Report of the Joint Select Committee to Inquire Into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, So Far as Regards the Execution of the Laws, and Safety of the Lives and Property of the Citizens of the United States and Testimony Taken: Testimony taken by the committee (July 7-Nov. 8, 1871) GeorgiaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1872 |
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... constitutional convention was called , I took an active part , and did all I could , of course . Afterwards I ran for the legislature and was elected . Question . In what year ? Answer . I was elected in 1868 ; the colored members were ...
... constitutional convention was called , I took an active part , and did all I could , of course . Afterwards I ran for the legislature and was elected . Question . In what year ? Answer . I was elected in 1868 ; the colored members were ...
Página 610
... constitution , your days are numbered , and they will be but few . Just vote or use your influence for the radicals or for the constitution , and you go up certain . My advice to you , Tom , is to stay at home if you value your life ...
... constitution , your days are numbered , and they will be but few . Just vote or use your influence for the radicals or for the constitution , and you go up certain . My advice to you , Tom , is to stay at home if you value your life ...
Página 615
... constitution , for Gover- nor Bullock , for General Grant , and that I wanted them to vote as I voted . At the election for the convention I met a Methodist preacher , who was from Vermont ; he had been here twenty - five or thirty ...
... constitution , for Gover- nor Bullock , for General Grant , and that I wanted them to vote as I voted . At the election for the convention I met a Methodist preacher , who was from Vermont ; he had been here twenty - five or thirty ...
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... Constitution , and that I expected to vote that way . They said how did I know that . I said , I did not know it at all ; but that was my notion . Question . What did the white people around there say about the Ku Klux ? Answer . Well ...
... Constitution , and that I expected to vote that way . They said how did I know that . I said , I did not know it at all ; but that was my notion . Question . What did the white people around there say about the Ku Klux ? Answer . Well ...
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... constitutional convention , if I am not mistaken . Question . How did you vote ? Answer . I voted the republican ticket . Question . You have not voted since ? Answer . No , sir . Question . That was soon after you came down here ...
... constitutional convention , if I am not mistaken . Question . How did you vote ? Answer . I voted the republican ticket . Question . You have not voted since ? Answer . No , sir . Question . That was soon after you came down here ...
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Página 978 - The General Assembly, at its first session after the adoption of this Constitution, shall provide for the appointment of three commissioners...
Página 1199 - I, of my own free will and accord, and in the presence of Almighty God, do solemnly swear or affirm that I will never reveal to any one, not a member of the * * by any intimation, sign, symbol, word or act, or in any other manner whatever, any of the secrets, signs, grips...
Página 978 - Provided, That no soldier, sailor, or marine in the military or naval service of the United States shall acquire the rights of an elector by reason of being stationed on duty in this State...
Página 806 - Spring, doth bring forth, first the blade, and then the ear, and then the full corn in the ear, and man doth eat thereof, and is satisfied.
Página 978 - He shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate, and shall hold his office for the same term as the governor. The general assembly shall provide for the said commissioner a competent salary and necessary clerks.
Página 800 - Whether civilizations, on the whole, he going forward or going backward, the result must be the same to those who insist on standing still — they must be overwhelmed. Because all the world is, therefore, each portion of the world must be awake and thinking — up and acting. Nor can we afford to waste time and strength in defense of theories and systems, however valued in their day, which have been swept down by the moving avalanche of actual events.
Página 800 - We live in one of those rare junctures in human affairs, when one civilization ends and another begins. I feel oppressed with a sense of fear that we shall not be equal to the unusual responsibilities which this condition imposes, unless we can deal frankly with these events, frankly with ourselves, and bravely with our very habits of thought.
Página 882 - States of the Union rendering life and property insecure and the carrying of the mails and the collection of the revenue dangerous. The proof that such a condition of affairs exists in some localities is now before the Senate. That the power to correct these evils is beyond the control of the State authorities I do not doubt; that the power of the Executive of the United States, acting within the limits of existing laws, is sufficient for present emergencies is not clear.
Página 978 - The poll tax, any educational fund now belonging to the State (except the endowment of, and debt due to, the University of Georgia) , a special tax on shows and exhibitions, and on the sale of spirituous and malt liquors, which the General Assembly is hereby authorized to assess...
Página 801 - ... in the establishment of scientific, physical, mechanical, and all polytechnic schools, and in the discoveries made and results wrought by educated and enlightened industries. . . . Modern progress is chiefly, if not entirely, found not in the advancement of what are called the learned professions but in the education and elevation of the masses; in the discoveries and appliances of the physical sciences ; in the establishment of schools of science ; and in the promotion, enlargement, and results...