Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-02
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WEDNESDAY. MAY g 1877.
The Election Law.

The Election Law.
| AN ACT to Amend and Re enact Section lG.
Chapter S, Code of 1878. 10 Relation to
General and Special Elections. Approved
April 2, 1871.
l. Beit ennctea by the General Assembly,
That section lG, chapter s. of Code Of 1878.
| follows -
Section l6. The judge to whom any ballot is
delivered shall, upon rccei pit thereof, pronounce
with an audible voice the name of the perseu
from whom the ballot is received; and if the
name of the person is found on the registration
book, and he produce a receipt of tho proper
officer for the payment to the State, at any
time prior to the day of election, OF the capita
! ton tax required by law for the preceding year.
| or on failure to produce such receipt he shall
show by satisfactory evidence that the same
| has been paid prior to the day OF election. or
| that he has attained the age of twenty one
| years since tho expiration OF said preced-
ling year, and there being no objection
made, tho said judge shall, without OPEN
ing said ballot, or permitting the same to
be examined Except 10 ascertain whether
it is single ballct,) deposit the same in
the ballot tboy; whereupon the name Of the
elector shall be checked on the registration
book by one of the judges and entered by the
clerk Of election on tho poll books and correctly
numbered in accordance with the number OF
electors Heretofore recorded. and note mado
opposite thereto by writing the word age II
he shall be permitted to vote on account OF age
as aforesaid, and the said judge of election shall
cancel said capitation tax receipt before return
ing it to the voter; provided, when regstered
voter has changed his place Of residence from
~ to = ha hoa
tlioate showing that be was duly registered ln
his former voting district, and that bis name
has since bis removal been erased from the
registration books of said voting district, it
shall be sufficient evidence to enable him, on
producing receipt for the payment OF the
capitation tax, or accounting for his failure to
produce such receipt as aforesaid. to vote IN tho
district in which he resides, and bis name shall
bc registered on the registration book by the
registrar, if he be present, or by one OF the
judges Of election; provided, further that in
cities and towns containing over two thousand
inhabitants the name of such person shall only
be entered by the registrar on the days named
in the ninth section of the preceding chapter.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.
Mr.. WADE.-Times change SO do men. So
late as 1860 Mr.. Wade said 10 the United
States Senate :--"There is 10 these United
States race of men who are poor, weak, unlD'
fuential, incapable of taking care OF thense'
yes. mean the free negroes, who are desp!s'
ed by all-repudiated by all; ou:casts upon the
face of the earth, without any fault Of theirs
that | know Of; but they are the victims OF
deep.rooted prejudice, and do not stand here
to argue whether that prejudice b9 right or
wrong. | know such to be the fact. 1t Is there
immoyabIe. 1t is perfectly impossible that
these two races can inhablt tue same place and
be prosperous and happy. l see that this spe'
ces oil population are just as abhorrent 10 the
Southern States, and perhaps more so, than 10
the North. Many Of those States arc now, as
| think, passing most uOlust laws to drive these
men off or to subject them to slavery; they are
fockug now into the ,co States and ne have
objections to them. Now, the proposition is
that this great government owes 1t to ]usto:,
owes it to those individuals, owes 1t to Itself
aud 10 the free white populaticu OF the NORTH
to provide a means whereby this class OF uo,
fortunate men may cmlgratc 10 some conGcola!
cline, where they may be malntalned TO the
mutual benefit OF all, both white aad biaek'
This will insure 4 separation OF the races Let
them 20 into the tropics. There, understand,
arc vast tracts Of the most fertile and inviting
lands 10 climate perfectly consenlal to that
class of men, where the negro will be prcdoml'
uant; where his nature secms to be improved
and all bis faculties. hJ.h mental and physical.
are fully developed, and where the white man
degcncratcs 10 the same proportion as the black
man prospcrs. Let them so there; let thcm be
separated. 1t is easy 10 do 1t.
A SPANISH SToRY.-A strange story tha. /.
waited from tho north Of Spain toto the Pail
Mall Gazette brings to mind chapter 10
"Midshipman Easy" A landed prophet re-
fused to receive the consolation of religion. Ills