The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-08-22
New Registration Law.

New Registration Law.
We cannot zee that any Of the nu-
merous "ohcial organs" Of this State,
have, with anything like indecent
haste, thrown themselves into the
breach and defended the iniqnity Of
the aex registration law, and the con-
duct Of their master in signing it.
That this Law is scarcely;defensible,
no ore will deny, for it bears upon its
face the attempt to disfranchise a
large number of our foreign white
citizens, c!ogsing their right to reg
lister and vote with bubbles and eva
sions and gives more power over the
naturalization Of q citizen than the
courts themselves. There is no pro-
lection Of the rights ofLonest citizens,
nor does it prevent fraudulent 70
tiers Of the negro element from en-
joying that blessing allowed him, to
the detriment of the white man, for
it Is an admitted fact that more fraud
have existed, which required special
enactments if anything did, in the
registration Of negroes under age,
long since dead, OF who had never e3-
isted, than could possibly have taken
place by manipulating the natarali-
ration laws, for the courts were all in
tae han Dis of the Radical faction, and
have been for the past seven years,
and what fraudulent papers Of citi.
zenship that exist, if any do, have
been issued by their courts, and for
their benefit. We venture to say that
no foreigner who is willing to vote
with the Kellogg party in November
next, viii. be refused registration
whether be is q citizen or not, and be
will be accommodated With naturali-
xatoo papers that will secure his reg.
istration without cavil.
One psint, We think. has been over
looked By our city contemporaries il this
act, and it is 4 feature that demand
ventilation. Those are the clauses Of
the registration act which refer direct
" to the conduct of the election, and
embraced in article q Of the act. Here
it will be seen that the registrar, not
only revises and corrects the list OF
qualified voters, but his powers are ex.
tended to the appointment Of commits.
sioners Of election, eonstables during
the time Of election, whose duty it
shall be to "count the ballots cast" and
convey the boxes to and from the
place ofholding the election. Although
Governor Kellogg has denied signing
the election bin, this registration law
embraces all the bad fea lures Of that
bill, and ne viii venture to say vas
passed, a. most of the bills of the last
General Assembly, after the adjourn
ment Of that delectable body, was
''made up" concern, embracing all
that was outrageous from both the
registration and election law. said to
have been passed and signed and pro-
mulgated as kind Of compromise,
between Kellogg and his own verse-
ity.
Our citizens are determined on ono
thing, and that is, that no power in
this State shall prevent them from
legally registering and voting, even
five have to employ force to assert
our right. The sooner Kellogg ard
his minioss understand this the better
for all people. He has said . fair
election il all he wants 70 show that
be is sustained BY tho people, and We
intend BY the same means to prove to
the contrary.
Indignation at Coushatta.
Whereas, A report has reached rs