The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-07-30
A WORD TO FOREIGN CITIZENS.

who have acquired the right Of suffrage, vii
readily discover in section 20 Of the registra
ton law, the true object Of the Radical Legis
lature in their enactment Of such a statute
Nine -tenths of the foreign born voters of thi
State and city are anti-Republican in polite
: and bitterly opposed to negro rule To coun
teract their influence and reduce their votes a
the polls, special provision Of law is mad
to impede their registration. We invite thei
attention to the following
Sec. 20. Be 1t further enacted, ETC, Tha
every person of foreign birth claiming RICH
to be registered SHALL in addition to the proc
, Of residence, prove that he has been natural
lied contormably to the laws Of the United
? st ties, and as evidence thereof he shall pro
, duce a certificate of naturalization under the
seal Of the court in which naturalization tool
place, dull attestted by the Jerk of the court
in his own proper hand writing, and shall
prove w the oath Of two qualified electors o,
the election precinct that he is the person
named in the said certificate. and the per
son to whom it was issued, and shall fur
ther answer upon oath to the salts
faction Of the supervisor or assistant
supervisor of registration before whom
the said certificates may be produced,
When and where he was born, and when and
where he obtained the certificate, and from
whom and the said certIcate shall not be
evidence that the person presenting 1t Is a
naturalized citizen unless his answers be con-
sisteni with the facts certified and the proof Of
his identity be satisfactory to the supervisor
or assistant supervisor Of registration, and
| upon such proof being made to t satistac-
ton OF the supervisor or assistant supervisor
of registration, but not otherwise, he shall
/ ha of he o1o %ho
registration book, and shall stamp or write on
the said certificate of naturalization the word
registered" with the number and precinct
| Of the ward or parish and the date Of registry
| and add thereto his official signature.
| simple legal certificate of naturalization,
| under the seal of the court in which the natl-
lalization took place, will not be sufficient to
satisfy the supervisor Of the right of a natu.
ralized citizen to vote. He must submit to be
| catechized and Intercepted upon irrelevant
points, and otherwise annoyed and detained,
will be required to take with him two other
persons to prove his identity; and if, after all
of this unnecessary and vexatious delay, sun
less his answers be consistent with the facts
certified, and the proof of his identity be salts
factory 70 Ms supervisor" he will not be per-
mitted to register.
Contrast this crcumlocution end red-tape-
ism. which surrounds the registration OF
foreign citizens, with the strict Injunction
upon the registrars to afford every facility to
tine negroes, by going to their houses, and the
anim,s and object will be apparent The
foreigner will see that he is regarded by the
Republican party as secondary in importance
to the negro. That although he may have
been resident Of the State for forty years
and filled the highest offices Of honor and
trust, yet he is not entitled, under the regis |
tration law, to that consideration and respect |
which are accorded to the ignorant negro who |
has just been released from the bonds OF
slavery. It is believed that he will vote for
white men, for the Democratic ticket, and
hence he is classed as an enemy, and fit
subject for every species of legislation that
will discriminate against both his interests
md political rights
And yet in the face of this fact and others
ust as palpably outrageous, some few foreign
citizens have permitted themselves to be de-
'eived and misled by the empty promises OF
ome designing Republican demagogues and
political aspir,ants who hope to use, for their
'wn interest, the votes of these deluded for
igners. In few instances Republican clubs
AVE been organized composed entirely of
aturaliZed citizens who have been made to {
elieve that in the Radical party their peculiar
aterests will be best sub,erved. notable | {
lstance of this is the Butchers Association t
republican Club. The members Of this As Il
oclation, in their special calling have been &
,ade the victims of Radical legislation in the i
ast. 1t they will but palse aud consider the a
haracter OF the present registration law and
lalyse its features, they will be convinced v
lat it is terrible blow aimed specially at L
len and to all others who were unfortunate T
Rough to be born abroad with white faces d
When they realize this fact, let us hope that u
leir own good sense and their well known "
.sire for good government and the prosper "
' OF the country. will induce them TO sever
eir connection with base and unsrrapu- e
rs party, that contempates only the spolia- 81
on OF the country and the oppression OF the o.
,ople b
In conclusion we invite every foreign citi- c.
II Of whatsoever nation 10 look closely at p
e effort being made by the Republican party h
deprive han Of his right of voting by en- al
mbering the registration Of naturlizel d,
liens with every kind OF difficulty, annoy 0,
&c aud delay. Let them rebuke this I'M
rmnted and nnprovoked outrage upon their vi
litictl privileges by registering ut all haz- he
Is and unanimously voting the white Dem Is
ratio ticket the ticket OF the purity that has pl
er been the friend and protector OF the -.
eigner.
EMPLOYMENT FOR WHITE MEN. hmm Our wor-
7 aad entrrprisins tellow-citzen, H. T. 90
wl-r, Esq, is devotin, much OF his time to Fu
good WORK of securing employment for H,
ustrions and sober white men, in place OF ~