New York Election Frauds

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Excerpt from New York Election Frauds: February 23, 1869, ReportBy the Constitution the House of Representatives is composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several States. (art. 1, sec.Congress may at any time by law make or alter regulations prescribed in the 6states by the legislatures thereof, as to the times, places, and manner of holding elections for representatives. (art. 1, sec. 4.As Congress is thus clothed with the high prerogative of supervising the election of representatives, it is not only eminently proper, but it is an imperative duty that this body should by all proper means ascertain when irregularities or fraud exist in the election of its members, so that the people, apprised of evils, may avert them in the future, by per sonal vigilance, by making and enforcing proper legislative provisions in the States, and above all so that Congress shall apply remedies by adequate laws efficiently enforced. A republican government that can not preserve the purity of the ballot is a failure, one which will not is a fraud, and is already resolved into anarchy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.