Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-09-15

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| The following correspondence, touching
| . m.,,sr IN which avery Democrat of the
FL. Ill. ;n,.r.., ba.
county must so' Ivy 'n'.,s'' "''
been placed In our hands Tor pupiicauon
wHrK STATION. TESs.. Sept. II. 1893.
Capt. J. J. Sears. Com. Of ReFistrationi
Sra: The undersigned, a committe on
| the part of the citizens Of this commu-
uity. are directed to make certain inqui.
RES and reauests of you.
First. As TO your intention as TO the
time ana Mace, or places, Of opening an
Office and allowing the pon-registered Of
| This county an opportunity Of registering.
Second. Owing to the slow progress
made in registering, prior TO the last
March election, and the large number not
registered at closing Of your Office, and
still unregistered, aud with the view Of
having ample time that oil may have the
privilege OF registering, to most earnestly
request that YOU OMEN an Office at your
earliest practical Convenience, at such
place or places &c you shall SEQ proper.
Third. The meager returns from the
country precincts, in the last election,
show most conclusively that an over
whelming majority of the country voters
! are not registered, as win the figures iu
the city show that large numbered its
voters are not registered, but not so large
number proportionally as from the
country. This arises, we think, from
these facts: During the time your Office
was opened last winter and spring, 1t was
crowded day and night, and many had to
20 from day to day for sometime before
thew succeeded in obtaining the coveted
paper. The people from the country,
living from ten to thirty miles from the
CITY. would come in, subscribe to the re-
ouired rules, have their loyalty properly
youched for, but before their list could
reach the Registers desk they were
crowded out by their more successful city
peighbors. The only chance for them
"as s'. .y' -, a. dav
ten 10 ,nirIy n''es' wa' 'no" 10y
levery otner oneb anu come aga'u
and probably with no better success
and 1t required but rev such rides
and fewer such references as they geot,
to discourage and even most heartily
disgust them with the whole arrangement;
and we think the figures vii, show tnat
not more than one out Of eignt from tne
country obtained their registration pa
pers. With this statement OF facts 70
you, and believing it is your aim, so lar
as lies within your power, 10 give every
facility for lair and honest expression
of opinion at the ballotbox, In the I'M
portant election soon to take place, we
are directed to request that you VIII SET
apart two days In the week exclusively
for the voters from the country-one ior
the whites and one for the colored.
Trusting that you VIII az once recoe'
nize the business OF our inquiry ana re-
quests, and accede thereto, we peg leave
TO subscribe ourselves, most respectfully
J. d. GooDLETT, Il. M. MASON,
A. b. HAYNES, GEO. Y. HOLINESS
JOHN McBRooKs.
ps,r ,ov,
o''' MHnrHfs. Tenn. Sept. a.. 1865. }
To Messrs ]. H. Goodlett. John Notebooks,
rrvm,vwvv. yonrcommnn;cat;on of
this date is duly received, and contents
noted. In reply. l would respectfully
state, the once Ior Ine tsg,s'ra.,o ;a =. =,
f sU.1 hv iaw V a. the auarterIv terms of the
County Court, on the first Mondays of
April and July, and will again open, or
the nrst MONDAY OF oc1ooer. au au .;i
Inc Inc At At ali times To register parties from
the country, entitled to the elective fran.
chise, when their place OF residence was
SIX miles or more from 'ae Guy, anu ~, ,h I,
aaV ~ o;,n on opp otter hus;ness Of which
opportunity many have availed them
selves, This course l will continue to
pursue, ana curing .ne Ieea ns,, opsr LILY
Uio . f'oU U 10 onr,rr tbe nreference ON
The Friday of each week, and the white
people the preference on Saturday of
each week. Respectfully::yours, etc.,
Il r Srlps
g. o. okAhs,
COmm'r OF Registration, Shelby county,
tennessee,
A WORD TO TAx-PAYERs-"e ieei IL
our ou'y, as puoho '0ufnA,'' -
the people who are our readers, ana VINO
~. ,ax., &c Tho arormou suma tb at
are forced from them by the tax-gather.
ers, that Radcalism in the State might
1. s,...o1 .rd Lort oEva Tho naonle
De lostereu anu KEPT ahVe' Ano peopio
shouid know wna' oecemes Vi 'ne'' naiu
safu,ns' no" ye"' " ''
'"1 0'~.' ,oo, a., co.
PREVIOUS 10 june tS' iooi, 'ne oa.e