The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-25

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lnents Of tie usurper, AID tie result q the Gle:
to1 vas secured, beyond pscsd7eo1u1e. Il az
vaoce of the idle oerenon: og casting The 7ctes
Seeing TIE .npossibiuty Of obtaining 1sh 81
PRESTON or the popular viii under the 1nooa
trolled man; pulatio Of the usurpe1 snd lis ap
pointees number Of citizens, representing tn
most respectable and influential Of the popu.a
ton Of New Orleans, called upon MIR. Kellogg ans
requested him to select, from such names as the.
might furnish supervisors Of registration, to &C
! in conjunction with those appointed by him; 81
that to both parties might be secured peifectl
far registration and election, which no had de
! clsred it to be his purpose to afford. 1t IL al
most needless to add that this request wai
treated with Indifference, and the fraudulen
| registration was continued under the or1Bina
appOlntees.
1t WAS difficult for naturalzed citizens to obtair
| registration, and many white persons clearly en-
titled to registry were refused arbitrarily whilt
the colored people were furnished regisHatio-
papers on which, ia some instances, they cOull
vote in several different wards and the coioreC
crews OF steamboats, transiently visiting this
port were permitted to swell the number Of
voters. To test the power OF the Supervisors tx
refuse registration arbitrarily, citizen clearly
entitled, who had been refused, applied to Judge
Hawkins, Of the Superior District Court, the
only court having jurisdiction to grant such wrts
for mandamus to enforce his right
The writ was refused upon the ground that the
courts are specially prohibited by the Registra-
ton Act to interfere; and thus the people OF
Louisiana are left without the hope or posi-
bity Of d fair registration, or q fair election.
Ia proof Of this we invite attention to one
paragraph Of the secret circular Of instructions
issued by the State Supervisor to his subordi-
mates IN the parishes:
"You are instructed to use your utmost en-
deavors to cause full registration of all Repub-
ican voters in your parish, and to especially en-
courage and assist the registration Of white Re-
publican electors. For this purpose you will
keep your Office open at the COurt-House for as
short period as necessary, and then remove to
the localities most thlckly populated by colored
voters and give such notice in advance (Of course
with the grt atest caution) as will facilitate their
presence at the time OF opening the books"
Look further at the registration i'll this city.
With only 1000 negro voters in 1t, over IL 900
have been registered within fifteen days after
opening the registry offices. In the Seventh Ward
over 700 negro voters have been registered, a
number greater than the negro voters in the
ward. One negro was found having in his pos
session t,centy-seren certificates Of registry,
which he had obtained himself by registering SO
many different times in various wards.
As part of the history Of the times, and in
proof OF the hOpelo.sness of our condition, we
insert here all appeal to the President of the
United States by the Committee Of Seventy, sent
to bin by telegraph on the 9Th September, 1874,
are inclined to believe, has been suppressed and
never been permitted to reach the eye Of the
President:
New ORLEANS, Sept. 9th, 1874.
His Exoellency, Ulysses s. Grant, President,
SW-By direction of the Committee Of Seventy.
Of which am chairman submit the accompany
ing resolution and appeal to you, adopted at a
meeting last evening.
l have the honor to be, very respectfully,
Rooms OF Thu COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY
New Orleans, Sept. s, 1874.
ResolUed, That this Committee, on the part of
the Conservative people of Louisiana, make the
appeal to the President Of the United
States:
TO His Excellency U. s. Grant, President of the
United States OF America
The Committee OF Seventy, body which fully
the Conservative people OF Louisiana,
to your recent order placing a portion
Of the armies of the United States under the di-
rectlOn OF the Department OF Justice, fer use in
this and other Southern States, would respect
fully remind you that the people of this State,
whom they have the honor to represent have
after two years OF struggle against the power OF
what they consider an Odious usurpatlon, been
RENTED by your action and by the non-action OF
Congress- to tho ballot, as the only means of re-
lief from their difficulties.
The approaching election has, therefore, more
han ordinary significance. The chances are
against the conservative masses, although they
nave an unquesionable majority, since the ma
;hlnery oil election Is in the hands of the acting
Iovernor-a machinery carefully arranged by
himself and his conductors for the express pur-
pose OF defeating the popular will The con-
sentative people, however, believe that they
would be able to overcome even these advan-
ages by thorough organization and the great
,st vigilance. You can imagine, then, with what
surprise this community received the intelligence
hat You had placed the troops to be sent among
United States. for the purpose of assisting the
Marshal OF this district g. B. Packard) in carry
ng on prosecutions against our people.
Without intending the slightest dtsrespect, and
mpel!ed by sense ofpublic duty, we would re-
mind you that in the opinion Of the people Of
whether that opinion be well or ill founded, the |
present Government OF Louisiana owes its |
lighting existence, in a large measure, to the |
ountenance and active support Of the Attorney |
General himself; and that this marshal, to whose
ontrol the troops are really to be RENTED, was
ne of the most active participants in the judicial
nd political manRuvres by which the usurpa-
ion was called into eXistence; that he has been |
yer since the friend and supporter Of the acting
GOVERNOR; that he was the President Of the last |
republican Convention in this State, whose NOM
1ees for Congress and other important positions
re now before the people. That he is, at this
me, as he has been for many years, the Presi-
ent of the State Central Committee OF the Re-
ublican party Of Louisiana, and is, therefore,
lodged as bitter partisan against the rights Of
10 conservative people. With the Federal
oops under the orders OF the President Of the
tate Central Committee of the Republican party,
is manifest that fair election is improbable
'e may thus be foiled again in our efforts for re-
Of.
II we understand the sentiments Of our people
,rrectly, they have no objection to your sending
oops to Louisiana, provided they come to secure
bod order and q fair exercise Of the franchise by
9TH white and black, especially as the present
tate Government, not having been chosen by
lie people, and being, therefore, without their
lection or confidence, has shown itself utterly
nabe to administer the affairs Of the state and
reserve order. But We earnestly protest against
oar placing troops in Louisiana, upon the eve Of
lch an election as is now approaching, under the
'ntro Of civil officers, both OF whom are
identified with the usurpation, and