The weekly Louisianian., 1873-01-11

: fully tour-Aahs u the epiored X
ters failed to obtain new registrs
tion, not nom any fault Of thei
r Town #We1hdI in theicssryihg on
d Of the Instructions of the State "a
pe,vi3sr d registntiou-,-s paian
4 tool Of Govdfnor Warmo<h,s-th
following dambing facts: II
Language 10 alpost Inadequate Il
convey 10 the, pseph Of the Stat
and nation tho various modes ant
means resortsd 10. 10 depsivs citi
sens Of THAR inalisnabls rights K
register. and vote in accordance
with tho dictates Of their conscience
These means we're .resortsd TO ID
the case Of oo'orsl mens only, and
were systsmatio throughout the
State, - the following facts viii
show, sHs~.- -.%. 50 % ....'...
Al freedman, even Il his hair was
! white with age. having approached
q supervisor of registration, was
asked the following questions: "1n
what year were yon born9" II an
svsred "in the year 1885," he was
asked in what month, and again.
what day, and if he could not an-
swer these latter questions be was
relused registration until he could
swear that he was twenty-one. years
ofage. -: j .,s~s"..- : =
In many instances colored men
applying for registration who had
just become Of: age, were refused
registration without a written cer-
ti6cate that they we're twenty-one
years of age from their former mas
tors or mistroeses, the word or oath
Of their parents not being taken as
sufficient evidenceby the supervisors
Of registration. s>.s
In many, parishes [counties
where the colored voters outnum-
bered the whites in the rates of
trhee to one, a distinction, on &C.
count Of color, was made by putting
the colored men in line, while the
white men we're called pp to the
Office from the street and registered
at once; and on the ground that one
white man must register and then
q eooFed man. By actual obser-
vation it took ten minutes to regis
ter = white man, and no questions
we're put to him, and thirty minutes
10 register each eolered man.
White men wers permitted 10
,atse BY siPEivats entrance and
register, while crowds Of !. co.ored
nen we've waiting for registration
t the main door. ~ ss
Again, il hAs been sworn 10 and
'roved, in innumsrabls. cases. that
shers 4 ooaored man had given the
'ame Of John Johnsen. foriuatanoe
hat advantage MS taken Of his
gnorsncs. and upon the poll list
hs ,uumher of hiss rsgiatnation oez-
i6aate nnd,his nams mere entered
ifersntlE His Mans woula, .bs
'utdoxn AsJaok lohnson, and his
uraber. i sokpssly ,ixty -ssvsn,
.oah be sutsRsd on tho pail list ~ I
s7s'o Hs sse;ssrs&ion spapets fail l
e b. aeeaspponds with The poll lit {
u vste 1sstejeetad< Ths leaving :
f Of = single lettsr from, the same &
{ q red-stss---Rsr sample, il q
isnaaae. .vaeJ John Williams iitxas =
siitea John, iWiniAm, if Aatoih@,1 t
s|was writtss Eay. s>pa .zzs,I !
In msnyd the .pariahaes steean-j q
~ Who're Ahe, white man weEsi al q
lgistered and oolersd men sprssep- 8
d Themselves fox reeiatxakop, the b
,pervisors Of zeeisEatio tion,ahsolute. '
refused stD 1sa1sesf them, and q
tsed sp taf okss i,d aatsas ID, II
ia, so64hHdty tohv;1 spsAsd IL u =
y ID sondsa ittil1i rsoe t,1tl,'is u W pfo
/ and when u fllblsalilld lslld " ssarch, b
Da1d 90. h15m sses 70 sso5nsss lherel {
u u. n Ubsjsd. Asases ,i;sorsI 4
d. in som. 3. e.a.s. .ias ss,ssla
d t~sntY-6vs miller 81 4 single !
y Is fnd the snpeeviaors llIsa 81, ii iregs- !
1soasstn q nne..,.a. Of dsll.audai;ae daai; ;llbs,f i
olsd nan q H. night % vots On %
,cttion dayi 4 was y tie supervisors '
ting, when large numbsrs Of col =
ed men presented themselves for liz