Another insult is the menace of fraud that comes
from Boston. The law requires the appointment of election
officers, to be chosen equally from the two great parties,
and every mayor of Boston, Republican and Democrat alike,
Pierce, Gaston and Green, have fairly and honorably discharged
their duty. It is one of the most important trusts that can
be imposed upon a public official, to guard the purity of
the vote of their fellow citizens. The Republican Committee
this year submitted its lists and the names upon them were
changed, and other men substituted, Butler men, Democrats
and criminals, all charged to the Republican account. Our
neighbor, Judge Nelson, a few years ago, tried at the bar
of his court a man whom Governor Butler defended. He was
convicted, sentenced and went to jail. He is now out of prison,
and has been substituted for a Republican, probably by the
influence of his former counsel, to count the ballots of the
citizens of Boston. You have heard of such proceedings in
other States, but never in Massachusetts. Unless the people
of this Commonwealth rise in their might and crush out this
attempted fraud, they will have at the mouth of the Charles
River another New York, with its frauds, Tweed rings and scandals.
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