The Van Buren press., 1870-09-20

EE The following extract is from an
article of the Little Rock Gazette, on the
+" Imperative Duty of the Hour" which
we commend to the voters ofthe Sd Con
gressional Districts
ltmay be interesting as well as profit
able and instructive to consult few sug-
gestive facts on this profit. In the first
registration had in this State, under the
Reconstruction acts, thero wers register
ed, in round numbers, 70,e3U y oote. 10
whom 10000 were Conservative. But of
this number only 10000 voted dyainst
the Constitution, thereby ST., .A.ng that
there were 1900 Conservative voters
who did not participate in that election.
In the next registration prior to the
Presidential election in 1868, there were
not more than $4,000 Conservative voters
that could be induced to register at all.
Showing that there were from $4,000 to
10000 qualified Conservative electors in
the State who refused to register. And
what was the result? A Radical victory,
of course, but nothing to biag about, so
oNiiie NsAo ~, ouphiIS Ao ~ NIl, tlluI tnt
Conservatives, even with loss of 10000
voters who refused to register, came very
near carrying the State anyhow Look
at the returns in the Congressional Dis
tricts, how deeply significant they are
Rogers was elected and gothis certificate,
though three of the strongest Conserva-
tive counties in his District were ruled
out by martial law. Cameron was dc
clared beaten by II majority of l6. Al
though there were seven of the strongest
Conservative counties in his District
ruled out by martial law and it is a no
torious fact, which we have often heard
conceded by Radicals themselves, that
Cameron failed to get his certificate of
election, and afterwards failed to oust
Roots from his seat by simply failing to
prosecute his rights. Nash was declared
defeated by Boles by majority Of only
800, when there were three times that
number of Conservative voters, that re-
fused to register in Washington county
alone; and not less than 5000 others in
the remaining counties Of his district
Had Cameron prosecuted his rights, and
had our friends in the Northwest, gene
rally, registered, instead Of one we would
have had three Conservative members of
Congress! Are these fscts not impor-
tant to consider? Are they not instruct
lively suggestive? Do they not show
beyond doubt that our Conservative re
verses have heretofore been due, more to
our own inaction and neglect of duty
than to Radical frauds or Radical votes
In view Of all these facts, then, let us
all try and do better next time; and let
us try and get that foolish notion out of
our heads that the Radicals can beat us
and will beat us, by fraud, in spite Of
whatever majority We poll against them
We have never yet tried the experiment
Of registering and voting our fall
strength or anything like it, live should
happen to act scnsibly this time and bring
out something like our full strength it
would make wonderful difference in
deed in our prospects and in the future
destiny of our State! Let us then-all
Of US, make one more honest effort, in
this campaign, to save our county from
the rule and ruin of Radiealsm--let every
man register and vote, who is entitled by
law so to do, and our word for it, glo-
rious success will crown the effort Please
take our word for it and try"