New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-21
HOW TIE ELECTION Is 10 BE CON
ST0ERT0

people and The white people voted side bs
side withou. any demonstration q VIC
ience on either part. we are also COM
| PEELED 70 6eciase tina: This 2eaces1lnesS
had its Objectionable features, which the
| judiciary is nor Investigating; - Congress
vas won: 20 investigate worse ones Sor1
! Years ago. The satisfaction winch "
| felt - he popular tranquility was m"fEe6
bv the knowledge shat the law was being
violated quite as ettecsually ~ occult
ways as i: had beer previously violated il
an open and disogdegly fashion. It is no
more satisfactory % Us 70 be cheated See
reilly :haD i Is to Ic defranded publicly,
and the pleasure tina: was derived from
seeing our party tolerated a. i deserved
to be in q free and intelligent communlt:
was embittered BY the knowledge that the
quiet and honorable example which
the electors displayed was not supported
by the actions Of the officers in
charge Of the important issue. The
| Law Of Congress seeks not only peaceful
elections but il seeks fair and equitable
elections, and these were not gouchsafed
| in this State on the first Monday III No
| vember. And it is our business to come
! plain against Che action .: she agents ot
the people just as it is to compliment the
people upon THEN own good conduct. 4
great victory was won when the Toters
were persuaded 70 re1ax their prejudice8
and to contend side ~ side as freemen,
and not as foernen, for their political tao
vorites; but this victory was blurred ana
marred By DEVICES that selfish men cor
c0cted in their own behalf.
In the first place. then, without going
away from home, the registration offices
were conducted in @ manner to aggravate
and provoke the people out Of their
patience, by which means many Repub.
Ecans were deprived Of their rights. II
the second place. the polling places we've
not advertised for the information OF the
citizens until the Conservatives themselves
were constrained 20 find fault This state
ment, capable Of ample support, esfab'
fishes the animus that pe.y"ded The &C.
ton Of the officials before the election:
and then the sudden arrest Of sundry
ignoran: coiored people because they
could not answer. OF the spur Of the mo-
ment. rapid political catechism, assisted
in driving from the polls large number
Of iega! voters. Going from home. we
find that in Caddo parish the polling
places were established az points remote
from the mass Of tile Republican voters,
and proclamation Of these was delayed
until il was TOO late for the people % avail! !
themselves Of theig rights in the premises.
In Ouachita thc polls were advertised /,
in one place and opened il another, By !?
which strategy four hundred negroes were !
required to foot it fox twelve miles. from |
ono place to another, in oyder to deposit |!
their ballots. III Jefferson parish. the |
registration that was intended Tor one end |
Of the parish hid itself il the most obscure ,
corner. and the supervisors could only BE !
forced 10 act fairly ty the interference 81
the federal authorities. IN Baton Rouge
the REGISTRATION lists were destroyed or
lost. Jy Which means fifteen hundred
were virtually ejists"nchised.
and SO on % the end.
It gyili be sec2! from Hiis 9ecapituIation
Of facts thas - are justified in compl'
Denting the people :os thei, leaca5ulness.
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