New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-27

Excess OF CO!OTeC Icluditb wv"
This disparity in the males and females
OF the two races, respectively, shows that II
the ratio of one to five is = correct basis
upon which 70 estimate the voting capacity
OF the white race. with its excess OF 399.
males. a different and lever ratio would be
necessary 10 ascertain the voting capacity
of the colored race, with its excess O1 Obs2
females.
80. II is well known that many Repub
licans, white and colOred, under the leader
ship of Warmoth, Sheridan, Campbell
McMillen and Armstead, the colored candi
date for Secretary of State, voted the Fusion
BILE doubt OF the election of that ticket.
fairly and by large majority
Now, admitting for the sake OF argument
that all the statements are correct, and the
deductions logical Except the last para
graph. which has been so often and SO thor
Ougkly disproved that its further discussion
would be merely a waste Of time and paper J,
Mr.. Marrs committee present pr.M& f0cts
a very good case, but the careful omission,
whether intentional or not do not propose
even to conjecture. Of the fact that OF the
white males over twenty one years old. up
wards OF fifteen thousand are aliens, not
citizens and therefore not qualified to regis
ter cr entitled to vote. destroys the whole
fabric, and they must begin again at the
very foundation, if they desire to establish
any fac, by their exhibit Of figures.
lie. uS turn to this very census OF 1870,
upon which they so fondly rely. On page
6I9. in the three last columns we find thai
out of the total population OF Louisiana il
1870 there were
White males twenty.one years and upwards. 1906
Co.oyed males tweLty-one years and upwards 86Sl
total 5s.'
But the total of male citizens is given al
i5909l difference Of very nearly $1,000 te
be deducted from the voting strength Of
The whites. as by tho results OF the
war all coiored males above .hs
age Of twenty one years became
citizens. Thus, deducting from the total
white males over twenty-One years - ,056
this number Of aliens or nOn-citizens IA ,31S
we obtain the aggregate OF the White voting
population 72,0SS. against an aggregate col
ored voting population Of So,9I3. which
shows . clear majority in favor OF the
colored voters of II, ,S!5, 20 which must be
added the 1000 or 5000 whites who habitu
ally vote the Republican ticket, to say
nothing Of the considerable number oi
colored men of such light complexion that
few persons would at the frs. glance ques-
ton their color and many OF whom are
known 70 have been ciasscd as white by the
censlls marshals in 1870.
Most of this alien or non-voting popuia'
ton is resident in New Orleans, as is shown
by the fact that out Of q, 4oo foreign born
males over twenty-One in this city, the
largest number ever registered as voters
was r., $50, in the fall Of 1868. when our
Democratic courts did land office bust.
ness in the naturalization line to the tune
Of 54S5 in that one year, exclusive OF the
first ward. in which the records were de-
strOyed during the riots. II further con-
tirmation OF the nOn-citizenship of hun
dreds of foreign uorn male residents of New
Orleans be needed, the numerous instances
that constantly required in our courts when
talesmen were summoned for jury duty prior
to the passage of the new enactments on that
subject can be produced IN evidence, as see
the files Of the Picay,tne and other Dem
ocratic papers. Time and again have mum
bers of our "Oldest and best" been excused
from serving on juries, civil and criminal.
upon their own plea Of nOn-citizenship. not
withstanding acknowledged residences ot
from ten to thirty years:
A volume could be written upon this su o.
ject, out the further We 60 into it. the worse
off do our Democratic friends appear, and
| think we have seen enough OF statistics TO
convice all reasonable persons, even MT.
Mari and his committee.
The second item in the address, to which
'AN ASACis As tAC 4ouOACA OCAUANA0eAeA1
OF the registration and election laws, and
then their administration by Republican officials.
Inc provisions OF the law prohibiting judi
clal interference in matters of registration
are identical with the law of 1870, under
which Mr.. Mars friends conducted the
registration of 1872. in which they man
aged to accumulate $1,000 voters in this
city, without questioning the legality or
proprety Of this obnoxious feature in the
law. The election law is that passed in the
session of 1872, but pocketed by Warmoth
until he thought by its signature and pro.
mitigation to evade the mandates of the
United States courts, aud serve the inter-
ests of the very party Of which Mr. Mari
and his committee were leaders. Would
not this complaint and appeal come with
better grace from these gentlemen noe if
they could appeal to the record OF Louis,
lsiana politics and show that they opposed
as ardently then these very laws which they
denounce as infamous. or had risen in arms
to prevent their smooth working in 1871
STATISTICS.