The Van Buren press., 1867-08-23
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
OZARK, ABKs., Aug. II, 1861.

FRIEND DUNHAM: To morrow will
close the registration Of voters for this
county. As general thing, the people
have turned out and registered, and be
lieve the Registrars have tried to do their
duty impartially; the people are satisfied
with their acts 1t remains to be seen
whether they will still continue to act
with patriotic impartially, or partzan
prejudice Under the explanatory act of
Congress, very great powers, are placed
in the hands, and they may merge the pa
triot into the demagogue, and the citizen
into the patriot, and strike many quail
fled men from the list and put the names
of many others on. Bat do not think
the Registrars of Franklin county will try
to do any injustice, for they have 50 far,
acted fairly and thereby received the re-
spect and good will Of all parties, and l
can not think they will, allow any feeling
of party spirit to hurry them into injus
tlce and wrong, The result of the regis
tration is as follows; Whole number
709 Whites 6S7; colored 103 Whites
majority 5S4 there will be about 90 more
white voters registered. Crawford coun-
ty does notvote as many as Franklin, yet
she sends two delegates, and Franklin one,
this is not quite fair.
Tis useless to speculate on the politi-
cal aspect of affairs in this county. No
well defined issues, are yet presented for
the first election. presume, there will
be the conservative, the ultra negro, and
the hybrid parties The truly loyal are
likely to have trouble in their camps, as
| understand some disloydl wretch who
repented Of his sin of going into their
loyal den, and is not willing to be sworn
to vote for radicals or negroes, without
reference to fitness, has, exposed some Of
their loyal acts, oaths, etc, which is likely
to create quite commotion, and may
bring that model organization to intamy
and disgrace much sooner than was eX-
pected. The fact is, such miserable Sc.
crot oath bound, political institution can
not long hold together. 1t contains the
elements Of its own destruction ana must
soon crumbe and fall We may soon
expect to see the loyal brotherhood, run
ming from the falling concern, like rats
from a burning barn, and | venture that
you can not, in two years, from to-day,
find a uhitc man, who is willing to admit
that he ever, belonged to the Loyal
League Thcv will be like many loyal
men Of the present day who were the
first to Join the Confederate army, before
conscription was thought Of Being too
cowardly to fight they deserted, and now
come up and swear they never votuntorIy
aided in the rebellion Such men,
perjured themselves while they disgraced
the name of Confederate and now they
perjure themselves while they grace the
name of loyal radicals Sambo is likely
to make some fuss in The camp Of the
Elect. He is beginning to act upon rad
ical teachings, and as they tell him he is
little better than white man, he is be-
ginning to want Office, Without his aid
the rads have no shadow Of chance, and
if they place him on their ticket it will
cause all their best men, to leave it, so
they are in a bad fix. We can laugh and
enjoy it, as it is probable it may soon
bring the people to their senses, and cure
them Of the negro mania bat the. poor
pcrplexed radicals, see their bright Wis,
ions of rule, and plumber fade and die,
and, feel that they are soon to sink be-.
meath the merited contempt of the white
man, whose liberties they have tried to
destroy, and at the same time they will
be despised by the negro whom they have
betrayed and ruined. Poor wretches,
could commserate your sad fate, but
your insane fanatcism deserved it, Let
us select good and true men for delegates
to the Constitutional Convention, and
frame Constitution coming up to the re.
ouirements Of the reconstruction act
Then We will see if Congress is sincere in
wishing a reconstruction OF TIC rebel
States do not believe they are. We