The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07

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DTsFRANCHIsED SEVENTY THOUSAND MEN.
The County Court Clerks were appointed
registrars, and they registered men who
were opposed to the then ruling dynasty,
which soon became extremely odious. The
result was that, when they saw that power
was departing from them, the Legislature,
by an act passed May 8, 1865, set aside the
whole registration that had been made, and
put the power OF appointing registrars into
the hands of the Governor.
This law annulled and declared void all
the certificates issued under the first law,
and thus DISTINGUISHED every man in the
State, Notwithstanding they had acquired u
right under the law of the Legislature TO
vote-a right that is regarded in England as
sacred as the right to property. Under this
law the Governor appointed the commits
sioners of registration, and experience has
shown that he selected for this position'men
who generally had
MORE REGARD FOR MAKING RADICAL
VOTER
than to fairly execute the law. 1t o te-
can't evident, however, that even under this
law, administered as 1t was in the interest
Vi Ine nauicai parry aiu " y peopio,
the hadicas could not reta,h lle powel'lcy
had so outrageously ABUSED, anu = mew anu
more stringent and sweeping disiranchise-
ment became a party necessity. Inns re-
suited in the passage of the franchise law OF
Feb. 25, 1867, which again DISTINGUISHED
every man in the State, and under which
large numbers of men who had certificates
could not be again registered. But Radi-
callsm dla hot sIopiele, rearits 'naIovoi
MS law me cSuiu noO so.a ni'Ju:iSy
OF the White voters Vi sne oIa'e W salr.loh
their Outrageous usulpasloiS, the naui Gan
ehlraicliseu sne hosrooo' any, iIoS uan'
snoula 10. se,ye Ine purposes ., ., ome hor;ninr
low dynasty, vney pa' ST. "a" aoa;.tra.;ns
tne Governor 70 80. asiue .no iosls ~;
Oh any county, anu Ihen appoih' hnoie pr
anu tool 10 no
TIE DlkTf WORK ARMED ouI foh HIM I'M
IL was 80 apparent thao che nrse iaws
Would hot accomplish Ine purposes nl.eiiaeu
that tDe Governor OF MS owl mo.lon' us
irancnsed twehtyIelSho Oh tne greas Goun-
ties Oh lehhessee py Que sweePlns eulo' L Io,
cause they hau Votea lor men hosIiie W mn
anu the creatures he "ah'eo W Noop III
power. 49, roa,,,o.uuo do.oa
In ms ni es W sne sid. '"''1
NOV. lo' 1000, tne uoyernor say.
"befeVihg tnaG an appllcal' lol Ieslssla,
tlon must eitner 10 khoWh W have poon
man OF puDhcly known Union seiltlineiiIs az
all Times, OF must proGuce Prooi uiluel ouIn
that he comes Wlthln Ihe provisions VI eho
law, nave, ID the applicatloh OF Inls con-
structlon, 'throWh OUT ana not Cahun ihIo
AprnllII Line VObHS lHSu Ill LUc IOllOW lIlS
countles as iliesa,iy legls1eleu, G nady'
HAWKINS, hcMiiih, Monroe' HhGlss, ul'nIy'
van Bulen, Whlte, fuCnam, oaIhs1,i, ma
con, Cohee, franKiih' Marshan, nenIoi'
Williamson, Dawson, 1uulher' nope,Ison'
Cheatham, Maury, humphreys mon.-
gomery, Stewart, Lawrence, ulDsoh' weak
ley, Madison n Lauaerdale.
"The entire vote OF the STATE is ol,tooi
emitting the vote iIegally reslsleleu, ~ Is
reduced TO 39,ooV. but l mlst repeaS lla'
there can be no douDt Dut IhaI d large por-
ton or the voters III Inc counVes l nave
been constrained 10 reJect WereJus'ly ehtliieu
to certificates II the law mao peeh compleu
with. L sincerely regret lnae ioyal men
should be deprived OF thelr v0tes ny tHe
fault or mistake OF others. Inc REMEDY,
lies in a new registration, whlch nope VIII
be at once ordered' lof, having acteu III .nls
lf = WIZ LII Sn aonanaiiod haroaftor ~
~ msny oinatians hoId r. tho co,,nt;es in,
9islesa'u . ~ nonot o0 ;,ionoII, roa;starod y
uiI TG;u na'Ia nnt saua thoS, and fbe other
n1 hao" .afauroJ 70 ware nassed where
Jaws Law son;ae.ars onnointod hv Tho Gov
W, VIZ" 81 :" ra,iSinr a man nnder all
o .hn ,m;to.;ono aT1 rastr;ctions imnosed
'no m~as a.;n nou,or ,yas o;yen nv the
Jpn .non tha Gtnuornor
nesla..1 W r,uN TIAr ppo,srp , rroN
~ = A.iD n.hon raa;strars In the;r
niaces. I will refer particularly to only one
~ tbo laroest counties in the State, the
county of Henry. The registration was set
aside in that county, which contained three
thousand legal voters, only a few days be-
fore the election. and a new registrar was
anneinted who onlv registered nineteen men
and the county of Henry could only cast
that votel During the time all this was 90
;n% an yben ali these arbitrary powers
wsre oiven r. the Governor. he himself was
n candidate for election: and in 1867, when
tbo TaaisIatnre was elected that sent him to
tho Senate. and at which he was elected
Governor' the State was ~disfranchised down
IN the verv lowest possible point.
NV WAC .,,owpn tn
hAiA AM vorr
.u,o.u 10 r,,. ,roun ~ ho in favor If the
qnless he was r Aho W. ~ Gouornar .ud on.
LeglsiaIure anu Oh S snt t uovof di1 no an nrd y,
posea = every.ning Una S snes ~ ufu T rU
pr tnese isw a u ;ne r ona'e .. :, y Ii cvcIo,
are an " pG iDui ny houo ;n nomr iihro-
pieuias' wn miI, sU ,rn O." 70 them Tbev will
rieS, II you VIII uiu tho ,on0s &c Tannossaa
all De Iounu AIMING tno laws '" c