The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-09-23
oaicial Circular Relating to Regis.
tFatiOn.
srATE 81 WEsT YIRoINlA,
RxEcuEIyBsD DEPARTMENT.
SW1R1 iSi71JT, sSiSt 11tif. Nff3O. 4
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Registration and Township hegBfa9,
issued from this Department on The 18th
day OF June, 1870, q concerted and mis-
ehieyous plot to subvert the plaineSt pro-
visions OF our State Law, regulating the.
registration Of voters, has been inAugu-
ratedin many counties. The parties en-.
FACED In It have seized upon the act Of
Congress entitled IAN Act TO enforce the
right of citizeus Of the United States 70
vote, 81" approved May StstI 1916
reenerally known as the igAbtl 70 enforce
lie XVII Amendment to tile Gopstitu.i
tlon of the United states'sl and by false
and violent construct ons Of Its pFoEis3
ions, sought to convert it into Gu instfHie
ment of terror With which to fhtinidatei
the Registrars, Boards Of Registfat i6B,
and Election Officers. So far has this
scheme been carried out, that tie Re si
trafs indll- the counties were thte6tened
with fine and Imprisonment Y they ~.
fused to do as these selt.constitlted inter-
prefers Of the law demanded. IN many
counties the Registrars were arrested
and placed under heavy bonds to appear
before the United States District Court
and in other counties were lodged In, the
common iails; all this because these otH-L
GERS declined 10 violate the ,oaths they,
had taken, BY putting upon the reg tiers.
Of yoters The names Of persons sdisquali.
fed to vote under the Constitution and.
laws OF the State Sif :saio 80
AS sodnAs the violent pro eedingSthus
instituted could be- brought before the
proper authorities, they were, declafed
illegal, and at once ordered to be dismiss
Cd. When the Attorney General Of the
United States was appraised n Tie prose
cutions Instituted against Registrar, he
promptly ordered their discontfnuance as
Illegal the Grand Jury, Of the session ot
the United States District Court held at
Clarksburg, on the 24Lh day OF August,
1870, failed u lind I" Hngie Indictment
against the i Registrars while the decision
Oh the Hon. Hugh j! Bond, Judge Of the
An udicial, Circuit Of, The United, States,
in the McIlYee la bSGS seoyTlI1 case heard
on the 26th ult, at Martinsburg, swept
away the hast Shado W i,lof .as ptetetlse re-
naming to those who. had commenced
prosecutions against tho Z State officers.
By the proceedings Just rected, u VIA be
seel, that the State authorities have been
fully sustainedlin their construction given
tothe HEhfof cement a Ct' tof Con- res, and
lin the instructions issued to the Boards 81
Registration and other officers h0se duty
lit Is TO execute the laws of the State. ~ y
Your duty, therefore, Is plain. Execute
the law relating To- the registration OF
voters, as formerly Instructed, fearlessly
and impartially; not permitting yourselves
for a, moment to be deferred By. 7intimida-
ton; threats of prosecution otSXioleqce;
exclude no citizenfroni Fegistrad onl who
Is entitled to vote; register no one who Is
not entitled to vote. In thus honestly
executing the law, you will be sustained
with whatever power is at my commands
The attempted subyersfon Of the laws
of the State and the questions raised by
it. make it necessary that ] should sug-
gest few Instructions to Boards Of Reg
istratiqn in addition 70 these tho already y
| gwen idf E.a,I 81 i ~ eE !! selro. yisg.i
siiWheuever the Board Of Registration Is
Of opinion, AFTER examination Of the
registers Of voters returned by the Regis
trars, that any person whose name has
been registered Is not a qualified voter,
for any cause mentioned IN section Of
article ofthe Constitution Of w. Va. the
last clause 'oI which provides, that mo
person who, since the list day Of June,
eighteen hundred and sixty one, has given
or Shall give; voluntary aid or assistance
to the rebellion against the .. 8. shallibe
allowed TO vote at any election therein
unless he has volunteered into the military
or naval service Of the United States, and
has been, or shall be honorahly discharged
thefefrom, = It Will be the duty Of the
Board IN every case, as well where such
person was required by the registrar 70
lake and subscribe the oath described in
section IS OF chapter : 8 Of the Code Of
West Virginia, wfi6f6h6 was not sore.
quired, to causea notice observed at least
three days before the return day thereof up
on such person 70 appear at their regular
meeting on the fist Monday in October,
to show cause II any he can, why his
name shall not be stricken from the regis
ter of voters. Such notice should be Issued
and served in conformity with sections 81,
IS and 81 Of said chaptcr.S,5 II such,per.
son does not appear! as required! Ysald
notice, or it appearing he does not sprOye
to tho satisfaction Of the Board that he Is
a qualified voter the township in which
he has been registered" twill Tbe the
duty Of the Board to strike hisg name
from the register Of voters. = Y Itsiwill be
| perceived that by section IS, OF said chap
ter, tho Board has d right To bsk the party
\ who has been registered, and, that they
are Of opinion isn0t aiqnalified voter, any
question the Board may, deem necessary,
Il and has also right to examine, upon oath,
I sucii'wttnSss6s as f6sl B66fd may deem
proper, or, the party interested may pro;
Al duce for the same purpose; and, II after
hearing all the evidence, the Board us
mot satisfied that such persUnfs aiquall-
II fed voter, either because hesWasl In the
4 Confederate Army, or for any other cause,
I'itwill be the dirty Of the Board, no mat
ter. what oath he has taken or offers to
take, 10 strike hiSnamei nom the register
Of voters. You also see that BY section
SO Of said chapte 4, n if the Board cannot
get through at said TIgtLdf meetingon the
first Monday iii October, aor at any other
meeting with the business It has to, do. II
may adjourn from day TO day until the
business ts:c0mpleted:o .Fstl 2 q
i a4'''l' ", E, STEVENSON, GouSTfiOr;.t.
ii - 4 do n h - % ~ II 81
A Lie Upon President Grant Con-
\ d.. ,tTadicted., , !,
The New York sun Of Monday allowed
the notorious. James Fisk, Jr., 10 make j
statement in It's columnsthat Jay Gould
had paid President Grants subscription
Of $1,000 to theS Rawlins fundsaa The
Wheeling Rtgiastst, faithful to. is instincts
spreads Fisk's SfaISeho6dS before its read
es, with much ornamentation Of head
lines. Statements q such q character
from such source scarcely need contra