The weekly Louisianian., 1873-01-11

l iorms Tor registsaation purposes.
I Previous to the election every i
daoement was put forward by Il
.fDemocrats TO procure the votes
rfcolored men, even to the placing
! i colotissd man en- their ticket, 1,
: the purpose II exhibiting to the GO
+ ored voter the desire t. give hi,
j, representation, while on the STUN
the Democrstic orators publicly a,
Enounced that; the placing ofa colo
ed man there was for the purpoe
Of trying a political experimen
and thst they had given him an ir
significant Office for that purpos,
Finding that the colored men wer
determined TO vote the Grant Re
Publican ticket throughout, the
give up their schemes, and proceed
led to downright i1aod.
F. This scheme was abandoned, an,
tthe campaign conduct to it's clos
by the Wholesale denanciation o
the ''nigger," and appealing to th'
white peole to exert themselves t.
keep the negro out Of Office.
In no single instance, to tn
knowledge Of this committee. wa.
there o single Republican com
missioner Of election. Throughout
the entire State, appointed at an,
poll, the election being exclusivel,
managed and controlled by the
Demooratic party Of the State, b,
aud with the connivsnce Of Govern.
|or Fl. @. Warmoth and his supervi.
sors Of registration.,
These were some of the di&cu,.
ties by which the colored voter was
surrounded in bis attempt to exer.
else the right citizenship. Again in
several parishes counties] double
set Of ballot-boxes were provided
for each election poll, in one OF
which boxes persons registered in
1872 were permitted to vote, and the
votes counted therefrom, while in
other boxes were placed the votes
of colored men who had registered
previous for the year 1872. and
which were not counted nor return
ed by Warmoth's commissioners and
supervisors of election. By this
means not less than $4,000 to 2o, 900
colore1 voters were deprived OF
their right Of suffrage. .r.
Again: In the parish Lcounty] Of
Madison where the colored vote is
nix to ono in excess Of the white
rote. but three boxes were. counted
md the remainder throwa into the
liver or made away with. In the
parish Of ST. James, giving . Re-
majority, and which has
heretofore given a colored majority
i eighteen hundred, the returns
we're suppressed BY the Warmoth
board. In the parish
county, Of ,1berville giving . Re- |
publican majority Of over two thou |
and, no return Of the election held |
'as made by the Warmoth retprn-
ng board In the parish Of st.
11artin, giving a;Repnblican majon-
: Of from four to six, hundred,
hero was no return made. In the
arish Of Iberia, giving . Repubh
IN msjority Of 6ye. hundred, there
Eas no return made In Caddo. in
rder to obtain : Liberal majority,
My six election precincts were spro-
ided for nsteaa of~ ~slevsa as here
'toee, and two pals. giving RE-
abloan nnajorityof overeight hum
rcd, wvsssss MT oounted ths Iibere
F DsmoccrAsc candidates them
lives assisting n destroying the.
allott- boxes and suppresaing the
ntaooossnt Of IL being almostI
n.luuiiuo ously Republ bliosn. III tbs
aitish II Bdsr TIE, hau,ds xssrs s
I, ,,lc,olnpl d 81 rr.,xdi;;ng ths col,
I'd man hon khe Polb aby arned
,diss Of men. This \ bsplzish
,oo,d,nH] ID 1hich ov,iesf,t' Z th1tse hun
"a cololed men - mn disred
nlds. a.. IN H. parish q East
sbsh Dd tlss eleotiieu ia K
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