The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-05-21
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ALpAsY, May II, 1850.

Ilere arc some portions ol biT.
Georges speech, made in this city on
Saturday, the sth inst, that, with your
permission, | propose to examine. And
first, tho Federal election law. bTr.
George said it acted "lilsc charm"
That the Presidential election Of 1876
WIS fairly conducted under the ma
ebincry Of said law in tho city Of New
York. concede to be true, for Con
gressional Committee have 80 found the
facts, and 80 reported. but Mr. George
withheld and did not give us any ac-
count Of the means brought 70 bear TO
accomplish this happy result, which !
will now supply. The State Of New
York and the City Of New York were
prepafed with their civil force and their
militia to repel unjust interference in
The election bY Federal force or other
wise. a conflict WAS impending. The
better part of the citizens ef both par
ties agreed upon IA plan Of action by
which the Federal, State, and City Off
cera and police were to, aud did, act in
harmony and concert. I,nce IL VAS
not TO the Federal election law that the
people of New York City osod the
fairness aud qgieiness q snil election,
bat to the local authorities who fer
once dill hold the Federal Mnrshals and
Supervisors in check. T., show the ne
cesaiiy of this Federal election law Air.
George referred 10 the New York City
election of November, 1868. aud Mr.
Grcelcy's letter to Mr.. T,l,len in refer
caec thereto, ard yaddisl what he was
pleased to call tie infamy Of that elec.
tion upon ihe Democratic pai.y In
this be was equally unfair, not to say
false. Il Il well known TO every intel
ligcnt man in the land y lao bas taken
the pains 10 inform himself upon the
subject that ,lie entire machinery of the
elections of 1868 aud 1870 in New
York Ci,y WAS in The hands of Police
Commissioners. each of hom were ap-
l'oin'e. ~ q Republican Legislature,
a"~ lhsl Tee Democratic PARTY Of Kew
lots CAV a'rrr .,o"cri,ss to say ~hoa
ab"nil r,r,is,' ar count their votes, or
ps.s 'q~a the qualification of the per
-ans oifsting TO vote. NJ fraud was
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Eef.a''i,4n otlieials
'!'h. alleged f.and Of 1868 was the
large number Of foreigners naturalizel
during that year, whose papers, it wss
s.il. wenr Illegal, becanse the record of
tliem kept iu the Courts were imper.
feet. anil in some cases no record at all
va kept. Eut Why Vas it that ten
years was suffered to clalse before legal
steps were taken TO trst he validity of
these naturalization papers, The at
tempt wa2 moi made until 1878, aud in
that gear Federal oflicer-the United
S'atcs Commissioner STEPS in and uu-
lluahingly l,oasb. that he slrucl, from
the registry 30,0l2 votes in the City Of
New York of those naturalized in 1868,
many Of whom had served in the Fed
er5ll army. But Federal Judge
Bla;chford- State Judge Tweed
man-both held "that tue applicant for
citizenship was not responsible Cor any
noncompliance in making mp the rec
orl, and that though some &C these nat
uralizalion papers were irregular, more
of them were valid" 50 much for the
great fraud of 1868, that it was inoon-
venieut for Mr.. George to relate.
There is another chapter Of Illegal
voting. To which Mr.. George did not re-
fer, that my selfimpose,l task calls upon
mo to notice ] refer now to the Re
publican City of Philadelphia, in the
Republican State of Pennsylvania, and
the Presidential election Of 1876. That
city, with population of about $780,
600, had a registration FOR that election
of lS6, 900. New York City, with
population nearly 1fty per cent. greater,
had a registration at the same time of
IS3. .000-three thousand less than Phil
adelphia. Over 10000 of the names
upon the Philadelphia registry were,
after the election, stricken out by the
Courts. Over 5000 were in their
graves when their names were regis
tered. Behold the two cities, We Radi-
cal orators, and denounce corruption
until your speech fails.
Again, Mr.. George roferred to what
he was pleased to cali the attempt of
the Democracy in Congress to coerce the
President; taking the President by the
throat; that the motives of the Demo-
Gratis in Congress in seeking modifica-
ton Of the Federal election law were
corrupt; that they might be able to
carry the elections through fraud, etc.
Let us see if there is not another side
to this part Of Mr., Georges discourse
that hedid not hold up for the audience
to look upon. There certainly iaA and /
will proceed to show it. First, it is
known to all that in our country the