The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-10-28
S,csIiuga states Vote.

(FIum the New York Trbune.)
These were the words Of Horace Gree
ley to Samuel ]. Tilden, Oct. 20, 1859:
AIR. Tilden, l have bOen voting here
for 81 years, and an active politician for
more than 30 OF them, and appeal to
God for my sincerity and TO my public
record for witness that in all those years
have earnestly sought and labored to
have our elections decided by legal votes
and none others. " : have not
confined myself to barren professions, bat
have shown my faith by my works.
"How is it with youf You hold u most
responsible and influential position in the
councils Of n great party. You could
make that party content itself with polling
legal votes il you only would. In our
late Constitutional Convention | tried to
erect some fresh barriers against election
frauds; did yOuF The very little that |
was enabled to effect in this direction /
shall try to have ratified by the people at
our ensuing election; will yOGF
"Mr Tilden, you can not escape responsibility
by saying, With the guilty MatbeLh,
"'Thou canAt not say did 1t; never IhaES
Those cory locks at me-"
for you wcIo at least a passive acc0nPlIre In tht
giant frauds Of last November. Your name Wal
used without public protest on your part, In cir
culars soWed broadcast over the state, whereof the
nAnieAt intent was ~ make assurance dOubly
sure that the frauds peTPetrItCd should not b
overcome by the honest vote Of the rural districts
And you, not merely by silence, but by positive
assumption, have covered these frauds with the
,,.n,Is ~ FsaIuFfahllItV I'm Tim uFinpiDlf
that the receiver Is as bad "a the thle you are as
deeply implicated In them to-day ~ though your
name were Tweed, OBriCn, or OAkCy Hall,
"SoE, Nj. II den, call on you 10 put stop 10
this business You have but to walk into the
Sheriff. the Mayors and the Supervisors Offices
In the City Hall Park and ny there must De nc
more Of it-ay II 70 that there shall b no doubt
that you mean it-Rnd We shall have tolerG6ly
fair election once more. Probably good part Of
the Fifty Thousand supplied last Fall With bogus
naturalization certificates will of5r 70 register and
TO VOte--tome Of them pretending not TO know that
they are no citizens Of the United States than
the King Of DahOmey iE-Out very few will vote
repeatedly unless pIll for 1t; and We shall not be
cheated more than Ten Thousand II you simply
tell the botI-Eorkmeu that there mu.t DO no mole
illegal voting InatiSaICd and paid for"
The parallel between 1868 and 1876 is
very nearly perfect. The accusation OF
Horace Greeley seven years ago ia pro-
phetic to-day. Mr.. Tilden is in this can.
vass even more active manager than he
was in 1868, and far more directly re.
sponsible for any frauds which may be
committed. He is far more powerful to-
day than he was when in the Sherif's the
Mayors, and the Supervisors Offices, and
a single word from him would put a stop
to the gross frauds which are being pal
pably prepared. Will he speak that
word?
The managers Of Tammany Hall were
declaring yesterday that not less than
10000 votes would be registered in this
city. That number would be over 10000
more than the highest honest vote ever
cast here. 1t would II, 900 more than the
registration Of 1868, when it is notorious
that 10000 false naturalization papers
were issued, and total Of $4,000 illegal
votes cast for the Democratic candidate.
Mr.. Tilden, better than any man in New
York, knows that such u registration
would be grossly fraudulent. Mr.. Tilden,
sooner than any other man, can put a
stop 10 such infamous proceedings,