Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, at the First Session, Thirty-ninth Congress, Parte3Government Pint. Office, 1866 - 822 páginas Committee on the part of the Senate: William P. Fessenden, and others. Committee on the part of the House: Thaddeus Stevens, and others. |
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... suppose that from 40,000 to 60,000 , perhaps more , voters have been disfranchised . Question . Is not that a majority of the whole voting population of the State ? Answer . I think our voting population before the war was about 145,000 ...
... suppose that from 40,000 to 60,000 , perhaps more , voters have been disfranchised . Question . Is not that a majority of the whole voting population of the State ? Answer . I think our voting population before the war was about 145,000 ...
Página 126
... suppose if you were to give them the privilege of voting , as a mat- ter of course they will go to the polls like everybody else , and they will vote ; and in that event , there being a majority in Tennessee of those who were rebels ...
... suppose if you were to give them the privilege of voting , as a mat- ter of course they will go to the polls like everybody else , and they will vote ; and in that event , there being a majority in Tennessee of those who were rebels ...
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... Suppose this case : that the government of the United States should not exer- cise or threaten to exercise its military power and restraint in opposition to secession again ; or , in other words , suppose there was no immediate prospect ...
... Suppose this case : that the government of the United States should not exer- cise or threaten to exercise its military power and restraint in opposition to secession again ; or , in other words , suppose there was no immediate prospect ...
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... suppose that any such concert or conspiracy exists or has existed ? Answer . I am satisfied no such conspiracy has ever existed ; on the contrary , I have found those people very peaceful and law - abiding . Question . Do you suppose ...
... suppose that any such concert or conspiracy exists or has existed ? Answer . I am satisfied no such conspiracy has ever existed ; on the contrary , I have found those people very peaceful and law - abiding . Question . Do you suppose ...
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... Suppose they get the ascendency ; what will they do ? Answer . They will repudiate the public debt ; that is what they will do ; that is what they want to do . In Georgia , South Carolina , and North Carolina , when the people sell ...
... Suppose they get the ascendency ; what will they do ? Answer . They will repudiate the public debt ; that is what they will do ; that is what they want to do . In Georgia , South Carolina , and North Carolina , when the people sell ...
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