The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-10-03
FATR RRGTsTRATION.

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nothing more, and they will con-
sent to nothing less. Not to waste
words on the subject, they are de-
termined TO have 1t. This may as
well be understood first as last, in
order that unnecessary contention
may be avoided. There is no dis
position on the part of the people
of this State to impede their adv6r-
saries il the exercise of all their
legal rights-nor have they any
thought Of accepting less than
their own. TIE the vote of this State
can be given TO Grant under a fair
registration and fair election the
Democracy will, of course submit
to the verdict but the time has
passed when they could be dis
franchised at viii, and in violation
of law, by the shameless tools of
military despotism and Of hungry
carpet baggery~ They want peace,
they want order, but they want to
vote. On this point they are res
olute, and we sincerely hope that
the official to whom is confded the
task of conducting the registration.
will not attempt to cross their just
and reasonable purposes. The
business of registration is to COM
mence to-day, and, to-day we shall
ascertain whether the supervisors
intend to discharge their duty un-
der the law, and in accordance
with the law, or whether they are
going to lend themselves to the in
famous scheme of cheating the
white people of the State out Of
their votes. The law by which the
registrars and the supervisors
should be guided is very plain. It.
simply carries out the provisions
of the Constitution on the subject
of suffrage and Acknowledgement
and leaves no room for evasion ex-
cept by recourse to fraudulent ex-
pedients and shutting pretexts.
We repeat our hope that the SUI
perVisors will not resort to such
expedients and such pretexts in
order to diminish the effective
strength Of the Democratic party.
The rule Of action for the regis
trars and supervisors is to be found
in the act Of the Legislature of
Sept. 18th, 1868, passed In conform
ity with the Constitution. That
act requires the applicant for reg
to make the following
" ..'
Ell ----, do solemnly swear Tor af-
firm, as the case may be, that I am
twenty one years Of age, was born Tor
naturali2ed, as the case may be- in the
United States, and am subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, and have been O
resident of the State of Louisiana since
the ---- day of -, and o resident Of
this parish since the - day Of -,
and that / am not DISTINGUISHED for any
Of the causes stated in the first para
graph Of article ninety-nine of the Con-
stitution Of this State.
And / do further BUifeuuniy swear Tor
affirm, as the case may be, ] that Z did
not hold any Office civil or military. for
one year or more, under the organize
ton styled " the Confederate States Of
America !" that never registered nv
self as an enemy Of the United States
that / never acted as leader Of guerrilla
bands during the late rebellion /; that I
never, i'm the advocacy Of treason.
wrote or published newspaper articles
or preached sermons during the late re-
bellion that I never voted for and
signed an ordinance Of secession in any
State. n# Iu~
This affidavit can be taken by
every citizen possessing the consti-
tutional qualifications Of age and
residence, except those disfran-
chised by article so of the Constia