THE CITY CHARTER~No. 10. fl. m.s'''0
{"character_count": 2210, "word_count": 381, "ccnet_language_score": [0.9732999801635742], "ccnet_perplexity": [927.2000122070312], "fasttext_language": ["en"]}
THE CITY CHARTER-No. II.

 "a Mir. Edtor--For series of years extending from ls26 down to ls9 the citizens of this county, (when Tspsak of the cisiIens. mean the majority) were perfectly content with the charter that then prevailed During all that period nsmerous amendments were made by the Iegslstvre, but the qualifications for ting renained uusltered. In l9SS there was change adopted in tho mode of ascertainug the right of ters, but no alteration made or restriction i'm posed on that right.

 In 1888. many good citizens under the impression that extensive frauds were perpesrsted the ballot box got together and imposed on the city the charter which now exists. The under earrent of this move snent, was composed of whigs. They were anxious to get possssssn of the administration of the city, and the irst step to this effect was to impose some be disfrsnchised. They were well aware of the fact that our party s composed eftwothirds of what are called working men--honest poor citizens who were not brought up to tfadenor imbued with that kind of knowledge or knavery which manages to appropr-

 ate to itself an undue share of worldly goods. To make property test of honesty, prudence and intelligence. was to cut of these ctizens, and very materially to increase the proportionate number of their votes or course to attain shs purpose, artifce was used to conceal ths sourcs o it. and render t apparent that it proceeded from nstber party, but the sponta- neoss movement of all. They succeeded in amend ing he charter and in getting possession of all the public offices. 4f.s40

 Txis believe to be correct history sf the secret means by which their object was attained. As itxp. pears to the public s vastly different, and that de- iuaon will be kept up for the purpose of dividing any portion of the odium which may exist in the natter Z Now'I accuse no single man of the entire resPon- ability of this affair." It must bs divided among many, but this much win assert, that the conduct of our late vhig repsssentasives on the passage of the ssended charef n tho house of tepresentasives, was entirely inexcusahle. The democfatic members from

 this county. in carrying out what they believed to be