The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-03-29

rc, thirty EGieS. an -ar home without
complaining Of the lv. a.tao--h = land
may 10; be worth lra dollars Is 'fro. a-
least equally important 90 camwgu.-- and
to him, that he should furnish written eyI-
dence also that he is a voter Ne ST.. ar
other instance. We see an iIl-.emras,l.
noisy Locofco res.din. somewhere in 81
township lie has been - sIcee,-fu. d.
business "a to raise, say ten dollars. and r.
loan it to some poor widow t. relieve ler
necessities, and has taken q chat-el ,aor-
gage upon her COW as security. Now. W.
less the chattel mortgage : fled IN tie
township clerks Office and should the fur
thor necessities Of the widow compel her D.
sell the COW TO another person, that person
would, under The law, acquire perfect ....-
to the COW, L the injury Of tha noisy Io-9-
foco to the amount Of ten dollars cans.-
queutiy the noT,y i5oofoc7 aforesaid Gesrrts
without delay to the township e'erk'- Office
and files his mortgage, in order t. t.re>tail
and prevent 50 serious a disaster. lic
traTels, say SIX niles, PAYS the fee, AMI
thus secures his tide. aud aoes home right
happy that the law has afforded aiu, such
ample and cfficieu means Of protection
and does not grumhc that the statute tin,
saves him ten dollars. Wi.h what ta.a,
then. can be cen>Urc the roGit try ac.. or rr-
fuse T. record his name as au clect--. r..--
he rcgeri7 tbs ri1haz nothing worth -
We could present cae- dH tuhu5tra. If
the same nature, iut It j. urnc,essarv-
And il seems t. us incredible tLat any true
lover of elective, Republican government
who looks upon the right to vote In "a true
ligI,t--who regard, iJas the palladium o.
popular liberty and popular Pawer-~laulJ
make hue ari cgy about the 5l5r1Hrer-
tcsce Of registering his name Il costs
him nothing. All he has to 30 Is 80 walk
to the township clerks oficc and t1are
writo II, or have the clerk OF any mom-
Der Of the boar! wIte j; Tor him Aud he
bas the Whole year to d It ia, and when
once done il Is not 70 be repeated urtii be
Voluntarily ,res into some other town
ship. Tie Ease is the case in The wards
Of cities for tAe constitutional division IF
the State with retereace 10 elections, IS into
townships" and wards" Tie expense
Cd, ,he proceeding IS the morost tr.t.r.-
th5 board procures 'he book 0: registration,
'ae cost of which vii not, upon the Nv
erage exceed one dollar aud half ~ two
do@ar~ The services oC tha township
&,a~j IA .Aaiiinc tic registration, vi. BE-
Vaii &. u. the same rlanncr rs other town
-u,r c&Tens-s, and iftrr The prczer: year
'"asl necessarily be quite small, because !.
i. Tsobable that in the course Of II the
rame- Of the voters will generally be reg
istertd.
1t is, Of course, impossible 10 estimate
the aggregate amount q such expenses -
Every mar can Judge for himself. and can
not fail tu sec, that H,,inr 6jStrib,.tad nh
over the State, the proNoJ,i,7 which will
Iall to each township will he r,~ia..-iv In
/ s;guifcan; compared with IL" irlu.,r., hen.
ehts which the statute viii conicrlv way
Of excluding false voters from the po}s.-
Every candidate and everv person taknc
an interest in the rcsuit c- au election
entitled "a c,ny of Nh" register ON Tav
meut Il = very modora.' t.e This vi.
auarle iim. long before tie election, To -:
aGjrc into the qualifications Of any one j.
may suspect - be unqualified. a~i !. -.
thus operate ~ = fa.ai d.-couragcmcut e
this class If impo>tar-, while r. works II.
tho slirltte-t injury or di-raraaem,rt .a sl
;rJc voter. Il w... also prevent especial
in cities . rush being UaIo ursu the MI,