, 1881-04-19

no fault OF their own. What he prodictcd
Inns conc 10 nass Tho amendment Inns been
,,scl not only to ttlsfrnnchise voters, bntais
to manufacture nialorfltes. Will ey-
plaii bntli thcsU processes. When
tho amendment took effect, tho Assess
ors md sncarly NIL the other local
officers Throughout tho State were Dcn.o~
Gratis. Tho ,mltical future Of many Of tllcM
depended upon keeping down tho coloretl
vote; ni,d most Of those officers desired to
prevent, ns far rs possible, Tho exercise Of
tho right uf a,,tfrage by the neErucs, because
tl,oy ,,ever bclicyca md tio not now believe.
tint n nogrn ought to enjoy tho right to
vote. Tho Assessors md County 'rrensurcrs
took nivnntngg Of the amendment, rs Under
tho law and customs they had the power 10
do. 1t Is the custom III Virginia for ASSESS
ors to send out tho nssessMcnt-lists to III.
dtvidunls, md hava euch oAa I'LL up his list
himself, al,d return It to The Assessors uf-
fce. It WIS tho easiest thing III tho world,
therefore, for Assessors to -.
osftT TO SEND LISTS
10 considerable number Of .colorca lne,l III
each town or precinct; Nobody, except tho
Assessors would ever know that the lists Ind
mt bccu sent. At the tIino required by law,
cnclt Assessor would lnake up l,fs returns and
transmit them to tho proper oi1fcor. When
tho time for election approached, colored
tax woui,t 60 to the Treasurer and suy th0y
wnt,tcd to pay It. #, order to gct tax recelpt
50 that they could vote. They wo0lH be IN.
formed Tint tluir 1innles wnrU not nn tic rs.
sesslnent-rolls. alHl that no tax lial bSeli ny
sssscd VS. agnlilst them. T!.y would aeeiar9
tile town Or nelghhortlood: anil ask wlint
They should do. l'liut they outA bo III
formed t!!ae tliulr only remedy wns to nppenr
pcrsnlalty before tlle state tA.!tiltor At Rcli'
celpt, Of COURSE this wotlld be nil l1.llossl-
bilfty, and tho colored voters, although able
and Willing t. pay their taxes, would ca us.
frai.chlsed. THUS, without recourse 10 Ln.
SUPPRESSED THOUSANDS OF. REPUBLICAN,
in Virginia II every election since tho aen.
unlawfti najeriiies accomplished p" asketl
the correspputent. -s'N'
:" Easiiy enough, although 1t required
l1tttu lnoru nerve than the ntllar process, Sup
vnlc Of n precinct si,all bo swellet By iifty
votes. A. bogus .assesslncIlt.roll Is 1intt..
facturcd BY tnk!nE Innca from tho dead
list TINT is tho list Of voters who lnyc fnlfeu
to j,,ly the poll-tnx Tlla 'rrens,lrUr will issme
tax-reccip,s on these nt,ncs anil placs t!lem ii
the hands Ut n trusty Democrat ffGMfll EUto
encl Of tho pcrsotis oa, clectlu!t ttay, MD sny,
eIIere Is yv,lr tnX-recclpt. II yuM will vote
Otherwise will Mot:' As soon as the ballots
nre safely deposited, the tax-reccipts sre To-
clniMcd BY tho ageiit, who returns them to
the TreAstlrer, md lo In tur1l l''."' :
DESTROYS THEM,
! together with the bogus nssessnlent.roll: No
MONEY lla8 gone lnt,t tllo Trensl!ry, bMl fifty
Den,ocrnttc votes have g0lU lnt0 the ballot
box.. Not more tlan three men neetl know
| anything about the fraud, and they Will not
oo likely to tell. This sort Of fra,ld los
bun officers In Virginia..
II sllOul.l think TINT tho 0uxEety to COL
leet reyenuo wonltl opprnta to prevent such
performances rs y''i tlnse descrlbed,"' re-
| 1nhrkel Thu correspondent. -.. 81,
! 81 Sncli Is not tho cnse. Tho receipts OH
account OF the chpitnson tnx nre devoted to
the support Of public scl,o0ls. Now, bout
bon l'afes Il nlgger' scllool al,nost 1s bit
teriy MS he does . 'llEsger' voter. Conse-
uuently, Ito Is not dying of anxiety because
the receipts 0l, Nccollnt Of this schooltnx
nre HlInll, uspGcInily when lle, REFLECTS upon
tho partisan benefits WHICH 10 reaps III Sxaet
llFo|9is lFFS|oFittSp rs the receipts from the potax
:" "AYe you familiar with tho history Of tho
INDUCEMENTS. WHICH wEItE Held our TO
| 'HEN.. MAlloNE.
to secure his cooperation with the nourbons
II tho lust Presidential campaign'"' asked
Perfectly So" was tllo reply, "Tlio facts
relnting 10 tho oilers mule 70 Gen. Alall0ne
upon their present dcuunciatton OF allli.
Ss,ine Of tilcst, facts, / believe. Lave never
been published. Last May, only two or three
tlnys before tho Fnnder Democrats held their
Ntttiunal Committee. induced Uen. NTallono
to meet him in Washington for i, conference.
Baruu1n ,yns in Mysteries oil accuunt Of hts
delegates to tit, Cincinnati Conynntlon. liz
nskcd tlcn. Aln!loi!e il ridden would not
carry Virginia II nominated. Malone RI.
piled that lie would, although lIt was worry
unpopular III The State Tlon Barnum PRO.
FMntier Convention. mil send q SCI 81 Til,iull
delegates to tfse Cincinnati Convention, anti
offered to furnish luntis for tlat purpose.
Mahone -.
lsl:FUsED TO MARE THE. ATTEMPT.
or In lnvn ot,yth,n,r ,yhutuvcr In tln viii, N,
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