ballot boxes pre-
vious to 1868. The Whole vote Of the city
had been up to that date something up
ward of 1900. The Democracy, believ-
ing that upon the result in New York
would depend the election OF Seymour,
so prepared their breech-loader ballot
boxes that the city of New York gave, in
1868, vote of 112,5.2. This Wholesale
creation of fraudulent votes carried the
State of New York for Seymour, though
he was beaten elsewhere by Grant. The
precise mode in which this victory was
gained is thus stated:
Under these circumstances there was pre-
pared and sent into the different towns,
counties and voting districts Of the tate, 10
trusty Democratic agents, circul r signed
Samuel j. Tilden, chairman, marked ''pri
vate and strictly CONFIDENTIAL" dated
Rooms of Democratic State Committee,
October q, 1861 requesting them to send
to William NJ Tweed, TammaDy Hall. atMe
minute Of closing tie polls NOT rafting for
the count, their estimate OF the vote Oh the
town, stating the vote as compared with
the previous year, or the probable majority
At 4Al. hit 10
The circular further stated: "Ihere is OF
course a,s important object to be obtained by q
simultaneous franSm isSiOn at the hOur OF clos
ina the poll bit no longer rditing.' 1t Is easy
to divine, and the result shows what this i'm.
pOrtant object was. 1t was designed to en-
able the local managers of the city OF New
York with knowledge of what the Repub-
lican ma ,rity outside the city was, to over
come it by fraudulent manufacture of
ballots or fraudulent count within the
city: and this was accomplished by pre-
tended Democratic vote there OF Il 522-
exceeding th } vote of the previous year by
% 95S, and the vote Of 1872. for Greeley, by
81 Coz By means OF this fraudulent addi
ton of more than $4,000 votes to the usual
number manufactured. the electoral vote
of the State of New York. by an apparent
ajority of exactly 10000. was given to
Seymour, while by the same means Hotf-
sucn took and held the office.
Mr. Tilden, who had been for gears be-
fore chairman Of the Democratic State COM
mttee, and who from 1866 to 1871 was
intimately associated with Democratic
leaders, including Tweed, Sweeney and
others, in Tammany Hall, addressed this
coak
palpable that Horace Greeley, subse-
quently the nominee Of the Democratic
party, addressed the following indignant
remonstrance to Mr.. Tilden:
You were at least passive accomplice
in the giant frauds of last November.
Your name was used without public pro-
test on your part in circulars sowed broad
cast over the State, whereof the manifest
intent was to make assurance docbly
sure that the frauds perpetrated should
not be overcome by the honest .ote OF the
rural districts. and you, net merely by
silence but by positive assumption, have
covered those frauds with the mantle of
your respectability. On the principle that
the receiver is as bad as the thief, you are
as deeply implicated in those frauds as
though your name was Tweed.
From these quotations it will he seen
that the law protecting the purify of the
polls was not enacted for the government
Of the South at oil. The evil was national.
rammany Hall came within a little of
4ectipg man not the choice of the IA.
ion. The consequences were so fearful,
lat men OF all parties saw the necessity
f throwing around the life of the nation
ONE guarantee against this insidious
olson O. election t.-auds. Mr.. Stoughton
avs:
There seemed but oLe mode of effect
ally preventing similar frauds in the |
nture; and the spectacle thus furnished,
nd the lesson thus taught by those |
killed masters in political eh.' cane-and |
OF purpose to control elections m me !
Ouh-constituted the moving aDo prln-
pal cause which led to the passage OF
ia act Of May 81 1870. and subse que. Mt |
cts designed to invoke the supervising |
nd pawarf,:. hand OF the general gov
'naent for the prevention Of iIssnds IN the
ectlOn of men 70 serve in the nation. !
'uncils,
I. was, then, in consequence of this
anger to the North, and to the nation,
lat the law Of 1870 was enacted, and it
therefor that the Dem ocracy of the
orth dio not dare attempt its repeal.
OF to put too ine a point upon it,
& lar ormiug the marshal oriM such
'!eers to protect the integrity Of the polls
IS made to arrest the Vaccinations Of
ilden and Ticetd.
Il was thus that these two crafty and !
lscrupulous politicians rendered neces-
~ the enactment of that law of which !
o Southern Democracy complain SO
uch.
We wish to add second question to
at which has been already propounded
thout reply.
If the Democracy object TO the law of
ection, why did not the Democratic ma
rity in the House of representatives
ISIS a bill amending or repeating this
"?
The law preserving the public peace
rough Federal authority was not passed
control the South at all Oar constitu-
onal lawyers must, therefore, find some
her objection to it.
4 HINT OF MARTIAL Law,
The New York Herald has awakened