Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-11

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counties Of the State to which the sol
diers belonged.
As All truly "loyar" people take, or
ought to take the APPEAL, we viii show
them
How 10 Get To vote
SEC. 6. Be u further enacted, That II
shall be the duty Of the County Court
Clerk in each county 10 open and keep
a REGISTRATION Of voters, and before whom
nro0f under oath. that the voter falls
within the provisions Of Article n Of
this Act. shall be made: PrOridod, No
man OF publicly known Union sentiments
| shall be required 10 make oath in doing
the same: and said Clerk shall receive
such COMPENSATION rs the County Court
in each county may deem proper and
also said Clerk shall issue 10 all sadd per
sons a certificate OF registration, and no
one shall be permitted by the Judges Of
Elections 70 vote unless so registered.
That's the gate through sn1er the
elect, the chosen, the true-biue, oJr-and-
out. unsUlHed holders of publicly known
Union sentiments" We could enter
there, doubtless, if we were to try, being
regenerate through the amnesty oath,
and a 'man Of publicly known Union
sentiments;" but there is rather q wide
margin Of loyalty" in what follows,
touching 'tCU the acts' Of this General
Assembly. If one Of tie faithful, jealous
Of your participation in the night Of
suffrage, should bring you down TO the
book, here is
what You Have 20 swear
SEC. Z. And be Il further enacted, That
any voter may be challenged by um adj
mitted voter ot section OF this Act,
on offering his vote, and thereupon the
Judges Of Elections shall peremptorily
administer 10 the person so challenged,
before permitting him to vote, the fol-
lowing oath, said oath also y b. taken
by all Judges OF Elections and candidates
for office:
II solemnIy swear that I VIII hence
forth support the Constitution Of the
United States, and defend il against the
. assaults Of all it, enemies that l am an
active friend Of the Government of the
United States that I viii heartily aid
aud assist the loyal people in whatever
measures may be adopted under the
C~oustituton Of the United States, and
.a.NNAEL AAA laws anu HANNANAaaAA"-A
made in pursuance thereof, 10 e.
tabIish the National authority over
aI the people Of every State and Terri
tory embraced IN the National Union (;
and thatI viii faithfully andmOstheartily
support and defend the Constitution Of
the state Of Tennessee, and the amend
ments and schedule thereuntO appended
and adopted by the people on the twenty
second day Of February, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-fve, and also all acts Of
the General Assembly assembled in ac-
cordance Herewith; and that I take this
oath freely, voluntarily and without
mental reservation. So help me Cod
We don't think We could go that,
though we suppose it has been taken by
a good many whose publicly known
Union sentiments are not more Unim-
peachable than ours. Such had better
look sharp how they swear, lest they
incur the
Penalty OF False Swearing:
SEC. s. Ind DC q further enacted,
That any person taking this oath falsely
shall be guilty Of perjury, and shall SUI
fer all the pains and penalties attached
70 that crime.
But there is some comfort in the re-
Election that our benign legislators pre-
served to Themselves the power of relent-
ing and being merciful. Luckily they
did not tie themselves into such a hard
knot, but that they may, in their SOW
ereign will and pleasure
Alter, Change or amend
SEC. 9. Ind Be Il further enacted,
That the power is reserved 20 alter,
amend, or change the provisions Of this
Act ar any time when in the opinion Of
this General Assembly Of the State it Is
and proper SO to do.
We submit to the General Assembly
that sit is right and proper so odo" Hoa.
are thousands Of the very best and
truest supporters Of the Government Of
the United States-tri5d men whose
to any cause they may espouse has
been proven as ~ fre-men who are
recognized citizens Of the United States
who are being kept out Of citizenship in
their native State, and who, many Of
them, VIII be lost 70 Tennessee, if they
are required, as the price of their staying
here, to wear this badge Of degradation
for
Years Five Honths, Five Days:
SEC. 10. Be further enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from and after
rs passage.
Passed june 5th. lS0.
WILLIAM HEISKELL.
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives. I
=. +. RODGERS,
Speaker Of the senate.
There,-We have given the whole Of
his DISTINGUISHING Law, in full, from an
authentic copy, derived from the County
Court Clerks ofice-partlyt hatits harsh
and repUlsive features may be seen and
contemplated in all their deformity; but
mainly that the attention Of such a may
have p-retensions to being voters may be
reminded OF what they have to do in the
approaching county elections. We be-
-ieve they come of some time In March.
E-The representatives Of four tribes
Of Indians, the SacS Foxes, Shawnees
and Iowas, were received by the Presi-
dent in the lobby room Of the Executive
Mansion. The Indians, including their
interpreters, numbered sixteen. They
ere severally introduced 70 Mr.. johnson
By Judge Cooley, Commissioner of In
dian Affairs They called upon their
Great Father, they said, to pay their re-
5peets and give assurances Of their 10y
atty and good feeling. The President in
,0rmed them that he was glad TO see
hem, and they might take TO their peO-
pie his assurance that the Government
would act with them in good faith, and
larry out all its obligations to their
several nations.
In response, each of the sturdy chiefs
the Presidents hand a c~onvulsive
ERIK, accompanied by a cultural grunt
according to the interpreter,
means II am glad"
They were not apparently much az
'ected by the furniture and surroundings
# the White House, looking upon the
whole thing with evident contempt, until
hey espied a chair in the library, made
up principally Of the skin, head and
bones Ofa huge deer, and heretofore pre-
.ented to the President by Seth Kioman.
the Indians took to this curiosity with
,rest satisfaction.
Ia The Tri5uae'5 Washington spe-
.ial says Gen. o. Clay Crawford, who is
eported to be at Brownsville, Tex, with
is chiefof staff, Col. 4. F. Read, rails
ng an American division for Mexico, is
citizen Of Tennessee, who was about a
ear or eighteen months ago dis
from the service by court martial,
pom charges Of stealing money
rom a bank in Rogersville, Tenn.
lie was some years ago at West Point as
cadet, was dismissed after TWO years
tudy. He subsequently went into Mica
aqua with Walker, and about the out