The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-05-12
COLUMBIA.
Sunday Morning, May IL, 1867.
RcgfstrntiOn.

We puDllSned, yeSteru"y 'noi inAhS'
the order of Gen. Sickles, received
by telegraph, directing and regulat-
ing the process of the registration of
voters in this State. The time Sc
lected is about the best that could be
appointed for The planters and their
laborers, as they can be better spared
from the farm for day or two at
that time than almost at any other.
Registration boards, rs far as posi-
BILE, will be appointed at the usual
election precincts, thus giving an op-
portunity to all, without much in
convenience, to attend to this i'm
portant duty. Commencing on the
third Monday in July, two days viii
be devoted to registration, but the
order provides that "the board will
again visit every precinct and revise
the list of voters, hear objections
from citizens as to any adjudication
made, and register any person who
may have been unable, by reason of
illness or other good and sufficient
cause, to attend the first session of
the board" It is important, how
ever. that all who are qualified should
register on the two first days ap-
pointed.
This registration, if faithfully, i'm
partially and fully carried out by the
several boards and by the people
themselves, will exhibit true record
of all who are entitled to vote in this
State, so long as the present laws of
Congress remain in full force and
virtue. 1t is Of tho utmost import
ance, therefore, that every man,
white and colored. who may be quail
fed, should promptly register. We
will then know where we stand, and
the opportunity given in the interim,
between the registration and the
election, to work for and consum-
mate unity and harmony between
the two classes of voters who will
then meet for the first time together
ut the polls, to exercise the high pri-
vilege Of selecting the men who are
to guide and control the destinies of
our common State. The formation
of State Constitution, in conformity
to the new order of things, will be
vastly more important to our people
of both classes than the discussion of
any question of national politics.
The proceedings under the Acts of
Congress in this State will be watched
with more interest than, perhaps, in
any other of the Southern States.
Here the minority of enfranchised
voters are colored people, and here
has it been alleged that the former
owners will intimidate or coerce this
class of voters. Senator Wilson
threatens further keeping out Of
the Southern States, if coercion or
unfair means are used for this pur-
pose. All the meetings held in this
State, where colored persons partici-
pated, disprove the allegations made
against the white people of this
State. They are willing that strict
justice should be meted out and i'm
partiality shown in the approaching
Reorganization Of the State; and we
sincerely trust that the boards of
registration will be composed of men
Tho will carry ont the known will of
4e people in this respect.
The people of the State have a
great work before them, and the
future veal of the State, the peace,
happiness and prosperity of the peo-
pie, depend entirely on the manner
in which this work shall be done
Sullenness, apathy or indifference to
the result-but moro especially any
nncalled-for cavilling with, or oppo-
sition to, the requirements of the
laws of Congress ruin us So
cially, politically and pecuniarily.
Circumstances beyond our control
have placed us in our present politi-
cal condition; but true manhood,
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