Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-09
THE COURTS PERPETUATING
FRAUD AND INJUSTICE.

he lnterposltlon OF the judiciary.
5ov. Senter has found it necessary
% remove a large number of regis
,rars because of notorious corrup-
ion and malfeasance in Officer
These registrars have acted as
.hough they were parties to con-
'piracy to keep as many men from |
voting as possible who would not |
vote the Radical ticket for the can
didates of their choice. Thousands
Of white men, who clearly come
within the provisions of the fran
chise law, have been prevented
from voting by the arbitrary ae-
ton of registrars in different
counties, solely because they would
not vote, or it was suspected they
would not vote as the registrars de-
sired. The attention of Gov. Sen+l
ter was directed to the course of
these registrars, and he determined
that there should be a full and i'm
partial registration of the voters of
the State. This he announced in
his speeches at the opening of the
canvass, declaring that he would
remove every registrar who failed
or refused to do his duty. He has
carried out this pledge in quite a
number of instances, but the judi
ciary steps in to interpose its pow
er to the enforcement Of his de
mand for faithful and honest exc
cution of the law. The very
men who applauded Gov. Brown
low for removing registrars and
setting aside the registration OF
whole counties because a registrar
happened in an honest interpreta-
ton of the law to give certificates
Of registration to so many Demo
Gratis as to endanger the success OF
the Radical party, are the most &C.
tive new in seeking to prevent Gov.
Sentar from removing registrars
who use their Offices to advance
partisan purposes. 1t is certainly
an anomalous state of affairs to find
Judges using their power to
thwart the Governor in his efforts
to secure an impartial administra-
ton of the laws. If the Governor
was seeking, as Brownlow did,
to perpetuato the iniquities per
petrated by partisan registrars,
then there would be just reason fol-
these Judges to interpose. But il
is not for this purpose that they is,
sue injunctions against the appoin,
tees of Gov. Senter. 1t is to retain
men in Office who will continue tC
execute the law in a partisan sense
that is for the benefit of one candi'
date and against the other. Here
is case in point. Speaking of the
removal of the registrar for Maury
county, and the war made upon
Gov. Senter for doing SO, the
GAINESVILLE Patriot (RadicaD says
"The history of this matter is pecu'
liarly interesting. Last fall direction:
were sent to Columbia, to register all WHIT
would vote for Arnell. The result wa:
that Seymour got very tiatterlng vote
Harris, Gilmore, Ferris & Co., were in
doubt about the election of an Arnell mar
to the Legislature in 1869, so they i'm
portuned the Governor until he declared
void certain part Of the registration, and
appointed Tom Harris, the Rebel Lieu
tenant who figured so conspicuously a
Bowling Green, and who used to delight
his auditory by showing how
Union man had "squealed" wher
he shot him; and whose boast was tina
he had arrested the first Union man eVel
arrested at Bowling Green. The Journ
al favors its readers with certain cores
pondence which is rather racy. First /:
the letter of Frank Hyberger, Private
Secretary, informing Tom that the Gov
ernor had seen proper to appoint another
registrar. We were surprised that tn
Governor did not take this step sooner
as Tom was then a candidate for tn
Legislature, and was making his election
foregone conclusion"
A great ado was made over thu
removal of the registrar for Maury
county, who had prostituted his of
fee to the purpose of electing Ar
nell to Congress, and was using /
to elect himself to the Legislature
Here is Radical testimony as to his
corrupt course, yet when these fact
were brought to the attention o
Gov. Senter by Radicals, and thu
Governor removed him, he wa
abused without stint To a bette
understanding of the animus OF the
war which is beng waged upor
Gov. Senter for removing regis
trars, and to which the judiciary i;
lending its power and influence, VT
invite attention to a synopsis OF the
remarks of Gov. Senter at Nc
Minnville the other day, touching
his purpose to have the law faith
fully executed, as reported by thu
McMinnville New Era. That pa
per says: '
''In his remarks at McMinnville, il
reference to the class of citizens entitled
to registration, Gov Senter said, that al
persons who were registered under any
officer authorized to register voters were
now clearly, by the decision of the Su'
preme Court, entitled to the elective
franchise; that all persons who would
make affidavit that they would have voted
in either of the elections designated in
the franchise act, if it had been conve.
nient to dc so, are also entitled to be reg
istered taat all young men coming Of
age since the war, and who took no active
part in the rebellion, are also entitled 70
be registered and that all persons who
were forced into the rebeIlion-by means