The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1867-11-12
What Prevents and Permits Registration

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/ General Candy has revised the Registration
lists, and issued the following Circular showing
what he considers good cause for rejecting an
applicant for registration, or what is not good
| cause:
HEADQUARTERS 2D MILITARY DISTRICT, !
Charleston, S. c., Oct, 81, 1867.
| The following revision of the action of the
Boards of Registration appointed under the act
entitled ''An act supplementary to act entitled
an act to provide for the more efficient govern
ment of the rebel States" passed March I'd,
1867, and to facilitate restoration, passed March
| 23d, 1867, in the determination of questions of
disfranchisement, is published for the informa-
tion and guidance of all officers connected with
registration
Revision Of the decisions of the Boards of Regis
tr"tion as to the suffcie.cy and insutictency of
the grounds Of challenge IN the registration lists.
The decisions set forth in nine tables, re-
! spectivey marked [ to TX inclusive. The
grounds of challenge are, in nearly every in
stance, stated in the language of the registration
books.
The tables from I to vi, inclusive, contain
decisions as to the suficiency insuffciency of
the allegations set forth in the registration lists
to sustain decisions of disqualification
20 decision in the language employed by the
Registrars ia setting forth the grounds of chal-
lenge, give formulas, that if warranted by the
facts, and followed in any appropriate case, will
authorize rejection. The appropriate cases
der these formulas are given in tables herewith
connected.
TABLE l.
The following Offices are considered to be suffi-
cient grounds of challenge, when held before the
war by persons who afterwards aided and abetted
rebellion: '!Sherffs, captains of patrol, assistant
surgeon United States army, marshal, members
OF the secession convention, militia officers who
have held command in the execution of patrol
laws, magistrates, tax collectors, custom house
officer, delegates State convention, commissioner
public schools, justice of the peace, ordinary,
county assessor, members Of congress, commits
sioner of wrecks, coroners, officers in Federal
army, members of the State Legislature con-
stables, postmasters commissioners of roads, S.
c., clerks of district courts, acting constables,
commissioners in equity, held Office in State
Legislature State officers, judicial officers, magis-
trate Of police county trustee, warden of county,
clerk and master, officer of patrol, commissioner
of the poor"
TABLE IT,
The following offices are held as insufficient
grounds of challenge though held before the
war by persons who afterwards aided and abetted
rebellion: deputy marshal, assistant postmas-
ter, notary public, holding executive office with
out specifying the Office, keeper of light house.
clerk Of State Senate surveyor, city registrar,
lieutenant and aid on Governors staff, holding
office before the war, judge advocate, commits
sioner of Post (ofice unknown, ministerial mag
strate, deputy postmaster U. S., warden of poor,
town commissioners, deputy sheriff, attorney,
staff officer overseers of the poor roadmasters."
TABLE III.
The following acts are held to be sufficient to
establish the charge of aiding and abetting re-
bellion: Invested in Confederate bonds, en-
gagged in Confederate service, furnishing horses
to rebellion by sale, conscripted but can't take
the oath, the word voluntary being omitted,
hiring horses to Confederate service, engaged in
salt works for Confederate States, giving money,
held mail contracts under the Confederate States
held Office under the Confederate States en-
couraging men to enlist, government contractors
Confederate States loaning money to equip
company for the war, engaged in rebellion, hosted
Confederate flag over United States arsenal at
Fayetteville, April, 1861, home guard during the
war, for arresting deserters and forcing them
back to the rebel army, commanding rebels who
took United States arsenal at Fayetteville, held
office during the war to get out of service,
Confederate States of America encouraging war
by speeches, collecting supplies for the Confed-
eracy, for selling provisions to Confederate
vice. convicted of hunting Z. s. prisoners with
dogs, inspector in custom house and mail mes
senger for Confederate States, patrol Confederate
States of America, nired out hands to work block
ade and gunboats at Newbern, held civil Office in
rebellion, members of examining boards at Troy
for Confederate States army, quartcrmaster's
agent. in company with raiders when man was
shot, aiding rebellion loaned cotton to Confeder-
acy, architect of Fort Fisher, engaged in Con-
federate service, furnished horses to rebellion by
sale.
TABLE ".
The following acts are held to be insufficient
to establish the charge of aiding and abetting the
rebellion ''Charitable contributions. feeding
Confederate soldiers, aiding son in Confederate
service, hiring horses to Confederate soldiers
bad rebel regarded as disloyal to United States
voted for an appropriation of $4,000 for the
widows and orphans of Confederate soldiers
challenged as patrol clerk in time of war, United
States soldier afterwards sympathized with the
rebellion, voting for convention to secede, op-
posing reconstruction in public (violent sesesh),
candidate to rebel legislature"
TABLE "
The following additional grounds of challenge
are held sufficient to authorize rejection: doubt
full as to age doubtful as residence, naturalized
citizen minority, living out of district, not resi-
dent twelve months, not living in the parish,
could not take the OATH living out of the pre-
cnct born in Africa. insane, residing out of
country, only ten months in the State but regis
tered for fear he could not vote after twelve
months residence, belongs to the fourth ward,
nonresident of the State, dlsfranchised while a