Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-21
Communicated.

Mr.. EDITOR IL noticed your II
marks upon Registration in this pal
ish, in Your last issue REMARKS whie
hear, have elected tllreats Of yiolenc
Ito you or any one else 10 . sc 81 repe
tition. "A an not anil dssirons of il
: curriug Any b5tdrirty in any shaI,
vhstsser, but Il certainly sllall not b
detirred from doing Shat1 think IN,
duty by the vapouring of any B0mbas
tea Farioso who has unfortunately
been dressed up with little brief au
thcrity, ana is playing tricks, which i
they do not make Angels weep, Ger
! tainiy causesil reaectisg mensto smile
4 Ny Object then is to warn our Repub
4 iicau colcTed citizens aGains a heirauds
which are now in the-couTse Of being
practised against them throughout the
State, BY Registrars Hgier instructions
from their former prof ssed friend, the
Governor of the State, and his demo
cratic allies aud confdants. Every
effort is being made by them in aceor-
danes 70 apreviously ayowed inten-
sion and plan, to prevent full regis
frati,n OF the scoiored republican vote,
and hence ii behoovrs you to neglect
no means to have yourselves register.
edeyen if cu are thereby compelled
to suffer loss in your crops, for il is
better TO do that than loose your poll
1tical rights. s 1910 sHni4g Ioi =
You 1ccnpy principally tie bottom.
lands within the limits Of the parish "A
spasss ofcountry eItendiug over sixty 4,
five miles, and You have hut three
places convenient to your habitations
within that space, fxed by the Super
visor of Registration to record your
names: unless sou go the Pinewoods
and register at the places flied frr the
white voters, SOME of which are not
more than FIVE miles apart, whilst |
thsse fixed your registration are thirty.
two and halt, therefore, unless you
do this YOU will not he registered. |
This is one of the DEVICES of the demo
cratic party to destroy your streng, b |
and get possession of the State, and
thereby cartaii ycur suffrage. ah8i /
VOC have ample time to house your
corn crop which do at once and if
more convenient places of registration
are not opened to you within the dis.
trict OF the parish extending from the
bayou Cotile down Rapides; Robert
and bayou Beuf to the mouth of the
INIT Power, the lower limit iof THE pa
rish, AN extent of country over sixty
five miles, abandon the sugar and cot.
ton fields, and follow the registrars ON
loot il uecessary, to each and ever, !,
place in the parish fixed Tor registia.
ton and register, for if these frauds or
Obstacles to a full and free rpgistra-
ion are connived at aid abetted by
The planters, they cannot blame you il !
son fake any ainl every lawful means
10 Overcome them, even II their crops
should be sacrificed or suffer in conse.
luence. @ - eT l
I
s'' Eternal vigilance il the price of
liberty" and if lost money will never
'estore it. With you there should be
40 citoice between liberty and the
'erge of death by starvation. It you
ire driven 10 these extreems the
'auses are traceable to the Democra-
&c party and the burden OF responsi.
'iiity il fixed upon them andn upon 4
iou. Hesitation is acquivelent to de-
eat in.political moyes, therefore if you
hesitate OF divide in this onr.i your de-
Eat is inevitable. and q coiored man
sia never again be sent As q represen-
alive to any Legislative hall, in the
southern States.
1t JON are willing to see this result,
md the defeat OF the Republican Par.
Y in this State, for the sake of little
otton corn or money. after the trea
ure that been lavislied and the blood
hat has been sh d, 10 accomplish sour .
rtrtlo,n, it will only prove what che I
democrats and enemies OF freedom say ,
4 you that you are not worthy Of it, ,
MI only fit to lie returned to the sta I
ION IN which you were born. "''. % I
~ Last week we neglected the /,
'lrasant duty Vt calling attention to
he fact. that our accommodating and {
t,lite Nout,p friend md 1nup ut,;,., | I