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Speech of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, on the Report of the Kansas Investigating Committee, in the Case of Reeder Against Whitfield
Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, on the Report of the Kansas Investigating Committee, in the Case of Reeder Against Whitfield
It', then, these fif't or sixty acknowledged ille gal votes be deducted from those 'cast for the Abo lition ticket, it would leave a majority for the candidates on the other side, of the actual res idents in February, even in Lawrence,,the great rendezv o'us of New England emigrants, and with out any reference to the emigration froni the South after the census was taken. There 1s no evidence, by any witness sworn, that any man, even in Lawrence, was prevented from voting by force, violence, or intimidation. Some witnesses swear that they did not vote because of the crowd; but not one sivears that he could not have voted if he had wanted to, in consequence of any violence, force, or threat, and there was no crowd about the polls 1n the afterpart of the day. Therefore, in this first district, the testimony in connection with the census does not indicate that, if the election had been left to' the actual residents alone, the F1ee Soil ticket would have been elected....
It', then, these fif't or sixty acknowledged ille gal votes be deducted from those 'cast for the Abo lition ticket, it would leave a majority for the candidates on the other side, of the actual res idents in February, even in Lawrence,,the great rendezv o'us of New England emigrants, and with out any reference to the emigration froni the South after the census was taken. There 1s no evidence, by any witness sworn, that any man, even in Lawrence, was prevented from voting by force, violence, or intimidation. Some witnesses swear that they did not vote because of the crowd; but not one sivears that he could not have voted if he had wanted to, in consequence of any violence, force, or threat, and there was no crowd about the polls 1n the afterpart of the day. Therefore, in this first district, the testimony in connection with the census does not indicate that, if the election had been left to' the actual residents alone, the F1ee Soil ticket would have been elected....
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Published August 24, 2018
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Alexander H. Stephens
162 books4 followersAmerican politician Alexander Hamilton Stephens served as representative of United States from Georgia from 1843 to 1859, as vice president of the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865 under Jefferson Davis, and also as representative again from 1873 to 1882.
After America during the Civil War and after Reconstruction, he served as the fiftieth governor of Georgia from 1882 until his death.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...
After America during the Civil War and after Reconstruction, he served as the fiftieth governor of Georgia from 1882 until his death.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...
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