Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1871 — Defense of Political Villainy. [ARTICLE]

Defense of Political Villainy.

There is not an intelligent man in our country who does not. know that the New York Democracy is terribly corrupt j that it has succeeded by means or the most monstrous frauds upon the ballot-box. There is not an honest man in the country who docs not confess that this exhibition of Democratic demoralization in New York is one of the most lamentable features of American politics. Every one at all acquainted with the snbjcct also knows that the frauds in that city have been prevented from being greater ami grosser only by the Registry law. And now the New lork World say s : “ The introduction by Mr. Creamer in the State Senate, and by Mr. Field -in She Assembly, of a bill to repeal the New York city Registry law, foreabadowe, no doubt, the removal of that invidious enactment from tbe statute book. We are told that equal rights is tbe pole-star of Republican doctrine, ana surely those given over to that particular creed cannot blame an effort to pat this city on the same electoral footing as that of every other within the limits of the State. Ns caste, yon know; no class distinction, no inequality; aad, in order that there shall be none, down with yonr Registry law.” - Tina, in the face of the exposure by tbe United States census, of stupendous frauds —an exposure fully substantiated bv a subsequent enumeration of the people, This m face of the now notorious fact that more votes were polled in some of the strong Democratic districts than the total population of those districts! It may be clearly seen from the above extract, that the best Democratic newspaper in America not only does not denounce that crime which above all other priitwpl crimessis the most dangerous to our instr tutions, but virtually defends it, and .proposes to mpiptain political ascendency by means oFit There are but,few thieves who do not' themselves condemn their larceny.' ' They ‘•till have coukchms enough for this. Thieves who both steal and dwifd starting are incorrigible rascals, wboSe sfcpmvtty.is incurable in this folMl The Democratic party of ’ New which hbtti fcpraodearqnnd ; defenfo£Htiy worst of political crime%-j»*r ptandfifkipHj stance of total depravity which is simfSfy*] horrible. —Chicago Pott. j