text:  What man of sense would put himself upon the register when he well knows that any deviation from the path pointed out to him by the priest would not only entail curses and persecutions on himself but insult and outrage on the innocent members of his family? Who would establish his right to vote when he would be called on to exercise that right with _his grave dug before his dwelling_ and _the_ DEATH'S HEAD AND CROSS-BONES AFFIXED TO HIS DOOR!! The assertions of the agitators that they have lost ground _because_ the constituencies have been diminished by the operation of the laws regulating the possession of the elective franchise is of a piece with all their other reckless falsehoods; but fortunately it is more easy of disproof