Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-08-11
Tl,e Regfsfrnticn RilI.

This bill, which was intended to be the masterpiece of legislative villalny, has already been laid before our read CTS. A more bitter satire upon all the principles of free government has never been written. Dirty work is given the registrars to do, and they are to be well paid for it. Whoever will sell his soul to the devil ought to look well to the price. In this view of the case the price may be considered inadequate 1; but when we come to examine the character Of the souls, aud reflect that they arc already encumbered to the full amount of their value, we may
 well conclude that the bargain is not the subject of criticism in this respect.
 In every system of jurisprudence
 that we know of, the judge and jury cannot decide on their own private knowledge of facts, but must be govern ed by the evidence adduced, and which the opposite party may controvert; but under the improved system of radical laws and morals, the registrar Is not governed by evidence, but by ''internal suggestions;' aud may, without evil dence, disfranchise any person--and from his judgment there is no appeal except to board of the same. This is a power which even the Spanish Inquisition never attempted to excr- else; and in the most shameless days of the French Revolution, the revolu- tionary tribunal based its judgment ostensibly on the testimony of wit nesses who confronted the accused. A power like this should not be con- ferred on any man and no honest man would exercise it. No doubt the selec- ton of the persons who are to do this work will preclude the necessity of considering what d honest man would do in the premises. It will be the business of these registrars to return radical candidates. If there arc only six radical voters in county, the registrar will be expected to exclude all but six from voting. If he is a can didate himself, and wishes to elect himself to an office, like the late con vention delegates and members of the so-called legislature, he can exclude all from voting except his own friends
 One would think that registrar conld not be candidate when he himself passes on the qualifications of the elec- tors but we have seen by Gen. Smiths interpolated order which governed the last election, that such is not the case and the law does not now exclude him. Indeed, without this monstrosity the radical fabric would not stand day. The great majority of whites must he reserved exclusively to be taxed, and must be cut out from representation. If an intelligent negro would vote against the radical party his vote must also be excluded, because such an Afri- can forfeits his claim to equality with white men, and is acting without reason All this machinery to prevent the vast majority of our people from having any voice in the government; to prevent a single honest man, having at heart the good of the whole people, from getting into the radical party, where his appearance would excite such consternation as the presence of an Archangel might in Hell.
 No new terms of abhorrence can be invented for such ayowed acts of mad | ness and infamy. It is as useless to talk to these men of virtue or decency as it would be to quote the constitution ! of the United States or the declaration ! of independence, or to talk to a blind [ man about colors. It only concerns us 1 to know whether tho obscene nest of !, callow radicals in our midst shall con | tinue to eat up the property and de- |, grade the people of the country. We { shall endeavor to show hereafter that | this plan wauts consistency and cohs- ' renee sufficient for suocoss.--fL. R. i Gazette.