The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-06-26

arv of war expressed the opinion tnat law
ers are such officers -as, are qualified, It =
hey participated in the rebellion. Two =
hings must exist as TO any person to dis.
Iualify him from yoting-frst, the office
leld prior to the rebellion, and afterwards o
participation in the rebellion. I ! ! | L. q
Ia. Anact to fix upon q person the Of P
Iense Of engaging in rebellion under this c
aw must be an overt and voluntary act e
done with the intent Of aiding; or furthering e
the common unlawful purpose. A person c
forced into the rebel service ~ consenp r
ton, or under paramount authority which
he could not safely disobey, and who \
would not have entered such service if left 7
to the free exercise Of his own will, cannot {
be held to be disqualified from voting.
All voted aye except the secretary Of war,
who votes nay, as, the proposition is stated. J.
Is. Mere acts ofcharity where the intent /
is to relieve the wants ofthe object OF such
charity. and not done in aid Of the cause
in which he may have been eilgagged, 40
not 1iseualify, but organized contributions
of food and clothing for Che general relief
Of persons engaged in the rebellion, and
not Of a merely sanitary character, but
contributed 70 enable them to perform
their unlawful object, may be elassed with
acts which do disqualiiy. Forced con.
tyibutiohs to the rebel cause il, the form Of
taxes, or military assessments, which
person was compelled to pay OF Contribute
do not disqualify, but voluntary contrlou.
lions to the rebel cause, even such Indirect
contributions as arise from the voluntary
loan of money to the rebel authorities. or
purchase of bonds or securities created
to afford the means of earring on the re-
bellion will work disqualification. Con-
Cured in unanimously. y.s.y,r~.,
| I6. All those who in legislative or
other official capacity where engaged 10
the common unlawful purpose wherein the
duties Of the Office necessarily had relation
to the support of the rebellion, such as
members OF the rebel conventions, Congress
and legislature, diplomatic agents OF the
rebel Cohfederacy, and other officials whose
. officers where created for the purpose OF
more effectually carrying on hostilities, or
: whose duties appertainsd to the support {, o.
:. the rebel cause, must be held to be dlsquall'
/ fed but officers who during the rebellion
9 discharged official duties not incident to
! : war, but only such duties a. belong 70
y state Of peace. and were necessary to ths
. preservation oforder and the administration
Is Of law. are not to be considered as thereb,
# engaging in rebellion or as disqualified
i )isloval sentiments, opinions or sympathle'
sr would not disquaify, but when Q person
#: has by speech or by writing, melted other
IT to engage in rebellion, he must come tifide
the disqualification. All vote aye excep
e the secretary of war, who dissents to tn
u = second paragraph, with the exception .
49, the words "where q person has by speec
Ie or by writing melted others to engage y
IT, rebellion he must come under the olsquall'
hs cation" }lfr faa.. 10 ,iLyl5..
ut ii. The duties Of the board appointe
lis to superintehd the elections. This boar
all having the custody Of the list OF registere
he voters in the district for which it is const
Dc tinted. must see that the name of the perso
' az Offering to vote is found upon the registr
". un ton list, and if such proves to be the tao
cd it ia the duty Of the board to receive h
: vote if then qualified by residence. Th'
Ike cannot receive the vote Of any perst
tn; whose name is not upon the list, thou,'
Of he NAV be ready to take the registrati'
m. oath, and although he may satisfy the
ar, that he was unable to have bis nafns re
istered at the proper time, in conseque.tll
a. AZ Of absence, sickness or other cause. 4
';n hoard cannot enter into any inquiry as
,lv the qualification Of any person whose nal
sed is not on the registration list, or as TO !
nst qualification of any person whose name
ted on the registration list. Concurrea
the unanimously. -,
ac- ia The mode of voting is provided
&C, the act to be by ballot. The board '
not keen a record and poll book Of the eleeti
!; Oh o, showing the votes, list Of voters, and
' 'eut persons elected by a plurality OF
non votes cast at the election, ana m'
,dhrt returns of these to the commanding g
v Of eral of the district. Concurred IN uns
atty mously. .e. qs. g.5
re. 10 The board appointed LOT regis
any ton and for experimenting the electi
II must take tne OdVu ~ ,.
n,on Of Congress approved July 2, 1867 ens,
VOL, VOL IAN act to prescribe an oath OF om'
bird Concurred in unanimously.
Meeting Of Cabinet, jane 2O..Pres
from tho same cabinet officers as on the J
sipa- except the secretary ofthe interior, !,
,por- The President announced to the cab
t at that, after full elaboration, he concu
9 ap with the majority upon those sections M
sows: the summary upon which the seerstaf!
any war expressed his dissent, and that he
,ttsr Cured with the cabinet upon those sect
.ebel. approved by unanimous vote. .,..
!, laid aid That as it appeared the military
have manders entertained doubts upon the pt
Con covered by the summary, and as tnel'
ficer ton hitherto had not been uniform
yer Of deemed it proper without further della
We or communicate the points set forth IN
# the summary, in general order to the re
rebel WV ~ 80. -,
IN aid roxp M Gp,