The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-08-05
THE LAST INFAMY.
ALEXANDRIA,
Aug. 8, 1S74.]

] On carefully reading the Act No ST
155, known as the new Reg stratlon
Law, recently approved and signed
by kellogg, the infamous we are
forced to the conclusion that every
effort will be made under the law TO
take from US the last remnant OF our
political rights.
For cool and calculated tyranny
and untiring persecution of patient
and oppressed people, this law has
no parallel in the history Of Republl-
can institutions. It is a deliberate
death blow aimed against our liber-
ties-not only intended to render US
powerless to resist usurpation IN the
future, except by an appeal to arms
but meant also to burden our people
more previously than ever by the
reckless and unnecessary expendl-
ture of public money in carrying out
it's provisions.
In approving this Act Mr.. Kellogg
certainly gives our people more Gre
dit than they claim for tame and
submissive patience under the sting
inc lash of tyranny. He places too
fattering an estimate upon our pow
ers of endurance when he asks us to
submit in meek humility to this new
outrage upon our rights. Its practl-
cal effect will be to deprive us OF the
privileges of suffrage, to burden the
Parishes with an additional debt
and to place in the hands OF himself
and his party, the fortunes and tate
Of our people.
If we do not resist the execution
of this lew in the spirit in which L
l is framed-if we do not rise in arms
: in every Parish where its enforce
0 ment is attempted, an d tell TIL
= lordly tyrant that we veto his bill il
n the name of liberty and Of our com
S mon manhood, we will find ourselve
e bound hand and foot, with no hop
+ of peace or prosperity or liberty i
y the future for ourselves or for thos
: to come after us. The reign OF des
: potism, ignorance and corruptlo
u will have become permanent in gu
5. State, and our posterity will hav
> transmitted to them a heritage
e humiliation and shame which WI
m cause them, when looking upon the
s. misfortunes, to remember us only
u curse our memory. t4
u, It is tatamount to declaration
" WAR against our people, and thu
have no alternative but open al
armed resistance. ! know that "
will not have the space in your pap
. nor the patience to reprint all its v
- famous provisions, will thereto
-, notice some of the more oppressi
and threatening features of the az
:. AS to the cost of enforcing tt
- law. it will be seen that every la
= tude is given to the officers to be q
~ pointed under it to plumber our pu
%. lie treasures.
Section / Of the Act provides tt
- Kellogg shall appoint for two ye;
.+ from the date of appointment, a p
-. son to be known as State Registl
: . of voters, with a salary of $4,000 ]
- annum, a chief clerk at $500 and
!. assistant clerk at $1,000 per annu
~, to be paid monthly out of the trea
= nv of the State on their own warrar
H. Section 4 authorizes the State
"a gistrar to rent an office in the city
-, = New Orleans, at the rate OF $500
,,,d month, to be paid by the State,
tho as many other offices as he may tn
MI necessary, to be paid for by the
-, of New Orleans, and with no limit
fol- to rent.
~, Section II allows the Registrar
+ho PURCHASE, at the expense OF
Stste, all the books, blanks, pap
stationery, ETC., as he may think
cessary, to enable the Supervisor
tin, perform their duties" It will
trail seen by the significant ct cetera
ON tanned in this section that no lin
nor placed the extent Of purch'
and the Registrar may make.
ana, Section 10 provides that one
I'M pervisor shall be appointed by
con- logg for each Parish except the
s of ish of Orleans.
sug- By Section Is each Parish Su
eous visor is to receive compensation
our the rate of S. per day for sixty d
us to be paid by the Parish treas
ause and Section 16 allows each Sup
,r.- sor two clerks at a compensate
e in S.. so per day, also to be paid by