The New Orleans crescent., 1868-09-26

The "trooly loil" Baker puonsnes tne iol-
lowing notice to persons disfranchised by his
supervisors:
OFFICE BOARD OF REGIsTRATIoN.l
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, September rs, 1868. }
In accordance with the provisions OF section hye
NJ an act To create Board Of Registration TO su
perntend the registration OF the qualified electors
of the state approved 3eptember Z, 1868, all per.
sops refused registration by the supervisors OF
registration have the right OF appeal nom shelr
The Board Of Registration hereby give notice
that ali aupeals must be In writing, and that they
will cit every Tuesday and Friday, for the purpose
of hearing and determining such appeals, Of which
hearing all parties will receive proper notice.
BY order Of the board.
WILLIAM BAKER, Chairman.
1t is very comforting no doubt, to a citizen
of the parish Of Caddo to know that he may
appeal from the carpet-bag supervisors of his
parish to the "trooly loil" Baker, and that
this just and impartial official will consider his
case on some future Tuesday or Friday, and
give decision which will probably establish
the right or deny the right, as the case may be,
of the applicant to vote at the presidential
election of 1872 but it is still more comfort
ing to know that, long before that time, the
"trooly loil" Baker will have retired into con-
genial obscurity, or returned 70 the ranks of
the British Guard. In the meantime, how
ever, this plant instrument OF carper-Daggery
is quietly contriving measures to suppress the
voice of the people of Louisiana and to cast
the vote of the State for Grant. The mere ap-
pointment of this man to the position which
he holds outrage on the public and q
declaration of war against the rights of the
white citizen. 1t was confession that the
carpet-bag Radicals intended to administer
the law, not with the view of securing and
maintaining the citizens in the exercise of
their constitutional rights, but with the delib-
crate purpose of repeating the villainous and
infamous frauds, the violations of law and of
justice which were perpetrated under the
memorial le Sheridan regime, and by which
nearly half of the qualified white voters of the
State were disfranchised. 1t is quite possible
that the means adopted in this case may not
be identical with those employed ct that time,
for 1T unnld not be vary safe for carpet-baS-
gerry to resort to such audscious practices /;
but we may be sure that some method has
been devised to obstruct registration, and thus
to nullify the public opinion of the State.
EWherever a pretext can be found for dis
franchisement it will be resorted to; but even
if every disfranchised person in the State were
prohibited from availing himself of the relief
provided by the Constitution, the Democrats
could still carry the State by large majority.
What then is the intention of the trooly
loil" Baker? How will he succeed in disfran-
chising the white people? The manner in
which registration was conducted yesterday
furnishes the answer. He intends to delay the
process so greatly that not half of the-white
vote can be registered. This plan will, doubt
less, be adopted in all the Democratic parishes,
whilst in the Radical parishes the registration
will be pushed forward with extreme CELEBRITY
Now, if Baker wants to reinstate himself with
this community he must discard this idea. 1t
may be very ingenious but it is not practical
As we said yesterday, We say again to-day
the people of Louisiana desire to maintain
r,eace and orIervh1-t tflo,,~iifT1 sso59ea vls1ls
the Radicals come to an understanding of this
interesting and important fact, the better It
will be for all parties concerned. The facili-
ties provided for registering the voters of this
city are insufficient, and Baker knows them to
be insufficient The supervisors cannot reg
lister half of the votes under the system laid
down fer them by the registrars, and they do
not intend to do it if they can. We therefore
call on Baker to open new registry ofices-at
least one in every precinct-and to publicly
instruct the supervisors that they must pro-
ceed with the registration as rapidly as pos
sible. The people of this city will not be
satisfied with anything less than full oppor-
tunity for the exercise of their constitutional
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