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The Registration Act.

correspondent Fof the Grcenyile Patriot
proposes to furnish that paper with q nuns,er
of articles, in relation to the finances of the
State, and with that view begins the series
with communication in regard to the late
Registration Act. lie writes like one. who is
well convcrsant with tlfis and kindred subjects,
and his views arc certainly entitled to serious
consideration. We make the following ex.
tract:
| No man who roads the Act above referred to
can come to any other conclusion thnn that it
was written without reflection and passed
without consideration; fdFsit is a. strange COM
pound of Law and Medicine, that, whether we
will or not, cOppels us to smile. Above this
compound, and mixed mp with it. however, are
several particles ofgold, which, being collected
together, amount to something like Tco Thou.
ss~hat y cries the honcstaarmer who takes up
the Patriot after n hard days work. 1.-TWO
thousand dollars for swl,ut Z" Be calm, nv
friend. bos sealm and will tell You. For the
salary of Register, for Printing Blank Reg,
listers, for contingent expenses, and for pay
ment to Tax Collectors these added together
lars as the Legitimate result oftlss eyistration
1 pass over-in silence the general declaration
Of tie Tax Collectors Of the Upper Division,
that their returns are imperfect and false, and I
PfVfeed to show that the information they fur
that my sthing serious ton happen from the
|fsoo.d led stassment that sqqir ahad ten; lit
NYHs9aeal born to Hing sAB. had lost
kQad dslSfptr ptrrunkcdness.. The TO 10 up
EfFeheadsd, is from4e Records of nsariiages
ass serster rfSsaaia asl ,Sl ek.s act
%ejh6ly regarded as -the most important
khown'to society :; for by Abe marriage CON
tract the purity Of families and the right to n
hsri:auee are .established. To guafd against
fraud apd DECEPTION. therefore, andat the Same
time TO- sseeufe to the married state fl.e rights
Meg, Marriage Registers are kept in the. Dis.
tficE or MParfsh in which thoA T5dftiSs
have intermarried; here the original certii.
cate is filed, here it is recorded, and here a
copy is furnished to all who may demand 1t.
Such isthe custom, and such is thelnw of other
States, but under the Act of 1856 our Tax Col
iecsnss become rivals of his Reverence of Gret-
ma Green; they can marry our sisters or our
dagghters ~ithout our know ledge or consent,
tosXdrunkard or q black leg, and our propertv
mny be hereafter divided between themselves
and the lawy And it is to encouat,e sucl,
sssoe'ties sss' skss t pnblie'money is apPsbrria-
.onss anissf records se s9S S.s qs. s<
story. A certain citizen Of South Carolina sen.
arated from his wise,-ana 2s having lived w
apart for soufe years, ths lada Soysd to the
West The gentleman had q Son by.a previous
marriage; who lived in Alabama; Iy an under.
stSpdng tetw cen <he father and son, the death
efthsteit was anaounced in an Alabaa1a news.
paper; and on the production Of t6isA hewspa.
per to o respectable clergyman, the fatiier mar.
ried again ~. South Caroline willie his wife
Xas.yet living. This simple statement shows
the great caution We should exercise in our